Thursday, November 18, 2004

I Want a Wedding

Not for the reasons you're thinking. This isn't about commitment, or attention, or having a big party--I can do without the last two of those three and already have the first. It's about this:

Yes, this is T-Fal

And this:

No more hand-cutting for me!

And this:

I, too, could come home to the smell of good cooking...

Insurance benefits, hospital visitation, filing taxes together--all of these are good reasons why I think it should be legal for Brad and me to get married. But pointing a scanner at all of these items and having them show up at my house wrapped in expensive paper? That takes the (wedding) cake. Being denied the right to have other people buy everything I use in my kitchen is just plain wrong.

"What brought this on?" I'm sure you're wondering. Blame my weekly lunch-hour trip to Target and the fact that the skillet I used last night to make dinner had to be covered with a random lid I found among the cookware because it didn't have a proper one.

3 comments:

Richard said...

A semi-sarcastic post draws a semi-serious response. I'm amused.

Sure, we can negotiate a price for your superfluous crock pot. But you can bring it to MY doorstep when you come over for Christmas. You don't need to wrap it, but you can feel free to throw in a lid for a medium-sized T-Fal skillet if you have one. ;)

Richard said...

These comments raise some questions. First, did you register for even ONE chip-and-dip? Just wondering. Second, is registering worth it? If one of you got three crock pots and another got four chip-and-dip trays, does this process really work? I want one Cuisinart, not six; one large skillet, not three; a single set of good knives, not enough blades to wage an insurgency.

Perhaps Brad and I are lucky; we're spared the tuxes, spared the months of hullabaloo, and if we (I) want pans, we (I) can buy them--or ask for them at Christmas.

Anonymous said...

Really Richard, you can just have one of the crockpots. I'll even throw in a recipe for Baked Potato Soup!