{"id":1377,"date":"2013-01-04T22:06:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T06:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2013-01-04T22:38:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T06:38:13","slug":"a-thing-i-never-thought-id-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/1377","title":{"rendered":"A Supposedly Risky Thing I Never Thought I’d Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to the mall today. Happy Wife wanted to have a pair of jeans I’d bought her for Christmas hemmed.<\/p>\n

You must be aghast: You bought your wife jeans?<\/em><\/p>\n

Yup, two pair in fact. I knew it was risky. Told the the saleswoman at Nordstrom as much. But she reassured me and away we went together, amid the countless racks of jeans. Good grief, The<\/em> Selection<\/em>. What now? Settle down I told myself, you can do this. First, I ruled out Mom Jeans<\/a>. No frumpy comfort fit pleated pants for my girl. Uh-uh. And skinny jeans, which accounted for most of the selection, I also knew were out, as I once recall Happy Wife refer to them as “sausage casings.” After considerable browsing I settled for two pair of “slimming, boot cut” jeans designed to be worn low on the waist, one in denim blue and one in black. Cool, I thought, hip without being ho-hum.<\/p>\n

Christmas arrived and I crossed my fingers.<\/p>\n

She liked them! Except the black pair, she said, may be a bit<\/em> too long.<\/p>\n

Yet after she came out of the dressing today at Nordstrom I was pleased to hear the length, with heels on, was in fact just right.<\/p>\n

Score two for the Happy Husband!<\/p>\n

Now she needs a new robe (aka “fluffage’), as her old standard permanently resides at the beach house. Until her birthday in March this one will do in a pinch:<\/p>\n

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Suggest a caption!<\/p>\n

NYE @ Jens restaurant:<\/p>\n

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