A Girl and Her Handbag
An introduction to My Cowboy
This happened about ten years ago, but I’m telling it here now as a way to introduce you to My Cowboy, the one who keeps things hilarious around here.
I do not like having to carry a purse. So . . . after twice dumping my purse out in the floorboard of my truck, I whined that I needed to get a bit different (read: bigger) purse, and one that has a firm, flat bottom (not always a desirable trait, but in a purse, it’s ok). But as usual, I didn’t do anything about it.
My Cowboy, though, hears every complaint I make, and knows that I won’t do anything about it, so he does it for me. This only reinforces my whining. If I need something that I don’t want to do for myself, I just whine a little, and he’ll take care of it. Yes, I’m spoiled. And this is probably not a good thing.
Shortly after my whining episode, look what arrived in the mail!
A Cowgirl purse! And Kate Spade, no less! With a firm, flat bottom! No spills!
I promptly switched all my necessaries over to it, and as we were headed to town that evening, I was holding it on my lap admiring it.
My Cowboy asked, “So will it do?”
I said: “Yes! I love it!”
Him: “Good. I got it from one of those places that buys stuff from car accidents. When someone dies, they take the stuff and clean it up and sell it.”
Immediate horror and ten thousand thoughts crashed through my brain like a tidal wave, not least among them thoughts such as “Eeeww!” and “Who DOES that?” and “That can’t be true!” and “Well, then, I can’t keep it” and as I slowly drew my hands back from the purse while scanning it for blood stains, he chuckled at the horrified look on my face, and said: “Just kidding!”
I have to be the most gullible person on the planet!
Would YOU have fallen for a story like that??
He’s beyond ornery!
But at least I got to keep the purse, and take comfort in the fact that it did not come to be mine because some poor woman died in a tragic accident. And we got a good laugh out of it. I don’t know how he manages to come up with this stuff!
If you’d like to read more from My Cowboy, I’ve been collecting his wisdom for years, and it’s all preserved in one handy place HERE.
And I’ll have lots more of his stories to share as we go along, so don’t miss any . . .