So on a shopping expedition yesterday afternoon in search of Miss W's "summer shoes", I strayed into Cotswold and enquired if they stocked the Thermarest Neoair. A young chap produced one (ready inflated) and invited me to try it out ... bliss ... sold... my credit card floated out of my wallet.
I guiltily drifted out onto the street where Miss W strolled up and said, "I've got my shoes, but they were a bit over budget".

"Don't worry about it", said I magnaminously.
She spotted the bag.
"What's that?"
"Er ... it's a mattress"
"I see, I've been skimping on shoes and you've just spent - well?"
"You just said that you hadn't skimped on the shoes!" (Touchez!) " Tell you what, I won't ask about the shoes, and you don't ask about the mattress."
"Alright - deal"
Arriving home, Miss W tried out the Neoair. "What do you think?" (silence) "I said, what do you think?"
"ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."
Nuff said Lovely piece of kit - and 90 odd grammes saved too!
4 comments:
If my experiences are anything to go by on women buying shoes, you could nip out and buy another three NeoAirs Phil and still have change...
:-)
Sadly Miss W believes in strict fiscal discipline (as well) and expects the same of me.
Future gear buying forays are likely to be somewhat limited :-(
Whe you asked Miss W if you could have a neo air thingy and she said she'd sleep on it, I expect you thought she meant something else.
The word is.... apparently very rude, I'm not going to say (blush!)
I'm currently sneaking through a couple more 'unsanctioned' purchases ;-)
(no rude words on this blog - no sir!)
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