You Know You're a Grown Up When...
...you get excited by household utensils.
I had an inkling, of course. The unholy love I bear for my bagless vacuum cleaner was a strong indication, as was my boundless excitement over receiving towels for Christmas this year. Towels. I used to mock towels. And yet, this year, their fluffy beauty caused me to squee with joy.
So, this development was not entirely unexpected. Still, I'm a little embarrassed by how much I love my new potato masher. It is shiny and pretty and oh so easy to clean--everything I've always wanted in a masher, and yet despaired of ever finding. For years I have coveted my mom's masher, with it's easily cleaned wavy wire design. "If I had that masher", I would tell myself,"instead of my stupid, gross, never gets clean because I don't have a dishwasher honeycomb masher, I would actually make The Ladies the mashed potatoes they love." And I was right!
Tonight, I made mashed potatoes, giddy with the power of my shiny new masher. And, even though I realize how sad that is, and how small my life must be, that a kitchen utensil could bring me such joy, somehow it doesn't dimish my glee.
Oh, an pink camo pants? I don't get it. Exactly what are they trying to blend into?
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Cotton candy machine? Lip gloss factory?
Glad to hear that you got the masher of your dreams!
Ugh. Don't talk to me about cotton candy. Diva Girl's fun fair is coming up, and apparently I'm the only one who can work the machine. Somehow, that sticky nectar loses some of its allure when you're covered in it from head to toe :)
Liquid antibiotic?
The love I have for my bagless vacuum is obscene as well. Also for my mixer and my Brother P-touch.
Items in my home that I love:
My tupperware can opener(best $60 ever spent!)
My bagless vacuum cleaner(the person who invented that just had to be a woman!!)
My non stick wok(cook everything in one pan, can feed 8 people out of that thing!)
So don't worry, we all have an unnatural love for inanimate objects that make our lives easier
I wrote an ode to a slotted spoon a few months back. Good kitchen utensils rock.
We should do a "carnival of household crap we covet".
We know how I love my dryer. I actually hugged it upon my arrival home the day it was delivered. I also love my can opener that works, my new spoons and my melamine nesting mixing bowls.
I don't dare enter Homesense....
I love my dustbuster, especially because I can suck up spiders and other ickies with it. Sure beats a wad of toilet paper.
I'm sorry, I must clairify. I am NOT a grown-up and I am never going to be one. My love for my dustbuster in no way compromises my Peter Pan complex.
Uh, Sorry Swanhilde, but it appears as though you are a grown up, just like the rest of us.
I totally understand! I got a potato ricer and discovered the joy of not even having to peel them! Between that and my avocado slicer, I'm practically in heaven!
And I don't get the pink camo thing either....
The girls and their friends took my two Tupperware measuring pitchers (one 4 cup and one 8) away. They have never returned (the pitchers - the girls did come back). I am bereft.
I had those darn things for at least 20 years.
Haha...I get excited by both kitchen gadgets and towels too! Embrace the shame. You're not alone :D
