Dec 29
2008
Aubrey
Eric and I left Wal-Mart, after having returned a pajama set that didn’t fit well. We didn’t stay there long. It was our third trip to Wal-Mart over our winter break. We were bored of it already and too poor to spend more money anyway. On our drive out of the parking lot, Eric asks what I want to do. I was going to suggest taking Odyssey to the dog park, but he suggested going to the mall before I said anything. I said, “ok, but can we go to the dog park day after tomorrow?” (because tomorrow is supposed to be rainy). Eric said, “sure,” and we headed to the mall. I asked what we would do there. He said, “something free, or cheap.” He suggested getting coffee, I said we have had plenty of coffee recently and that certainly isn’t free anyway (albeit cheep). He then suggested we look in the pet store for new pug puppies to play with. After having Otis, we did not worry that we’d absolutely have to come home with one, they are just fun to play with in the store!
After a short browse through Barnes and Noble, we went to Petland. I scanned over the crowds of ogglers for pugs. There was one pug, but he was nearly full grown. We wanted to play with itty bitty pugs. I was just about to say, oh well, “let’s go” when I spotted a familiar face. At first I thought, no, that can’t be a Cavalier, its probably just a cocker spaniel. I’d never seen a Cavalier in Petand before. I kind of thought they were one of the lucky petstore-free breeds. (UPDATE: since this post, I see them in the stores all the time.) He wasn’t an itty bitty puppy, he is nearly as big as Odyssey. I was so upset to see him there. I told Eric we just had to play with him, and so we did. Neither of us wanted to express an opinion as to how to proceed. We both know we can’t even afford cable anymore, or even eating out. But I couldn’t bear to leave that adorable face in that icky cage. Just for kicks and giggles, Eric offered to pay half what he was going for. As expected, the offer was turned down. But now that an offer was out there, we were already on the path to an obvious decision. Still, neither of us wanted to take the blame for a bad bout of spontaneity. Eric said the decision was mine. I said, no, I can’t do that. I am a girl and he is a Cavalier, of course I want him, so don’t ask me to be rational.
Eric offered the best solution. He said, “let the fates decide” and I pulled out a penny. Heads, we get him. Eric flipped it and I looked first. “gasp.” it was heads. So now we have Aubrey.
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