The case of the missing ice cream
Late last week, I saw ice cream on sale at Target. Now, we don’t usually by ice cream for the house because we have no self-control and we will not eat it in manageable servings but choose to make ourselves sick by ingesting it all in the amount of time it takes us to say, “Screw the ice-cream scooper. Give me a spoon.”
(I don’t have to clarify this by saying that the “we” is probably actually all “me” right?)
But – Target had this sinfully delicious flavor on sale and I had no choice but to buy it immediately. I proceeded over the next few days (or was it hours?) to eat on it in a gluttonous fashion. I went to make myself another bowl the other night when I noticed there was barely enough for a scoop, much less a bowl. Since MrZ hadn’t even had any yet, I thought I should leave the last bite for him. I’m selfless like that.
MrZ finally remembered having the ice cream last night but was extremely disappointed to open it up and see only a few bites left. “Man! The ice cream is always gone before I get a chance to eat any of it.”
How did I respond? Did I:
(a) Play dumb and act like I didn’t know who ate the ice cream. “Must have been NikkiZ.”
(b) Blame him for eating the ice cream and not realizing it. “Are you losing your mind? You’ve been eating on that stuff every night!”
(c) Get really upset and cry because he, “might as well have called me fat!”
Did you guess “c”? Than you’re the winner! I was soooo upset, exclaiming things like, “The ice cream has been here for six days! That’s a lot of days! It’s not like I ate it all at once!” (Which – you know – was a slight exaggeration since the ice cream was bought two days before.) I was on the verge of having a complete emotional breakdown blaming my adoring husband for every self-image issue I have. Lucky for him, American Idol was on so I got distracted before the meltdown was complete.
But still! He called me FAT!
I saw that… I was thinking about trying the thin mint ice cream, but Then I saw that Eddy’s also has Ande’s Mint ice cream… let me tell you, that stuff is sooo good. I have to restrain myself from eatting it every night because, omg it’s excelent. If you like mint, I recomend that for your next ice cream outting. =D
I soo totally do not blame u…!!! And american idol was awesome last night,wasn’t it..??!!
I bought the Samoa version of that ice cream and it was gone within a matter of days at my house too! I would like to try the other flavors, but I’m afraid I’ll just inhale the whole carton at once.
darn that man
That bastard! I hope you made him pay!
NOOOOOO! How could he? I would have bought 3 extra just to punish him!
The nerve…it is just like the brownie fiasco. He should be ashamed.
Target sells this magical creation?
At least he didn’t call you neurotic!
Funny, in my house it is just the opposite, my husband eats all the ice cream and I am left with a container that has a few bites in it “but, but I saved you some” and “it was going to get freezer burn!” Yeah, after 3 days. I don’t buy ice cream so much anymore. Oh, and ice cream with much less guilt? Edy’s Slow Churned HALF THE FAT – ALL the DELICIOUSNESS!! No GSC’s though
If you eat all the ice cream you gotta take the heat.
I’ve missed your blog lately – so glad to come back to a great entry!
My husband’s mother makes him a giant vat of banana pudding a couple times a year. After a couple of days of it sitting in our fridge UNEATEN I will take it upon myself to make a little dent in it, you know, before it goes bad. Fast forward to two days later and there’s maybe two tablespoons left. That is when husband goes to eat the pudding and discovers it is mostly gone. Then I get in trouble. For not wanting food to go to waste!
My husband’s mother makes him a giant vat of banana pudding a couple times a year. After a couple of days of it sitting in our fridge UNEATEN I will take it upon myself to make a little dent in it, you know, before it goes bad. Fast forward to two days later and there’s maybe two tablespoons left. That is when husband goes to eat the pudding and discovers it is mostly gone. Then I get in trouble. For not wanting food to go to waste!
I’m so tempted to email MrZ! I feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Wait, that didn’t come out right. I just mean that I get to see the inner workings of the female mind by reading this blog, and I admit to being somewhat terrified. So women fake other things too? WE CAN’T WIN! We don’t even get to see the rules!
My husband eats all the ice cream, too. He also tends to leave about 1 scoop left in the container. This makes me cranky because I get to the freezer and I’m all “hey! Ice cream, sweet!”, and then find out that it’s only one scoop… gah. I’d rather he just finished it, you know? Then I’m not disappointed that there is so little left!
OMG the Girl Scout cookie ice cream is OF THE DEVIL. Might as well duct tape it to my ass, that’s where it’ll end up anyway.
I’m going to Target, pronto. I had no idea that stuff existed.
…delurking…
Oh. My. God. Girl Scout cookies + ice cream = heaven.
Our rule is that we keep no ice cream in the house – if we really want it, we go out and buy ourselves a single serving. It worked, too, until our ice cream shop started selling chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream. And I started going there every single day. A pint counts as a single serving, right?
…back to lurking…
I adore GSC ice cream. I try and let hubby eat all of it (with the girls’ help) … but I always succumb eventually
Damn those girl scouts
and their evil cookies
Mama Kelly
We have a rule in our house that all “treat” food should be hypothetically divided by how many people are in the house. We have 4 people in the house so if you eat more than 25% of something, then you are indeed rude, disrespectful, and yes, we just might call you fat. then we’ll pinch you and make you go to the store immediately and get more of whatever it is.
The rule is lighthearted, but it does help people remember that they aren’t the only ones in the house that like ice cream.
this has nothin to do with the post – but the pictures of Niki Z are just so cute and I can’t believe how big she is already:)
Six days is a long time to keep ice cream around. If you ask me, you were just being responsible. FRUGAL, even. Preventing waste due to freezer burn. You are a hero!
I prefer to call it “well-rounded.” Isn’t that what all the universities say they want their students to be?
This made me laugh.
I was aware that I had put on weight. I asked Boyfriend if I had put on weight. ‘No’ he replies, ‘you look gorgeous’. But I continued to drill him down for another 30 mins, telling him I wouldn’t mind if he said I had put on weight, in fact I would appreciate his honesty. Finally he admitted it (one hour later) and I cried. After all my Boyfriend thinks I’m fat. Darn that ice cream goodness. . .
Do you have cameras installed in my house? Because that is me, ALL THE TIME. Damn you, ice cream, for being so delicious.
Ok does Edy’s make girl scout cookie ice cream for all the cookies? Cuz I need me some somoas ice cream if they do.
I am an ice cream JUNKIE. It doesn’t last long in my house. Blue Bell has a new flavor called Cake Batter and well… let’s just say that if you dump a handful of oreos in with it…. HEAVEN.
However, the #1 favorite flavor of all times for me is Caramel Cone by Hagen Daas. It’s both a good and bad thing that it’s hard to find.
This happened to me with Coco Crispies once. My boy friend said “Did you eat that whole box of Cocoa Crispies?” Oh. My. God. Did he really just say that? Then I turned into Satan and started ranting about how it was bought five days ago and those boxes of Cocoa Crispies are so small anyway and he should write the company and complain to them about how small the boxes are.
The end result was that I stopped buying cereal, period. Cereal to me is like Krispy Kremes to you.
Ice cream is my weakness too Zoot!! I cannot have it in the house because I have no self control. Mr. Z deserves a little harrassment just for having enough restraint to let ice cream sit in the freezer for six (2) days!
p.s. carrisablog, you’re killing me! I moved from TX to PA and I MISS Bluebell ice cream!!