Caught in the Act!

It wasn't my idea.

My boss had invited me to lunch at one of the restaurants at International Plaza in Tampa. (Why would I resist, the lunch was free!)

As we ate lunch my wife was texting me. Ironically she was on the way to the mall with her mom and wanted to meet us. Once they got there she came over and sat down with my boss and I. After chatting for a few minutes she went on her way to spend my money shopping with her mom.

After we had finished eating my boss suggested that we stroll in the mall because she needed to "look for something". We walked around for 10 minutes or so and on our way out found ourselves in the food court.

We began walking past a Nestle' Toll House Cafe and my boss stopped abruptly. She turned to me and said, "We should get some dessert."

My heart started beating rapidly. Dessert? For me? A delicious chocolate chip cookie and no one will ever know about it?! (Please note that I have been walking past this Nestle' Toll House Cafe for about 3 years now, yearning to stop and buy something).

I look through the glass case at all of the glorious cookie selections. I had to pick out my favorite: The chocolate chip cookie icing sandwich. Simply, a gift from the cookie heavens, this particular treat is two chocolate chip cookies with white icing in the middle. (A fat kid's dream).

In fear of living too far on the edge, I only got the mini version. But it was still more than enough food satisfaction. As my boss paid I turned to her and looked her directly in the eyes and said,"My wife can never, ever know we did this. We can't tell a soul. She must never find out." My boss said, "Ok! Don't worry about it."

We went on our way.

I pulled my cookie out of the bag and took a bite.....oh the glory! The utter satisfaction! The combination of soft cookie and soft white icing is magnificent! As we were walking along though, I saw something that covered me in fear: my wife. There was no escape we were only 10 feet away! She was eating lunch with her mom outside Earl of Sandwich - in the way of our direct path back to our car! OH THE IRONY!

In a moment of pure insanity, I attempted to use my cheetah like moves to hide behind my boss and did so with little success.

Then, it happened. She saw me, and soon I was embarrassed in front of people in the mall I don't even know as she stood up from her table, looked at me and said: "What do you think you're doing?"

I responded sheepishly, "nothing". My boss meanwhile was laughing hysterically in the background.

My wife said, "What makes you think you can go get a cookie in the middle of the afternoon?" I replied with confidence, "It's only the small one."

With a twitch of her eye and a clenching of her fist she responded, "Oh and the small one makes it better?"

With nothing else to say, I simply started running...er jogging....I mean walking quickly away. Shouting as I walked, "We can talk about this at home!"

The moral of the story?

If you're going to get icing filled chocolate chip cookies behind your wife's back, make sure she's not in the building first.