Ohhhhh, I'm naughty!

I'm only slightly inebriated, but I saw a pound of Nelson Sauvin for a reasonable price and I bought it just now as SWMBO is sleeping. Shall I tell her in the morning or wait to see her reaction when the package arrives? Either way I'm going to hear some **** about it. I'm just trying to decide which way will more entertaining. Thoughts?

If you're going to get yelled at anyways i'd by a few more pounds.

Limit two pounds on this particular site. Probably should have bought the second pound, in hindsight, but on the bright side that's $25 I can spend on something else.

I always like a good surprise.

its easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. thats what im going with when my pound of amarillo leaf hops show up

So I went ahead and capitalized on the opportunity to get a prank in with this. I sat down and took SWMBO's hand and said in a serious and somber a tone as I could muster, "I have a confession to make." She gets that seriously serious concerned look on her face as I pause for dramatic effect. I proceed to tell her what I did and she slaps me, calls me a jerk for scaring and tells me she doesn't mind that I bought hops without asking her. Should I see how far I can take this buying things without her knowing thing?

Oh man, thats a favorite trick of mine. Actually, the "I have a confession" thing should go on my "Messing with SWMBO" thread, since its so oft-utilized.

Best example I can think of right now...

"Sweetheart, I have a confession to make, I dont want you to be too angry"
"WHAT?!... Ok, no... seriously... just tell me what happened"
"You know that girl who shaved her head at the bar? I fed her some of my pineapple"
"You... wait... pineapple?... what's going on?!?"

CreamyGoodness said:

Oh man, thats a favorite trick of mine. Actually, the "I have a confession" thing should go on my "Messing with SWMBO" thread, since its so oft-utilized.

Best example I can think of right now...

"Sweetheart, I have a confession to make, I dont want you to be too angry"
"WHAT?!... Ok, no... seriously... just tell me what happened"
"You know that girl who shaved her head at the bar? I fed her some of my pineapple"
"You... wait... pineapple?... what's going on?!?"

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Nice! I actually thought about posting this in "Messing with SWMBO" and just referencing this thread.

Wait till you come back with 100+ pounds of grain. Try hiding that. PS the grain should be in by next week.

I did this recently, only besides the NS there was 7 lbs of other hops. I'll just act perplexed when they show up, and pretend I didn't order them.

Btw have you ever tried the NS? I have never tried them, but I know they are like Citra in that some people like them while others don't.

bottlebomber said:

I did this recently, only besides the NS there was 7 lbs of other hops. I'll just act perplexed when they show up, and pretend I didn't order them.

Btw have you ever tried the NS? I have never tried them, but I know they are like Citra in that some people like them while others don't.

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I just put some in an APA as dry hops and they smell awesome after 4 days. Probably going to bottle this weekend.

If you think ordering a pound of hops will make SWMBO upset . . . I am a dead man, I pulled apart the old (already retired) washing machine to get the motor. Now I am building a parts list to build a motorized mill . . .

I better come up with a good christmas present for her.

JRems said:

Wait till you come back with 100+ pounds of grain. Try hiding that. PS the grain should be in by next week.

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Holy crap I totally missed this post. I just assumed this thread had already run it's course so I just jumped straight to the last post at the time. I made my order pre-SWMBO discussion, but I talked to her into it anyway. I would have felt like a dick if I'd have had to cancel my order. Luckily all is well. I am excited to have 150-ish# of grain. I'm especially excited about the Munich. I've been wanting to do a Munich-something SMaSH.

ToV said:

If you think ordering a pound of hops will make SWMBO upset . . . I am a dead man, I pulled apart the old (already retired) washing machine to get the motor. Now I am building a parts list to build a motorized mill . . .

I better come up with a good christmas present for her.

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Ehhh... I wouldn't think twice about cannibalizing a part from an already retired appliance. As long we both agreed beforehand that the appliance was indeed retired, I would have license to do as I pleased.

Also, bring me some Heady Topper you mudder fyooker!