He said She said - Brown paper packages

"Honey," he said, "another package has arrived for you."

"Oh good! My shoes!" she shrieked.

"Um, Honey?" he ventured.

"Yes?"

"How many things have you bought?"

"What are you talking about?" she bristled.

"Well, there seem to be a lot of packages arriving..." his voice faded away as he saw her face contort. Here it comes, he thought...

"Listen!" she half-said, half-yelled. "You told me to buy something for myself. So here's what happened. First I bought myself a few T-shirts from Threadless, on sale. They you said-" she put on a high voice- "that I should buy myself something bigger. And it suddenly came out that you bought a $300 Kindle. SO. I went online and got some books from Amazon. Then I went online and bought some new trainers cos we are working out a lot and mine are shot to hell. But then they came, and they were the wrong size. So I sent them back. Then, because I had bought books on Amazon, I got an email about a sale at a partner shoe shop. So I bought some flat shoes. Then, because I had bought in the Threadless sale, they sent me an email to say that the sale was extended and there were new designs. So I bought a few more T-shirts and, remember, I also bought you one. Then I got my refund from the trainers and so went online an ordered the right size and then thought, while I was there, I might as well get some walking shoes for when we walk Puppy Dog because my trainers keep getting muddy. So I ordered those too. And they didn't even have the trainers in the color I wanted in the size I wanted so I had to go with my second choice and when I went to training yesterday with Silent Evil and she had been to Nordstrom and got the same trainers as me but in the color I wanted and I hadn't even let myself go to Nordstrom because I spend too much money when I go there but I guess I should've because they had what I really wanted so I'm really pissed off SO DO YOU REALLY WANT TO START THIS NOW!?!?!"

"Can I make you a cup of tea, Honey?" he said.

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