This...isn't Malvern..

This actually happened about a year after I moved down here.. and those who know me know that I come by my directional sense impairment naturally...so.. cut me some slack!

So we're trying to figure out where to go to dinner and I had gotten some Mazzio's coupons..

Me, "Where's Mazzio's?"
Jim, "Malvern.." (he swears he said Arkadelphia.. this is a disclaimer for his benefit)
Me, "Okay, cool lets go.."

So we load up and head out. Now.. I am a passenger.. I talk and doze...we get on the freeway after a long twisty-turny road.. we exit..go to Mazzio's and then afterwards.. we decide to go to Wal-Mart.

Me, "Oh cool.. we can see if they have different stuff at this Wal-Mart"
Jim...blank stare.
Me..happy in my own little world.

So we take off for Wal-Mart and I have to laugh to myself that Jim parks in the same place, even at the Malvern Wal-Mart as he does the Arkadelphia one, odd, the parking lot looks different huh. Oh well! Shop! So I walk in and I'm looking down every row with a sort of child-like wonder, and I head for the ladies department, underclothes to be precise, because I'm hoping for more color choices. I'm all aglow, looking through the panties and bras and socks and I don't remember if I bought anything or not but, it comes time for us to leave.

So we walk out and I survey the parking lot, shake my head, "I didn't realize Malvern Wal-Mart had those big yellow posts in the lot like Arkadelphia.." Huh weird. "But just like always, you park in the same spot no matter what store we go to.." And I notice Jim is just looking at me like I've lost my mind. So we get in the car and I'm sitting there, slowly doing the math.. and I start to giggle.. Jim looks at me and I shake my head, determined to NEVER tell him that I've thought all night I was in Malvern. But I can't help it.. it's just too good to pass up. To his credit, when when I finally break down (and stop laughing) and tell him that I thought we were in Malvern, when in fact we have been in Arkadelphia the whole time, he doesn't rat me out to the kids.

Me, "Oh that makes sense.. the big yellow posts and all.."

He starts laughing..and we start playing the night backwards.. he was so confused at me commenting about different stuff in /this/ store, and he couldn't figure out why I was going down every, single, aisle.. gazing at the items. He just couldn't accept that I didn't notice that we passed Fishnet on the way.. I said, "Look..we drove a while.. got on the freeway, exited.. I had a little nap.. I thought we were in Malvern!" Nevermind the giant Arkadelphia High School sign on the hill above the store.

He did tell our friends and eventually the kids heard the story.. I'll never live it down.