Master Of Subtlety

{Background Info: I had told Jim that for Christmas I wanted some pearl earrings that don't hurt my ears. (I have some that I like style-wise... but my ears have a reaction to the metal post and will start to bleed if I wear them for more than a day at a time. Nice.) But something that had gone unmentioned on my list, but needed replacing, was a necklace chain since my very favorite necklace chain broke when Austin gave it a nice tug a while back.
So the other weekend, Jim took the girls Christmas shopping for gifts for their cousins, and apparently they got my present at the same time. And so the story goes...}

(With a new wrapped present under the Christmas tree...)

Dixie: (excited) Mom! Look at the present under the tree!

(Jim quickly gives her a cautious look as a reminder to not spill the beans. Then she sits on my lap with a sorrowful expression...)

Dixie: Remember when you broke your necklace? (Jim shaking his head.)

Me: (Trying not to show any sign that she had in fact just spilled the beans) Yep.

Dixie: (Still fake sorrowful) I sure wish you had another one.


I think I'm getting a hippopotamus for Christmas.