Yesterday, unintentionally, I found a new way to save money. All you have to do is lock yourself out of your house without ANYTHING. Yes, true, it can become quite boring, but you literally have no way to spend money.
While Camille and I are home we usually leave our garage door to the house unlocked. Why wouldn't we? We're home. But yesterday, as I am headed out the door to the grocery store a handy man comes by to do some work in the back yard. He already has the code to the garage, so I decide for safety reasons to lock the garage door. Makes sense right? And, then for good measure I lock the sliding door from the dining room to the backyard.
Now when I get back from the grocery store do I think to unlock these doors? Nuh uh. I'm in the middle of making an apple pie- so, obviously I'm consumed with making sure the dough for the crust is good, yadda yadda yadda. I put the pie in the oven, throw some clothes in the wash and settle down to watch some TV. Fifty minutes go by. I check on the pie. It could use ten more minutes. I check on the laundry (the door closes behind me- I of course think nothing of it)-- ready to go in the dryer.
After transferring my clothes to the dryer I turn to head back into the house and my yummy pie. I grab the door handle. FUCK. For about 5 minutes I jangle the door handle hoping that it might just pop open. Yea, no such luck. Then I think hey! I have my tool set right here, I can just pick the lock! You can imagine how this went. Two minutes later: New plan- I will take the door off its hinges! I have screwdrivers and needle nose pliers to pull the pins out. This will totally work!
It totally didn't work. The pins must have been glued in. New plan- I'll check the perimeter- maybe I can get in through another door or window. After sweeping the perimeter, I discover why we don't have an alarm system. Our house is inpenetrable, unless you physically break a window. All the door hinges have rusted so much that they won't budge an inch. And windows are apparently just for show as none of them really open.
At this point thirty minutes have past, I've given up hope for my pie. It's dead. I sit down outside beside the sliding glass door. Angel, Camille's dog, comes over and stares at me from the inside. In my head I half hope that Angel has super powers and can reach the lock, turn it and let me in. She nudges the curtains with her nose. Is she gonna do it?! Of course not. FAIL. Angel gives me a sucks for you look, and returns to her cushy seat on the sofa.
There was nothing I could do, but wait for Camille to get home. So I grabbed a towel out of the dryer and snuggled up for a nap on our backyard furniture. And, thats exactly what I did- nothing- for 3+ hours. No money was spent- no damage done- save a sad little pie.
Here's to stupid actions that force you to save. Ugh.
xoxo. Jildo
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