Okay, not really – but he’s pretty happy. Right now, as I type he is working on putting the apartment together. There is a light to be installed in the bathroom. The shelves in the pantry need to be customized a bit and then secured to the wall. There are pictures to be hung. However, none of these tasks are the focus of his cheerful labor right now. Right now, he is setting up his new 47” flat screen in our living room.
We had discussed, at length, the fact that we were going to be buying a tv here in Europe. Our old one was ...well…old! And Hubbalicious has had his eye on a new one since he got back from his last cruise. I agreed that it was time to replace ours, so we agreed that we’d wait until we got to Germany, where perhaps one with dual voltage could be found. If dual voltage was not an option, we figured we’d buy something at 220v from our local Craigslist to use for the next three years, and then sell it when we moved on. Soon after we arrived here, Hubbz started sniffing around the tvs he’d see in other people’s houses and ask questions about the make and model of their set. Dual voltage was indeed an option here – and this fueled the fire of his yearning. He was very good about it – but I could see the wheels turning in his head, and I knew it was just a matter of time.
Well, this weekend we decided to start shopping around a little. Our friends, Jack and Jane, moved here when we did but they had moved into an apartment sooner. They are nicely settled in already and are the proud owners of a nice tv set: 36”, dual voltage, etc. they bought at the local MediaMarkt store. It cost what we figured was appropriate. We looked there yesterday, but without the specific information about the set we wanted, Hubbz was reluctant to ask for help (partially because he doesn’t want to waste the time of a salesperson when he knows he’s not buying…and partially because he doesn’t like asking anyone anything…especially in German). Everything except restaurants are closed on Sundays here – so there was no shopping to be done today in Stuttgart. But – the base exchange (Target like store) was open.
We were going to base anyways (to drop off a load of cardboard in the dumpster) and when I suggested we swing by the Exchange to comparison shop (where descriptions are in English) Hubbz perked right up! An hour later, we were loading a much bigger tv (47”) with much better graphics, and a much higher pricetag into the car. And Hubbz was grinning widely. How can you put a price on a happy husband!!
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