He used to hang out at the Airman's club with his military buddies, enjoy off-base fine dining in Chicopee, and shop the PX for wardrobe updates. To be honest, he might have been having fun, but it was kind of expensive.
When the Fortin Budget Bill of 2014 was enacted, it took a few months for him to adjust his spending, but Beau-Hunkly has finally straightened up and is flying right.
The first month he came home with his mini treasures, I was under-whelmed.
He dumped 2 ounce containers and small bars of soap from a plastic bag onto the kitchen table and then stepped back with hands spread wide.
"Tah Dah!" he exclaimed. "Soap, lotion, and mouthwash, oh my."
I made him put them back in the plastic bag. Later, I hid them in the back of my closet. I was perplexed.
This went on for three months, until the bag was getting pretty full.
Then one morning, I ran out of hand lotion. 20 minutes later my hands were soft as a baby's bottom. (Thank you large bag of travel-size pilfered toiletries.)
Next, I ran out of hair conditioner. (Thank you large bag of travel-size pilfered toiletries.)
When we ran out of liquid hand soap last week, I shoved a bunch of minisoap into the container, added water, and told the kids that the luxury of soap from a pump was back. (Thank you large bag of travel-size pilfered toiletries.)
This morning at 5:00 am, Beau-Hunkly was transferring small bottles of body wash into the empty container. It gave him great joy.
He goes back to base next weekend so we can restock the plastic bag. We're running a little low on the products we use most, but we do have a surplus of shower caps and shoe polish kits if anyone is interested.
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