Husband on a leash

Many times Chad and I have gone somewhere and gotten separated and we've had a hard time finding each other because one of us isn't a "self-contained" person and forgets their cell phone. Some of you may have already heard this story, but I just couldn't resist blogging about it because it is the perfect example of why I am beginning to think that I need to put my husband on a leash. Last weekend Chad and I went to the mall to do a little shopping for him. Chad's wardrobe is in need of a major makeover that is long overdue. We arrived to the mall only 15 minutes before closing time. We were cutting it a little bit close, but since I'm a fast shopper I wasn't too worried. We stopped in JCPenny because they were having this huge sale. After rummaging through the clothes for a few minutes with no success we decided to move on to another store. We hurried to the other end of the mall to one of my favorite stores. I quickly picked out an outfit for Chad and sent him to the dressing room. Three minutes later we were at the checkout happily making our purchase. I'll have to post a picture of Chad in his new outfit for you all to see how handsome he looks! Then we rushed back to the other end of the mall to JCPenny where we had parked. We just made it in before they closed the gate. I wanted to grab something in the women's department and I told Chad I would just be a minute or two and for him to wait, but he took off and headed down to the men's department not wanting to be caught hanging out in the women's section. I made my purchase in just a couple minutes since I knew exactly what I was looking for and headed downstairs to find Chad. In the mean time Chad had found some pants to try on and was in the dressing room. So when I went down there and made a lap around the men's department he was no where to be found. I decided to make a few more laps just in case I had missed him. After having no success with that I headed upstairs again thinking maybe he was upstairs looking for me. Now keep in mind that I had forgotten my cell phone and had told Chad that when we arrived at the mall...otherwise this whole situation could've been solved in seconds. Anyway, I went back upstairs and after a few laps around the women's department I still couldn't find him. Where could he be?! I stopped and asked the women at the jewelry if she had seen someone that met Chad's description. She said she hadn't and since their were pretty much only us and about 3 other people left in the store she would know. Then she suggested that I overhead page him. I had to laugh to myself because it made me think of the movie Charly. If you've seen the movie you will know what I am talking about. Chad is very similar to Sam in that movie in a lot of ways. I decided to pass on her suggestion and give him a few more minutes. After a while I gave in and had the lady page him. The two ladies at the jewelry counter assured me that he would come as soon as he heard the page, but he didn't. After another few minutes went by they asked if I wanted to use their phone to call him. I took them up on their offer and dialed Chad's number. It rang and rand and then went to his voicemail! I left him a message and continued to wonder where he could be. Now according to Chad he heard the overhead page, but chose to ignore it figuring he would be just a few more minutes in the dressing room. Chad decided to buy something so as he got to the checkout counter his phone rang (which was me calling him) and he didn't answer it because he was making his purchase. As the cashier rang up his purchase and saw his name on his credit card he said to Chad "Hey, aren't you the one they overhead paged a few minutes ago?" haha Any of you who know Chad know that he hates that kind of attention being drawn to him. Meanwhile back at the jewelry counter these ladies are starting to suggest that my husband has left me at the mall and forgotten about me! How could he forget his wife after only being married 3 months?! haha Finally Chad came upstairs and when he came into my view I said "There you are!!" Which embarrassed Chad even more. This isn't the first time something like this has happened to us either. Hence the reason I am now in the market for a leash for my husband. I told him I'm going to have to get him one of those backpack leashes they have for kids just so I can keep track of him!