License Plates

When we got our suburban a few months ago, Arthur asked me which license plate I wanted.  I said, "Anything but the yellow one.  It's ugly."  Well, when he went to register the car, the only thing he could remember was "the yellow one."  So he came home very proud of himself and said, "I got you your yellow license plate!"

       "Wait, which one did you get?" I asked.

       "The yellow one.  The one you wanted."

       "No, I said, anything BUT the yellow one."

So I resigned myself to driving around with this ugly yellow license plate and convinced myself it was fine because how often do I even look at my license plate?  And I was fine, even though I found myself noticing people's license plates and wincing when I saw the yellow one and wishing it weren't on the back of my car, and noticing how much nicer the blue one looked.

Evidently it bothered Arthur too, because one day I got an email from him saying that for $20 we could get a new license plate and he was doing it on his lunch break.  And now we have a blue one.  :) I like it so much better.  And funnily enough, I never notice license plates any more at all.  So if you have a yellow license plate,  don't worry--I'm not wincing at your license plate anymore.  Because I have a blue one and life is good.