My wife likes to hoard things in her van. She also rarely cleans it out, and with 3 kids you can imagine the messes. She gets crap gifted to her by her mother consistently, stuff she never plans on using but she rarely throws it out. This also includes craft projects and supplies. I was planning on taking my 93 year old grandmother out for dinner with myself and the kids while the wife was working last weekend, so I would be taking her van for the trip since it's tough to squeeze all 3 kids in the back seat of my car. I'm not taking my grandmother out in a dirty vehicle, and my wife's half ass cleaning job isn't going to cut it, so I start working on the van on Saturday while she's at work.
Combing through just the trunk was like a archaeological dig. On the top layer there were goodie bags from the Easter weekend a week back, with Dollar Store toys and candy her sisters gave our kids. Below that layer there was a basket with some old food from earlier that same week when she took the kids on a picnic during Spring Break. Still further down there were frickin' Gingerbread house kits that she bought on sale after Christmas because they were $.26 I guess (Found out later she actually planned on putting them together with the kids a year later, but not eat them...). Needless to say there was a lot of useless junk and I'm not going to call her at work to find out if I should save any of it, so I make judgement calls and start tossing things. The Gingerbread houses went to the garbage first of course. I also found a pool noodle with duct tape on it, along with multiple bags of plastic Easter eggs covered in glitter. If anyone recalls my previous entry about a month ago, I've banned glitter from the house and I've warned her if I see it I'm tossing it. So, I pitch the foam noodle and the eggs.
After about an hour and half of transporting crap from her van into the garbage and house, and then another 3 1/2 hours cleaning upholstery, vacuuming, steam cleaning dirty carpets, wiping up spills in cup holders, hitting the Armor All, etc...I finally finish. The van looks very worthy, and there are no odd smells. Fast forward to last night. I'm getting ready to go out with the bros to see Avengers.
Her: "Did you see a pool noodle and some bags of plastic eggs when you were cleaning out the van?"
Me: "Yeah, the pool noodle looked like garbage so I pitched it. I pitched the eggs too because it was a week after Easter and I've already warned you about the glitter."
Her: "But I was going to use those to make a wreath for my mom! The bags of eggs weren't even opened yet!"
Me: "Sorry?"
I finish getting ready, then go to say goodbye and I'm getting the cold shoulder.
Me: "Are you still upset about $2 in Dollar Store crafts?"
Her: "..." Doesn't like tone.
Me: "Well, I gotta go, gonna be late."