I have a friend whose husband describes her as “confidently wrong”. A confidently wrong person can be described as someone who, when making a statement, could be completely and totally misled, but who sounds so right saying it that you believe them. A fabulous personality trait as far as I’m concerned. Those of you who know me miiiiiight just put me in this same category. And if you haven’t, then I win, because I’ve been so confident in my statements that I’ve totally fooled you.

Flash forward to a confession. Sometimes my confidently wrongness leads me to tell little white lies. Sometimes I have an idea that I just KNOW is the best idea ever, but somewhere in my brain I get a little check that it might be an odd idea, so I confidently present it and then quickly attribute it to someone else. My plan all along is to reclaim said idea as soon as it is tested and proven. So one time I was talking to eye twin, who was moving into a new apartment and living off of a college budget. I come up with the FABULOUS idea that she should put a jar on her counter, and people who come over or come stay with her could put change or whatever in it. I mean come on, they used the water, the electricity, probably ate some snacks…they can contribute. Best worst idea ever? yes. Here comes the white lie. I told ET that another friend of mine had done that and that it had worked out really well. Somewhere deep down I obviously knew that it was a ridiculous idea. Luckily, ET did not take my advice and several years later I cleared my friend’s name and confessed the idea as my own. We got a really good laugh out of it, and I can’t seem to live it down. This all came back up yesterday as R and I try to survive up here on a limited budget. I mentioned to ET that I was going to have to bust out the “you just flushed the toilet now please deposit a quarter” jar, and she rightly laughed in my face and tagged it the Best Worst Idea Ever.

But I’m not above it…so if you’re over at our apartment and you see a jar…feel free to make a deposit. A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.