"He's not in regulation"

Hubby and I were at Target the other day.  We were looking for some tissue paper for a Halloween craft project I wanted to do.  (Stay tuned, I will post pictures.)  On our way to the party aisle, we passed by a display of nutcrackers dressed in Halloween costumes.

Side note: I love nutcrackers.  My family growing up had a nutcracker that we would always display in our home for Christmas.  We never used it to actually crack nuts but I loved it anyway.

So naturally, we stopped to admire the nutcrackers at Target.  And, we saw this one.  It's an army officer.  I laughed with delight at how cute it was. 

Hubby laughed too.  But not in delight.  It was more like an "oh-my-gosh-what-will-people-think-of-next" kind of laugh.  He picked it up and looked at it more closely.  And then, the first thing out of his mouth was "he's not in regulation.  He has a beard."  Something you need to understand about Hubby is that he has a very thick beard.  And he's proud of it.  We joke about how it only takes him an hour to grow a beard.  While he was at basic training, he would shave early in the morning and by lunch time, his drill sergeants would ask him if he shaved that morning.  I think he was thinking that he wished he could be like the nutcracker and have his beard in uniform.

*Note: This is not a sponsored post.  I am in no way connected to Target except for the fact that I like to shop there.  All opinions are solely my own.