Apparently...

...it is highly frowned upon by The Mister for me to exclaim while shopping in Pier 1, "Hey, babe?  Haven't you always wanted a wooden salad bowl?  How about this one?"  I guess that's somewhat embarrassing for a guy, especially when there is another man within ear shot who turns to see what wimpy guy wants a salad bowl. 

I tried to recover by mentioning saws and Lowes and other manly stuff, but apparently the damage was done. 

My apologies, Chief.  I wasn't trying to confiscate your Man Card, I swear. 

And you're right, those bowls weren't the right ones, anyway.