I drink a lot of cherry diet Pepsi. So when it's on sale for a good price, I stock up. Regular price is 4.29 for a 12 can pack, so if the grocery store has them for 4 for $11, I'll go in almost every day and buy 4 or sometimes 8. They limit on those sales to 4 per purchase, so sometimes I don't want to go back in. I always feel like I'm doing something wrong, lol.

Anyway. I keep it on shelves in my detached garage. I didn't lock the door, either, until one day several weeks ago when I got home from work and noticed two 12 packs missing. It's not that they stole my Pepsi, it's that someone invaded my space and took something that didn't belong to them. It's not really about the Pepsi. But. Still. It's my Pepsi. I was irritated but not angry, and I simply started locking the door to the garage. No big.

So this morning, I'm lying in bed half awake and hear the neighbor kids outside. I heard a rattling sound and then a very disappointed little boy's voice: "The door's locked!"

Me, 1, obnoxious neighbor kid, 0. I feel very smug.