When Dagwood Bumstead requests two hundred dollars to join the trout club, his wife Blondie becomes indignant at her husband's lack of concern for family finances. Blondie's anger is fueled by the appearance of the glamorous Joan Forrester, Dagwood's old flame, who insists on giving him a ride to meet his friend, Marvin Williams, at the club. Rather than drive to the club, Joan sidetracks Dagwood to Lover's Lane, where her car stalls. While they are waiting for the garage to repair the car, Joan bamboozles Dagwood into accompanying her to the movies, where they enter a contest. Then Dagwood, bedeviled by apparitions of Blondie, faints and is rescued by Marvin, who counsels his friend to lie to Blondie that he was at the trout club. Dagwood tries to follow his advice, but collapses under Blondie's suspicious glare and confesses. Later that night, Dagwood is notified that he has won the contest and decides to buy Blondie a fur jacket with his winnings. Ever helpful, Joan volunteers to help him pick one out, and Blondie walks by just as Joan is modeling the coat. Thinking that Dagwood is buying the coat for Joan, Blondie heads for Reno and a divorce. While she is waiting for her bus, a lawyer convinces Blondie to return to her husband, and when she comes home she finds the coat waiting for her in the closet.