I gave up sweets for Lent. It’s been fairly smooth sailing, until last night, when I lay awake, tortured by visions of marshmallow bunnies and Peeps!
The Monday after Easter, I will sweep the shelves of discounted marshmallow creatures. I won’t get any Hershey’s Miniatures, Hershey’s Kisses, candy corn, M&Ms and so forth that just happen to have Easter colors, unless they’re irresistably low-priced. I don’t like jelly beans, and Easter chocolate is usually milk, rather than dark, which I vastly prefer.
Any other kind of Easter candy I should look out for? On Good Friday, I will get one of those big nougat eggs that you slice. I’ll get it then because I can’t count on them being left over and marked down. I figure if I’ve made it that long :eek:, I can last another two days.
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
Ah, but which Cadbury eggs? The minis are divine… although they are, at heart, milk chocolate. Then you have your all-chocolate cream eggs, and your caramel eggs, not to mention the originals. If you really want to go out on a limb, you can find Snickers and Milky Way eggs.
Rilchiam, if you have any desire for Cadbury eggs, I suggest you try to nab one of those trays of about a dozen of them. My local deli is selling them for some ghastly inflated price, but my boyfriend got 'em for cheap at a Costco. If I see those babies on clearance anywhere, I’m bringing home a truckload.
Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa…
I’ll definitely get a tray of Cadbury eggs. Maybe a dozen, so I can freeze them and have one a month until next Easter.
Oh, and I forgot Mounds eggs. I looooove coconut. And maybe some peanut butter eggs.
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
Being a Lenten slacker that I am, Rilchiam, I admire your tenacity. Only 32 days to go!! I even took advantage of the Papal dispensation because St. Patty’s fell on a Friday. I’m not even Irish, but I did gorge on a steak and a double beef cheeseburger that day. My wife is Irish Protestant, so I figured that was close enough.
BTW, don’t you just like those dark chocolate and orange-flavored balls that are shaped like a real orange? I forget their name, but those are really good! Go on, get one now, along with some marshmallow bunnies!! I won’t tell!!
Yes, I love the chocolate oranges, but my reward will be that much sweeter if I know I’ve earned it. (We need a smiley of a person with a little halo!)
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
I’m not a big chocolate fan but I like the chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs. Only I can’t find the good ones this year! I think the ones I fell in love with were Dove brand. This year the only ones I can find are Hershey – a weak imitation at best and they come in packages of six eggs, which is too many even for my hearty appetite.
“I used to think the brain was the most important organ in the body, until I realized who was telling me that.”
Emo Phillips
No one says you have to eat the entire package at once, Pluto. I can keep a box of assorted chocolates going for weeks.
:::halo:::
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
Have you made it almost through Lent yet? Have you stuck to it so far? Stockpiling peeps?
My kid gave up soda, although our church doesn’t do giving up things for Lent; guess it’s the 7 years of parochial school, and it’s true what they say!
The little folks were cute this morning, marching up the aisle of the church waving palm branches, to sing “Hosanna to the Son of David.”
TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
One week, 20 hours, 40 minutes and 33 seconds.
314 cigarettes not smoked, saving $39.31.
Life saved: 1 day, 2 hours, 10 minutes.
I feel your pain! I too gave up sweets for Lent (though I cheated when I took a trip to Florida so I could eat Key Lime Pie.) I suggest writing down any impulseish (I love making up words) candies you can think of. I don’t know if you like them, but the little yellow chick “peeps” made out of marshmallows are something I’m eating on Easter.
AGrace, yes, I’ve made a list. I’m not interested in Peeps, though; only bunnies. Bunnies are more fun to eat! Ear, ear, head, torso, bottom. Peeps are hard to sectionalize (there’s another made-up word!).
Mr. Rilch said he was proud of me yesterday; he got a chocolate orange, and I didn’t sneak one slice, even though he purposely left it unattended.
I hope all you penitents realize you can give in to what you gave up on the Sundays of Lent*. That’s right, the forty days of Lent don’t count the Sundays – as solemnities (high festive days), Sundays are never fast days. If you don’t belive me, pull out a calendar and count the days between Ash Wednesday and Easter.
Peace.
This applies to good or morally neutral things you gave up. If you gave up a bad habit or a vice, you should never give in to them.
I too like candy I can “sectionalize.” I just saw an add for purple bunny “peeps.” Now that’s a peep I can eat and have fun with.
I’ve heard this before, and I believe you. I just choose to keep going on Sundays as a personal thing. I was always taught Lent was from Ash Wednesday until Easter, and that’s how I’ve always thought of it, even if I am incorrect.
Actually, that’s a misperception. Check it out http://www.catholic.org/lent/. Lent actually ended yesterday on Palm Sunday. Holy Week is also known as the Passiontide, which technically is not Lent.
Historically, Lent was the period of time from the first Sunday of Lent (1st Sunday after Ash Wednesday) to Holy Thursday, as Easter is actually the time from the Good Friday service to the Easter Vigil Saturday night.
Hope that helps. By the way, Rilchiam, congrats, as you’ve technically made it.
Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels!