Well, since I am off today for my RDO, I need to make good use of my time. This means, of course, that I must go to the store for the Easter goodies. I can smell all the chocolate now. However, I was a good girl and worked out on the treadmill this morning, so can treat myself to a piece of chocolate.
On the subject of jelly beans, I’m not particularly fond of them. Jellie Bellies are alright, but the popcorn flavored jelly beans are AWFUL. They taste like smelly socks smell! I has me some Viking blood in me, and I gotta say, they woudn’t have eaten such “foo-foo” food.
Also, did any of you ever like those BIG candy coated things with a real sickly sweet white filling in them. I can’t remember the name of those, but they ALSO sucked. When I was a kid I gave them to my lil’ sis or I threw them away.
Peeps! Ugh. My kids can’t stand them. They used to be able off them to Mr. Taters , but now even he can’t stand them.
I like the Robin Eggs though, those are okay.
Well, now I must finish my CAWFEE and get cleaned up and head to the store.
I bought six bags of my favorite Easter candy last night because they (it?) is ony available at Easter and this way I can continue to have the candy for weeks after Easter. See, I get stingy with it when I can no longer replace the bag I ate with a new bag, so I start portioning out the candy, allowing myself to have some one night, but not two nights in a row. Not that I’m obsessive or retentive about my candy, no nothign like that. I mean, I don’t count the number of individual candies I have left (well, maybe when I get down to the last bag, but only so I can divide them up into equal portions, and distribute to colors evenly. Nothing weird about that, no siree.)
I also bought a Dove Bunny, solely to be break off his head (then i save it and eat it last–I have no food issues, really, I don’t).
And, for the record, my bra does its share of catching stray bits of chocolate, popcorn and the occasional nut.
Wahoo, first day of spring break for me! Slept till eight, loafed on the couch then loafed on the balcony trying to get a little color on these lab rat white legs of mine. I then loafed around the grocery store and finally didn’t loaf around the gym. Now I plan to conclude this lovely day with a long soak in the tub before going out with friends for a drink or two. I need an adventure, any suggestions?
Kallessa, you simply need to buy more of the candy and then freeze it. That way you’ve got enough for practically all year, no portioning necessary! You’re a stronger woman than I to limit yourself to so few bags of your favorite candy.
Welby reminds me of my junior high school days. I want to giggle and make that ‘wooooOOOOO!’ noise that kids do when someone says something naughty.
Well, I went to Freddies and got the requisite Easter goodies. I had to buy new baskets too, because Mr. Taters keeps throwing the Easter baskets out.
I bought the kiddos each a new spring/summer outfit, the hubby some socks, and for me…well nothing, I guess.
Then, because the weather is so beautiful, I just couldn’t stay inside. So, I watered my flowers, hosed down my driveway, and generally bullshitted the afternoon away with our real estate agent (he finally sold the last house in our development), some neighbors, the builder, etc.
So, I have WASTED the entire day and my house is a mess. Now, I have to quickly clean up (at least DOWNSTAIRS), because the hubby invited our friends over to have some country style ribs and some ‘Tater’ salad.
…and I DID NOT have any chocolate today, even though I probably bought a flippin’ ton of it. I was able to withstand the temptation. Yay for me! So, I guess the hubby won’t have search for chocolate shavings or crumbs in my bra. What a shame!
Please keep in mind that there are two sides to all junior high school level children; there’s the horribly cruel and nasty, unmercifully relentless and cruel evil geek side, and then there’s the wholly innocent, good and friendly geek side.
welby lives on the dark side, and I live in the light.
Don’t make the wrong choice. For your childrens’s sake.
I bought Mr. Lissar Reese’s peanut-butter-and-chocolate eggs for Easter. I’m kind of hoping that the Easter stuff at the drugstore next to my work will be on sale tomorrow. If not, I can be strong and wait for Monday, when it will be half price.
I also got him cadbury mini-eggs.
And I used the rest of the Valrhona dark chocolate to make homemade pudding. It’s got an enormous amount of chocolate in it, and no cocoa at all. It’s really really good. I forsee eating it for breakfast tomorrow.
Disclaimer: I have nothing whatsoever to do with this place financially, but it got swampbear all hot and bothered last year.
This place is your source for all things chocolaty. Try the truffles. Seriously, you’ll just flop back on your couch and paste a big gin on your face. They’ll mail it to you.
I’m taking Angel Pants The First there tomorrow, and she’s going to pick out her Easter basket.
After that, we’ll sit down and figure out whether or not we’re going to church, and if so, which one.
I wonder if my Second Husband With Car can take me grocery shopping tomorrow. It’ll be a zoo- everyone panicking about Easter. Oh no! The store will be closed for one day! What if we run out of… of… taramosalata, or hand-stretched caramel, or something!
Maybe I can wait for Monday or Tuesday.
What should I make for Easter dessert?
Incidentally, I think I should add something my Second Husband said to my sig. I like it.
Oh gee, thanks, thanks alot,Ex. You just HAD to put that link there, didn’t you? I, of course, just HAD to click on it. Hah! You haven’t won, though! I am NOT buying ANY chocolate. NOPE, NOPERS, NO WAY, NO HOW!
Today we were at Costco shopping for Easter meat. The Easter Bunny was there giving away chocolate eggs and snapping polaroid photos with the kiddies to raise money for the Children’s Hospital. Afterwards my daughter asked me, completely straightfaced, “Daddy, does the Easter Bunny sneak into the stores after they’re closed and steal candy to give to all of the little girls and boys?”
Gasp! Welby’s a bad boy? Rarrr! Poor, sweet, chopped liver Ex, I guess this means I’ll have to waste myself on Wicked Welby. Don’t worry, someday I’ll come to my senses and realize what a great guy I’ve thrown away. But will you still be there for me? Tune in tomorrow when…
Shibb, did you tell her the truth? That the Easter bunny doesn’t steal it from Costco, but that it ‘falls off the back of a truck.’ Wait to tell her the truth about Santa’s sweatshop, though. She sounds like a sharp little cookie, but you gotta let her keep some of her illusions intact.
How about lemon souffle for Easter dessert Lissla? It’s not that hard and you can make most of it ahead of time. The impressiveness quotient is quite high.
I still don’t have an adventure I’m crazy about. I’m contemplating skydiving though. Is it expensive? Is it actually fun or just terribly windy?
When I stopped laughing she said, “Well, isn’t that where Santa gets all the toys? If they went shopping during the day then someone would see them…”
We did have a nice large bunny rabbit in our backyard this morning (yesterday we had mallards, which is interesting since we’re not near any water). I said, “Hey kids, look, maybe that’s the Easter Bunny.” In response I got, “Dad, that’s not what the Easter Bunny looks like!” And a question about whether the Easter Bunny is real, which I deftly evaded. Just wait until they ask me questions about reproduction. He he.
Personally, I like today’s “Non-Sequitur” argument about the Easter Frog (labor-intensive hand-crafted eggs, delivered to you personally) vs. the Easter Bunny (shoddily colored eggs by cheap foreign labor, flung about at random).
