With a title like that you have to sing the song! That is exactly what I did today when I found a treasure trove. My friend wanted to check out a tiny supermarket around the corner from our apartments. So I tagged along. And boy, I am glad I did!
In a country that loves salt on everything, you cannot get pretzels. No I am serious! The only bags we have found so far are snack size that we can get a Wal-Mart. But today? I found Snyder's Pretzel Sticks! And Mini Pretzels! And coated ones like an inside out Combo! YUMMO! You are probably thinking pretzels? So what? Ha-ha, it is a so what! I do not eat chips and my junk food is pretzels. Now you are probably thinking, you don't eat chips? What's the matter with you? Well plenty, but I don't have enough room to list them here. However, I can down a one pound bag of Rold Gold in no time flat. The best is if you dip the pretzel in red Kool-Aid, but I don't have that either. But now, at least, I have pretzels. And you can't have any! They're mine, all mine! So mitts off!
The second favorite thing in this country is sugar. Can you understand why I like living here? The chocolate is very delicious. But every once in a while you want a good, down home, American candy bar. Well you can buy a few here, Snickers, Twix, M&Ms. But if you want a bar it will cost ya. Try $3.50 US dollars for a bag of M&Ms. Now you are probably thinking, What? Are you crazy? You don't buy any do you? Well, usually no. If I am in need of a chocolate fix I actually by a $6.00 big brick bar of Hershey's Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate, but that is only when a girl really NEEDS her chocolate.
But today, at this little tiny grocery store around the corner from my apartment, I found Reese Cups and Reese Sticks and Skittles. Can I tell you how my eyes bugged out when I saw them? Reese Cups? You stuck your chocolate in my peanut butter! NO, you stuck your peanut butter in my chocolate! Yes, I'm in heaven. I'm in heaven. (Yes you can sing that song too). It has been so long since I had a Reese Cup. I savored them. No I did not buy any for my boys. And no I am not mean. I got them the Skittles and the Reese Sticks. I unwrapped one cup and ate the chocolate around the edges and then let the circle that was left melt in my mouth. Yes, this is how I eat all Reese Cups. You should try it. I highly recommend it. We were heading out to the car while I was eating the second one when the bag boy asked if I wanted to put my meager bags in the cart too (pretzels and candy do not take up a lot of room). But they were around my arm and I would have had to eat my chocolate faster if I was to do that. I let the boy know this and he laughed. I truly do not think he comprehends the bliss one feels when savoring their chocolate. So for a tip I gave him a snack sized Twix bar. He seemed happy with that.
Yes, today I bought candy bars and bags for US$3.50 each. And yes, I spent US$7.00 on a bag of pretzels. But today I am really happy. I think that out weighs the cost. Of course next week I will have to get on the bike and exercise it off, but I will cross that bridge then.
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