I was going start off by apologizing for being a little odd and then I thought DUH, I AM odd. And proud of it.
So. I’m just going to come out and say it: I don’t particularly like chocolate.
I don’t dislike chocolate, I’m not THAT odd, I just won’t walk down the chocolate aisle and drool over the chocolates or get the sads because I really shouldn’t buy chocolate. I would however get stuck in the chips (crisps), nuts and chevra * aisle. This has thank goodness rolled down to our kids and they don’t particularly bug us whenever we hit the aisle of death at Woollies, waiting to pay.
But yesterday I was waiting to pay and I thought, sjoe, I could really do with one of those little Caramello Bears. Not too much chocolate, just right. So I bought one for R3.99.
I hustle on back to my desk, have my lunch and mid-afternoon I remember about the Caramello Bear and lean back in my chair in anticipation of that heavenly caramel/chocolate taste.
I tear open the wrapper.
I open it.
And it’s gone all white and yucky on the inside.
Very disappointed I first set it aside and then realize that I was quite looking forward to that little chocolate, so I decide to take a walk back to the shop to see if they will exchange it.
Yes, no problem, they will find me another one. Luckily I offer to open the next one at the counter and it’s the same story with that one and the several others they bring, the whole box must have been damaged.
No worries, can they bring me the slightly bigger caramel chocolate and off they go. Oops, sorry, no can do, none in the shop but look, they have the 100g caramel slab. I am horrified. What on earth am I going to do with an entire slab of chocolate? But hey, I thought, they went through all that effort to help the least I can do is pay in the odd R5.00 for more than double more chocolate, how’s that for a saving! Besides, I’ll just hand out the rest at the office.
I gave 4 blocks to someone and somehow the rest vanished.
I have absolutely no idea how it happened, but I’m sure the circumference of my waist will remind me of it soon…
* that chevra link is for the healthy version. The original version is decadent as sin, which makes it irresistable of course.
You are definitely not odd – I also don’t really like chocolate unless it’s Dark – much rather have something savoury! But just sometimes also need that little fix! 🙂
You don’t like chocolate? Oh my! How I wish I didn’t like chocolate!
I love chocolate once in a while but I totally adore jelly type sweets. I will galdly kill someone that does not hand over a packet of jelly tots to me.