It started with a tin of cherries, a very lonely tin of
cherries. The tin of cherries reminded me of the graham cracker piecrust I had
left over from Christmas. Luckily, I was out of flour so there goes the idea of
baking a pie.
I really need milk though, and coffee for that matter. I
could pick up the flour since I’d already be at the grocery.
Looked up a quickie recipe for cherry pie and realized I
needed butter. Okay, a carton of milk, a stick of butter…. I began to think of that little cartoon
snippet that used to come on between segments of Sesame Street and I cannot
believe I actually found the link…. a loaf, of bread, a container of milk, a
stick of butter
Well color me surprised, it’s Valentine’s Day and the
grocery is a sea of pink and red reasons to turn around and leave at once.
Carnival is less than three weeks away, which is precisely two weeks more than
the last time I ate three doubles. I bypassed the chocolates, the cakes, and
the cupcakes. I was almost free of the temptation when I saw the most beautiful
piece of pink perfection. A doughnut. I flirted with it a bit and was able to
ignore all of its ingenious pick up lines. Proud moment. I picked up a box of
six tiny bite-sized jam tarts with the idea that they would be shared. I could
not endure the three-minute drive home so I decided to have one, a raspberry
one.
Who am I kidding? I’ll try the apple next. Why are there so many red ones? It’s
cherry? I’ll just have that one so it doesn’t feel left out and then take the
rest home.
I made it all the way in the front door when my Chihuahua wanted
to inspect the bag as usual. I couldn’t deny him a little piece so I broke off
a piece of the pastry and fed it to him.
What to do with the rest of it?
Needless to say there was a 3-2-1 effect with the remaining
tarts and a cherry pie baking in the oven.
No one will ever be home to stop you from eating butter,
pancake batter, plain ketchup or all of the leftover cherry pie filling.
One thing you can do alone and not feel guilty,
…Is have a latte.
Happy Valentines Day!
