Dear Mr Cadbury,
Life’s been a bit unspectacular lately. And I do mean a bit, and I’m not writing to you to complain about life.
I’m writing to you to complain about you.
I’m writing to you to complain about you.
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| LOOK AT YOU. HOW COULD I COMPLAIN? |
See, I love your products. Love, adore, worship, idolise – pick your term of affection. They all apply. And I buy your products all the time, regardless of price.
But lately, you’ve been on sale. Anywhere. Everywhere. Half price. Less than half price.
My willpower is generally low when it comes to chocolate anyway, but lately, it’s hit the floor. Combine my non-existent willpower with your super low prices and my bargain-hunting brain, and my purchasing of you has increased to ridiculous levels.
Much like my waistline.
Please, Mr Cadbury, I ask just one thing of you. Just one, tiny thing:
STOP PUTTING YOUR CHOCOLATEY DELICIOUSNESS ON SALE.
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| This $6.00 haul was supposed to last a week. I was back at the supermarket the next day. |
Just stop. I promise to buy you anyway. I really do. I will spend the same amount of money, but get less chocolate. You get more margin; I get less chocolate. It sounds terrible for me, but seriously, it’s fine. I will cope. I will cope much better than I am currently coping.
LET. ME. BE.
Thanks in advance,
Emily
Are you a chocolate nut like me? How do you avoid the temptation to buy five (hundred) blocks when they’re on sale? And to eat all five (hundred) blocks that evening?
Are you a chocolate nut like me? How do you avoid the temptation to buy five (hundred) blocks when they’re on sale? And to eat all five (hundred) blocks that evening?
I totally agree! And they put those displays at the end of the aisles so they make it so EASY to just dash for one more while you’re waiting in line:)
That’s it! I’ll be right back… with three more blocks!
Mmmm chocolate… Might go get me some now (what have you done!!)
Sorry! But if you buy them ALL, then there’ll be none left me. Thanks in advance!
Oh yes! I LOVE Caramello Koalas – once wrote a CK 101 post cos my overseas readers didn’t know what they were. Of late I’ve been making Rocky Road and melting Cadbury chocolate on a tray with globs of peanut butter. I keep telling myself I’ll stop but they’ve been on sale for weeks. First the 220g blocks, then the 350g blocks, now the 220g blocks again. And of course I must save money by buying them! 😉
Mmmmm, Caramellos. And yes! I must save money! Even though I buy ridiculous amounts and actually spend more!
I hear you – they have been SOO cheap recently it’s redick – the hubby loves it though. I have a stash of Turkish Delight that I’m slowly savouring…. thanks for linking 🙂
Well, you get to keep the Turkish Delight! Thanks for hosting LaughLink. Love it.
Perhaps you’re looking at it the wrong way. We all need our servings of fruit (Cocoa Bean) everyday and you are doubling yours thanks to Mr Cadbury. Well done – feel no guilt or shame
EXCELLENT perspective! You are welcome here anytime.
See, what you need to do is buy it for other people – the trick is to buy it for people you hardly ever see (and then you HAVE to eat it yourself because as everyone knows chocolate starts to deteriorate as soon as you buy it) or, buy it for people you don’t like much (that way you don’t have to give it to them because they don’t deserve it) or, buy it for people who don’t like chocolate (I don’t tend to do that because who associates with strange people like that?) – ANYWAY, the point is that if you din’t actually buy it for yourself then the calories you consume are actually somebody else’s so you can enjoy your cheap, guilt free chocolate – genius don’t you think?
I like this. I like it a lot! I have a friend who is allergic to cocoa – clearly, I should be buying lots of chocolate for her!
I have just got back from school drop off – and snacked on a third of a family block of Cadbury peppermint!! Nice!
I can’t leave a supermarket without chocolate. I just wish they’d change their horrible wrappers back to the paper and foil goodness of a few years back. I have trouble opening the new format – even the cardboard boxes were better.
Peppermint is my favourite! I don’t mind the wrappers – the ‘Peel and ReSeal’ label makes me laugh. As if I’ll need to reseal!
Peppermint is the best!!!
YES!
I have discovered I can eat less chocolate if I drink less wine. Turns out without wine, I can stop at a reasonable amount. With a glass of red though, I have no control. None. So now I must have to go without both. Or buy new pants.
I don’t really drink – gosh, imagine how much I’d eat if I did!!
I’m with you all the way with this one. I can’t resist those sneaky displays at the end of the aisle.
Those marketers know what they’re doing!
Those prices are ruining my healthy eating too! Cannot resist, and once I start, the rest of the chocolate is not safe, because I know it’s there and it calls my name ha ha 🙂
Yep, I can’t leave it alone!