I have a crazy sweet tooth. I could eat ding dongs and oatmeal creme pies for days and not get sick of them. however, eating those wretched things is akin to polluting your body with chemicals and eating straight sugary fat. *sigh* do you have any idea how depressing that is some days? pfft, frosting has been my nemesis lately, and to be honest, I’m fairly certain I could scarf down an entire sleeve of oreos at a moment’s notice. this brings me to today’s shopping experience..
first of all, it’s incredibly unkind to put a shelf full of incredibly devilish sugar wafers right next to the fresh fruit. for God’s sake, here we are, trying to grab healthy and nutritious fruit and veggies, and we have to walk around a pile of scrumptious sugar wafers to do it.
yum. my favorite is strawberry.. you?
here’s where it gets really difficult though.. right next to all of the fruits and veggies is the little debbie & hostess aisle, cleverly placed so that you have to walk by it in order to get to the salad stuff in the back of the produce section. you know the sugar sweet smell that seems to float around these little devils like perfume? it’s incredibly persuasive. so much so that I stood there for a moment after I’d taken this picture wondering if I should get a box. it took me a full minute to snap out of my near sugar coma.
mm. sugar.
I mean, sweet baby Jesus, I had to slap my own hand as I was reaching for the stupid, garish box. so yes, I’ve got a major sweet tooth that, especially as of late, has been begging me to break down and buy a box of star crunch. mm, star crunch. but alas, I’m gonna go cut up an apple for myself and try to pretend that nature’s sugar is just as good as the man-made junk. (p.s. it’s not.)
{shout out to meijer, the beautiful model in today’s rant.}