The party entailed lots and lots of sweets...m&m's, homemade sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzels in pinks and reds and whites and my favorite, gourmet CUPCAKES:
I made up for the non-eaters.
It's kind of like in an economy, see: you have the producers and the non-producers. I sat there, sitting in my chair, looking at the non-eaters and seeing an opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way.
I could be an eater and help out! Help out I did.
There the kids and I were, digging in. (I dodged out of this picture, because, well, EMBARRASSING!)
The birthday girl played the part very well and was quite delighted with everything received:
Her mother posed with an empty chair because the birthday girl did not want to oblige for pictures:
There I was, having had:
- one cookie, pink frosting included
- one chocolate/peanut butter cupcake (HEAVEN)
- 6 chocolate-covered pretzels
- M&Ms (lost count how many)
- Diet Coke - asked for Diet Coke right when I arrived and chugged it like a true addict
The party favors were passed out and we headed for home.
Lu oohed and aahed over the cupcake she was given, a pink-lemonade flavored cupcake with a gummy lemon slice on top.
She begged me to let her eat it last night, but I told her she needed to wait until tomorrow (which is now today) and she could have it then. "OK, Mama! Sometimes things are even better when I have time to look forward to them! Isn't it good to wait?"
Yes, Lu! Yes, it is!
Flash forward to last night, Scott and I watching the worst Netlix movie ever, Insidious. It was somewhere between the seance involving a hazmat helmet and the dumb clown music that my mind began to wander. It wandered right on over to the top shelf of our local refrigerator.
This is what Lucy had to look forward to this morning:
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| crumbs |
There is a special place in hell for people like me.
7 comments:
Im not sure if you have a dog, but there has been several times at my house where the dog just accidentally ate their left over hamburger from the fridge or their cupcake or cookie on the counter! LOL
I am laughing sooo hard right now. My boys are looking at me confused. Oh my word, Rach. That is awesome and hilarious.
Oh my word! This might be Annie's future!
Can you get her a new one?
Oh how funny. As "Big Lucy" I have to correct a few things. I am not skinny - although the other mothers were admittedly in the "slender" category. And one other mother also polished off a chocolate cupcake. The only reason I, along with one of the other mothers, didn't eat those amazing cupcakes is because we both have weirdo health conditions that mean they are not a good idea. Absolutely nothing to do with self control. Later that evening I broke down and, risking potential issues, decided to eat of those raspberry lemonade cupcakes. That's how good they are - I was risking all kinds of pain, but I ate it anyway...ok, ok, I ate half of it because I am wimp, not because of any self control relating to delicious food. So it's totally understandable why you ate Lucy's. Please tell her that the next chance I get (and with a 2month old that's probably not soon) to go to the cupcake shop I will be delighted to replace hers. The ones I bought were child sized so I will get her a full size one to make up for her loss.
PS Can you come up with another way to distinguish me from your daughter?
LOL!! Thank you, Lucy, for clearing that up! =) It's taken every ounce of self control and looking over my pain meds that loom on that top shelf to remind myself why I cannot have the kids' cupcakes or delicious smelling cookies. It was a beautiful array of goodies, but those strawberries were quite fabulous in my book, knowing the weeks of pain I would have if I would have given in to temptation.
Had that been 3 years ago, I would have easily eaten an equal amount to your stats, Rach!! I do thank you for letting me inhale the fabulous scent of the cupcake...I can *almost* taste it when I do that. ;)
That is funny...
OMG cupcakes! And gluten free cupcakes SO do NOT count! Forced to not eat for fear of death works for me but if one were sitting in my refrigerator..... I might make a deal with Satan!
Oh and "Insidious", I too was lured into streaming this awful excuse for a movie by loads of stars and faked reviews!
And, the way it works, if you drink 1 Diet Coke it cancels all calories ingested 2 hours post Coke..... I swear! 2 Diet Cokes and you're calorie free for a day!
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