I think Hubby brought these home.
It was sweet, really. Someone had them at work and he thought he’d be nice.
Except our kids don’t really like them. I know (from experience) that they’ll sit and sit and sit and end up at the bottom of the snack basket, waiting for an official Decluttering Project.
Unless something even worse happens.
Worse? Me eating them.
Here’s the thing. I don’t like them. There are a few flavors I find somewhat tolerable, but others that make me gag a little.
I don’t eat them enough to ever remember which ones I like/don’t-like.
But I like sugar. And I’m trying to not like it so much, so I’m not buying sugary things that I like.
Without sugar I like, I am highly likely to eat something I don’t like, just because it’s the only sugar around.
That’s a lose-lose.
So, despite my aversion to total wastefulness and guilt over someone’s hard-earned sixty-seven cents going into the trash, I decided to save myself.
And not save that “candy.”
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Good call–I don’t think ANYBODY actually likes those! The whole chalkiness thing is pretty hard to get past. I found my daughter some to take to school this year that look more or less the same, but are apparently mutant SweetTarts. Great improvement.
This is such a relatable struggle! Somehow it is so hard for me to throw away things that someone could eat. Our cereal stash is half full of bags that probably have less than a quarter cup of cereal mixed with a half cup of powdery crumbs. No one will eat it, but someone *could* eat it…yeah I should probably go clear that out today….
When and where can I find your new daily podcast? I would love to have heard this post in your voice.
YES! It is hard to get over that “hump” of throwing away something that is “still good”, but if it’s not good for me, and no one else is eating it – it needs to go!
Thanks for the words of affirmation!
I was just looking at a giant pile of candy left overs on the bar from Christmas and telling everyone that good or not, come next week I was tossing it all as it’s taking over my counter and there’s more there than any of us could possibly eat and WAY more than would be good for us to eat! But I felt terrible thinking about how much we’d spent on it, and how much the kids WOULD have enjoyed eating it over the last few months if I’d let them eat junk more often…