Chocolate Temptation

I went to the grocery store today. Before I left for the store I checked my stash of coupons and added a few new ones to the stack. Sometimes I take coupons with me that I don't necessarily think I will use. I just want to see what the product is and I'll make my decision on the spot. Sometimes I take coupons with me that I shouldn't use like sweet tooth items. O.K., candy! I said it and I meant it! I have a tendency to prioritize my coupons with the biggest discount prices toward the top of the pile. $1.00 off coupons are a very high priority but the coupon that trumps all is "buy one, get one free"!! So, I came across two top of the line coupons in the Sunday newspaper. One said buy two Russell Stover creme eggs and get two free. I'm getting tingly just thinking about it. The other coupon was for two free CADBURY EGGS with the purchase of two. I am salivating at the thought of this. Cadbury eggs are the top of the line chocolate lovers delight and ,oh, so elusive. They only seem to be available around Easter time. So, here was my plan. I knew I really didn't need the sugar and calories but I really wanted to use the coupons. I had a brilliant idea. Actually, I had the idea a week ago when I was faced with a similar dilemma involving Russel Stover chocolates. My plan was to make some very decorative gift bags and load the newly acquired sweets into them and give them away. I have in the past surprised unsuspecting people this way. One year at Christmas time I brought a couple of gift bags of chocolate chip bread to church and gave them to people that I didn't know. They were so surprised to receive a gift from a stranger. And I was happy to give. Well, we are strangers no more. We say "hi!" to each other now. So, my plan is in place. I know what I will do with the candy eggs. I will give them away. I used the golden coupons. Good for me! Giving the candy away? Also good for me. The candy eggs are sitting on the kitchen counter. I could hide them in the cabinet, but, no..... They are secretly calling to me in the silent code that only extreme chocolate lovers understand. They are tempting me. I could eat them. But I'll fight that urge. I think facing a temptation and resisting it is good for me. No hiding. Out in the open. Oh, temptation!! Leave me alone.