Dear Peanut Brittle Fairies,
I was hoping you would have identified yourselves by now. You know, about leaving all those sweets on our doorstep (actually on the wicker chair on the porch). You could have just left the cardboard gift boxes. They are so cute and reusable–and a lot less calories than the sugar-laden goodies inside. Those being: peanut brittle, peanut clusters, chocolate covered pretzels, yogurt covered pretzels, chocolate chip cookies, pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate and yogurt with candies sprinkled on top. And last, but not least, the hot chocolate in a glass container. I have personally sampled everything and I think this sampling and resampling has resulted in a 1.5 lb weight gain since two days before Christmas when I weighed in at WW. I am regularly tempted to trash everything (like I did the icky bread dressing I made for the turkey) but I think of my poor starving son and husband or the impending visit by new friends and I don’t. That leads to another round of sampling and resampling.
So Peanut Brittle Fairy: you are wonderfully kind and I thank you. And I’ll thank you not to do it again.