We have a snowman Christmas decoration we put on our table each year. It is made of wood, and the arms are stretched straight out. On the arms, I hang candy canes. When the kids were younger they devoured the candy canes with great gusto, and every year after Christmas I would load up on the 25-cent & 50-cent after-Christmas boxes.
Do you know what happens to sugar after it sits for several years? It begins to liquify. And my kids assure me it is not particularly tasty either. So this year, I swore off buying after-Christmas candy canes. Plus, I boldly tossed out all the old boxes I could find. I did not quite hold to my resolution. How could I resist candy canes that have porcelain ornaments of the Toy Story characters? And for only 50-cents!
Also, I couldn't resist the 75%-off chocolate cupcake truffles (see pic above). I ate one of the "truffles" on my way home from the store. "Mmm," I thought. "Pretty good--I think." I wasn't really expecting 95-cent Walmart truffles to taste very good, so I thought I had better eat another one, just to make sure. This time it reminded me of something, but I couldn't quite place it. Then it hit me, Crisco! "Surely not!" So I ate one more just to check, and, well, it really wasn't that bad. And on it went. Anyway, they were only bite-sized.
Don't you love the little after-Christmas-clearance candle decoration above? The star caught fire shortly after I took that picture, and I am looking for some fire retardant paint.
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