Snack Attack: Who are you trying to kid?
When you are in the Supermarket or the Petrol Station etc do you find yourself justifying why you should buy the chocolate, biscuits or snacks?
Whilst walking round my local supermarket a couple of weeks ago, I went wandering down the sweets aisle as I wanted to get a few treats in for the kids that would come ‘Trick or Treating’.
There were several people on that aisle studying the backs of packets of sweets and chocolates with a look of real concentration on their faces. Now it may be that they were reading all about the nutritional information to ensure they weren’t poisoning their loved ones, but I don’t think so.
You see in the past I have also wandered down these aisles and stood contemplating which chocolates or treats to buy. Not because of their nutritional value, but whether I could justify that it was for the kids, not me, (even though they have enough already) or that it was for a special occasion (but if I bought enough there would be lots left over) and if I bought ‘kiddie’ sweets no one would even think they were for me…..
Who was I kidding? I knew that the greater proportion of those snacks and treats were going to be eaten by me and that’s the reason why I bought them.
So, next time you find yourself pondering over what snacks to buy just ask yourself who are YOU trying to kid?
Posted by Dawn
November 19, 2009
Tags: chocolates, snacks, sweets, treats Posted in: Myths & Excuses