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I walked into CVS yesterday and they were setting up the Halloween aisle. Right there on the end of that aisle was candy corn! Besides being sentimental for me the darn things are so addicting! It was the only thing that helped me with nine-months of morning sickness with my oldest daughter (a really long time ago) and also got me through wicked cigarette withdrawals. So of course I grabbed a bag. Driving home I thought to myself, fall isn’t going to be so bad after all.
Did you know that 24 pieces of candy corn is considered a serving? That serving is 160 calories, 85 mg of sodium (Holy Salt) and 32 grams of sugar (Yikes!) None of that mattered as I ripped open the bag and poured it into a bowl and put it on my desk with every intention of eating it all. I grabbed a handful and nearly re-broke the broken jaw I just had surgery on a few weeks ago. It was hard and nasty. I am SO mad!! Big fail CVS. Now I want summer back!
One of my bosses from my out of the house job also a very dear friend, Susan passed away last weekend. She was 51. We said goodbye to her on Wednesday. This is the 4th close friend or relative I have lost to cancer since January. What is going on? #ihatecancer
My husband’s boss planned last weekend’s company picnic months ago. He had no idea the date he chose would be the first game and the home opener for the EAGLES. Everybody sucked it up and showed up at the pavilion and there was a huge T.V. set up. The first half ended with the EAGLES losing 17-0. It was a beautiful day and the food was so good the game had to turn around and it did. They ended up winning 34-17! Suddenly the company picnic turned into a real party!
Just when we thought we rid our city and our football team of all bad karma (you know that Vick guy) another one of our favorite players brings national shame attention to our city and our team.
Our star running back LeSean McCoy, nicknamed Shady is a fan favorite. Last week he and a few friends went to a popular Philly restaurant PHT. The server admittedly a bit nervous because he was a HUGE fan forgot the appetizer. McCoy and his party left a twenty-cent tip. The owner of the restaurant posted the receipt on Facebook and we have a scandal. Charlie Sheen jumped on Twitter and offered the server $1000 to which McCoy said, I’m glad you are finally doing something good with your life. Somebody today said, at least he didn’t knock his girlfriend out in an elevator. No he didn’t but I remember what he did doand believe me it wasn’t nice. You see this is not the first time this fan fave’s shady character has been questioned. Meet the real LeSean McCoy
http://articles.philly.com/2013-01-31/sports/36638155_1_lesean-mccoy-eagles-fans-social-media
“A 20-cent tip is kind of a statement. You can’t disrespect somebody and expect them to tip you. I don’t care who the person is. That’s why I left my card so they could see my name.” LeSean McCoy
We have been waiting SO long for the new and final season of Sons of Anarchy. The first episode was two and a half hours long and so much happened I was getting dizzy. It was also very gory. I had to turn away at one point. I am hooked though and really want to see where the writer takes this and it all ends. I hope there is some redemption there.
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27 thoughts on “Eagles, Sons and a CVS Fall Fail”
Candy corn…so evocative. I used to like them a lot but in recent years they just don’t have the same appeal. But they look like childhood, don’t they?
The absolutely remind me of my childhood and my grandmother. She always had a bowl full of them in the fall.
So while CVS did fail in the candy corn department, they did stop selling cigarettes, so maybe that balances things out?
It does. I am so happy they stopped selling cigarettes. Waiting on the ‘fresh’ batch of candy to come in.
Oh I would be so furious with CVS as well! I too know how many pieces of candy corn are in a serving and my family thinks I am nuts because I eat them one color at a time!
OMGoodness I eat one color at a time too! They took the bag back and pulled the rest off the shelf today.
I’ve never been a candy corn fan — I’m a chocolate girl all the way. And I’m so proud of CVS for stopping their sale of cigarettes that it’s hard to fault them right now!
I love chocolate too! I am thrilled about CVS no longer selling cigarettes too!
I just wrote a post for Boomeon thanking CVS for bravely stopping the sale of cigarettes, so I can’t be angry at them. Sorry about what you went through. (Why does every retailer rush the seasons and put these displays up early anyway?)
Love your fragments, Doreen. No shock about any football players anymore, by the way!
I am thrilled about them no longer carrying cigarettes and think they deserve the big healthcare contract for doing so. It is the closest store to my house so I am in there pretty much everyday.
So sorry we sent the other player your way. I have a feeling he won’t last long there.
Our Hallowee’en displays went up at the came time as the Back to school sales started. Avoiding temptation!
I am awful about avoiding candy temptation!
I love candy corn, too! It was sour candy that got me through my pregnancy, though.
So sorry about your friends. I am with you – #ihatecancer too!
Traci
I remember using green lollypops too.
Candy corn! I love this time of year just for that reason. I like it soft though and can’t imagine biting into that one! Yikes!
The store manager couldn’t believe it. Took it all off the shelf. They were all hard as a rock. Gross.
I’m a candy corn fan too! But only soft ones. Shame on CVS for putting out last year’s stale candy. So sorry about your friend. Cancer is a terrible thing. And I’m a fan of SOA too and reading this reminded me I have the episode recorded to watch. That’s on my list today for sure! Hope you have a good weekend!
The first episode is a long one! Cannot wait for the next one.
Well it hasn’t been the best of weeks in terms of PR (or actual behavior) for the NFL. I put candy corn around a candle on my kitchen island. I was hoping the fact that it surrounds a candle would deter me from picking at it, but alas that is not the case. Maybe I need a post it with the calories stuck right beside : ) Have a good weekend!
It sure hasn’t and it sounds like it is only going to get worse for the NFL.
I never care much for candy corn – too sweet. Hard ones would be disappointing.
Leaving a bad tip – so that becomes news on twitter? I’m glad not to be on twitter
Twitter is actually quite entertaining. A nice mix of extremely serious and ridiculously funny.
I am not a fan of candy corn but I would have been tempted to take the bag back and ask if it was from last year’s stock. :o))
So, so many athlete’s are bringing such shame to their names. I really get sick of hearing about it. So sad!
Hope you are having a great weekend!
I took it back and they pulled all of it off the shelves.
It’s candy corn time already? Yup, that’s right, it is. I’m losing track of time…and wishing the cold weather won’t arrive!
I am not ready!
I am so not ready for the cold!