Easter comes early!

I love the holidays for all that they offer. Caroling on cold winter nights, warm fires crackling in a decorated fireplace, bright lights lining the streets, and holiday music tinkling in the background of every store you enter. I love every holiday for different reasons but one common thread runs through them all for me. I love the treats that magically appear on the shelves. I hoard all the specific treat that I love for that holiday and then patiently wait for the next holiday to roll around so I can indulge on the next decadent little packaged sugar lump that is waiting for me. For Christmas it is chocolate oranges and marshmallow covered Santa clause; for Halloween it is the mixed bag of Butterfingers, Baby Ruth, and Almond Joy; for Valentines it is chocolate cinnamon bears and Juju hearts; and for Easter it is Reese's peanut butter eggs, Peeps, and Cadbury Mini Eggs. Easter has to be one of the best holidays by far for the candy. It is the holiday that I yearn for each year. I get so excited when Valentines Day is over because I know what is coming next- a world full of mouth watering creations that I often joke with Jake about that we need to put some in our food storage because I do consider them "food staples." I was wondering on through the store yesterday casually talking on the phone to Brittany. I turned the corner and BAM!!! I ran right into a little treat that I only get in April of every year. The were Cadbury Eggs Christmas version.

I couldn't help but stop in my tracks and immediately interrupt britt to tell her what I just found. If anyone could understand my excitement, it would be Brittany. She loves these things more than I do I think. I clearly remember when we were younger she would buy about 6 bags right after Easter and hide them away for a later date. I guess you could say that she had the "food storage" mentality. I would always be so jealous of her when in July later that year we would be packing up to head out on a family reunion. She and I would be in the back seat of our massive beast of a suburban making our beds and staking claim to which side of the seat was ours. She would then whip out a fresh unopened bag of "mini eggs" and I would salivate watching her eat them. I would have to bargain away quite a few average treats of mine to just get a few of her delicacies. So when I ran into these at the store I happened to be on the phone with just the perfect person. She didn't believe that it could be the "real" thing so I bought a bag and rushed home to see if my dreams really could come true. Sure enough- it was the real thing. Just disguised in Christmas colors. When I close my eyes and let them melt in my mouth, I can almost smell the spring time flowers and hear Easter Egg Hunt squeals in the background. I know that it is snowing outside and winter has just begun but a little bit of spring is warming my heart today. So "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause" and might I add; an Easter Bunny too! They have teamed up and are spreading joy and sunshine around the world one Christmas mini egg at a time!