You know my friend Ruthie? The girl half of the couple with whom Husby and I go out on Dive Nights? She holds a tradition of giving me chocolates for a Christmas gift. This year she gave me a very impressive-sized box of truffles.
Ruthie knows I love sweets. What she might not know is that I’m still working on that box of truffles. Oh, they’re almost gone, but I’ve been savoring them for nearly two months.
When I retire for the evening I usually like to read for a little bit. I’m still working on the Harry Potter series; I’ve finally reached the last one, The Deathly Hallows. The other night Husby and I were laying in bed reading our separate books. I surprised him by saying, “chocolate?” and offered him one of the Christmas truffles Ruthie gave me. You see, reading chocolates are darn near the best chocolates you can eat.
A tray of truffles (one of five!) given to me by Ruthie at Christmastime. Such a wonderful accompaniment on my evening journeys to Hogwarts.
Husby was gracious and only ate one of the truffles I offered him, but I could tell he wanted to make chocolate a regular part of his bedtime reading.
See that one in the middle? It’s caramel, my favorite.
Thank you, Ruthie, for a winter of indulgent nights with creamy chocolate. Thank you, JK Rowling, for whisking me away on the Hogwarts Express.
Winter evenings with a good book and some good chocolate…what could be better than that?
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Mmmmm, they definitely look like chocolates to savour! It’s Valentines Day here in the UK today. Do you have Valentines Day? Anyway I was lucky enough to receive a box of my favourite truffles from my OH. These are definitely 2 a night chocolates. Too rich to eat them any quicker. Enjoy the rest of your box!
Yes, we do have Valentine’s Day in the US. How nice that you got a treat from your love. Enjoy and savor!
Nothing better chocky and Harry Potter two of my favourites as well Sara. What a great friend you have indeed.
The last of my Harry Potter books is coming to an end. Whatever shall I do?!
Happy to oblige one of my sweets with sweets! So glad you’ve been enjoying and savoring them! As you know, I tend to shun the sweet stuff in favor of salty or sour. However, when I do indulge I crave a peanut butter parfait from Dairy Queen. I left my “sweet” a hint by way of a bogo coupon posted on the fridge. However, he seemed not to notice such a subtle hint, so I had to be a little more direct and wave the coupon in his face and say “if you were wondering, here’s what I’d like for Valentine’s Day.” He replied “You would? Hmmm, that looks good. I’d like that too.” Well, obviously there was some confusion, as it’s now the day after Valentine’s Day and the peanut butter parfait has yet to make an appearance. I think it could have been a case of selective husband hearing and he thought I said “this is what I’d like to get you for Valentine’s Day!” Ha, ha!
Oh honey, would you like me to run out and get you one? It wouldn’t be the same as getting one from your Valentine, but you deserve one nonetheless.