Yesterday afternoon on the way home from Fort Wayne, I hurried into Meijer’s to take advantage of the Diet Coke sale. When you first go in the FOOD entrance, you find yourself in the bakery section; and, oh,my, it is a very big section. A week before Christmas, I discovered it was also a “tall” section – cookies, cakes, fancy breads, pies and lots of brightly-packed sweets were stacked high on the shelves. It was almost magical.

I think, had I taken a moment to consider it, I would have enjoyed walking around, looking at everything, and then picking out a special treat for myself this holiday season.

However, my first thought that it was really too much, and that people could get carried away . . . carrying way too much to their carts. I thought about my ongoing diet and actually mentally snorted at the “obscene” amount of unnecessary calories. That was such a stupid reaction.

But I can learn. So soon I’m going to prowl a bakery and select something very special . . . and enjoy it. After all, I don’t want to make the sugar plum fairies feel not appreciated.