Today is Halloween. For normal people, Halloween is a time to celebrate the Fall season with tricks & treats and ghosts and goblins.
For me however, it’s a day to test my ingenuity.
Let me explain.
Hubby has a sweet tooth. He has a weakness for certain candies & cookies. Anytime I bring something into the house that I know he likes, I have to either:
- Stash some away for me or….
- Buy multiple boxes to ensure that I get a taste.
I’m the kind of person that could make a box of cookies last weeks. I may eat 2 today, then none for 3 days, then maybe 2 more, then none for a week. The problem with this method of consumption is that by day number 5, when I go to the cabinet I cannot find the package of cookies…. because, while I’ve been savoring this snacking experience, Hubby has been devouring all the cookies.
Then the conversation goes something like this:
Me: “What happened to the cookies?”
Hubby: “I ate them”
Me: “But I didn’t get any at all…”
Hubby: “Well then, you should have eaten them quicker”
Me: “Quicker?? I bought them 3 days ago”
Hubby: “So?”
Me: “So, how could you eat them all in only 3 days.”
Hubby: “Well, I eat 3 at a time.”
Me: “But it was only 3 days ago”
Hubby: “Well, you took too long. You gotta be quicker”
Me: “Humpf …. Next time I’m hiding them”
There’s rarely a concept of sharing. Hubby is conducting his own Survival of The Fittest with the cookie reward going to the top of the food chain. If I can’t get my hand into a bag quick enough I may blink and all if it will be gone. I joked about Hubby “sharing” items by ensuring that there is always ONE left in the bag/jar/box. I think, on occasion, he feels sorry for the weaker person in the house (aka ME) and he leaves one sad, solitary item for me.
What he doesn’t realize is, I’ve developed my own way to counteract this behavior. I have started buying things that I know Hubby doesn’t really like. Things like cookies or candies with nuts or coconut. Miraculously, every time I go to get one, they are sitting right were I left them, waiting for me. A tiny battle that I’ve won!
So, back to Halloween….
Knowing Hubby’s proclivities, I waited until YESTERDAY to buy the candy (this way I know hubby couldn’t get into it and eat it all before the holiday) And, in addition to buying items hubby likes, the bowl is filled with Snickers, Peanut M&Ms and Almond Joys (this one is a good ol’ double whammy!)
My only other choice would be to hide some snacks in a place where I know hubby will never go… like say…… the laundry room! (Oh damn! I just gave away the hiding spot!)
Hey, I can be pretty creative if I need to be… (the linen closet is probably a good place too! sshhhhhhhhh.. don’t tell him!)
Where do you hide your snacks?!
The Hubby Diaries 
In our house, we are pretty much the same. We either both are good and make things last, or we both collude and finish goodies off.
The only solution is to not have that kind of stuff in the house.
There are exceptions, of course. Fluffy Bear arrives back from England tomorrow, and you can be sure that he’ll have some English chocolate for me.
I can’t wait!
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Of course, sometimes one of us is a bit naughty…
http://www.ittybittycrazy.com/imported-data/2009/10/21/he-said-she-said-halloween-candy.html
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So hilarious. This is us, to a T. I just laughed out loud, read it to my husband, and he smiled back.
I love rationing, he loves to snarf down treats, but always leaves me one. One!? One is just enough to make me want more.
AND, I also bought Almond Joys for Halloween for the same reason.
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Joanna ~ I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has this battle! Isn’t it funny that Almond Joys work so well! 🙂
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Bwahahahaha! This is so my son. Dave and I don’t really care for sweets, but Alex inherited my father’s sweet tooth and man, the kid could live on candy 24/7. It’s hilarious.
Hope he inherits The Daver’s metabolism and not mine.
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Aunt Becky ~ Just make sure you start early to “train” him that he should try to leave some for his future wife… otherwise this vicious cycle of candy-hiding-marriages will have to continue! hehe..
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Luckily for my Honey, I’m diabetic so everything sweet that comes into our house, he eats. (for my benefit of course, he’s nice that way). He does leave the salads and sugar-free (yucky) cookies for me.
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Leeuna.. you are far better than I am. If I couldn’t eat any of it, I probably wouldn’t buy any of it (not even for my dear hubby!). The last thing I’d need is all that great stuff just sitting in the cupboard taunting me!
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Goodness gracious this could so be my house too! I usually hid my “stash” behind something else in the pantry because if it is seen it will be eaten with no trace whatsoever left except the empty wrapper or container that my “darling” will leave usually on the couch. I think that is his way of mocking me!
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Ohhhh Mendi, I so feel your pain. My hubby likes to leave me little “presents” lying around the house also. Here’s a post from my other blog with a glimpse into what I lucky gal I am
http://activeleisure.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/men-vs-women/
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I unfortunately am the cookie snatcher and unfortuately hubby hasn’t found a place yet that I won’t find since i do the cleaning and the cooking. It’s bust just not to buy it. Though Almond Joys would be a triple whammy for us. Hubby isn’t a fan of nuts coconut or dark chocolate. He he too bad I love it so much.
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I would just like to point out the one flaw in an otherwise brilliant plan. Your husband never liked seafood in any shape or form untill you introduced him to it. So your plan is good until he decides to give your candy a shot.
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Reblogged this on The Hubby Diaries and commented:
#TBT.. A glimpse back to Halloween of 2009. Too bad nothing has changed and I’m still wondering where all the Kit Kats went from the bag of Halloween candy I bought 2 weeks ago (and it’s only October 16th!)
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