Bread For Chocolate

I have been avoiding sugar for three months and feeling so much better for it. Sometimes I cave. It's not easy and the stuff is all around us. It sneaks back in to the day to day. And it's difficult with a little man who loves munching on biscuits. But in general I find the less often I eat sugar, the less I want to eat it. And when I do get a mouthful of sweet, I really notice the difference afterwards. The fall. The slump. The lack of motivation to do anything. The bad moods and the negativity. Then the next day, tired body and tired skin.
Today in the supermarket in the middle of the Christmas frenzy crowd, the shiny tin foil-wrapped chocolates were calling out to me. I hesitated, then thought of the fresh bread I'd just made which was waiting for me on the kitchen bench. Warm buttered homemade bread with a slab of gruyere cheese. I was there. Ahhhhhh so good. Plus no hangover. Sweet!