I grew up in a large family and one of the ways my mom chose to save money was by making hot breakfasts. You know, the Waffle House sort of breakfast. The price of cold cereal could pay for days of thick buttermilk pancakes with that warm homemade maple syrup or oatmeal and brown sugar, bacon and eggs that were never ending, even funnel cakes in the letter of our first name with powdered sugar on top and hot dripping syrup. Ok, my mouth is salivating and it's 10:00 p.m. at night. I have to stop.
Due to my "hot breakfast upbringing," I have noticed that cold cereal does NOT do it for me like a hot breakfast, unless it is the sugary "bad for you stuff" that I was only allowed to have on Saturday mornings as a little girl. Tom, on the other hand, is perfectly content with his Bran Flakes, skim milk and flax seed for the rest of eternity. He finds it entertaining watching me eat a bowl of Raisin Bran cereal in the morning knowing that I am just pining away for a big HOT "grand slam" or maybe even some Cocoa Krispies.
The week started off as a dream childhood breakfast week. Monday through Thursday I got up early and fixed the girls hot breakfasts. It was oh so good, but then...
Last Friday I woke up and realized we had no milk, no syrup, no eggs and no bacon. I got up and drove to the nearest grocery store and told myself I would buy only a couple of boxes of "healthy" cereal and stock up later on bacon/eggs and all of the other stuff. I got to the cereal isle and sort of lost my will power. I ended up buying $50.00 worth of cold cereal and milk. I don't know if it was the kid inside of me or what, but I did. I came home, put the boxes on the counter and I WISH I had a video camera to have filmed what came running down the hallway. Four screaming, frenetic, excited, little girls that saw those boxes of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch, Oh's, Lucky Charms, and about 7 other boxes of the yummy crunchy, candy sweet cereal. You would have thought it was Christmas morning. In fact...I honestly think the screams were louder on this sugar cereal morning than they were on December 25th 2010.
Tom and I decided after witnessing this extravaganza that we know EXACTLY what we will be wrapping and putting underneath the Christmas tree this year. Waffle Crisp, Frosted Flakes, Crunch Berries, Lucky Charms, Sugar Puffs, Honey Combs, Cinnamon Life, Reeses Puffs, Trix, Fruity Pebbles and Count Chocula.
Why not celebrate Christmas with some sweet crunchy soggy goodness? If Jesus were here on Christmas morning with us he might even have a bowl of Christmas Crunch himself and maybe I would even offer a funnel cake in the letter "J". One thing I do know is that I would like to personally thank Him for inspiring the man that invented sugar cereals because it has made many a sad mornings happy. Thanks General Mills and thank you Jesus.
Lucky Charms are my fave! We have a storage room full of sugar cereals because I'm somewhat of a coupon clipper and load up on the good stuff. My kids take it for granted! You're a funny momma!
ReplyDeleteYUM! I absolutely loved that day! I admit, i did scream like a little girl (although I am one). Even if my Mom did spend $50.00 it was worth the money! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious. We are big fans of the sugary cereals around here, being that Brandon works for General Mills. Missed you at church today, although since you were gone no one in my class was here today so i got the day off.
ReplyDeleteI would have freaked out like that too when I was a kid, because cold cereal was for after-school snacks ONLY. And never sugary kind. I appreciate it now, because I wake up hungry every day for a big hot breakfast. CC does not a breakfast make.
ReplyDeleteBut the last sentence of this post made me laugh the most.