Contact Sugar?

No sugar for me this summer--I got Lyme's disease, and it apparently feeds on sugar. So along with the doxycillin and zithromax, no alcohol and no cupcakes for me. Perhaps understandably, the thought of a Godiva-candle press event frightened me more than a little. But I went--steeling myself moments before by trying on a few bikinis in a nearby shop.

Chastened, I went up the stairs into the event: With each step, the unbelievably appetizing, swirling chocolate smells intensified. Once inside, handsome waiters ferried every sort of chocolate delight (including milkshakes made with Godiva liqueur--a double no-no for the Lyme's sufferer!) to and fro. Weirdly, however, I did not break down and go all Violet Beauregard on them. The scents were SO realistic, so mind-bendingly good that I found they negated the need for the genuine article(s). Truffles and petit fours whizzed past; I felt like George Clooney's girlfriend might if she were forced to spend an evening at Chippendale's.

So: once it's November (they're in stores in November), even the extreme dieter can feel good about marching confidently into a Godiva store; pick up the Black Almond Truffle, and you'll be free from temptation as long as it's burning.

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