red mod

I'VE GOT STASH
alert level raised from "orange" to "red.
no m&m's in the house.
mom desperate.
mom resourceful and remembers that she saved half-eaten cadbury chocolate bunny given to the girls for easter this year.
good thing the easter bunny has been living in its own ziploc bag for the last couple of weeks.
mom does some quick math-- the bunny is barely over a month old-- still in the safe zone.
mom realizing that self-control really does come with rewards.
and that desperation really does call for desperate measures.
no time for feeling guilty because mom comes to the conclusion that stealing candy from the kids isn't really stealing anyway (even if it was an easter gift from uncle andy), and especially since they've already forgotten about it (mostly because it's been hidden from them).
just a few slivers of heaven is all mom needs to bring the alert level back down to yellow.

mom recognizing that "the stash" lives . . . even sans m&m's.