Out of Control

For some reason at work, our department always has snacks. When I got back after my maternity leave, I found that person who replaced me had brought in an M&M dispenser that, when you pull the arm of the Peanut (or is the the Plain?) dispenses candy from his golf bag. Sometimes its full of M&Ms, sometimes other small round candies like Skittles but we try to keep it topped up. The rest of the company knows that they can rely on us for a mid-afternoon candy break, so we get more visitors than we otherwise would because we are, by and large, an anti-social lot.

Anyway, since Monday the Christmas gifts have been dribbling in....mainly client and supplier "Thanks Yous" and they have been 100 per cent edible. Here is a rundown of what we have had in the office this week:

1 box (2 layers) of pecan "Turtle" knockoffs
1 box 20 Timbits
1 tin chocolate covered Oreos
1 box Turtles (the real thing)
1 box Chocolate covered baklava
1 tin filled with 4 boxes of Lindor Truffles, interspersed with some Clementines (to stave off scurvy, no doubt)
1 box chocolate covered butter cookies
1 box bittersweet chocolate Pastilles
1 box Hazelnut Seashells
1 box Turkish delight
1 Sweet Marie Chocolate Bar each

Right, now there are two people in the office, and there is one more person coming later. The only things that are gone are the Timbits and the Turtle knockoffs (they came earlier in the week). And we have 6 hours to get through the rest. Thank GOD for maternity pants...this is going to get ugly.