Overwhelming sweetness

My staff at work surprised me with an anniversary card today! To say congratulations on completing my first year in charge and to thank me for my efforts as their boss! It was as welcome as it was unexpected I can tell you. It had a lovely “Today you are 1” badge on the front and was accompanied by a quite large box of lovely chocolates. They were a brand that we don’t sell in the supermarket, so I know they made an effort and went somewhere to buy them rather than just nip over the road and get 10% off with their staff discount. 
I was, and remain, genuinely touched. 
I’m a ‘share and share alike’ kind of guy, so I opened the choccies at lunchtime and handed them round. Then I took the remainder into the office with me while I sorted out some spreadsheets. My intention was to save a few to bring home and give to Philippa, but unfortunately that didn’t quite work out. I got distracted by computer problems and fell into old habits of just reaching out and grabbing one from the box every minute or so without really thinking about it. It’s the new flavours that were getting me, you see. ‘Apple Crunch’ and ‘Salted Caramel Bite’ are making their debut this year and, oh my God, they’re incredible.
So I went past that point at which you still have time to stop yourself before you feel sick; and ended up feeling sick. I also felt like my body was convulsing in some kind of diabetic shutdown, and my teeth felt like they’d been stripped of enamel and were just bare nerves hanging in my mouth. I’ve only just now stopped my hands shaking enough to type this blog post.
Is it too early in November to claim it was Christmas over-indulgence???

RC 3-11-15