Just couldn't do it for APR.

This weeks theme for APR

was 

LOVE, CHOCOLATE, ROSES and VALENTINES.

The mere mention of the word
chocolate
makes me start to quiver.
I LOVE chocolate.

My hubby knows the only thing to get me for Valentines Day
is chocolate.

I had bought him some as well
and decided to paint the box.

Knowing myself as I do,
I took the precaution of buying
a chocolate bar
just in case I was tempted by the
scrumptious contents of the huge
box of Favourites in front of me.

They say a picture paints a thousand words,
so here are a thousand words.

 

You guessed it, I opened the pack to make a better subject for the painting.

The choc bar was going to sit beside the box of Favourites

and one thing led to another,

well you can see the rest.

I ended up cutting out a photo of the favourite pack,

couldn't trust myself with the real box.

You know what they say,

you get a taste and you can't stop.

Today is Valentines Day and 

my hubby bought me a box of Ferrero Rochers

and I gave him a full box

of Favourites (are you proud of me).

Now comes the hard part,

you see we have kids who love

Favourites, so there will be a mass of hands

in that little box and as usual,

we are lucky to get more than the empty wrapper

that they put back in the box to fool us.

Then there are the Rochers.

I have a parrot who can detect those little suckers from 

a mile away.  No matter how you disguise the box

or open it super quietly, he knows they are there.

This bird is addicted to these things and

if I don't give him one first, he gets down off his cage,

walks right up to my mouth and puts his beak in front,

so I can't get anything in there without him stealing it.

This boy is no budgie, he is over a kilo in weight

(the vet says he has man boobs and needs more exercise)

and is almost as big as a cockatoo.

So, much as I love chocolate, I have to fight for the 

right to eat it.  Except for when they aren't home,

mwa ha ha!

Jenn,

for making me suffer through the painting of

what was to be chocolate, I give you this photo of 

a Rocher. 

Enjoy, but watch out for a huge beak

sneaking in front of your mouth (he he).

Also, there is a piece of real chocolate on my painting,

feel free to lick it but I warn you, it might not taste so good.

To see what torture others have gone through,

visit Jenn's 

Artist's Playroom.

Happy Valentines Day.