Birthdays Make Me Fat

Monday August 18, 2008 at approximately 4:15 PM

WG1: i just ate like 4 cupcakes

WG2: sick

i want some

WG1: yes, exactly, i feel sick

WG2: how did you do that?
WG1: two birthdays today

we had a dozen from crumbs, so obviously, i had to take several flavors

then someone got magnolia and the icing is just soooo good

WG2: haha

that's so much sugar

Since the marketing department is overworked and underpaid, our bosses treat us to Crumbs cupcakes or big cups of Jamba Juice on our birthdays. Yesterday was one of my boss's birthdays. We celebrated with the usual dozen cupcakes from Crumbs is assorted flavors: Oreo, strawberry, caramel apple, red velvet, just to name a few. One word, yum!

First, I had half of a lemon icing cupcake. Then, I had a fourth of the Hosttess cupcake. The "birthday party" ended before I could grab another piece. And by "birthday party" I mean, eight of us sitting in the conference room eating cupcakes with rather awkward silences. After the party, the remaining cupcakes were placed behind my desk. Once of the benefits of having a desk in the center of the office, there are always treats within a 5-step radius. But, I swore I would not eat another Crumbs cupcake. Keywork being Crumbs.

Back at my desk, I ate a Magnolia cupcake. Best. Icing. Ever. End. Of. Story.

A half an hour later, I at another fourth of a Crumbs cupcake. Now for some cupcake math, one Crumbs cupcake equals three normal cupcakes. Magnolia cupcakes are normal cupcakes.

Okay, so I had three cupcakes. Not four. Still, I felt awful for the rest of the afternoon.