chocolate and shopping therapy

If you're near the Toronto Williams-Sonoma, the Molten Chocolate lava cake mixes are on sale for $4.99... prompting the question... who pays the regular suggested retail price of $38.99? For a cake mix? We brought one for Kelly on our way to Windsor.

Kelly and I were shopping bags today and put one through the test kitchen when we got home from shopping here. What did we think?

1. Kelly needs a new stove, even more than Saucy does.

2. The fire alarms at Rick and Kelly's house are in good working order.

3. Overall grade... A-. Not too sweet. The molten lava was buttery and gooey but it spilled out of the nice little ramekins we picked up at Crate and Barrel and all over the oven floor. Divide the mix in half and use six ramekins. That's what we say.


Also reported during our big shopping day:

1. The sales right now are outrageous. Still, nobody was walking through the mall schlepping bags. You must all be waiting for your economic stimulus cheques.

2. We drove past Krispy Kreme, in deference for the upcoming Mexico trip. We must protect the thighs.

3. PF Cheng's serves up scandalous amounts of food. Between the two of us, we didn't finish one order of wonton soup and one lettuce wrap.

4. Target will never come to Canada because everybody crosses the border to shop there. We ran into neighbours from the hometown there.

5. Cupcake caddies must be hot items because they were sold out at Target, Michaels, Crate & Barrel and Williams-Sonoma.

6. Scientific experiments are underway regarding the efficacy of certain Sephora-purchased cellulite creams and lotions. Report will be published here in six to eight weeks.