{"id":10325,"date":"2021-12-22T16:06:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2021-12-26T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:06:52","slug":"advent-calendars-just-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/?p=10325","title":{"rendered":"Advent Calendars: Just Say No"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot believe how disappointed I was back in November that I couldn&#8217;t go to Aldi on their advent calendar release day (because Joe had my car due to his accident). I really wanted the cheese, coffee, and chocolate calendars.<\/p>\n<p>When Joe got home from work we took a trip to Aldi but the only calendar left was the cheese one. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5403-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Aldi cheese advent calendar\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5403-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5403-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5403.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked an employee and he said they were a one and done thing and no more advent calendars would be available.<\/p>\n<p>He was incorrect, however, because a week later I was getting groceries and they had a bunch of chocolate calendars so I snagged the $10 one since the flavors on the back sounded more appealing than the more expensive version.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5388.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5388-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aldi chocolate calendar\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"entry\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, both calendars ended up being disappointing and I lost interest in them about 10 days in. Turns out I really resent HAVING to eat cheese or a random chocolate every day.<\/p>\n<p>I removed all the cheeses and put them in a container in the fridge where they sit today. I occasionally eat one with lunch. As for the chocolate one &#8211; we split a few pieces today and will do so with the rest over the next week to get through them.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned my lesson and won&#8217;t be pursuing any advent calendars next year which will save money and calories. Turns out it&#8217;s much more fun watching other people open them on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot believe how disappointed I was back in November that I couldn&#8217;t go to Aldi on their advent calendar release day (because Joe had my car due to his accident). I really wanted the cheese, coffee, and chocolate calendars. When Joe got home from work we took a trip to Aldi but the only calendar left was the cheese one. I asked an employee and he said they were a one and done thing and no more advent calendars would be available. He was incorrect, however, because a week later I was getting groceries and they had a bunch of chocolate calendars so I snagged the $10 one since the flavors on the back sounded more appealing than the more expensive version. Unfortunately, both calendars ended up being disappointing and I lost interest in them about 10 days in. Turns out I really resent HAVING to eat cheese or <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/?p=10325\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10337,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions\/10337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}