The obligatory post about chocolate and roses

Firstly, there is a lot of chocolate in the shops.

This pic was taken in the local Co-op supermarket. Some of it is kind of 'whatever', but some of it is outrageously delicious and confusingly cheap.

The most bafflingly cheap we've seen is a rather scrummy 100g block of dark choc soft-centres (pineapple, strawberry and orange - yes, we bought it) for the equivalent of 35c. Scary. DD thought it was Christmas, and it was well and truly gone by the time we got to the top of The Hill.

And then there are the roses.

Every supermarket carries buckets of 'em. The colours are very zingy and would be enough to cheer up even the dullest of personalities. (I will try to get some better snaps - these ones really don't do them justice.)

Of course, you can't do much better than Roses in Chocolate Shop...