only two days after the wedding invitations went out, and now this?
while shopping for shower hostess gifts (a.k.a. fully whoring myself to the bridal industry) at cost plus world market tonight, i decide to splurge on some cadbury's turkish delight.

not many americans know much about turkish delight outside of reading c.s. lewis books. or perhaps it was some other english writer. but turkish delight is indeed delightful. i craved it as a child, and i crave it now. i like both varieties equally: the traditional cubed-with-powdered-sugar and the mainstream stuff covered in chocolate. tonight, of course, we had the mainstream stuff.

it was definitely a dig-it-out-of-the-bag-before-we-get-in-the-car situation. i needed to be delighted right away. i took a few lovely bites and decided to offer erik some. i cupped my hand beneath the bar as i held it to his mouth to catch any falling chocolate pieces.

after a while, erik hadn't said anything. hmmm.
julia, being optimistic and perhaps even naïve, proceeded to ask "do you like it?"

"ehhhhhhhhhhh," mumbled erik, expressing indifference.
"what?!?!?!" shrieked the disappointed future wife.
"it just tastes like perfume. perfume covered with chocolate."

i'm marrying someone who "ehhhhhhhhhhh"s turkish delight.

but aye, more for me.