Nearly three years ago, I learned of a New Year’s Resolution I was sure I could keep. A friend of mine did it and I was inspired. Yes, inspired. On January 1, 2006 no matter the pain, hardship, or difficulty, I resolved to eat every Blizzard of the Month at Dairy Queen. There are many perks involved with forging on with this task, not the least of which involves the fact that I legitimately get to eat ice cream once a month. When I first set this resolution, I naively assumed it would be the easiest goal I had ever set to achieve. Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to be compelled, because she wrote down a goal, to consume Mint Oreo blizzards, Banana Cream Pie Blizzards, Cookies’N’Crème Blizzards, oh my! It was the perfect Goal.
Then disaster struck in February. In the form of the Chocolate Covered Cherry Blizzard. I could not do it. I was unwilling to waste my $1.85, knowing I would not even nibble at it. I greatly dislike canned or maraschino cherries and the thought of a chocolate covered cherry cordial passing over my lips, in any form—yes even smothered in ice cream—was unthinkable. And so, for the next 2 years, I was thwarted in my resolution because of that cursed Dairy Queen selection every February.
Until this year. February came, and I anxiously approached the driveup menu to see if I was doomed to fail in my resolution for another year. Behold! February’s blizzard of the month was Chocolate Covered Strawberry! Wow, they gave that fruit the boot and replaced it with strawberries! I partook and it was—delicious! Of course. Because it wasn’t a sickly sweet ball of mush slimily oozing down my throat.
I made it past February and on to the bigger and better months of:
March (Kit Kat Blizzard-not my favorite),
April (Tin Roof Sundae-yum),
May (Cheese’quake’ [get it? That Dairy Queen. She’s pretty clever.]),
June (Cotton Candy—yeah, not my favorite),
July (Girl Scout Thin Mint—omigoodness. Amazing.),
August (Oreo—an oldie, but a goody),
September (Banana Cream Pie-eh.), and
October (Pumpkin Pie-yuh-hum.)
So here we are. It’s November. I just checked the Blizzard of the Month and November’s flavor is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Yessssss! This will work. I think my time has come. I only have one month left. Please let it not be eggnog.
3 comments:
Katy you are so funny I get a kick out of you. That's a good one though I had never thought of that I should do that next year.
What an Excellent goal!! I might try that this year!! I'm with ya about the chocolate covered cherries...I hate em!! Sick! Whenever we get them from people at christmas I always let my brothers have em...theres a reason they are only like a buck a box, cuz they are NASTY!!!
Buena suerte con los blizzards!! I hope Decemeber isn't eggnog...I don't like that either!!
you have totally inspired me to add this to my goals for 2009...YESSS!!!!
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