Ultimate Carmel Cup

I am a little embarrassed to say this: I eat ice cream every night. This is no exaggeration. I eat a bowl of ice cream every night. It all started a couple of years ago - after Kelan was born - when Dan brought home some ice cream. He knows I love carmel and he happened upon a particular flavor at the store. Ultimate Carmel Cup. The thing is, I never used to really eat ice cream. I could take it or leave it. That is until Ultimate Carmel Cup.

I could sell this stuff. Seriously. I love introducing the flavor to Ultimate Carmel Cup virgins. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. To break it down - the ice cream is three fold. There is the ice cream which is carmel flavored. There is actual carmel swirled into the ice cream, and if that wasn't enough, there are little milk chocolate carmel filled cups throughout this little bit of heaven.

I used to tell myself that I would only eat it when I was breastfeeding (I was burning so many calories while nursing I could afford to eat a bowl every night...). Well, that year came and went with Kelan, yet I still needed my fix. Luckily - for my ice cream addiction - I became pregnant again. Read: good excuse to eat ice cream for nine months. And then I nursed Lauren for a year. Read: good excuse to eat ice cream for 12 more months.

In the evening once the kids have gone to sleep, I shower (there is no showering in the morning with Kelan and Lauren), get ready for the evening, scoop out a delicious bowl and sit on the couch. Then I have a moment not unlike the exhale moment in the movie Waiting to Exhale. Dan and I do not drink, so there is no glass of wine to end the day, but there IS the bowl of ice cream.

I cannot be at home knowing there is not at least one gallon in the freezer (the picture above is not staged - this is what I have in my home at this very moment). It is like toilet paper - a must have. In the past, I have actually sent my cousin Laura to the store at the end of her babysitting shift to buy Ultimate Carmel Cup when I suddenly realize I am out (when Dan is out of town and I must be at home with sleeping kids). It is that good.

For some reason, I am not as big as a house. Of course it begs the question what my waist line would look like without the daily dose of ice cream... But for now I need/want it. At the end of a long day with the kids (especially when Dan is out of town) it helps me relax. For tonight, Kelan and Lauren are asleep. I have showered. Ultimate Carmel Cup has been eaten. I am going to sleep. Goodnight.