I have long loved sour candy. It is probably made of chemicals that will create kidney stones and cause me great pain. But what a delicious road to pain! In 1997 I discovered Cry Baby Tears candy, and after seeing it in stores for about a year or so, it disappeared. It was my favorite of all the sour candies, and I have searched for it online every year ever since. It is available in bulk, but if I order it I will eat it, and I do not need 15 lbs. of Cry Baby Tears.
Tonight Paul, Alyssa, Becki, and I were visiting the Fresh and Ready Grocery store here in Phoenix when, upon looking down, I noticed Cry Baby Tears on the ground near the store. Just scattered pieces of candy laying on the ground like shattered joy.
Once inside the store I began scavenging the joint for this long lost, much loved candy. Paul, Alyssa, and Becki could not understand the depths of this love, but they humored me as I searched. I came up empty-handed until... on the way out the door, I looked to the left and saw a cluster of candy machines, one of which featured my beloved candy. My wife handed me 25 cents, and I got my fix.
It was a moment of bliss, pure and simple. Better than hitting my head on a mountain.
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I'm so happy for you son! ;) Were they are great as you remembered them? Often they're really not and you ask yourself why were you so crazy about them.
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