today i finally succumbed - we went to krispy kreme and got a mixed dozen. my parents live near fountain gate shopping centre, where the melbourne chapter of this american institution is located. we'd driven past a couple of times before just to marvel at the queue - both of cars at the drive-through, and people at the counter (which was snaking out the door and around the corner outside the building the last time we were there). today, there was one four-wheel-drive truck in the drive through, and maybe seven groups of people in the walk-up queue. we took our place in line and watched the doughnuts go past as we waited, and as fascinating as the display was, we felt no urge to whip out our mobiles and take a video (as the girl standing next to us with the pink razr did). then, something happened that i wasn't expecting - we were given a free doughnut each. why i didn't take it, thank the nice lady and leave right then, i'm not entirely sure - i must have fallen under the sugar-spell. so, coming home with us was a pair of the following - devil's food, blueberry, apple & cinnamon stuffed, cream stuffed, cherry stuffed, and lemon stuffed. gazing at the treasure-chest of sugary goodness in my lap as we pulled out of the carpark and made our way home, i realised what else we had in the car - two slabs of VB stubbies in the boot and a couple of sky blue vodka lime & soda RTD four-packs on the back seat. even though the alcohol is courtesy of my penultimate monthly staff allocation from work, i couldn't help thinking to myself - britney would be so proud of me right now.