{"id":463,"date":"2019-12-24T17:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T23:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/?p=463"},"modified":"2019-12-24T21:34:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T03:34:54","slug":"dibs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Dibs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My uncle sent us a lovely, incredibly generous gift basket for Christmas. It\u2019s chock-full of reasons for me to avoid cooking until 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" src=\"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-1024x469.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-1024x469.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-300x138.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-768x352.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-1536x704.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-2048x939.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/outsidevoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEE5CC8A-1DAE-4934-8FCF-B6890896E61E-1600x733.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Holy moly! Uncle Santa delivered!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As if it were a competitive sport, DMc called \u201cdibs\u201d on the Toblerone bar before I even had the package fully out of its shipping box. After giving him a \u201c<em>Dude. Really?<\/em>\u201d side-eye, I agreed that he could claim the Toblerone, under the condition that I got to call \u201cdibs\u201d on one item, and then we would share everything else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve met me, you might wonder at how easily I gave up the coveted Toblerone. You might assume it was because I\u2019d seen the Godiva chocolate cashews right up front. If you know me quite well, you might suspect that I possessed intel DMc didn\u2019t, and that I planned to leverage it. If so, the suspicion was valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unloading these things is like unpacking a tetris game of high-end snacks. DMc has no patience for it, so wanders in and out of the kitchen while I organize the goodies. This means that he hasn\u2019t noticed the pattern that I have, as I am hands-on for the whole shebang. Here\u2019s the secret: In this level of gift basket (deluxe noms), there are *multiple* offerings from Godiva and Ghirardelli included. The best and biggest ones are often <em>buried in the middle<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is how my patience scored me the bag of Godiva dark chocolate covered pretzels. Yesssssss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s lesson: if feasible, don\u2019t assume what you see at first glance is necessarily the best thing on offer. Be patient, poke around a little, pay attention. Then, when you see a hidden treasure, make your move quickly and with surgical precision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This philosophy is useful for <em>ever<\/em> so much more than festive snack acquisition.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My uncle sent us a lovely, incredibly generous gift basket for Christmas. 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