Godiva chocolates.... Not just for the most uppity of women anymore !

While in LA I found that all hotel and airport shops seemed to carry Godiva chocolates. Now even though I love chocolate, I have always been a Hershey kind of gal. Once I took the kids to the Library for a chocolate education/ tasting class and the angel of a teacher offered to let me stay and taste too. To my surprise I was not impressed by the Swiss, Belgium, Russian, and other great chocolates of the world. Because of this I just assumed that I was a Red Neck chocolate lover and never ventured out of my zone. When I first noticed the Godiva explosion in LA, I figured that it would be another hoity toity brand that I would not care for, so I walked by.However since we were limited on souvenir shops we ended up in the hotel shop looking for a present for Michael's friend who happens to be a girl. We found a key chain but Michael needed more. How about a small box of Godiva chocolates I asked. The lady at the counter informed us that they were running a buy one get one half off sale,so we looked. There were metal tins with what was called chocolate pearls inside. I decided to try one. Amazingly they were wonderful ! Before leaving the hotel I had purchased eight or ten more tins to add on to Christmas gifts. Once home the bag containing these tins was hung on my bedroom door. I never thought about the dogs getting them as the chocolate was in a tin that was shrink wrapped. Surely they couldn't even smell through this container. Well for awhile they didn't but....Last night after a long Thanksgiving day I turned into bed.At two o'clock Mike was standing by my side of the bed calling my name. I jumped awake wondering what was wrong that he was waking me . Diane, he asked how many Godiva tins did you buy ? My brain wasn't sure. Um ten I think. Oh he said I only see four. OK now I was confused, what ? Well, he told me. I got up and stepped on a tin on the floor so I turned on the light and found three more that Clarissa( the famale cocker spaniel) was trying desperately to get into. Can you see how many are missing so we know how much she ate. If she had too much or any dark chocolate we have to call the emergency vet. I sprung up and found all but the four that were on the floor were safe in the bag. I looked and only one tin was eaten and it was thankfully milk chocolate. sure enough this morning when Clarissa jumped on the bed to say Good morning she had chocolate breath. Though I am happy that we dodged a very sick dog not to mention a vet bill, I was a little miffed that a few six dollar tins of chocolate were now gone. However wouldn't that make a great commercial.... See dog with teeth denting tin.... Finally chocolate spills out and dog wags tail while lapping it up. Godiva Chocolates.... not just for uppity women anymore ! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr