When I like a particular thing, I stick with it. I stick with what I know is good, no surprises. Like I like lemony desserts. I am not a chocolate person. I had a whole lot of choices in India but here very little. And among the few, I like the lemony ones, lemon cheesecake, posset, what have you. But not all lemon desserts are created equal. Like all things. Some are what I will call very, very good. The one I am specifically thinking about is an M&S variety. It came in a small glass bottle design. Lemon curd, cream, biscuit crumbs of the most delectable texture when mixed with the rest of the layers. In short, I was sticking to it. The trouble with things I like and I stick to is that somebody somewhere decides to take them away. So a few months down the line the dessert was out. I haven't found that kind of heaven again :( Same goes for other stuff. I like a makeup item, year later it's gone. I like a shampoo, soon enough gone.

The fact is this has been the story of my life, not just with things but also with people. I won't get into the people angle now as that's rather gloomy territory. But the fact is that as soon as I like something too much, I know it's going soon. What confounds me about these products is why are they discontinuing the good stuff?! You'd think if something is selling well, they'd make more of it? They want people to like their things and buy their things, right? What does it matter if the thing has been around since Adam? Shouldn't they just take our money and keep at it. Keep it coming? But no. Beats me really. Annoys me no end. Because now I have to spend time/energy to find a new thing and I don't have that much to spare. I have high standards, and it is exhausting trying to meet them. I haven't found a replacement for my lemony dessert at M&S. Closest is the Sainsbury's one but it's nowhere near close, if you get my point. It's at these times that I really wish I was living in London :( I might have found a worthy successor in Waitrose surely?