The annual countdown is in its final stages, and once again I'm subject to attempts to assimilate me by chocolate. Ok it is fairly traided Divine chocolate, which isn't to be sniffed at, but I'm sighty bored of the same story every year. Maybe if the daiy chocolate started when the retail countdown to christmas started I wouln't dislike it so much, but then it'd be daily chocoalate shortly after the time honoured ritual of stocking up on chocolate on the first shopping day after easter...