Tim Horton's Temptation

Sheri, our border, has recently found a job at Tim Horton's. She works midnights and is responsible for baking. Tim's has a freshness guarantee so at a certain time every night she is required to throw all the old baked goods away. Sometimes local charities pick them up, but if they don't, Sheri and the other employees get to pick what they want and take it home. My home.
I knew right away that we would have to set some guidelines. Sheri is now my kids new hero and I found the ready supply of pastries not only to be a temptation to me, but counterproductive to my attempts to introduce healthier snack options to my family. They just aren't interested in Lara and Kashi bars, trail mix, fresh or baked fruit when they have the option of icing-topped donuts! Even my dog Milo loves to lick Sheri's uniform pants because they are covered in sugar when she gets home in the morning.
Sheri has agreed to only bring home goodies 2x a week and any more than that, I don't want us to see. She can have her own freezer filled with donuts if she chooses so long as my crew isn't being supplied with them. We try to time one batch for Wednesdays so that we can bring them to church and share the wealth and on the weekend when we may have company visit. They're still getting more treats than I would like but I'm walking a fine line with the health campaign.

Sheri was anxious to find something on the Tim Horton's menu that I would enjoy. I appreciate the wheat bagels and rolls, but was unsure about the bran muffins because they do have sugar in them. I know that they are not low calorie but most nutrient dense foods aren't and weight loss is not my sole objective. I watched my children's looks of disgust when they were offered a bran muffin instead of a chocolate chip muffin or a donut. I realized then that they must qualify as a healthy food! Someone has to eat the bran!
Actually, while contemplating my sugar-free lifestyle goals for this year, I did make an allowance for sugars that help make healthy foods more palatable so long as it doesn't create an addiction or trigger overeating. The berry and raisin bran muffins fall under this category and I figure that having a couple a week will not hurt me.
I'm not so deluded to think that this acceptance of bran muffins will enable me to drive up and actually order one on a regular basis. That would be flirting with certain disaster. Before I know it, I'd be ordering a coffee and switching that muffin to a donut. A girl has to know her limitations.
I found out this morning that Tim Horton's is beginning their "Roll Up the Rim to Win" event beginning March 1st and I almost sighed. That marketing campaign brings back happy memories for me and just the mention of it makes me contemplate my recent choice to give up caffeine. I am feeling pretty good about how far I have come and decide that for this year at least, I will skip the rim rolling and enjoy all the extra spending money I have left at the end of the week!