We just got the latest domino in the mail this past weekend, and as we were drooling over Lisa Perry's over-the-top mod beach house, we read her bubbly suggestion of "putting bowls of color-coded M&Ms" in different rooms. We are intrigued by this idea, mainly because 1) it feels like a surefire way to gain 15 lbs in a matter of days; and 2) it reminds us of the time when David Lee Roth trashed his dressing room when he found brown M&Ms in the bowl.
However, after doing a bit of "research" (translation: going to Costco, scoring a 3 lb bag of M&Ms, sorting them in jars, and putting them around the house by color), we're oddly drawn to them. It's kitschy, stylized, and pop-y. However, there are a few drawbacks that will make us think twice about following this fashion designer's decor suggestion. Specifically, it makes us feel a bit OCD; and since we're not about to plow through 3 lbs of M&Ms (color separated or otherwise), we wonder how long they'll last?
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Looks aside, I would automatically think that "organized" M&Ms have been way too over-handled to eat. That's just me.
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I don't know about LA, but in NYC there's Dylan's Candy Bar where they sell M&Ms by color, not just in mixed bags, so there'd be no need to sort. Plus, they have more than just the standard M&M colors.
My only issues with this are bugs and, unless you eat them pretty quickly, dust.
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Actually, if you're really committed to decorating this way, you can just buy them online at the m&m store, whatever colors you want. They have like 20-some colors. You can also get them personalized with whatever message or name you want. It is a neat idea for a special occasion or a party, which is also the only time I would feel safe with that quantity of m&ms in my apartment.
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I work on a federal government contract which ordered M&Ms printed with the (short) slogan of a featured component of our project to hand out at a conference.
Your tax dollars at work.
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Repeat after me: "obsessive compulsive."
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You can buy separate colors in bulk as suggested above.
This idea doesn't bother me.
What bothers me is the friend who pours Peanut M&M's and Regular M&M's in the same bowl.
I guess some people like the mixture .... but to me... ewww.
Then I either have to hover over the bowl and select plain M&M's while looking mighty fussy.... or forego M&M's altogether! (eh, they were milk chocolate anyway... now that Dark Chocolate M&M's are out... why would anyone buy Milk Chocolate?)
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You can also buy single color M&M's at Toys R us and the M&M store in Times Square, both I imagine have better color selections than Dylan's.
As for Mixing plain and peanut, that's what I do, it's variety!
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