I stopped off at a local restaurant to eat lunch like I do a couple times a week and got the pleasure of trying these wonderful all natural sauce products that a local chef in the area produced. The sauces are all natural. have no preservatives. and are made with local produce! I got to try three sauces; the chipotle sauce. the spicy barbeque sauce from the "condiments from hell" line of sauces. and the "dragon's blood elixir" hot sauce.
On top of receiving a never ending supply of free products ranging from $5-$1.000 and then claiming "oops. I can't seem to find the $300 eye cream you just sent over - can you send another". they are also gifted luxurious extravagances that you and I can only dream of. No. no.
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