I woke up this morning and remembered I was out of half & half. With company here I had to take care of this before they woke up and poured their coffee. So I grabbed the car keys and headed to Publix. I should have only spent under $2.00.
As I’m walking in the store I remember I needed to grab some eggs. No problem, eggs and half & half. Then as I pass the breakfast meats I see my favorite brand of Canadian bacon is on sale – $1.00 off the regular price. So I pick up bacon, too. Then I look down the next aisle and remember we nearly finished the lime juice yesterday (it was tequila Friday) so I grab a new bottle of lime juice. That made me remember I was on the last bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper so I’d better get a bottle while I’m here. The dog food aisle was next and of course the babies were on their last bag of treats so that got added to the basket. It so it went on and on as I continued to remember things like – we needed food for lunch today, snacks tonight, and Excedrin to help get through the tequila headache.
And as I was leaving the parking lot with my 4 bags of groceries totalling $33.96, it dawned on me I needed to fill up the gas tank before we head to my moms house tonight on the other side of town. Add another $30.50 to the tally.
That folks, is how a $1.50 carton of half & half ended up costing $64.46.
