Toilet paper or orange juice?

I remember going to the grocery, getting what I needed, and it was no big deal...but I'm in Michigan, and itnsucks right now.  As servers and bartenders, we are making less money than we did last year, and last year we made less money than we did the year before.............



Okay, you need to get some food…..but you’ve got to be really careful with what you buy…..after all, part of the food money will be money that was once again slated for something else i.e. car payment, rent, etc…..you buy what’s on sale and if there’s nothing on sale you buy the house brand……or you just don’t buy it. Here’s how you justify buying one of those salad mixes in the bag…..you know, you can get a Caesar mix or An Asian Blend……anyway…….the salad mix is $3.99.…..that in itself really isn’t that much money……you can add some chicken and get two meals ………but you can’t max the total past $30.00. So instead of just being $3.99 bag of salad…it becomes 10% of your money. ….shit…alright, let’s rethink this….I could buy a head of lettuce and get more than two salads out of it…..but every time I do that, I never eat it all and I end up throwing it out…..what a waste…..but still…..no, every time you tell yourself that, this time I will finish it, you never finish it, so what makes you think that this time is gonna be different? HOLY SHIT! WOULD YOU LOOK OVER THERE!!!!THE SALAD BAGS ARE ON SALE FOR $1.99!!!!!! Cool. I can justify a dollar a salad, plus chicken.

Okay, that was fun……I don’t know about you, but I gotta turn this into a game….or I’d go nuts. (and yes, it’s been suggested that perhaps I am already there)

Alright , let’s try another one…..coffee……I’ll probably have to stop at the Dollar Store on the way home and get it there. It’s usually two bucks cheaper. Does two dollars really make a difference? Absolutely. I’m not gonna use any gas up, since the dollar store is a block from where I live……and I can spend the two bucks on something else……oh-son-of-a-gun……would you look at that!!! Coffee is on sale, and it’s a dollar cheaper than the dollar store (and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings “Hallelujah!) okay this changes everything……nowwwwwwwww………..

I go back and get a piece of the salmon I was eyeing….it’ll be two meals…..and now I’ll get the asparagus that was on sale…….and now I’m getting two good, healthy meals, and, I’ll cook it outside on the grill….I can cook it all at once…and then all I have to do is heat it up!

A lot of work, just to grocery shop.

As to the toilet paper or orange juice question……if you chose orange juice I don’t want to come over to your house.