Sticker shock !

I had to go into the grocery store today to drop off a prescription. I needed two small items so off I went. I wasn't really looking forward to walking the store at 7:30pm in the evening with sunglasses on inside the store but I had to wear them. I had my eye doctor appointment today and they dilated my eyes so I am very sensitive to light. People probly thought I was weird or somehting.

Fer some reason today I paid a lil more attention to the grocery tag prices. A whole chicken costs around $6.00 or more. If its cut in pieces it might be more. Beef is a whole other subject. It is ridiculously priced. Then I went to the seafood section. I don't know why I did because I rarely buy any fish. Most fish I eat I catch it myself. But some frozen tilapia fillets caught my attention because they looked "different" to begin with. They were about $7.00 for about six of 'em. It said Product of China AND what was most disturbing was that it said on the package Carbon Monoxide used fer coloring!!!! Are you freakin' kiddin' me? And people consume this? I about flipped. I was struggling enough trying to read this package through blurred vision and after verifying it a second time I had read the label coreectly. What in the hell? I mean to use carbon monoxide. Surely it has to have some carbon monoxide deposits in the fillets. I cant believe this is allowed. I walked away with disgust.

I then started walking over to the produce department. But on my way there I have to pass through the "floral area" where they sell lil flower ararngements n' stuff. A price tag that said $17.99 caught my attention and I wanted to see what cost $17.99. What I saw next had me shaking my head. There were three 3" flimsy pots in this lil wooden makeshift wagon that looked like it had been made with pallet boards. Yes it was cute but the price wasn't. It said "Kitchen Herbs". What they did was plant oregano in one pot, rosemary in the middle pot, and marjoram in the other lil pot and stuck 'em in this wooden thing. The lil plants were about 5" tall if that. I have those very seeds i got fer bout 59cents a package, dirt and lots of scrap wood to make that very same project. The thing that really gets me is that people actually buy this. Hell for $17.99 you can plant a huge garden. I had mixed emotions after that and I walked away shaking my head.

I finally got to the produce section. I needed two tomato's. All varieties were ridiculously overpriced. Most tomato's were hard. I grabbed a bag of carrots fer 79cents. My body was craving carrots. I remember paying like 48cents fer a bag of carrots not too long ago. I quickly browsed throughout the other produce and made a run fer the checkout. This trip has given me a more keeness to food and why I must start raising my own. Everyone should raise their own. This was quiet a shock and am still sittin' here thinking bout it.

Im off my rant now. My eyes are strained.

Thanks fer stoppin' by. See you on the backroads.