I took the boys to Wild Oats to get some granola yesterday. (It’s like Whole Foods Market, you know...even owned by them, I think.) Anyway...the boys call the place “HippyMart”.
I bought three dollars worth of granola and the guy that checked us out loudly proclaimed “DING DING DING! You win the prize for having spent the least amount in this store today!!!” He went on loudly proclaiming to everyone that NO ONE spends less than $100 in the store! He said I must have amazing restraint.
Which is true...I really coulda bought everything in the store. I love HippyMart...but their prices are generally out of my reach. Except the granola, which I have compared to granola at Walmart and found comparable.
And so much better.
Teaching them to sow?
Heh...last weekend I joined the local food co-op. Five bucks, and now I have access to inexpensive nuts and bulk flour and other grains, plus loose-leaf tea and all. And lots of dark chocolate...mmmm...chocolate... Granola, too, for that matter.
But I think I’m the only conservative member. ;-) And I *was* about the only one there who wasn’t doing all their grocery shopping there. I just got tea and bran (for those muffins) and nothing else. Couple bucks worth of goods.