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I went to the grocery store again and it was just as scary as it has been for the last 15 trips.  Right now, I am missing the Walmart Super Center so much, I am ready to drive there now!  Since when does a pomegranate cost almost five dollars?  I was floored when I saw the price, but my desire for those delicious little juice-filled seeds outweighed my common sense, so I bought it.  What is even crazier is the fact that I bought two…yes, two.  The other was for my daughter and so I would not have to share my pom with her.  Dually selfish and selfless, but we both ended up happy.  Well, she was happy because she did not have to pay for it, but I was crying on the inside. 

I remember when pomegranates used to cost a little over a dollar.  Of course that was in the 1980s, still those prices were wonderful.  The prices today are ridiculous and I am tempted to begin offering body parts to pay for large grocery bills.  Let’s see, I have ten fingers and ten toes so I should be able to get enough to last for a few months, right?  OK, that may be a little extreme, but so are the prices of basic food.  A head of lettuce was on sale for $1.69, the price of a loaf of Wonder Bread is now $3.00, and a dozen jumbo now costs almost $3.00.  I would be better off I raised a chicken myself and used it to lay eggs.  I am also glad I stopped eating bread years ago.  Pretty soon, turkey dogs will cost $7.00 and my beloved red potatoes go for around $8.00 a bag.  The potatoes will always be on my grocery list since I can never stop eating them.  Call it a spud addiction.    

I truly miss the food prices of 1988 (random year I picked) because that was when a $200.00 grocery bill lasted for almost a month straight.  Now, one will be lucky if they can stretch it to three weeks.  Since I have always been able to grow plants, I am going to try my hand at growing my own vegetables and herbs.  The prices of spices (hey, that rhymes) have gotten way too expensive.  Now it seems as though eating healthy really will cost an arm, leg, and foot.      

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