michelle says:
���yesterday, i purchased gods most EXPENSIVE potatoes and onions
Rubber Bulletin says:
���Have you been drinking aftershock again?
Rubber Bulletin says:
���*L* talk me through that...
michelle says:
���isn't aftershock and aftershave *tilts head and thinks*
michelle says:
���ok.. i keep forgetting to buy food.. weird. when i remember its when the shops are shut on my journey home. not helpful.
michelle says:
���so
michelle says:
���yesterday, i remembered earlier that I'd forgotten to buy food.. not early enough for The Barrow (small expensive inner city supermarket) but plenty early for Star Mart.. do you have those? they're usually attached to service stations
michelle says:
���so..
Rubber Bulletin says:
���I think we call them Spar
michelle says:
���they actually had.. small brown bags labeled.. Potatoes, Natures Best.. and Onions, Natures Best
michelle says:
���so.. i figured.. i'd buy those, and aloaf of bread.. and a can of V, cos i was feeling flat
Rubber Bulletin says:
���Nothing unreasonable about any of this so far
michelle says:
���it wasn't til i was home I realised.. I'd paid.. $4.25 for 2 medium and one small dirty potato
michelle says:
���and
michelle says:
���$3.95 for two onions!
michelle says:
���TWO DOLLARS FOR AN ONION!!
michelle says:
���i'm not even going to count the small potato cos it was so small as to be useless and say...
michelle says:
���$2 FOR A POTATO
Rubber Bulletin says:
���That's 70p - is that bad? *ashamed*
michelle says:
���that's really bad
michelle says:
���you can buy like.. i dunno.. 5 kilograms for 3.99 or $5 or something
michelle says:
���and thats like.. lots more than TWO potatoes
Rubber Bulletin says:
���What did you do with these precious veg? *hoping you at least had them mounted*
michelle says:
���and onions.. pft.. well if you bought ONE onion it should give you change from 50c
Rubber Bulletin says:
���Crikey
michelle says:
���i thought.. well.. at LEAST.. they MUST be organic right?
michelle says:
���to be that preciously expensive? but no. they were just ORDINARY
Rubber Bulletin says:
���At least
michelle says:
���i can't believe i spent so much money on so little.
Rubber Bulletin says:
���they shoudl have been at least free range
michelle says:
���well.. ok.. i've spent more on less but the point is IT WAS POTATOES AND ONIONS
michelle says:
���not a pint or anything important
Rubber Bulletin says:
���Let's consider the opportunity cost of the onions though Mish - what was your alternative? how far would you have had to travel, or how long would you have had to wait for your onions had you not got them from Star Mart?
michelle says:
���well.. i wouldn't have been able to get any cos i live miles from shops that time of night and my cars in the shop
michelle says:
���so
michelle says:
���its the Convienence Tax at work again
michelle says:
���like tampons
michelle says:
���they suffer the same price hike
michelle says:
���when you *really* need them they cos four times as much as when you don't
Rubber Bulletin says:
���I think paying for tampons should be illegal - talk about adding insult to injury
michelle says:
���we should at LEAST get some sort of govt. aid or subsidy towards tampons
michelle says:
���its truly shocking how much money you have to part with for a truly average potato
Rubber Bulletin says:
���I bought this potato once, right...
Rubber Bulletin says:
���No I didn't - I'm just trying to be in the in crowd