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September 20, 2004
the unbearable pitiability
We went to the orchard yesterday. I love apples! I love caramel apples (CAR MEL, if you're wondering)! But damn it if they weren't $2.75 a pop at the orchard. So I bought a $9 bag of Cortlands (red, thick skinned, white tart flesh) and stopped at the grocery on the way home to get my own caramel, figuring I can make them.
Well, I couldn't. Suffice it to say I'm sitting here, unwrapping caramels, and eating a bite of apple, a bite of caramel, and actually only missing the nuts.
Next time I'll cough up the $2.75.
And if you're wondering how I can type the word caramel as many times as I had to for this post and still pronounce it CAR MEL, you're obviously not from the midwest. :)
Posted by mryonker at September 20, 2004 02:41 PM
Comments
I'm with you: definitely CAR MEL. ;)
Posted by: Michelle at September 20, 2004 05:45 PM
I think you should have spent the $2.75. I don't know why I did this...but for all our struggling years in the military I pinched and didn't allow myself hardly a pleasure. I was trying to save money, but meanwhile, it was still spent. Without sounding harsh, think of where that $2.75 would have gone if not for a treat for you? I could tell you in a heart beat, but I wouldn't want to offend anybody. Obviously we can't treat ourselves all the time-we do have to be realistic, but life does deserve some rewards. I would hardly think that $2.75 is a huge expense...just take it out of the heat money and wrap up with more blankets (or eat less food and take it from the food bill).
Posted by: Mary Ann Steinacker-Grimm at October 7, 2004 09:33 PM