Grape Money

I am highly appalled at the skyrocketing price of grapes. One of my favorite foods is now going for $3.99 a pound. I find it quite heartbreaking, as I like to eat two pounds of grapes a day. This would make for a pricey habit.

The rising prices could not keep me from buying a bag of grapes yesterday. I made a pact to myself to eat them sparingly so that they last a few days. And, really, I was doing that.

As I rationed my grapes, I decided to have a small snack this afternoon. Holding the bag in my lap, I savored them as I ate one at a time. One grape, I noticed, was quite large. I popped it into my mouth and must not have chewed enough, for it got stuck about half way down. I tried coughing it up, and when that didn't work, my gag reflex came into play.

Lucky for me, I had a bag conveniently sitting on my lap. As the grapes I had just eaten came back up, I held my bag out and filled it with mush. While I was relieved I didn't choke to death, I was rather pissed off that the grapes I spent $4 a pound on were now no good. Money wasted.