Control, Control, Control...
Control....that is what I had to keep telling myself when I walked into the shop at Red, Hot & Blues. It was all I could do to not spend a fortune. Red, Hot & Blues is a restaurant in town that also has a little store connected to it. The little store sells American products like, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Betty Crocker cake mix, frosting, Jiff, Crisco, Pam, Toll House chocolate chips, pop tarts....basically all things that are bad for you but taste ohhhhh sooooo goood! My big excitement though was diet rootbeer. I know, it doesn't sounds like much but you can't get rootbeer here. Most Czech's have probably never even heard of rootbeer so to be able to get DIET rootbeer is amazing. The only two sodas that I drink are diet Sprite and diet rootbeer and since you can't get either one here I was very excited by my find. My second excitement was marshmallows. Again, I know it doens't sound exciting but the other day I wanted to make rice krispie treats but my hopes were dashed when I realized I would never find marshmallows here You can imagine my excitement when I saw the object of my desire. The man at the counter laughed at my gasp upon seeing the marshmallows. I finally gained control over my desires and made it out of the shop with my diet rootbeer, marshmallows and triscuits at the exorbitant cost of $56USD. As I sit here and drink my diet rootbeer it is well worth the cost to splurge every now and then.
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56 bucks for root beer, marshmallows and triscuits?! i hope you bought a year's supply!
I wish but no....13 cans of rootbeer, 2 bags of marshmallows and 1 box of triscuits: $56
My enjoyment: Priceless hahahaha
At that price I won't be doing it very often. I could save money if you ever come visit since you can bring a bag of good ol' American goodies for me. :)
I laughed reading your entry. When I first moved back, I would see things and get excited and feel like I had to buy them all right then just because I could! It took a while getting used to the fact that they're always there. If I make it back over for a visit -- I'll bring some marshmellows!
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