And amazingly, I manage to keep a budget.

[akeyoftime]

I went to the grocery store for a mango and walked out with:

-a mango
-an avocado
-a loaf of bread
-a bag of grapes
-a box of pre-packaged "Marshmallow Cripy Rice Bars"
-four tins of Habitant pea soup

Comments

You say A Mango?!!?

[briseis09ii.livejournal.com]

In our Culture (Filipino), Filipinos tend to believe that if you go to a market just for a Mango, it means your wife or yourself is pregnant because it is one of the first things that the wife or yourself craves. Filipino beliefs, I tell ya...I'm Canadian though, but Filipino is my background and I just laugh at my Mom every time she tries to convince otherwise about all this superstitions and beliefs. It's pretty funny some of them and then some of them are quite scary. Beyond me!

Pretty funny, though, the mango thing, eh?!

I think we all do it at some point in our shopping ventures. We have a list to only buy the certain necessities and we end up buying far more than anticipated. Then you get to the checkout stand and you are like, wtf! How come it is sooo much? Then you start telling the clerk to take this away and that away until you have a better grand total. Especially, if your spouse is with you - you get tres embarrassed...I do anyway. Ha, Lol!

Anyway...hope you are doing well. I managed to keep up with the sorting this week (God, only knows how I was able) but I felt bad because I really enjoy giving long sortings and I ended up with one answer sortings instead. **the demands of life**

Take Care and Much Love,
Arlene (Briseis09)

Re: You say A Mango?!!?

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I was actually getting the mango more to cut shapes out of it than for the devouring (though I did that too). I just wanted the bright yellow colour!

I love cultural quirks like that. I tease my dad sometimes, because I've been known to eat vanilla ice cream and pickles (and to have enjoyed it!).

Some of this stuff I bought because I saw the "Sale" sign. Those soup tins are real comfort food, but they're normally two dollars a tin. I tend to pounce on a sale price of under a dollar!

I forgot to sort. Rats. *scurries off*

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

It was on sale! I could not do anything *but* stock up!

Re: You say A Mango?!!?

[briseis09ii.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too, I get bananas over sales. I think it drives my hubby batty...Lol.

But, sales are good.

Cultural quirks are cool too. My Mom's funny that way. If you ever get to meet her - you'll find her funny.

Anyway, Take Care and Loads of Love,
Arlene (Briseis09)