Sigh…. I forgot….. they’re little kids, so they have to do their shopping at the neighborhood convenience store.
They’ll only get half or maybe 2/3 as much as I said yesterday.
Oh well… a bit less of a tummyache when they gobble it all at once.
Ladylagomorph… from yesterday (I always want to say “Lady Bunny”)…
yup… just like I picture Agnes.
I never spent money that way cos my parents were so strict….
but I do remember baby-sitting at 12, and being offered fresh cookies to eat after the baby was asleep. (I can’t imagine leaving a baby with a 12-year-old now!)
Being a polite child, I asked how many I could have…. and the mother, obviously new to the game, looked surprised, and said to eat as many as I wanted.
When I was a kid in the early 80’s, my best friend and I would have still needed a wagon if we had ever had twenty bucks to spend at our neighborhood convenience store that didn’t rip us off like that. Two to six glass pop bottles (whatever their redemption value was) always got us at least one treat for each of us.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 7 years ago
Sigh…. I forgot….. they’re little kids, so they have to do their shopping at the neighborhood convenience store.
They’ll only get half or maybe 2/3 as much as I said yesterday.
Oh well… a bit less of a tummyache when they gobble it all at once.
Ladylagomorph… from yesterday (I always want to say “Lady Bunny”)…
yup… just like I picture Agnes.
I never spent money that way cos my parents were so strict….
but I do remember baby-sitting at 12, and being offered fresh cookies to eat after the baby was asleep. (I can’t imagine leaving a baby with a 12-year-old now!)
Being a polite child, I asked how many I could have…. and the mother, obviously new to the game, looked surprised, and said to eat as many as I wanted.
Mistake. On both our parts.
Just So So Premium Member over 7 years ago
I feel the same way when I pay $200 on groceries.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 7 years ago
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So, no lifetime supply?
phredturner over 7 years ago
In 1951 you would have used the wagon
stepham over 7 years ago
When I was a kid in the early 80’s, my best friend and I would have still needed a wagon if we had ever had twenty bucks to spend at our neighborhood convenience store that didn’t rip us off like that. Two to six glass pop bottles (whatever their redemption value was) always got us at least one treat for each of us.