Whole Foods is so dangerous, especially now that it's conveniently on the way home for me at Union Square. They should have a sign like they do for roller coasters -- "You must be THIS TALL to ride" -- only the sign should say -- "If you are broke and you need to pay rent this week, you may not shop at this time. Go buy yourself a Happy Meal, you shmuck." For the second or third time this week, I went in intending to buy a small snack for supper and wound up buying $40 worth of groceries, which all fit in one slim, light bag. I go in and I see 365 Mint flavored Sparkling Mineral Water on sale for 69 cents and I think, "What a bargain! I must try it! And now I must buy that $3.69 bottle of pomegranate juice to mix it with!" (Incidentally, mint sparkling mineral water with Pom is a GENIUS refresher.) Or I go to the cheese counter for my dinner snack and I see the Brillat Savarin on sale for a mere $18.99/lb. So I buy a little block for just over $2, and then I think, well I have to get some complementary cheese -- how about this $8 piece of Hoch Ybrig?! And then, hm, I should get some salami or soppresata or something to eat with the cheese and baguette. Hey, why don't I get prosciutto instead! And if I'm getting prosciutto, why don't I get the most expensive 16 months aged Black Reserve Prosciutto San Danielle?
Complete disconnect. I need some kind of anti-Whole Foods electronic collar because I am not to be trusted in there.
OMG my work is a mere block from the PDX Whole Foods, it's like our cafeteria. DANGER DANGER DANGER ZONE.
good for grazing on samples though.