now before some of you point your finger at the screen and cry 'hypocrite!' (since i tend to poke fun at :: Age 32 :: for his daily dinner photojournalism... all in good fun!), i am showing you this evening's grocery list because it is accompanied by a cute story of human kindness and my hierarchy of needs.
i had $8.20 in my wallet, so my shopping was done strategically. the 750ml of Cooper's Pale was a steal at $5.99! anyway, got to the counter and the girl rang up my total. turns out my three items came to $8.66 (in Australia there are no pennies, so it was actually $8.70!). payday is tomorrow, so i had to make an executive decision: " uhhh, looks like the onion has got to go." i told the cashier. she looked at me with pity and asked how much i had. when i told her i was 50 cents short, a guy behind me offered to spot me the change. he was wearing a racing bike helmet and a sweatshirt bearing this:
in the end, the kindly cashier let me off the hook. i thanked her profusely while packing up my groceries and as i walked out, bike helmet/nirvana shirt guy said "i really like that the beer took precedence over the food." i turned and said "always, mate. always."
* for those of you who are curious - the onion was for a tuna salad that i used on a tuna melt... delicious!
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