My rant

Today we paid $3.289 for regular gas at a discount station. The total came to $54.55. I usually budget that amount for fuel so no big deal to me. Of course, I would love it if gas prices went down and my budget had more available cash for other things but I'm not one to get excited or upset over the price of gas.
Here is what I get excited and upset about - the price of fruit. You know, that healthy delicious food that does a body good. All you see in that picture came to $18.04. That fruit will only last 1.5 days in our home. And if you are wondering why I have it all spread out on wax paper - well it seems to slow the process of mold growing on the lovely fruit. If you know of a better way, please let me know. Back to my rant, it really upsets me that a family that lives on a tight budget cannot afford to buy healthy fruit yet can buy so much unhealthy processed food to feed their family for a week. For example a friend of mine was so excited to come into a bit of cash one day, I asked her what she was going to spend it on - Her response, I am going to the fruit section and buy all the grapes and berries I want because it's not very often I can afford to do that. Really, how sad.