WHAT THE HECK?????

Ok, I have had MAJOR "sticker" shock.........I cannot believe how much stuff costs here in Paradise........HELP!!!! We went to the store the other day and needed to get milk.....Ok, are you sitting down? It was on "sale" for $4.39...normally $8.35--AUGH!!! Can you believe it? I am used to $1.98 at Wal-Mart in Idaho. WHOA. Any one who knows me, knows that I cannot live without Diet Pepsi. So, I told Allan I had to have "my stash"--gotta have it. So, we found the 12 pack--on sale for $6.99 down from $9.99, then we kept looking and found a 36 pack for $9.99 normally $19.99!!! We got 2 36 packs. I have to have total will power and limit myself to one can a day. I don't know if I am up to that task....but need to try. Peanut butter (has to be Skippy) $7.00 for a small bottle. Oh, man my habits will have to change. Bread $4.69 a loaf. I knew it was more expensive here, but OH MY GOODNESS. How do people survive over here? Then my mother-in-law took us to COSTCO. Good, ol' Costco will be my saving grace.....their 36 pack of Diet Pepsi is a normal $9.99. I will SURVIVE. How sad is that...I measure my survival on the availability of my favorite drink. Some of you will understand where I am coming from. Diet pepsi is like the nectar of the Gods to me. Hee hee. I know, I am out of control. So, all of you on the mainland, enjoy your milk, your loaves of bread, your SKIPPY peanut butter, your diet pepsi and think of me---yearning for what you can get so cheap. I appreciate those things a whole lot more now. A.L.O.H.A.