silly little thoughts

So I went to the deli this morning to grab a cup of coffee, and I didn’t have any cash on me so i had to use my debit card. The girl behind the counter tells me I need a minimum of $5.00 to make a purchase. Fine, let me get a granola bar..girl tells me that it’s not $5.00 yet. Okay, fine. Let me go grab a Diet Dr. Pepper…STILL not $5.00 yet. ( !!!!) So I leisurely walk run over to the counter amd grab whatever pack of gum my hand lands on.

Of course I had to pick the most expensive gum on the planet. I have some pictures posted, and since I am doing this from my cell phone ( mad $killz, yo!) they’re all out of order so under each image I will explain the ridiculousness.

Now, If someone could please explain to me, how on Earth, a pack of gum is nearly $2.00 and more expensive than a 20 ounce bottle of soda!? Boggles my mind. Whatever happened to the packs of gum that were a QUARTER!? I guess they still exist somewhere..but to think that people buy this expensive gum on purpose?  Follow me here, someone walks into the store, with the intention of buying gum, has this gum in mind and shells out $2.00 for it..

What’s the appeal?? 

It’s the packaging and all of the hype and the super expensive commercials.

Okay, so the first picture is the pack of gum. See? Fancy.

Oooh..even fancier, the gum in a black wrapper…totally worth the $2.00..it’s not like im going to crumple it up and throw it away immediately or anything.

WOW! The gum itself is BLACK! ( Actually, that was pretty cool. )