Dear Folks, This afternoon I went to the super market to pick up a few things and when I got to the checkout counter, the clerk and I got into a conversation. It had to do with my telling her that I rarely buy anything that isn't on sale and she knew what I was talking about. She's the same way. Note: She was probably only in her early to mid 20s. I told her how careful I was to charge anything on my credit card, she agreed, and then told me a story that I still can't quite believe. The told me that recently while a couple were checking out, they told her they were expecting their first child. However, they wheeled up FOUR grocery carts piled high with things they had bought. She told me that she herself was shocked at the total of their bill. $800 dollars! As hard as I tried to imagine that huge amount of money being spent on only one trip to the super market, I still couldn't picture what they might have bought that would cost all that money. ESPECIALLY since they were expecting only their first child! Of course, they charged the whole amount on their credit card. Both the clerk and I couldn't even picture where they would store that amount of food (my comment was maybe they had a warehouse!) but more than that we wondered if they always spend money like that, charge it on their credit card(s), max them out and then pay only the minimum payment on them to cover the interest. I know I'm thrifty and it pleased me that the young clerk was just as thrifty. But in my wildest dreams I still can't picture $800 worth of groceries for only two people. vee