Happy Friday everyone! What are you all doing this weekend? I hope something fun! It’s supposed to be about 200 degrees here, so I’m ready to turn on the AC and drink some iced tea!

Tonight, however, I feel the need for a rant post. As some or many of you may know, I have my period this week. Sorry if you think this is an overshare, or if you are a guy who thinks women shouldn’t bring this up. I’m not one of those chicks who hides it, I think that’s neolithic at best.

I do, however, bring it up for a reason. A few days earlier we were at Target and I needed to restock on tampons, etc. About six months to a year ago I had a tremendous coupon and bought about 10 boxes, enough to last me until… well, now. However, in this time period the price of tampons seems to have gotten EVEN HIGHER. I stood, mouth agape, in the “feminine products” aisle, eyes darting back and forth in frantic price comparisons. I think I started muttering out loud to a random woman next to me as well. She was not so aghast at the skyrocketing prices. So, I give you a rant I think we can all relate to:

Things that cost way more than they should:

1. Tampons They are scraps of cotton, for crying out loud! and I do want to cry, sometimes, when I have to pay for them…

2. 100 calorie packs Seriously- does anyone look at the markup and packaging on this crap? Because I’m pretty sure we are all incapable of buying a large bag of Rold Gold pretzels and grabbing a handful to throw in a tupperware, right? Totally impossible.

3. Magazines I recently ranted and raved about my favorite and “least favorite” magazines. I only pay for one magazine though, and it was almost pathetically cheap on Amazon. Many women’s magazines cost $4-5 dollars. More technical magazines are triple the price of that. Get ’em at the library, or look them up online.

4. Name brand medications Correct me and my doctors if I’m wrong, but the name brand painkiller/ antiseptic/ cold medicine is not, in fact, better than its generic counterpart. So why on earth do people pay for it? Look at the ingredients, period.

5. Everything at gas stations/ convenience stores

6. Totally unspecial food at restaurant prices I’m not talking about filet de pate or local heirloom tomatoes here, I’m talking scrambled eggs, PB and J sandwiches, hash browns, bland minestrone,  pancakes, etc. for 8-10 dollars. If its not special, I sure won’t be paying that much money for something that looks like I made it with my eyes still shut. I’m talking to you, Denny’s. Only on a road trip. Otherwise I order sides and put them together for something that is usually at least a bit closer to what it should cost.

7. Bottled water I’m not immune to this- sometimes thirst and convenience wins out. But that does NOT mean that I like paying a dollar for WATER. Argh. I wish there were water fountains everywhere.

8. Cocktails Sure, I like a blueberry ginger infused vodka-tini once in a blue moon. But most of the time I can’t believe how unbelievably expensive a simple Cosmo or glorified rum punch is (and probably using rail quality booze) just because it has a frou-frou name. I can get on board if there is something really special about it, but most of the time I don’t really buy into the whole mixology craze. Plus, I prefer a good beer or whiskey rocks anyway.

Ahhh, once again I feel much better post rant! Do these things drive you guys crazy? What do you think is horribly overpriced for being, essentially, a cheap item?

and as always, thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Meri