"I call it the groceries."

 In truth, I don't pay much attention to prices at the grocery store. I live alone, don't do much in the way of cooking, and so just pay the bill, usually without even looking at the prices. But today I was out of my basic supplies and went to the grocery store to replenish. I bought about a dozen usual items and the bill was $91.03, and that was with $10 worth of coupons. So I looked at the bill. 

  I don't eat eggs, but use them for cooking; one dozen was 6.49.  I stopped buying Oreos but since I didn't have anything sweet in the house, and I gave up candy for Lent, I  bought a package for 4.99, when I remember a price of 3.49 and then 3.99. A loaf of white bread cost 4.49 and a pack of ginger ale on sale for 7.69.  A small package of chicken was 6.00. But the most surprising cost was for a single sweet potato. I don't especially like them but the online cardiologist recommended them as nutritious. It was medium sized and cost 1.79.  For a raw potato.