1. Tie flaps or drawstring trashbags?
2. Phosphate-free or phosphorolicious dishwasher detergent?
3. Is there such a thing as organic dishwasher detergent?
4. Powder laundry detergent or liquid laundry detergent?
5. Regular or low-sodium V8?
6. Recycled or regular paper products (e.g. tissues, toilet paper, our once-a-month roll of paper towels)?
7. Is it wrong to use paper towels, period?
8. Oh, the store brand of tissues is so much cheaper than Kleenex!
9. But I was raised on Kleenex!
10. Are handkerchiefs better for the environment?
11. Can I resist the urge to eat a bag of Craisins in one sitting in order to save them for salads?
12. Regular cereal or organic cereal?
13. Maybe I should put the Craisins back.
14. Ooooooh housewares!
(20 minutes later)
15. Regular skim milk or organic skim milk?
16. Are my (nonexistant) children going to be endocrinally challenged because I am cheap about milk?
17. Ooooooh flowers!
(10 minutes later)
18. Why do two people need two different loaves of bread?
19. If I was a good wife, I'd bake our bread.
20. How hard is it to grind wheat anyway?
21. Oh, but then, there'd be flour EVERYWHERE.
22. Bologna is a crime against humanity.
23. Bologna is delicious.
24. Deli bologna or Oscar Meyer?
25. What *is* fat free bologna?
26. Maybe I should be a vegan.
27. Doesn't not eating meat give you some sort of glow?
28. Ugh, but soy is so bad for you and your endocrine system.
29. Supposedly.
30. Bologna it is! (From the deli.)
31. And some turkey too.
32. Produce! Hrm. Do I buy a) organic b) locally grown c) regular or d) organic and locally grown?
33. d!
34. Or should I go to the Farmer's Market?
35. If the only organic, locally grown thing is rhubarb at 12.99/pound am I justified in buying regular?
36. Which Farmer's Market should I go to?
37. Maybe we should join a CSA.
38. I don't care if these tomatoes were strip-mined in Texas, I'm buying them.
39. Organic or regular shampoo?
40. What *is* sodium laurel/laureth sulfate?
41. Why do I feel like this is a choice between death and greasy hair?
42. At least it's not tested on animals.
43. I give up.
44. Check out.
45. Hold up check out line while I run out to my car to get the approximately 592 reusable grocery bags in the trunk.