A Cry for Help

Am I obsessed?  I'm trying to control myself.  I met Otto at Georgie's for dinner tonight.  Was going to watch what I ate.  Only had a big glass of ice water to drink, the tomato based veggie soup, and chicken satay (zesty grilled chicken skewers served with a spicy Thai peanut sauce).  On my way home I headed over to Publix because I needed to pick up some tings to bring to the buffet we're having at work tomorrow. Thursday marks a new week of sales and specials at Publix, so I figured I'd do some of my grocery shopping too.  I like to stock up on the buy one get one free items that I frequently use.  Well, after seeing the TV commercial a couple times, and what with Frito Lay potato chips one of the BOGO specials, I was hooked.

When I was a kid, I use to love chips way back then too.  I remember when I was in second grade, because of overcrowding, our elementary school held some classes in rented spaces in churches.  We were in the old wooden Pine Grove Methodist Church on Central Avenue in Colonie Village.  My second grade teacher was Miss Petrie (believe it or not, I just threw out a picture of her a couple weeks ago when I was going through all the old family photos!)  My father had told the janitor there that I loved potato chips.  When it was time for lunch, we would line up and head thru the adjacent first grade class to the kitchen area to get our lunch.  Every time potato chips were a side, the janitor would be standing there holding up a big potato chip and smiling at me, and he would put in on my plate.  He was feeding my addiction!

Tonight, I didn't buy a lot of stuff, but after getting back to my apartment and putting the groceries away, I poured myself a glass of diet A&W Cream soda and ripped open a bag.  Now I have only one and a half bags of the chips.  Oh my!