Tuesday, 16 June 2009

• I went to the grocery store to nab a few things for prayer meeting tonight.  I was at the strawberry display, grabbed three containers and put them in my cart.  The lady, who had been standing there for a little while already, told me that I should look them over VERY carefully. 

  She said, "look, there's fuzz" (pointing to the mold on THOSE strawberries).

  I shrugged, briefly glanced at the bottom of the strawberries I was buying and started to move on.

  She said, "does it bother you that there's fuzz on the strawberries?"
  
  I repled (not intending to be snotty but sounding a bit so), "I like to pretend that living life is more important than looking for a little fuzz.  My mother fusses over paying an extra ten cents for milk.  I tell her, 'mom--just get the milk'."

  She smiled, nodded, and replied, "yeah, you're right".

  She plopped her carefully-chosen strawberries in her basket, and we went our separate ways.

  It's the age-old dilemma--do you pay to save time or spend time to save money?

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