I'm getting off the sauce

It is about that time again.

In the last several hours, it has become apparent to me that I need to cut out caffeine. I did this for the first time back in 2002 when I was working for Office Ghetto and about to go to grad school. It was purely for health reasons (namely because girls don't want to date fat guys) and I licked it pretty good.

That was, of course, before we had a Starbucks in JC. Life in grad school isn't conducive to life off of caffeine. I think I had it kicked until about April 2003 and then I started back with it.

Now, I am starting the process of phasing it out, but this time due to economic reasons.

You see, I was just at the Target to buy some food. There are some things that Target sells for about $1.00 a box cheaper than Publix, so it is worth the gas to drive a mile out of the way for granola bars and cereal. Well, I was walking through the soft drink aisle and they had Pepsis at 4 for $10.00. I had just been complaining that I hadn't seen 4 for $10 on 12 packs since this summer and was thinking about cutting them out because 4 for 12, 3 for 11, and 2 for 8 were all pretty high.

4 for 10 is a fair price, so I went to the front of the store, grabbed a buggy, and returned. Only then did I notice that the 4 for 10 was for the brand new shiny 8-packs.

Screw that.

If Pepsi thinks that is a fair price then I'm off the train. Cokes were $4.89 per 12 pack, so no thank you there either.

It now looks like soft drinks join orange juice on the banned beverage list. I'm not buying it anymore until it drops below 3 a gallon.

Yeah. I guess in my old age I've become cheap. Oh well, at least this way I'll drop a few more pounds.