#splurchase

[willowbg-consumption]

Splurchase

Hello all you cool kids, it’s time for you to know what I spent my $2 on...it was actually $2.75, but shhhh don’t tell anyone. 

Here it is, in all of its glory.

That’s right, Strawberry Milkshake Pop Tarts. I originally did not want to get a food item, but when I saw these on the target shelf I audibly gasped and knew I had to get it. They stopped making this wonderful Pop Tart flavor five years ago, but I didn’t realize it until more recently. As I grew older, I stopped eating Pop Tarts (and more recently started eating them again), which meant that the last time I had this flavor Pop Tart was sometime in my early years of middle school. Seeing these on the shelf flooded my mind with memories of my childhood when life was good and nothing was as difficult as it seems now. It was honestly something that turned my day around a bit. I’m sure once I bite into one of them, I’ll get mad at myself for buying more sugary crap, but just knowing that they exist makes me happy. (Also, this is one of the few Pop Tarts that taste amazing frozen, so I can’t wait to eat these things cold in the dead of winter).

[mack-adamia]

SPLURCHASE!!!

So this is my splurchase. I bought a box of strawberry Pocky at the Gopher Express in Coffman. It was $2.09, so I just made the cut! It was weird, I kind of expected surprise in paying with a $2 bill, but the cashier just took my money and wrung it up.

Pocky is this tasty cookie stick-type treat from Japan that I really like. It's nice that the Gopher Express has its "Little Asia" section with all of these cool snacks. When I was younger, it was always really hard to find Pocky anywhere else besides local Asian markets. Now you can find it in Walmart!

Although I've had Pocky before, I've never tried strawberry before, and the box looked very pretty, so that basically steered my choice. I didn't really notice much else that might have affected my decision. It was during lunch hour, so Coffman was fairly crowded and loud, and music couldn't really be heard. The space was interesting though. I always feel cramped and rushed in the Gopher Express, regardless of how full it is, or how many other people are in the surrounding rooms. It's just so tiny, I always want to get out of there as quickly as possible.

Well, at least I got Pocky!