Holy high cost of living!

We've lived here for 1.5 years and I still can't figure how out how people afford to live here. I guess if you were born and raised here it wouldn't seem as outrageous as it does to this Iowan, but I just find it absolutely insane!

Heather came over on Saturday night. We planned to order Papa John's and watch some chick flicks for the evening. She's just like me so we decided on a large 1/2 cheese, 1/2 pepperoni with some breadsticks. I tell the lady what we'd like and she informs me it'd be about $3 cheaper to get the special with a 2L of pop so I tell her that's fine we'll take the pop too. They get to the house and our total was $36.28! Are you kidding me? For one pizza? Do they not have any idea how many homemade pizzas I could make with $36.28?! Needless to say, that is only the 2nd time I've ordered pizza in Hawaii and it very well could be the last.

Then on Sunday I went to the commissary to pick up a few things. When I got there they were unloading some pumpkins so I thought I'd get one for both Randy and I to carve. They were decent pumpkins, but they all seemed a little squatty (I'm fairly positive that isn't a word!) to me. They were nice and round, but I thought they'd be hard to carve since they didn't have much height to them. So there I am digging in a barrel that's up to my chest looking for the perfect pumpkin. I have no idea what the going price for a pumpkin is these days, but they seemed a little pricey so I decided to only get one and we'll just have to carve it together. I get up the register and the dang thing is just under $1.00 per pound. Our average sized, kinda squatty pumpking cost me $10.00! Then I talked to my mom later that night and she said they were complaining about the price of pumpkins in Iowa, because they were a little over $4.00 this year. $4.00- heck that's a great deal compared to what I paid! Plus, I know Iowa pumpkins and I know they aren't squatty like the one I have!

As for me, I'm doing much better this week. My back is still a little sensitive, but it doesn't have the painful surface sting/pain it had earlier so I'm not complaining. Randy should be home in about one week so hopefully the little man and I can behave until then!