Because Jamie Oliver is busy saving people from the food they eat, and I personally am his target audience, I'm posting this rant on his behalf. You can view it yourself on Ted.com.
O.K. this is going to seem a little silly but is it appropriate to return fruit to the store? Yesterday I bought one of those clamshell containers full of strawberries. Those berries looked just beautiful peeking through the plastic container, red, yummy, little berry reminders of summer!
I remember my Mom saying "money does not grow on trees" and all the other annoying sentences she would come up with to block my requests for things (I thought I needed) but this is ridiculous!!! If my daughter does not get a pair of $200.00 jeans she will become a social out cast.
Yesterday I spent the whole day down town with my kids. All we really did was wonder around but it was amazing! Too bad that we can not harvest the energy and mood of all the people because I am sure we could light most of the houses in Vancouver with it!! My kids had a ball and we met people from all over the world.
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