We're Rich!!!

I know that some of you figured we were, but I just wanted to confirm! We are so loaded that we can spend 32 Riyals on a box of Honey Nut Cheerios! That is $8.80!!!! For a box of cereal??? Seriously! Michael has proven over and over again that he cannot go to the grocery store alone. I once sent him for 4 potatoes and he returned with 5 potatoes totaling $10!!!! OMG! They were US Idaho potatoes and they were the best potatoes we have had since arriving in Doha. But we can't spend $10 on 5 potatoes!!!














Now, I can't even allow him to shop WITH ME!!! So yesterday we went to QMart and he walked up to the cart with 2 boxes of cereal. Now in all fairness, he did ask if those boxes of cereal were okay. They were Frosted Flakes and Honey Nut Cheerios. I said, sure of course. But was that a huge mistake!!! Now many of you are wondering why Michael asked if the cereal was acceptable. Familiar products here are often manufactured in the Middle East and to be honest sometimes are not tasty to our tummies (compare the pictures of the two cereal boxes, can you tell the difference?). So you might find Fruit Loops here, but they are manufactured in Saudi and they are just not the Fruit Loops we have grown to love. ;-) I personally have found that Honey Nut Cheerios and Frosted Flakes are acceptable regardless of where they are made and told Michael that they would be fine.


















The sticker above is placed on items imported from the US. Probably warns the consumer that it was not produced in the GCC. These stickers are usually conveniently placed directly over any type of cooking or preparation instructions. Where else would you place a large sticker that rips the package apart when you pull it off?

Needless to say, next time I will take a closer look! This morning I went down to get a bowl of cereal and was shocked to have a 32 Riyal price sticker looking at me! Oh well...it is just money!