the tyranny of health

Due to the prices of food increasing I have become broke. I realized that I spend aprox 60% of my money on FOOD (including restaurants). If that 60% goes up at all its really cutting in to my other costs. ( BTW I make next to nothing). I also am obsessed with buying healthy food organic food. Local...crazy expensive berries...first cold pressed oils...I need it all! I have no insurance, my paint is peeling off the walls, I can't fix my car, and I go to "student dentists" (ohh! I should blog about that next), but damn if I don't eat like a king.

Anyway, the last time I went to the grocery store (uggg, not the co-op!) I tried to save some money. I bought 99 cent shrimp. I bought 99 cent cottage cheese. I tasted like ROT. Some things I suspect you can compromise on for savings, and some you can't. Raisins and oats, and pickles maybe it doesn't matter. Any sort of produce or dairy should be high quality. This is all so new to me, I hate it really. What about the politics of consumerism? I am being forced out of ethical choices! I don't want to buy regular anything, I know its all weird chemicals and labor and all that...but what can you do.