On a Roll

After four months of shopping I'm getting used to the cost of things here. On a positive note, it really has cut down on my impulse shopping. But then, every so often, I go to the store and see something like this that stops me in my tracks.

Here's my Mayo.
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And this is the receipt for my purchase.

That's right, I spent almost $12 on a jar of mayo. Granted, it is the big bottle, but I think I paid under $5 for the same one in the States. It's not even a matter of being able to buy another brand. For some reason, Aussies love to put sugar in their mayo, so pretty much every local brand tastes like Miracle Whip. I think I may have to start whipping up a batch of my own homebrew every week. And, just in case anyone thinks we've taken to eating baby sheep, a lamington is actually just a chocolate covered spongecake. We just can't get into the lamb thing.