I felt a little guilty yesterday. I wanted to make those apple pancakes again, but we were out of apples. So I grabbed a handful of change and went to the store to get some. Granny Smith apples cost a little more than I expected, so I could only afford one apple with the change I had. I felt like a bit of a putz putting back that second apple while the store manager was making sure the produce section looked good.

Since I wasn't buying anything else, I went to the self checkout. Weighed my apple, and my total came to 80 cents. Put in my change, and oops, I only had 75 cents! Since it was a self checkout system, I couldn't ask for it to let me slide. So, I paid the nickel with my debit card.

I feel guilty because I know the bank will charge the store something like 50 cents to process that debit card transaction. So, while I spent 80 cents on the apple, the store's only going to get 30 cents.

And to top it all off, I didn't pre-cook the apple when I made the pancakes this morning, so that didn't turn out too well either. Oh well, one more day 'till the weekend.