You're so funny! Sometimes I feel like one of those idiots who talk about having to walk to school through 5 miles of snow. But I guess that was our mothers' generation.

Things were so different when we were young. Almost like another planet. Daddy was the breadwinner, working two jobs, and our food budget for 5 was $20 per week. Mother used coupons and only shopped weekly newspaper specials. We ate very simply, but there was always a gallon Tupperware jug of homemade sweet tea in the fridge. It was syrupy, but the ONLY thing other than water we could touch between meals. We rarely had sweets, but we always had that iced tea. I remember making Kool Aid, but it was too expensive for us to have often. And I hated those ice cube trays, but it was all we had, right?

Do you remember what year it was that the price of sugar went sky high? I'm a veteran googler and I can't find it. I assumed it had something to do with the rise of popularity of AS.