Grocery Shopping Rant

Now that I have been On My Own for well nigh a year, I wish to discourse at some length on a topic of some annoyance to me: to whit, the difficulty of shopping for groceries for one person. Even shopping for two is bad enough, but for one is terrible. Those of you lucky enough to reside in the UK, with access to lovely Waitroses and M&Ss and Tescos, with their gorgeous array of small tempting portions of all variety of foodstuffs for every budget may smugly avert your eyes, or read on, in sympathy for those of us in North America.
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I Don't Feel Old and Wise

What Fantasy Archetype Are you?
The Mentor You are the prestigous Mentor! You're akin to Gandalf (Lord of The Rings), Merlin (ARthurian Legend), Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars), Aslan (Narnia), Door (Neverwhere), Dumbledore (Harry Potter) and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander (Wizard's First Rule). You are wise and knowing, and know that there is not much time left for the Unlikely Hero to defeat The Totally Wicked Villain. Only you know the true motives and past of The Villain, so it's up to you to teach the Unlikely Hero all he has to know. Be careful as you'll invariably regret not telling The Unlikely Hero things sooner rather than later. You like teaching and often care very much for others.
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