So last week I was making a spinach salad and I reached inside the bag and found this:

At first I thought it was some sort of freshener, like a way to preserve the spinach in the bag. Instead I realized that I have been nibbling on firecracker residue. Now, this is organic spinach from Trader Joe’s, which is usually pretty darn reputable. A closer look at the package, and I realized this spinach is from the USA and Mexico. So there’s no telling who was shooting firecrackers off in the spinach fields, (although my biased mind immediately blamed our southside brothers from the border) :

Wow, so last night I trucked over to Trader Joe’s and of course they were SHOCKED. I filled out a little form, probably waving my right to sue them, and continued my merry shopping. (They agreed to hand over another bag o’ spinach). Now, I don’t know what’s going on, but I CAN NOT get out of T.J.’s without spending at least 80 bucks. What is it with that place? OK, so maybe the $7 mandarin chicken paired with the $8 smoked salmon is what did it this time, (but not eaten together, ew!). And yeah, we had to get new laundry detergent…and cat food. But high dollar items at Trader Joe’s never succeed $8. I know, I know, it adds up. Boy, does it add up.