What NOT to do with cooking oil

What NOT to do if you're obsessed with plastic surgery or bettering your looks. Seriously, do NOT click on this link if you're easily grossed out by self-mutilation. A woman in Korea ran out of the silicon a doctor had given her to inject into her face (????...don't get me started on the Korean health system) and started injecting cooking oil instead. Hers is not the only case of obsessive self "betterment" in the name of looking good. And it reminds me of Sarah Burge the Barbie Woman in Britain and then there's Cindy Jackson and Jenny Lee   both the US.

Here's a fascinating page comparing a 5'4" woman to a Barbie doll. It's followed by other statistics on the other pages. It's scary.

Target: $25; Vons: $55

The Guy likes to take supplements for his joints, particularly Osteo Bi-Flex brand glucosamine chondroitin.

I went to Target first to pick up some stuff like shampoo, a dog comb (misplaced Goldy's other comb, darn it) and Benedryl, again for Goldy. I stopped by the supplement aisle to see what Target was charging for a bottle of Osteo Bi-Flex. For the 120 pill bottle, they priced it at $25.34. Okay, not too bad, but I had a $5 coupon from Vons for the same brand burning a hole in my purse.

Off I went to my next stop, the Vons kitty-cornered from Target. The pricing on the shelf said something like $48 for two bottles (of the same stuff, same bottle, etc). So I picked up two bottles. At check-out, they rang up to $110! For TWO bottles of this stuff! I returned one right away, but didn't realize how much they were individually, and ended up standing for 20 minutes at the service counter waiting to return the other bottle.

Cripes. $55 for ONE bottle of this stuff. I told the woman behind the service counter it was $25 at Target. Sheesh. I'm not getting any more OTC medical supplies from Vons after this. Even with coupons.

I guess Vons has to raise its prices on some products, or they lose lots of money. They've had a lot of sales recently.