Have you ever...

Have you ever done something on impulse and then on hindsight wonder WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO DO THAT?

That happened to me today.

I went to the supermarket and came away with what I intended to buy PLUS a tub of:

ORGANIC LOW FAT STRAWBERRY BIO LIVE YOGHURT

The surprising thing was not that I bought more than what I intended to. That happens all the time… I’ve got willpower the consistency of jelly when it comes to food.

The “Oh my God, what was I thinking?” thought was because I actually bought a tub of

YOGHURT

I have to explain…

Yoghurt DOES NOT appeal to me.

At all.

To me, it’s the “edible”, supposedly “healthy and good for you” equivalent of licking the door knobs in a hospital…

FULL OF BACTERIA

Of course, that’s just my opinion. If you are a lover of yoghurt, please do not let my above statement affect you. In fact, if you are a serious lover of yoghurt, the above statement should not affect you. It’s just like, I love muesli bars. Quite a few of my friends tell me it’s “bird food” but I still love it and keep eating it anyway.

Back to the yoghurt…

To compound my bewilderment, the yoghurt was:

1) Organic - I do not usually buy organic food. In fact, I cannot recall any occasion that I’ve bought organic food. But if I ever did, the only reason I can think of is probably because the non-organic version was out of stock and I absolutely had to have that item.

2) Low Fat – Me who doesn’t eat margarine but insists on butter. Me who doesn’t drink semi-skinned milk but insists on full-cream/whole milk. Me who doesn’t even drink diet coke/whatever, insisting on the real thing… LOW FAT?!?!

In an attempt to de-puzzle the whole situation, I decided to examine the packaging. Maybe it was just a simple matter of “great product packinging” that made me buy something that I don’t need and don’t want.

I wish I could show you a photo of the product. But I shall not, later kenna sued…

The packaging was very very simple. There was just a picture of a big plump strawberry in the middle of 2 lalang-looking leaves that formed a “V”. So I don’t think it’s the packaging that did the trick…

Then…

I found a product description. You know, where they try to “sell” the product.

“This is how yoghurt should be – thick, creamy and alive with flavour. We make it with milk from cows that graze on clover-rich, organic grass. The fresh, mild taste comes from using the friendliest bacteria and the juiciest fruit. The smoothness if the result of time and patience.

Sensational taste AND all those probiotic bacteria helping to keep your body in balance.”

Well, it was OBVIOUSLY NOT the product description that tricked me into buying the yoghurt because after I read it, the only things that I remember are:

“This is how yoghurt should be – thick, creamy and alive with flavour. We make it with milk from cows that graze on clover-rich, organic grass. The fresh, mild taste comes from using the friendliest bacteria and the juiciest fruit. The smoothness if the result of time and patience.

Sensational taste AND all those probiotic bacteria helping to keep your body in balance.”

Yeah, I can be selectively severely dyslexic and admittedly, my memory is not the best.

Ok, so I’m officially puzzled.

I still don’t know why I bought the organic, low fat yoghurt *cringe*.

But before anybody gives me an update on the situation of the starving children of Somalia, I have to say this...

I will eat it.

All 500ML of it.