What's It Going to Cost You?

A new yogurt concept has come to town and the place is packed with eager buyers.

It starts with your choice of cup ~ large or larger. Then you walk down a wall of spigots that sprout forth the yogurt of choice ~ all nonfat, of course. Take as much, or as little, as you want of one or more flavors.

This is followed by a parade of little bins filled with toppings that range from fruit and granola to miniature M&M's and gummy bears. And if that's not enough, a half dozen squirt bottles await your squeeze to release their syrupy concoctions.

After all this self-serve mania comes the final reckoning. What is this creative, cool confection going to cost you? Just put it on the scale to find out. Now we are talking about seemingly lightweight stuff ~ nonfat yogurt not the heavy fatty kind, a sprinkle of this and a spritz of that. Call it greed, call it eyes-bigger-than-stomach, call it total denial, but most of all, call it expensive. Not only do the calories add up but so do the pennies.

The first time I participated in this new self-serve smorgasbord, I was shocked at the price of my evidently-not-so-innocent creation. Yet the first bite assuaged any guilt I had over price or calories. My tongue wrapped around the cool flavors and crunchy toppings. I was hooked.

Besides with a multitude of ever changing yogurt flavors and a myriad of toppings, I am compelled to return again and again to the scene of the crime to create new combinations that delight my taste buds.

I'm sure that there is Biblical application here but I'm too busy stuffing my face at the moment to consider it.