 Welcome back to my channel, guys. It's your girl CocoStyle. And on this channel, we talk about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and styling. So I'm just gonna chat with you guys while I take out my groceries. About? This is kinda, I guess, vlog style. I don't know if it's like vlog style, but so I go grocery shopping today, guys. And you guys know that the food and everything is going up, like people, their rent has gone up like tremendously. And the food is actually going up too. And, you know, I've noticed that the last, the past couple of weeks, that certain things have gone up. But today, I don't know I was taking a back today by some of the stuff, some of the prices that I was seeing. And I'm gonna make this video really, really short. So these are some mushrooms. You guys know I get mushrooms all the time for the fellow. And, you know, I was taking a back by it. And the fact that, you know, people are already struggling out there. I guess what I'm saying is that, I say this all the time, no one cares, right? No one cares. The people don't care, like your job doesn't care. I do know that this is other mushrooms. This is my, what is this? Hen of the wood. I don't know if you guys can see that. Hen of the wood. These were like $5. But I think they used to be $2.99. It was either $4 or $5, but I knew it was $2.99 before. So, you know, as I'm watching the people shop and stuff, you know, I'm just like, this, these times are getting near. And what I will say is this, I try not to worry about it because, you know, I just always say that you're always gonna have more than enough, right? But, you know, I'm watching people shop and, I'm just like, you know, there's people with tons of kids. Let me not say tons of kids. Tons of kids to me is too. People with kids, you know, even one child, like that's a lot to feed and make sure that they always have food and stuff. So what I am noticing that I am, I am alkaline, I'm a 95% alkaline. But I'm noticing that plant-based people who eat fresh food don't typically have this issue. I did see some things go up, but it wasn't that bad. However, if you are a person that eats a lot of packaged food, processed foods and things like that, you're gonna end up spending lots and lots of money. So this is probably a good time to change your eating habits. I know that a lot of us grew up on macaroni and cheese or, you know, or whatever, things that are just not the best for us. So this is a good opportunity to start diving into other things to eat, right? And I'm not saying cold turkey, everything, but try, instead of buying beans in the can, buy fresh beans and just soak them instead of buying white rice. I don't eat brown rice, but you can go for brown rice, but I always recommend you guys doing wild rice or quinoa. That way it's a lot healthier. This is some dandelion, guys. Dandelion is amazing. I buy fresh dandelion, and I buy the actual herb too. So, you know, you wanna do things like that. Stop replacing some of the things that are that are just high in price. Some organic strawberries. They smell really good today. So, you know, like I said, those are some of the things that I've noticed, and I just kind of fail for people who are struggling right now. Rent is going up, groceries are going up. Some people just don't have it, and you know, that's what I say, like the only thing I can possibly do is tell a person, like, if you really switch from eating packaged food, you'll save so much money. You will, because the prices are so high, and then, here's what I get a little slick at the mark, guys. What they'll do is they'll say, let's use watermelon for an example. Some blueberry organic. I'm gonna say watermelon. The Chipperie with watermelon. They will have seedless watermelon priced higher than watermelon with the seeds. That's insane. You guys know we don't want to eat seedless watermelon or seedless grapes, anything seedless. We don't want to eat that, right? But it's the trickery, because I think most people who don't know how to kind of get towards a healthy eating regimen in their head, they're like, hey, I don't have to spit out the seeds, right? Not realizing that, it's just not the best for you, right? I have some zucchini, and it's in the bag, it's just organic. I don't buy everything organic all the time, because sometimes they don't have it, so I'll just, sometimes I suck it up, and sometimes I don't. Like I won't do regular. If I do like a room, let's do a room of tomatoes, which I'm technically not supposed to. If I did, it has to be organic. And I'm gonna tell you what, I saw a huge difference of one that was organic and one that wasn't. The inside looked completely different. So after that, I was just like, okay, no. I got lots of ginger, guys. You guys know ginger for me is like the go-to for everything. I don't care how nasty it is, guys. Get you some fresh ginger. Clean it up, chop it up really small, put it in your juicer, put a little bit of water, squeeze it with a cheesecloth, and make you some fresh ginger juice. I made, put like a snippet in here from this little video, and then I'll let you guys see all that, but listen. It's out here, it's serious out here in these streets, okay? I had some burrow bananas, which lately they've been turning yellow pretty bad. I have to go to like two different markets, guys. Some burrow bananas, you guys know. Burrow bananas, you can eat some freeways, you can eat them like a plantain, and then you can eat them like a green plantain. And then you can eat them like a, what's the other thing? A sweet plantain. And then you can eat them like a regular banana, once it gets really, really bad. Here are some baby bananas, original banana. So yeah, guys, so the prices are going up. It's getting out of control, and what do we do? We have to kind of roll with it, right? So like I said, I think the best option for anyone with kids and stuff is try to get away from pre-packaged things. It'll save you lots of money. It will, like I'm just gonna say it will. I used to spend so much money on groceries before, and it's not that I ate a lot of pre-packaged things, it's just like the average American diet, right? You just end up just spending so much money. And it's really a waste when you can get fresh things from your local farmers market and kind of be done with that, right? So that is the first part of this video. This is some almonds, not almonds, good about almonds. Walnuts. Walnuts, and I don't know if you guys are like me, I've been pretty blessed where my mark, my farmer's market has not had like a shortage. The only thing that I did see that was kind of out for like a little second was like plantains, plants and chips, and walnuts at one point. But everything else was there, like all the fresh stuff was there. So, you know, that's the other thing guys, like I said. The way everything is going right now, we can't afford to like keep eating the way, you know, a lot of folks eat, some scallions, and just kind of like just being smart. I'm telling you, we used to look at your bill when you freaking checked out, you're gonna be like, heck no, green peppers, orange, I got some red peppers. I have my seeded, seeded grapes, okay? I know these are hard to come by. But yeah, so that's the, I think I'm supposed to jump on here to quickly talk. So the other thing was, oh my God, I went to the vitamin shop, and I'm not sure if you guys follow plies or anything like that. Plies are the video the other day about, I'm about to get a diet. Plies are the video the other day about Zara not having bags anymore. The vitamin shop is the same way. So they are pushing towards a no bag thing guys, so I would recommend you guys just getting some recycled bags so you're not in there just carrying your stuff. So my phone died, of course. But like I was saying, I guess the food prices are going up. And like I said, the vitamin shop, you can now purchase a bag to carry out your stuff. So I guess they're all kind of getting on it. Like I said, plies are the video about Zara. He kept saying Zara, Zara's doing it. They haven't done it in Atlanta. Some honey crisp apples. Listen, honey crisp apples guys, let me tell you something. And I know these are not, I don't know. I don't know apples, I don't know. But do you make it some apple juice? It's like heaven. Heaven, heaven, heaven. And then I got some organic features. So both of those are organic. And what else did I get? I got some, so they have fresh bread at my farmers market. And this is Bavarian rye. I love this. Now, it doesn't have yeast or anything in it. So, but it's still pretty soft. They have, you have to freeze it right away. It's all you need to get like a loaf like this. So yummy. And then here are the couple of cheeses that I get. This is a cheat for me. The back, I can't, I sometimes I need to cheat. And this is not even that bad. That's like sesame seeds, ooh, some blue chips. And those plants and bellies tell me about. I've been kind of laying low on them because they are fried, but I just feel like a taste for some. And then I have my kale, my three bunch of kale I get. And I make raw kale salad guys. I don't know, maybe I'll make that tonight. I don't know. You know, after you go grocery shopping, you don't want to, you don't want to cook. So, but yes, the prices are going up guys in, like I said. So those of you who have children, some avocados, those of you who have children, it's serious out there. Like, it's serious. And then, okay, because I didn't want to really talk about it because it's really sad, but the shooting at the school guys, you know, I don't have children. I'm not a teacher. My sister's a teacher and she has a kid. You know, I have friends with children. And, you know, my heart breaks so much for these parents. It's like, I wish I understood what goes through a person's head when they do something so devilish, right? People try to say, oh, they got mental health issues. Man, listen, I'm seeing people with mental health issues. Okay, these people are just pure evil. I don't care what anybody says. I guess the kids said he was being bullied or whatever. But in my head, I'm like, if you would be in bullied at the school, wouldn't the kids that bullied you be your age? Okay. But, you know, it's just really sad. My heart goes out to these kids. These kids need counseling, but the little girl will survive. It's a lot, it's a lot. And I'm just frankly sick and tired of it. Like I'm so sick and tired of it. I try not to consume myself with it, but just to see those little poor baby faces, you know, no longer be here from a weapon that should be banned. Like, that's not something that a civilian should have. I don't know, I'm just, I don't know. I don't want this to be like a sad video or anything, but I did want to kind of touch on it really quick. This is braised seed oil you and some olive oil you. I love this, this olive oil you. And then I also get some sesame seed oil you. Look at all my junk here. But yeah, this is just me blabbering on guys. I'm not even gonna bore y'all anymore. And some sesame seed oil, and this is kind of pricey, but I actually like the way it cooks my food. And then I get some more quinoa. But how do you guys feel about the prices of the food? And if you are a renter, how do you feel about the prices going up? I'm hearing that some people, their rent went up like 800 plus. Like that's insane. And then are you guys getting raises to go along with these rent hikes, right? You know, I did work at a company in New York where they match your salary with the economy. I don't know how many companies actually do that. And you know, if that's a thing still. But I say all that to say, pay attention to the food guys, the prices are going up. If you can, try to eat more fresh things. So you don't have to spend that much money on pre-packaged food. And cook more guys. Cooking more will save you money. And then splurge on like the weekend, right? That will save you a lot of money because when you go out, you want to have a good time. But I would say cook the majority of the time and splurge on the weekend guys. So that is it. I just wanted to chat with you guys about those prices of the food, the no bags, and the stores. And you know, trying to eat a little bit better so you aren't spending as much money as you normally spend. So if you like videos like this, please comment below. And if you stay to the end of this video, please comment, Coco, we see you. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye guys.