Today was terrible.  Last night, I took a half of a dose of nyquil to help get some sleep.  It worked and I slept like a rock.  When I got up, I was groggy and also was really stuffed up.  So I took a 12 hour decongestant.  From that, I ended up having that weird low energy but awake feeling all day.  I felt like my body wanted to sleep, but my brain was wide awake.  I hate medicine head.  Because of that, I didn't really get anything accomplished today save touching up some photos.

Chris and I went to the store to get some DVD-Rs and a few other things.  We went to get some cat food, and he was looking at the usual Purina Cat Chow that he always gets.  I was looking at the Iams and the Purina One stuff.  I've been buying Iams for a while.  I looked at the ingredients list of all the foods and went with the Purina One stuff.  It was 20 bucks for a 16 pound bag instead of 11 dollars for the cat chow.  Chris was not pleased.

We ended up having a discussion about the food and how I felt it was important to buy better food since it's about healthy happy cats.  For Chris, it's always been about pinching the penny, which I understand.  I justify it this way...I've easily spent 20 bucks on one meal for myself.  Eating well...6 or 7 human meals might fit into 20 bucks.  Most people would fit four meals into 20 bucks or less.  20 bucks feeds our cats for 3 to 4 weeks.  I think that's ok to spend that much. Plus...the extra ten bucks a month isn't a budget breaker.  That's my side of the story.

So, I decided to do some research.  I found this great website on ten reasons not to buy cheap cat food.  Later on, I shared the article with Chris, and we had more of a discussion.  Chris was really upset to hear that ash is a common filler in cat food.  That really bothered both of us.  So I started looking for cost effective cat foods.  I found a couple websites that have good information.

After reading those, I felt like an ass.  Turns out the food I've been buying isn't much better than the cheaper food that Chris has been buying.  In fact, the cheapest good food out there is Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul...which runs at $25 for a 15 pound bag.  That's over Chris and my price limit by 5 bucks.  You'd be hard pressed to find any middle of the road cat food at a reasonable price.  Most of the foods rated even above a 0 overall were in the 30 to 40 dollar range for a 15 pound bag.  It's really shocking to see that.

So, we're going to talk to a vet or two to find a solution to this problem.  I think now that Chris is aware of it, he's concerned about it too.  I think we'll come up with a compromise...we always do.

It's past 11:00 and I'm feeling tired.  I'm not usually tired this early.  So I think I'll take advantage of it and get to sleep.  Otherwise I'm going to have to go find some food.  I've been eating all day!  I've never been this hungry when I've been sick.  Weird!  Sweet dreams all.