Sticker Shock 😲!

 

Seems I'm a tad out of touch when it comes to magazine and how ludicrous they cost these days!

Admittedly, I've not purchased a lone magazine issue in forever and the same goes for a magazine subscription.  However, I seem to recall a $3.95 or $4.95 price printed somewhere on the front or back of the mag, back when I last did.

So, you can imagine my utter shock and surprise when I stopped to grab a handful of magazines and saw the prices!!  I was planning to include several with the Christmas gifts I'm giving to a buddy of mine but OMG!

Not only have the prices skyrockets but flipping through some of them, seems they're mostly advertisements with very little content!  For example, a National Geographic had a $14.95 price, as did Country Living, Field and Stream and others.

So much for this idea. Onto plan b...