hard-to-kick habits

when i was younger i thought my snacking habit would go away when i got older because older folks seemed to have their eating habits more in control (less out of impulse, more out of need). but after about 10 years of hoping that age would kick my bad snacking habit out of me, i realize i was naive.one of my hard-to-kick habits but also one of my favourite things to do at a supermarket is to buy a nice, crisp-on-the-outside, moist-and -tender-on-the-inside loaf of baguette and snap off the end and chew it as i stroll the aisles for my other needs. once in a while i think that maybe i am too old now to be eating something without first paying, but then i contend with myself that as long as i don't have kids of my own, i'm not old enough yet to stop. and if i were old enough, then i guess my desire/habit for instant gratification would cease to exist in the first placeanother supermarket favourite is ripe red cherries. starts off as testing a batch, then once i have made my choice of the best bag in the pile, i tear off an extra vegetable bag to use as my pit receptacle. i munch through about a quarter of the bag by the time i'm done and i have to circle back to grab a new one