Some Things Should be Left in the Past

I should have known better.

It may be that time of the month, and the fact that I didn't satisfy my dirty/cheap Mexican food fix last night after drinking, but I had the biggest craving for overfried taquitos today. Or maybe it's the fact that 6 out of 7 days of the week, I'm hankering for Mexican-like food. I had a King Taco bean burrito a week or so ago, and was thinking that I wouldn't mind having another one of those again soon.

But for some reason, and perhaps this is thanks in part of my boss' son's Taco Bell obsession that I was kind of jonesing for a Taco Bell bean burrito today. Thinking I had to descend down the hill on an errand, I decided that I would get me some sort of "Mexican food," and after talking to my boss' housekeeper, I decided that maybe, it's time to revisit my old staple, the Taco Bell bean burrito, no onions, add sour cream.

I was told that the nearest TB is next to the Ralphs. The thing is, there are two on opposite sides of Ventura Blvd. from here, and I failed to ask which one it was next to, so of course, I went to the wrong one first, then had to backtrack.

I knew I should have turned around and stuck to my can of beans, because I started thinking that this would be a new Taco Bell I'm going to...I don't know how they prepare their burritos...for all I know, they'd be horrible at it. Then again, that's how I've had some pretty good bean burritos in the past from random TB locations. Throwing caution into the air, I continued on with my journey.

I guess Taco Bell also has their own "Value Menu." Funny, because in the past, everything on the menu was of "Value." I guess back then, they didn't have burritos the size of your thigh that basically had your daily suggested sodium intake, so things are a bit pricier now, but I was amused to find the bean burrito as part of said menu, but at $0.99. This price was always the price for the "more expensive" Taco Bells, but I guess it's the same price everywhere now, bummer. Still, I ordered my standard, times two, because I thought I was hungry.

On my way back, I still had my lingering doubts about eating them, and even wanted to check my receipt to make sure the lady who took my order got it down right, as if I was finding any excuse to not eat them, or something. When I was doing that, I felt the burritos and found them to be piping room temperature...ooh, not good at all.

Once I got back, I settled in and opened the first, already cold burrito.

It was everything I expected it to be: Yuck.

And then what did I do? Finish that one and ate the other one. Why? Because I was hungry and didn't want to waste it.

Now I feel like lots of yuck.

I should have gone for my other option to go into Ralphs and buy a El Monterey 10 burrito frozen brick, and that could have done me much better. Still, I'm sad that the Taco Bell bean burrito no longer hits the spot for me, as if that's a part of me that's now completely dead to me, which is perhaps a symbolic correlative to what I associate going to Taco Bell.

So...I guess that's the end of that.