shallow moments

I must confess that every once in a while here I have moments would best be described as shallow. I don't mean to be shallow but sometimes I will see something that reminds me of home, or something that is western and I just feel the need to buy it even if it is really expensive.
It can be tiring sometimes to be somewhere that is so completely different and be so obviously a foreigner that I just need little escapes. There are a few restaurants in the city which are somewhat overrun with ex-Pats, an Italian place I love, a great Mexican place, etc., etc. I don't go to them that often and I never feel badly when I do...I mean the food is really good. But I have had a few moments after which I was a tad bit ashamed.
Moment #1: was at a grocery store which has a fair amount of western food. I go there maybe once every 6 weeks or so and stock up on stuff like Peanut Butter. The stock rotates a bit since a lot of it is imported and last time I was there they had Pop Tarts. I was so surprised to see them that I just had to buy a box. Of course I haven't had a pop tart in years but I just had to have them, they were very yummy, but even if I see them again I doubt I would buy them because they were around $7 - yikes! Now if it was toaster strudels I probably would have paid $20 because they are just sooooo good.
Moment #2: was at a local market picking up my Newsweek and I saw a copy of the US version of People Magazine. I never buy People back home, but I just had to have it. $8. Yikes again! What I discovered while reading People is that I am 100% out of the loop when it comes to pop culture. There were TV shows and movies and stars that I have never heard of. To give you an idea, of the 5 best movie nominees for the Oscars, I had only heard of one...I'm sure you can guess which one.
So those are my shallow moments. Not to bad really considering I've been here for a while already. I'm sure that more will come but I might just keep those to myself depending on just how shallow they are.