No tax on eggnog

So, I was in Wal-Mart last night, and it was decided between my brother and I that we would both enjoy having some eggnog to take home with us that evening. To make a long story short I walked back down the aisle to pick up a carton and saw that for two dollars and I thing twenty-nine some odd cents I could have 1L. However just one shelf lower sat the 2L cartons on a special price of two for eight dollars. "Hmmmm" says I "that could potentially be a savings of fifty-eight some odd cents".( And why I count it as being an extra some odd cents is for the variable of taxes) Unless one must purchase both cartons in order for the sale to take effect, some stores are just sticky like that. Irregardless, I'm pretty confident that I do not need a whole 4L of eggnog and am therefore willing to take any sort of hit for only buying only one carton; beside my bother is only here for one night, and he's the one whose suppose to help me drink all this fat infested liquid. So I grab it and go. As I start to approach the front I near to a price-check machine attaches to one of the support columns; Perfect! now I can arrive at the till with no surprises as to how much this eggnog will really cost me. So naturally I take the extra half second to stop and scan the bar code as a walk by. The machine indicates to me that I will in fact be paying four dollars for my 2Ls of eggnog. Great, no behind the sense sales pitch, I love it when that happens. Not too long thereafter I am standing in line and then percussing my beverage of choice. To my surprise the lady at the till asks for four dollars, I hand her a twenty and hold my breath a little wondering if she was pulling my leg, but she hands me back six-teen dollars even. Apparently HST has nothing on eggnog, suck that you grimy politicians. It is unfortunate however that I cant go to a restaurant and order a two dollar beverage without facing to dreaded new tax yet I can go to Wal-Mart and get a whole 2Ls of eggnog tax free, and enjoy it in the comfort of my own home. Yes chillaxin in an easy chair watching the Christmas tree shimmer and sparkle as I sip my eggnog cut with a bit if milk (or rum perhaps?) and sprinkled with cinnamon. Now if only that's how my night went down it would have been perfect. But somethings, like tax, we cant change, though smile when things go our way. And other things, like brothers.........we still cant change; but roll our eyes a little as he downs a 1L carton of juice and is gone in the morning, leaving me with a lot of eggnog to devour straight to my hips, thanks bro.