Shawna needs to buy some pencils and an eraser. She can spend no more than $8. The eraser costs $1 and the pencils cost $0.25 each. Write an inequality to to find x, the number of pencils Shawna buys.
A) .25x + 1 ≤ 8
B) .25x + 1 < 8
C) .25x + 1 ≥ 8
D) .25x + 1 > 8