I posted this on Sunday and only about ten people viewed it in 24 hours. The giveaway post still showed up on other people blog rolls. I have no idea what is wrong with Blogger. Even when I reverted the giveaway post to draft, it still showed up. Okay, I am hoping more people view this. I hope it shows up when you click on my blog on a blogroll. Let me know.
1--Friday, I received a flyer with the Publix Thanksgiving tasting event. I needed apples, and the apples from Publix are superb. I also took a tiny sample of the ever-present potato cheddar bacon soup at the deli. Between the one-day samples and the soup, I had lunch.
These were all recipes for Thanksgiving. Samples were available.
*Greek Style Chicken Breast Dip
This was available ready made. I would have just eaten it with a spoon from the deli container. My sample had two large chunks of chicken breast.
*Sriracha Shrimp Fondue
Did not go near this station. No shrimp or sriracha for me.
*Spiced Tree Nuts
It was like pulling hen's teeth to get the person to tell me what tree nuts he had--pecans and walnuts. These were delicious. But, why did he insist they were "tree nuts"? My six pecans were yummy.
*Caramel Pecan Crunch Decadent Dessert
Good, but I would have skipped this. It was too sweet for me.
*Publix Premium Egg Nog Ice Cream
Delicious!!!
*Warm Pumpkin Mallow Dip
Great, lots of real pumpkin in the recipe.
With the three ounce sample of the aforementioned potato/cheddar/chicken soup at the deli area, I needed no lunch.
2--Each week, I check online to see if the coupon inserts are worth paying $2 for the paper. I had not checked yet. However, when I went to the car after going to Publix, there was a yellow bag underneath my windshield. It held nine coupon inserts. The same friend that met me and gave me inserts for so long and then left them on top of the car at Walmart, had left more inserts while I was parked at Publix. Today, there was no paper in my yard from a neighbor down the street. So, this worked out fine for me.
This friend was a young 18-yr-old when I was mid-30s, and I showed her how to use coupons and the basics. She was impressed with the savings. She is a nurse now, 30 +years later and has a daughter that she says is better than she is at finding bargains using coupons. I did not help her to benefit 30 years later, but it has worked out that way. She still uses coupons.
After going through the nine inserts, I found several coupons I will use. All these things will go on sale for Thanksgiving, so all I have to do is match these coupons to the best sale.
3--On the way to WM I passed something in the middle lane, the turn lane, also known as
"the suicide lane." It appeared to be s small, round, metal aluminum tub, so I turned around and went back, parking right in front of it in a bank entrance. It looked sort of gross, so I wondered if it were nasty, well, too nasty for my trunk. No, it was not, it only had wet leaves in it. I slung them out, stuck it in the trunk and congratulated myself on my find.
It looked old. The pan was about 6" deep, 16" across at the top and about 14" across at the bottom and had a hole to hang it, aluminum. I have a larger one I bought for $1 at a yard sale. It was so new the label was still on it. If this one does not leak, I can wash it to use to put produce in to bring in. If it has a leak, I will make the hole larger and plant something in it. The whole pan looks like it was beaten. The bottom is very rounded from some sort of pounding, so it does not sit flat. I really like it. And, it was free.
4--Oh, and I got more free sweet potatoes, about three pounds.
How have you done on the "free" front lately? Do you or have you ever picked up something from the side of the road or the middle of the road?
Pecans and walnuts are tree nuts (not sure what your question was but I'm sure he wanted to make sure you knew in case you were allergic to tree nuts).
ReplyDeleteBobbie,
DeleteBut, other nuts grow on trees. Every time I asked, "What are tree nuts?" he just kept saying tree nuts. Thanks. I guess I needed the answer.
I love samples in the grocery store. I don't usually buy the product but it has been lunch. No freebies but I would love to have someone give me pecans, all
ReplyDeleteWe have is black walnuts and hickory nuts. I hate the taste of the walnuts and hickory nuts are very hard to shell. I have never picked up anything in the road, but I have picked trash piles in front of houses. More often driven by and regretted it later.
carol,
DeleteThe one thing I did buy one year was the goat cheese covered with blueberries. That was it.
I have stopped and picked up pecans. I would not pick up walnuts because I don't like them much. I have a backyard of hickory nuts, but they were too difficult to open when I was 30 and there is not much reward inside. Trash piles are nice. Sometimes, I go by later.