For the last several weeks, I have not read the grocery ads that come out on Wednesday until the weekends or even the next Tuesday, the last day for those prices. Today, I brought the paper right in the house and read the ads, mentally noting what I need that is on sale this week. Well, nothing.
Not having price-matching has not been a real downer like I thought it would. For one thing, the price of milk problem pretty much ended when I had to buy the expensive a2milk. Milk may be free elsewhere, but to avoid problems, I just buy the expensive $4.29 milk. Since it goes 2/$6 ever so often, I just stock up then.
Once price matching ended, Walmart had white grapes for about $2/lb. Other prices seem to have fallen there. Plus, Publix has beautiful, cheaply priced Delicious apples. I am not distressed any longer about the abolition of price matching.
There were still good sales this week, but nothing I needed or cannot wait to get the best price later. I need butter, I want cream cheese. Cabbage is cheap enough. I will get excited when the cream cheese is on sale but will not go overboard. Otherwise, there is nothing I need in the meantime. I don't even need cream cheese. It's a vague want. I did buy one box of Stove Top Stuffing that was on sale for $1 just in case for some reason I don't feel like making dressing at Thanksgiving.
I do need boneless, skinless chicken breasts. It seems they are the same price everywhere--$1.99/lb. That makes me think there should be a lower price coming along soon. Of course, if it is not a local store, I will not be able to buy at that price.
The price of celery at this time of the year pulls me. I cannot cut enough celery to dehydrate because of the broken bone in my hand. I may set exbf to slicing celery. He never minds doing things involving a knife when I need it. I will check before I buy five heads of celery...lol. I still have dehydrated celery from last year, so there is really no need to buy it for the dressing.
Onions, dehydrated last year are just about gone. So, I may buy sweet onions or white onions to dehydrate when they are on sale. I did look for those in the ads. I can only slice onions outdoors, so it will have to be a pretty day. Vidalias are tolerable when diced indoors.
There is plenty of ground pork here and I am slowing eating a center cut slice of ham. It is sooo salty that I only eat a tiny piece at one time.
I need no spices, no matter the price! I rarely buy cake or brownie mixes, but I have a few and that is enough for now. I even gave some spices to J as she was moving.
A friend gave me pecans and promised me more. Another person gave me about ten pounds of sweet potatoes, so I may not make my trip to the sweet potato farm. Of course, I usually buy forty pounds out there. We will see. I love free produce! It is the best price ever.
Reading and studying the ads this week was interesting, but nothing has shown up that I want or at the price I want to pay. Basically, I am looking for the things I use all the time. Plus, I will look for items to dehydrate, especially onions and celery on sale. Then, there are the seasonal items or things used in holiday cooking--cream cheese, eggnog, more cranberries to cook, freeze or dehydrate. I will have to have one small container of Cool Whip.
Your turn
Do you study the grocery ads each week? Do you shop at multiple stores? This time of the year are you planning on stocking up at the best prices of the year? What do you look for? Do you stock up before Easter and other holidays?
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
Thursday, March 16, 2017
What was that sound?
Tuesday night, about 8 pm I was lying with the laptop's front edge on my ribs, typing. I did not realize my phone was up under my chin on my collarbone. The remote was on my chest, too. I lie here, typing with everything on top of me.
Suddenly, there was a repetitive alarm sounding, sort of like the alarm on the tv for a weather alert. It seemed the sound was coming from my laptop.
As I was trembling, I was also sort of waving my hands around trying to figure out what it was, where it was. Well, it was my cell phone!--touching my neck, collarbone, and my chin! It had never made this sound before. I opened it and found an Amber Alert. I had never gotten an Amber Alert on my phone! Have you?
At any rate it was for a girl from Tennessee that was seen in a town about 25 miles north of me--a 16-year-girl who was in the company of a 51-year-old teacher from her school. It seems she left willingly.
Wednesday, I got all the ads for local stores. They come in a free paper in the mailbox. So, I made my grocery list.
Head of lettuce $.99
head of cabbage $.69
5 lbs. red potatoes $1.49 Is that a good price?
Ragu $1.79
2 lb bag of carrots $.49
I may not get the potatoes. Oops, I forgot to look online for Kroger's and Sprouts. Hopefully, milk will be reduced somewhere! Oh well, later. I don't need anything right now, so I may shop on Sunday. I will not buy anything that is regular price!
Monday is Free Cone Day at DQ. You know where I will be? Wait! we have two DQs, hmmm
Your turn
Have you ever gotten an Amber Alert on your cell phone? Did the sound shock you as much as it did me? What kind of sales have you found this week? Do you like cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and onion in the crock pot?
Suddenly, there was a repetitive alarm sounding, sort of like the alarm on the tv for a weather alert. It seemed the sound was coming from my laptop.
As I was trembling, I was also sort of waving my hands around trying to figure out what it was, where it was. Well, it was my cell phone!--touching my neck, collarbone, and my chin! It had never made this sound before. I opened it and found an Amber Alert. I had never gotten an Amber Alert on my phone! Have you?
At any rate it was for a girl from Tennessee that was seen in a town about 25 miles north of me--a 16-year-girl who was in the company of a 51-year-old teacher from her school. It seems she left willingly.
Wednesday, I got all the ads for local stores. They come in a free paper in the mailbox. So, I made my grocery list.
Head of lettuce $.99
head of cabbage $.69
5 lbs. red potatoes $1.49 Is that a good price?
Ragu $1.79
2 lb bag of carrots $.49
I may not get the potatoes. Oops, I forgot to look online for Kroger's and Sprouts. Hopefully, milk will be reduced somewhere! Oh well, later. I don't need anything right now, so I may shop on Sunday. I will not buy anything that is regular price!
Monday is Free Cone Day at DQ. You know where I will be? Wait! we have two DQs, hmmm
Your turn
Have you ever gotten an Amber Alert on your cell phone? Did the sound shock you as much as it did me? What kind of sales have you found this week? Do you like cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and onion in the crock pot?
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Sales This Week at the Grocery
Written on Friday
I didn't buy everything I wrote on my list. Since the ad is good through Tuesday, I can get the other things on Tuesday.
I wanted a 5 lb. box of Halos, but they were out of Halos in the box. Halos in a 5 lb bag was $5.98, in a 5 lb. box--$3.98. Okay, got that Saturday. It seems the bags of Halos were still used for price-matching.
Everything on the list was or will be price-matched at WM.
Chicken tenders 3 pkgs. @$1.69/lb.
Bananas $0.29/lb (bought six small ones)
Baby carrots $0.98/lb. (did not buy)
Iceberg, Romaine, red and green leaf lettuce $0.98 (buy Tuesday)
Star Kist tuna $0.79 (bought only 2)
Kraft Cheese $2.79 (not a best price so bought only one)
2 lb. carrots (bought one bag)
Cherries $3.99/lb (just bought a few)
Cabbage 1 head at $0.33/lb. (small and strange looking)
There were other good bargains in my paper ads and online, but I was not going to buy any so I did not put them on the list to post. Beef is entirely off my radar no matter how cheap.
I had plenty of salad greens in the refrigerator. By Tuesday I will need more and buy before the ad goes off. There were other bargains of real food, but nothing I eat or could afford. The meat cannot fit in my freezer, so why buy? The only way the three packages of chicken tenders will fit in the freezer is by taking out the ground pork for the meat loaf.
On a whim I bought something I have never bought--bread crumbs, Panko Italian to be exact. I will use those on the tenders and cook in the oven. We will see how this goes. This is the only food item I bought that was not in an ad.
Since I did not get the cabbage and carrots until late Friday, of course, they did not get cooked with potatoes as I planned. I have a bag of chicken breasts that need to be eaten first. So, no meat loaf. Plus, I forgot to take the ground pork for the meatloaf from the freezer.
The cabbage only cost $0.67 at $0.33/lb. Usually, I get cabbages that weigh 3+ lbs. This was puny and strange looking. The produce guy said the rain out West ruined the cabbage crop.
Right now, Saturday, I am so hot. But, it will be down to 19 by Sunday night.
Your turn
What kind of bargains did you find at the grocery this week? Do you use paper ads or the ads online?
I didn't buy everything I wrote on my list. Since the ad is good through Tuesday, I can get the other things on Tuesday.
I wanted a 5 lb. box of Halos, but they were out of Halos in the box. Halos in a 5 lb bag was $5.98, in a 5 lb. box--$3.98. Okay, got that Saturday. It seems the bags of Halos were still used for price-matching.
Everything on the list was or will be price-matched at WM.
Chicken tenders 3 pkgs. @$1.69/lb.
Bananas $0.29/lb (bought six small ones)
Baby carrots $0.98/lb. (did not buy)
Iceberg, Romaine, red and green leaf lettuce $0.98 (buy Tuesday)
Star Kist tuna $0.79 (bought only 2)
Kraft Cheese $2.79 (not a best price so bought only one)
2 lb. carrots (bought one bag)
Cherries $3.99/lb (just bought a few)
Cabbage 1 head at $0.33/lb. (small and strange looking)
There were other good bargains in my paper ads and online, but I was not going to buy any so I did not put them on the list to post. Beef is entirely off my radar no matter how cheap.
I had plenty of salad greens in the refrigerator. By Tuesday I will need more and buy before the ad goes off. There were other bargains of real food, but nothing I eat or could afford. The meat cannot fit in my freezer, so why buy? The only way the three packages of chicken tenders will fit in the freezer is by taking out the ground pork for the meat loaf.
On a whim I bought something I have never bought--bread crumbs, Panko Italian to be exact. I will use those on the tenders and cook in the oven. We will see how this goes. This is the only food item I bought that was not in an ad.
Since I did not get the cabbage and carrots until late Friday, of course, they did not get cooked with potatoes as I planned. I have a bag of chicken breasts that need to be eaten first. So, no meat loaf. Plus, I forgot to take the ground pork for the meatloaf from the freezer.
The cabbage only cost $0.67 at $0.33/lb. Usually, I get cabbages that weigh 3+ lbs. This was puny and strange looking. The produce guy said the rain out West ruined the cabbage crop.
Right now, Saturday, I am so hot. But, it will be down to 19 by Sunday night.
Your turn
What kind of bargains did you find at the grocery this week? Do you use paper ads or the ads online?
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