Shopping for Groceries

My oh my, have the groceries gone up! It seems like I can barely get out of the store with the bare necessities of life without spending at least $40+ . They are even giving us a 10 cents rebate now if we bring in our own "green" bags or reuse the nice handle paper bags the grocery store uses. Someone sent me a little shopping bag in the mail the other day and I put it in the back seat of the car. I didn't know if I would remember to use it, but now I take it in with me every time I shop for groceries. I ran to the store a bit ago to get milk and you guessed it, I came out with lunch meat, washing soap, butter and a few more things and sure enough it was just over $40. Oh yes, they had pop on sale and I always buy it then as it is so much cheaper in the 12 packs of Pepsi when it is on sale. I try to buy a box of breakfast food too when they are on sale and I see the bread we use has almost doubled in price. I should never go to the store when I have enough time to look around as I see stuff I didn't think about buying when I left home.

Groceries

Are you noticing how the prices of groceries are climbing. Even just a loaf of bread has really gone up. I got up early as usual and was at the store shortly after they opened this morning and was back home in no time. Had a short list and no one is in the store, so you can hurry through and get what you need and get home again. I am ready for another busy (I hope) day of posting. It is a beautiful sunny day but very cold. Near freezing last night and not much better tonight they say but at least we don't have snow anymore.

Running Errands

Boy did we get the errands run this morning. First we headed out before 7:30 am in fog to travel about 25 miles to get the car serviced at the dealer's. We were 10 minutes early and got right in and out. Then headed to the Veterans Adm. for my husband's 9:30 appt. Of course, we were very early and hardly anyone was there (and it is usually packed out) so he got in before 9 and we were on our way home early, before his original appt. In between the car and the VA we stopped & bought gas for $3.019, a bargain from our little town at$3.199. They we headed to the next town and picked up our income tax forms and found we owed at least $100 less than estimated, a happy surprise and plenty enough difference to cover the tax preparer's fee :0).Then picked up some sausage,egg and cheese crescents on sale at Hardees. Had those for breakfast and lunch or should say "brunch" and I headed to the grocery store to really stock up for the next probably 2 months except for basics -milk, bread, etc. Got that put away and cleaned up the garage and got the garbage ready to go and the mailman brought the mail. It has been a busy Wednesday and having company for lunch tomorrow so I'm ready.