Shopping

I went out shopping this afternoon in spite of the heat. There where a few items on sale that that I needed. I priced bleach the other day, but didn't buy it. Family Dollar has it on sale for $1.50 per gallon. I found ammonia for $1.00 and canned Mackerel(fish) for $1.00 per can. I bought four cans. I looked at it at the regular supermarket and it was $1.59 per can. I like it as well, if not better, than Tuna, and you get twice as much for your money. You can make a good "tuna" salad with Mackerel or good fried "Salmon Cakes." Last week I bought generic Corn Flakes and Cheerios at Wal Mart. The only difference from the brand name products is the that generic cereals come in plain boxes as Great Value and you get almost double the cereal. I just don't need the fancy boxes that most cereal boxes come in.

We have deluded ourselves into thinking that products in pretty boxes are the best buys on the shelf. I will go as far as saying Tide detergent and Campbell soups are pretty good, but more expensive. On a limited budget, I usually buy the house brand for most product.

The temperature for Thursday is supposed to be 97 degrees with a heat index of over 100. That means I plan on sitting right next to the air conditioner if not right on top of it. We "might" get rain on Friday-maybe. I planted two melon plants a couple months ago and they just now getting blossoms. I can see tomato blossoms from the porch/patio. Maybe... I'll get tomatoes before frost, if it rains.

I picked up a couple more wooden garden baskets and took them out to Judy and returned her buckets at the same time. I didn't hose out her buckets because I figured they will just re-fill them with dirty stuff from their garden. I didn't intend to be so lazy about it, but it is just too hot out there to be working.

Tomorrow I hope to put up a couple pictures with my post.

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SHOPPING

Well, I have been out spending my money, but not foolishly. Rural King is having a sale on Chicken Scratch and bedding. The bedding is made of ground corn cobs. I had shredded a lot of old bills and ads/flyer's and paper to toss in the chick pen, too. They seem to like the shredded paper and are pecking it to see if it taste good. The chicks have decided that the paper pieces make a good place to snuggle under the heat lamp, too. Chuck, the handyman is outside building a chicken coop right now. It looks like it may be built stronger than my house! He has corrugated metal for the roof and a real door. He built the nesting boxes last week. It's good that he will have it done soon as the little mess makers are already learning to roost on top of a big box.

I did save 10% when I went out to the farm store. That came to $15.00, so you can tell where my money is going. Too bad it is just a one day 10% off sale. People must have a few dollars to spend because they had plenty of customers. One old gentleman had a coupon for $00.50 cents off on the item he wanted to buy. One person said he could use both the coupon and the 10% off deal at the same time and the cashier said he couldn't. I don't know how it worked out.

On the way home from shopping I stopped at Wendy's and got a Frosty. I promptly got a tooth ache. Well, I have a dentist appointment coming up in May...a good thing, I guess...

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