...it's official...

...I am becoming my grandmother...

I'm even starting to resemble her...
[I have her jowls as well as her middle name...]

however, in this case, I'm referring to her shopping habits...

having lived through the Depression of the 1930's...
she always waited for the weekly newspaper ads to come out...
before deciding on her menu/shopping list for the week...

since times have gotten tougher...
I have found myself being more careful...

I've been to Wallyworld, Costco & FFL...
but I haven't yet made it to Winco...
[a Winn-Dixie company perhaps ?
for those of you in the southeastern US...]



the weekly grocery circulars come out on Tuesday...
and I have been able to score some good deals...
[that I don't have to drive 10 miles for...]
just by reading these flyer's...

there is just one of me...
I don't buy as much as a family would...
& I'm usually looking for meat, produce or dairy...
[with an occasional speciality item catching my eye...]

and I'm sure that prices this good [or better]...
might be scored at Wallyworld, FFL or Winco...
at any given time...

but those stores don't send me weekly ads...

if you live in Mudville or the environs...
these prices caught my eye this week...



I've already been here to score :

Foster Farm's chicken breast[skin on, bone in]
$.97 per lb !!

MaxPak[3 lbs or more] ground chuck or beef...
$ 1.49 per lb...

they also have FF leg/thigh quarters $1.97 per lb...



these guys have FF whole chickens...$.49 per lb...
[limit 4]



the good deal here is bottled water...
3 cases for $9.99 plus crv...
[regular price, $3.97 per case + crv...


over all, the S&M whole chix at $.49 p/lb ...
[SM has them for $.76 p/lb...]

and the SM chicken breast [$.97 p/lb] & ground chuck [$1.49 p/lb]
[which were flying off the shelves when I was there...]

are the low price winners this week...

if you can take advantage of these prices, enjoy...
I know that I will...

[postscript...
I bought gas in Mudville today at a car wash...
I only needed about 6 gal, but I needed the car washed...
as I was driving MzYBee to Ahnoldtown today...
so I paid $2.79...I've seen as low as $2.65 elsewhere here in town...
in Ahnoldtown, the lowest was $2.99 & I saw even higher...

how does the price of gas go up that much in about 35 miles ?

up in the mountains, along 80, you expect to pay more...
but here, in the valley ?
it's enough to make you...]