Simple Things

     “Red meat is NOT bad for you.  Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you.”

      I went bargain hunting today.  There’s a local grocery store that advertises deals on meat - 5 pkgs. for $19.99 and you can pick from anything that has the red sticker on it.  Hey, what a deal - or is it?  When you look at the label under the label and it says that the original price was $3.95 - who’s getting the deal here?  Last time I checked,  5 x $3.95 was $19.75.  Then why would I want to buy 4 more just so they can get my $20?  But you are getting a DEAL!

     I think it’s funny when they advertise 2/$2.00, on an item and the regular price is 99 cents each.  Oooohhhhh, what a DEAL! 

      I went to the local “ding & dent” store, to get a  bargain  on some canned goods.  They do actually have some good deals at times (if you don’t mind opening the can with a rock and a screwdriver, because the can opener won’t go around those beat up edges.) 

      My husband is a chocolate lover.  We once found a deal on some chocolate bars at a “ding & dent” store.  They weren’t dinged or dented, but they may have been a little out of date. (Is dark chocolate ever supposed to be white?)  Actually, it wasn’t white yet, it was more like a coffee-with-lots-of-cream color.  Lesson learned on bulk chocolate buying.

      The only bad thing about the “ding & dent” stores (at least the one in our area) is that you wonder if they EVER throw any of the stuff away.  I swear that some of those same packages of cake mix have been on the shelf since Betty Crocker was a teenager.  According to the hand-written sign you can now  “Buy one - get 2 free”!  Now is that an exciting enticement, or what?

      Oh, I did find a good deal on beans!  They have a package (won’t give the brand name, ’cause they might be insulted) of dry beans with a chili seasoning that is just awesommmmme!  The price was right - 25 cents each. I figure that beans don’t go bad, and chili seasoning shouldn’t either, so I’m good on beans until 2015.  So if Uncle Sam pulls the rug out from under any of my friends or relatives, I can keep them afloat (get it?-beans-gas-floating) by sharing my bargain shopping.

      My husband grew up on bargain shopping.  He said he was 10 years old before he found out that bananas were supposed to be yellow and you could eat them before they got those big brown spots on them.

      On a final note -  am I getting older, or is the grocery store playing some really great music?  I walk around singing along, until I get a weird look from my daughter. Oh well, embarassing my children is just one more thing I do to make life interesting.

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