The Last Day!!!

I came up with a dandy plan for this coming month. For the whole month of September, I won't buy any groceries. Well, for the exception of eggs, bread, milk and of course some peanuts to boil. I have spent the last several weeks organizing my pantry shelves. I have bought and used coupons to stock up, plus we start in September getting our co-op box of veggies. My main worry is..I wonder how long I will last at this challenge. I love munchie food, which I haven't stocked up on too much. We can go out to eat, just not to the grocery store. I hope that I don't have a junk food attack during the month of September. Stay tuned to know if and when I break this challenge.

Got Milk??

It's 4 am and I can't sleep as usual. My blackberry dings indicating that I have an email. It is from Harris Teeter announcing their weekly specials. I make a mental note to swing by there later that day. They have Deer Park water BOGO free and grape jelly for .97 and milk for $2.47 a gallon. I get to HT and grab a buggy ready to save some money. With my items in the cart, I make my way to the check out. All is fine, except my milk didn't ring up right. The cashier called the head cashier over, who was full of attitude. She told me the milk wasn't on special, so I opened the blackberry up and showed her the email. She huffed and puffed and did a little eye rolling before saying something stupid. She asked if I could print off the email so she could make sure it was from HT. My reaction was, "you've got to be kidding. You can see this is from HT.". Just then the manager arrives to see if there was a problem. After viewing the email, he looked at her and told her that he could tell that it was their email. He apologized and had the cashier to give me the milk for the sales price. He walked off with the head cashier, but not before I heard him tell her that she had better not never treat a customer like that again. Sometimes a little authority goes to persons head. Anywho, I got milk.

Joining Up!!!

After seeing all the great fruits and vegetables that Amanda got this summer, we decided to join Sandhills Farm to Table Co-op. I was so excited when I read what would be and could be in the fall boxes. First of all, I am a huge greens and winter squash fan. I loved what they said would be available. There are a few things, like rutabagas, that we don't like but my parents do; so we will be sharing with them. We opted to get a box every other week, because with just the two of us it would be hard to eat a whole box of vegetables up every week. I can't believe you get a box full for only $21. Produce is so high in the grocery store, and this is cheaper than growing a garden ourselves. Our first delivery is the first week of September for the fall orders. The best part is one of the pick up places is a half a mile down the road for us, that made it even a sweeter deal. Can't wait to get our first box of goodies and also help out our local farmers.

Excuse Me!!

Have you ever had anything or maybe I should say anyone irritating follow you around? This week while shopping at Harris Teeter, I had this experience. One lady who evidently missed the class on shopping cart rules was on every aisle that I was on. She is the one who leaves her cart parked haphazardly in the middle of aisle while she looks for something at the other end. This happened on about 4 aisles. Finally after the fifth time I was irritated to say the least. I was saved by another customer who was put out by this rude shopping cart driver. She proceeded to tell her that she was going to get a ticket for parking her cart in the middle of the aisle. The offender mumbled something about it wouldn't be the first time she got a ticket. Another shopper on that aisle remarked that she had been on several aisle with the accused and should have her shopping cart license revoked. She gave everyone a dirty look, and flounced over to move her cart to the side. I resisted telling her that is where her cart belonged all a long. Yes, there are unwritten shopping cart rules. I think a few should have to learn these in cart court. Shopping is much smoothier when everyone follows these rules. At least it will keep my irritatable level low.

3rd Day!!!

This is the 3rd day that the yuckies have stayed with me. I am kind of tired of them. I hate feeling bad. I see things that I want to do or that needs to be done, but no energy to do them. I have gotten my tree and some decorations in a tote. Everything was down, but I just didn't have a tote to put everything in. It has been really cold here, but thankfully no rain has fallen lately. They say something about snow tomorrow, but I will believe it when I see it. Nothing that exciting really to blog about, but I am bored. I did check out about 8 library books before we left, so I have had plenty of reading material. I did get to read Nicholas Sparks latest book "The Last Song" last night. Not bad, just predictable as usual. That man loves to kill someone off in a book. I still think "Dear John" is my favorite,although "The Rescuer" was great also. Those 2 need to a movie. I am making out a grocery list for Mark now. I love it when he does the shopping...he buys things that I wouldn't buy, but really wanted to. Well, the yuckies are winning again, so I will say goodbye.