...financial disappointments!
First there's the Marsh coupon that got cancelled,
second the Cash for Clunkers that's getting suspended before i've even decided whether to take the chance on it -- since my gas-guzzling, high-mileage car is so amazingly reliable and low-maint.
and third, a special promotion i thought i was set up to get, had "fine print" and i didn't get it after all.
actually that's great though: now there are three, so we don't need any more! :D
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
summer lack of sales & garden notes
...since one of the reasons i started this is so i can go back next year and see what was on sale when...
the sales have SUCKED for the last month or two!! there was some free pepperoni about a month ago, and some excellent tyson q's that doubled at kmart & matched a sale! but really it's just been produce, which has been about the same everywhere.
i learned that the peppers at aldi are cheaper than those at sam's (4.50 for 6, vs. 6.86 for 6!) and that their produce -- in season, at least -- is every bit as fresh and nice as at the name-brand stores. they've had seedless watermelon 2.99 for several weeks now! i get 2 at a time! LOL
i also learned that their cheese is 1.99 for 12 oz, which is 1.33 for 8 oz, which is the best sale price (3/$5) the other stores have, excepted only at kroger in april.
shelley's laughing at me for shopping at aldi, but we're so incredibly stocked up (i took a freezer inventory earlier in the week) that we've only needed milk & produce for weeks!
our garden is beginning to produce. we've been harvesting basil for pesto and hummus, and we picked our first cucumber today -- about 5 more should be ready by monday! the late beans i planted are just coming up. we'll see if i got them in too late! i used organic miracle-gro along all the veggies. then we had a lot of rain, and everything really took off!
i think i'm going to try making tomato paste. as much as possible. it'll be really useful as paste, puree or sauce; we can even make tomato soup from it. and it'll store in a smaller space.
in the spring, i want to trellis peas along the backs of where the tomatoes are now, then plant the tomatoes in front. the peas are finishing up by the time the tomatoes come up. also-- lettuce in containers? to prevent weeds in between? lovage along the fence (btwn potentilla & crab apple) and thyme across the very front.
the sales have SUCKED for the last month or two!! there was some free pepperoni about a month ago, and some excellent tyson q's that doubled at kmart & matched a sale! but really it's just been produce, which has been about the same everywhere.
i learned that the peppers at aldi are cheaper than those at sam's (4.50 for 6, vs. 6.86 for 6!) and that their produce -- in season, at least -- is every bit as fresh and nice as at the name-brand stores. they've had seedless watermelon 2.99 for several weeks now! i get 2 at a time! LOL
i also learned that their cheese is 1.99 for 12 oz, which is 1.33 for 8 oz, which is the best sale price (3/$5) the other stores have, excepted only at kroger in april.
shelley's laughing at me for shopping at aldi, but we're so incredibly stocked up (i took a freezer inventory earlier in the week) that we've only needed milk & produce for weeks!
our garden is beginning to produce. we've been harvesting basil for pesto and hummus, and we picked our first cucumber today -- about 5 more should be ready by monday! the late beans i planted are just coming up. we'll see if i got them in too late! i used organic miracle-gro along all the veggies. then we had a lot of rain, and everything really took off!
i think i'm going to try making tomato paste. as much as possible. it'll be really useful as paste, puree or sauce; we can even make tomato soup from it. and it'll store in a smaller space.
in the spring, i want to trellis peas along the backs of where the tomatoes are now, then plant the tomatoes in front. the peas are finishing up by the time the tomatoes come up. also-- lettuce in containers? to prevent weeds in between? lovage along the fence (btwn potentilla & crab apple) and thyme across the very front.
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