I have been shopping more and more at Aldi. Today, I picked up my usual oranges and bananas, when I noticed that their frozen walffles are $1.29–which is cheaper than even the Kroger brand on sale.
Then I went to Dollar General, where I saw a 56 oz Dawn for $3.That’s something to think about.
Lastly, I went to Lowe’s…and I found that they price match. I had an ad from another store..and they matched it!
Dinner tonight was French toast. Day old Texas toast for .69. Dozen of medium eggs .77. Both bought at Kroger. Having a cheap dinner that everyone loved—priceless.
Generally, I look for cheap stuff—on clearance–to complement what I already have—which I also got for cheap.
This is an interesting article comparing Dollar Tree to Walmart.
This is what I’ve found, too. My favorite items, though are books, fancy glasses, craft items, and jigsaw puzzles, along with some snacks.
The books I buy are not only for myself. Some I buy as gifts. My brothers will be each getting a book of photographs of Mars for Christmas. Children’s books are also a great deal. The last time I was at Dollar Tree, there was a selection of Nickelodeon books, which I picked up for the kiddies. This certainly beat Scholastic’s prices.
Some Dollar Trees also carry name-brand cosmetics which are always nice. I also like party supplies.
What do you like to buy at Dollar Tree? Let’s hear some comments.
This is an interesting article comparing Dollar Tree to Walmart.
This is what I’ve found, too. My favorite items, though are books, fancy glasses, craft items, and jigsaw puzzles, along with some snacks.
The books I buy are not only for myself. Some I buy as gifts. My brothers will be each getting a book of photographs of Mars for Christmas. Children’s books are also a great deal. The last time I was at Dollar Tree, there was a selection of Nickelodeon books, which I picked up for the kiddies. This certainly beat Scholastic’s prices.
Some Dollar Trees also carry name-brand cosmetics which are always nice. I also like party supplies.
What do you like to buy at Dollar Tree? Let’s hear some comments.
This is an interesting article comparing Dollar Tree to Walmart.
This is what I’ve found, too. My favorite items, though are books, fancy glasses, craft items, and jigsaw puzzles, along with some snacks.
The books I buy are not only for myself. Some I buy as gifts. My brothers will be each getting a book of photographs of Mars for Christmas. Children’s books are also a great deal. The last time I was at Dollar Tree, there was a selection of Nickelodeon books, which I picked up for the kiddies. This certainly beat Scholastic’s prices.
Some Dollar Trees also carry name-brand cosmetics which are always nice. I also like party supplies.
What do you like to buy at Dollar Tree? Let’s hear some comments.
So here’s how this week is going. Saturday I spent $2 on two boxes of cereal, and my husband spent $8 for 4-12 packs of pop. Today I spent $12.52 for 1 1/2 pound of bulk cheese, 1 pound shredded cheese, one tub of cottage cheese, one six pack of yogurt, one gallon of milk, two loaves of organic bread and a little more than four pounds of bananas at Kroger.
Then at Meijer, I spent $4.19 on two packs of cherries, two packs of pitted prunes, a pound of lasagna noodles, one package of six 100-calorie cookies.
So far, then, $26.41. I don’t intend to shop anymore this week, so I don’t think that’s too shabby.
For me, this is the start of the new week (I go Thursday to Thursday, as the paycheck comes in). Today I spent $4.19 on two gallons of milk at Aldi ($1 each). Large ketchup ($1.19) and one pound of strawberries ($1)O…all at Aldi–Aldi comes through again).
I finished my grocery shopping. In my last post, I had gotten up to $3.93. I paid $1.50 for a loaf of organic bread (day old) and $1.95 for green beans and strawberries at the clearance rack at Meijer, bringing my total to $7.38!!
I don’t think I can do this every week, but maybe once a month I could do it to use up some of the pantry!
Last week, in our newspaper, a Sam’s Club one-day pass came out at us. Our adventure began in the parking lot, where a double shopping car make schelpping my two preschoolers around easier.
At the door an unsmiling greeter, seeing my one-day pass, directed me to a womanned table, where a friendly woman asked me questions about my monthly budget. Using a computer, she said that I would save $55 to $791. Pretty exact, huh?
She sent me to the customer service desk. Neither of the women at the customer service smiled, said hello, or showed any pleasantness. When I asked if I could purchase gas (a few cents cheaper than the local station) today, one of the unsmilers told me I could if I purchased a membership. I declined, explaining that I live eight miles away.
She grabbed a list, obstensively of other Sam’s Clubs, but didn’t do anything with it or mention it again.
Again, the other workers at Sam’s Club seemed to be penalized for smiling. The few that I saw seemed surly and put upon.
I wasn’t going let a little surliness ruin our day. My kids enjoyed the wide variety of samples from the smiling samplers (note they don’t work for Sam’s Club, so they can smile).
The selection is poor.
The prices: eh… A 60 ounce coffee creamer was $5.47. At the dollar store, I can buy 60 ounces of creamer for $5.
Skinless, boneless chicken breasts were selling for $1.99. The butcher shop across the street where I live routinely sells it for $1.39.
An eight-pack of Del Monte canned vegetables was $6.80, or about .80 per can. The local Aldi, two miles from me, canned vegetables are .49.
A Miracle-Gro potting mix for 55 quarts was more than $11. I have no idea if that were a good price or not because there were no others with which to compare it.
Since I just bought a digital camera, I was curious to see what Sam’s Club had. Sam’s Club offered about five models, far fewer than even Target offers (about 20). I would feel reluctant spending a large sum of money without much comparison.
While at the camera section, I noticed the prices on printing digital prints: 13 cents. Walgreens usually runs a special for .10 per.
On the way out, we made our only purchase, an ice cream sundae, from another unsmiling worker.
Is Sam’s Club worth it? Maybe for some:
So is Sam’s Club worth it for me? In short: NO.
This weekend, my family and I went to Costco. It was a special occasion, since we don’t have a membership, but the local newspaper had a coupon for one free shopping pass.
So we went, we saw, and were unimpressed.
Costco is big, very big. Free samples abounded, which was the best part, especially for the kids. Greek yogurt, dried blueberries, and small cartons of chocolate organic milk were a few of the highlights of the snacks available for nothing.
But hubby and I quickly realized that Costco wasn’t for the likes of us. The inventory seemed skewed to the upper class. Burberry and Coach handbags, True Religion jeans and $300 bottles of wine were common examples of what Costco carried.
True, there were some ordinary items, but often they were not really bargains.For example, a big box of Kirkland diapers: $37. Cost of Target diapers for the same amount: $27. Similar unsavings were found on other items.
In the end, we left stuffed with free samples and satisfaction. Satisfaction that we weren’t Costco customers, and that was OK with us.
Other comments re Costco, even ones that disagree with mine, are welcome.
