Sunday, March 25, 2012

Shopping Trip

The last two weeks, with all the craziness, we did not do our big weekly "official" shopping trip. We just picked up stuff here and there as we needed it.

And we spent way more money...

Tomorrow we are back at school, and grandmas/grandpas are back with Charlie, and we will need to eat like normal people again.

The problem is, we are still so busy. We had to sit in our jammies, eat breakfast, play in our room, read books, make animal noises, sit in the grass, run on the deck, go to the park, throw sand, pull the heads off daffodils, eat soup, spill soup, clean up soup, crap our pants, AND go to Walmart. Well, Matt and I needed to go to Walmart, and Charlie needed to do all the other stuff. So, uncharacteristically, we decided to do our weekly shop at Walmart.

I am not one of those people who are all boo-boo bad Walmart. We shop there because things are cheaper. Some things. When I see people doing their entire grocery shop there, I judge them. I think they are probably not very bright because not everything is cheaper at Walmart, and I think when it is economical, it is worthwhile to support smaller, more local businesses (which Thrify's used to be, but I guess isn't really anymore). Also, Walmart's produce taste like crap.

We have also had a bad experience with some steaks. We made the steaks, went to eat them, and quickly realized they were the worst steaks ever to be steaked. So, because the package had a 100% satisfaction guarantee, on our next trip, we took the package with us and tried to return it because we weren't satisfied. The woman working was such a hag, and even got another two involved. They didn't want to give us a refund because we didn't have the steaks. I'm sorry, you wanted us to keep and bring in two week old cooked steaks? What would that have show you? That meat spoils? Thrify's trusts their clients; if you say something was some way, they believe you. Walmart assumes you are a liar, and treats you as such. Why would we cheat you out of $5 of steak on a $200 bill? Ridicules. Anyway, we made a big enough hubbub that time, they returned our $5, but I still feel like if they aren't willing to honour a "satisfaction guarantee", don't offer one.

But, this week, we decided to do our shopping there. I needed to pick up my prescriptions, get some baby D drops ($3 cheaper), laundry soup ($2 cheaper than Zellers), diapers (but they didn't have C's size), an alarm clock (I smashed Matt's after he went away but left it set to 5AM), and a bunch of other non-grocery items.

For all the negatives about Walmart, some prices cannot be beat. Eggos are less than $2.30 a box. They are over $4 at Thrify's. And, if you buy Great Value brand, they are only $1.50 a box. This way, if Charlie needs a quick breaky, and then refuses everything I make him, I don't feel put out in the wallet department when the toaster waffle goes untouched.

Crackers and small cookies (Teddy Grahams, Animal Crackers) were on sale for $2 a box, so we stocked up on some of those. Orange juice was also a good price.

And we did buy some meat. We shied away from those "thin cut" steaks, but we bought an Italian style pork roast (whatever that means). Stayed tuned to see how it is. We also got a couple packs of sausages, dinner and breakfast style. We will see how it goes. I wanted one of those marinated chickens, but a guy scooped up the last two in front of us.

This weeks bill is hard to say, $1...ahem...6...ahem....7, but we need to estimate at least $50 being other things, maybe closer to $75. We have a fully stuffed fridge and freezer, as well as cupboards (when I get around to putting things away).

Oh, and we forgot milk.

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