Monday, May 09, 2011

Hamburger

Ended up at the local grocery on a Monday



Found 70/30 percent hamburger marked down to $1 a pound.


Three things were odd about this.



1. Meat is only marked down on Tuesday morning.



2. Meat hasn't been $1 a pound in a long time.


3. I actually had money.


Sooooo. . . . .



I picked up 45 pounds.



And walked around the store in shock.


While people stared at me and even said to me, "Wow, that's. . . a lot of meat."



I forgot the Manwich mix.




( I know, not frugal, but we haven't found a homemade version we like. Yet.)


So, when I backtracked to the 2nd aisle, I went past the meat section again.


The butcher was putting out more markdown hamburger.


This time it was 93/7 percent.




No.Way.




So I traded in the higher fat version I had in my cart for the lower fat hamburger.


And walked around the store some more.


Cool.


Thank you Lord.

2 comments:

  1. 99 cents a pound is incredible! I would've picked up as much as I could also. What grocery store do you shop at?

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  2. This was a the little local store, an IGA-type store. I love it 'cuz you never know what you'll find in there! Like Fels-Naptha soap, sprinkles in bulk, and even fishing worms next to the checkout.

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