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I’m thinking about breaking up with Mr. Produce Guy. This was the 4th week in a row I have received boxes of “chicken scraps” that have been mostly, well, scraps. Gone are the days of finding ridiculous amounts of fresh fruit and veggies. Freezing quarts and quarts of fresh strawberries, heaping bowls of mushrooms, tropical Read More >>
One word. Costco. Yep, I totally broke my weekly budget. But hey, lets look on the bright side, at least we got some free samples. Basically from now until Christmas, I totally need to hide my Costco card and not step foot in the giant warehouse if I’m going to make it until the end Read More >>
I headed out to Albertsons early this morning so I could grab some free cranberries, and while I was there I also picked up a few other items. The Beech-Nut Baby Cereal and Stove Top Stuffing is for a donation and the Luden’s cough drops will come in handy this winter. All in all I Read More >>
This morning I noticed Bambi and her mother in my front yard looking for something good to eat. So I grabbed the ladder, went around back, and picked some scabby apples for them. I mean, they’ve already eaten all the good plants anyway. At this point I might as well keep them around a little Read More >>
I think this may have been the first in a very long time there were not strawberries in our boxes of free chicken scraps. This time around it was mostly water melon, cantaloup and apples. Plus a few grapes. Kind of a snooze fest of you ask me. In the summer Mr. Produce Guy was Read More >>
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