Still stewing

A day later I am still really miffed about paying $3 more for a TGIF meal on Shoppers than I would have at Harris Teeter. The big BIG lesson learned: before shopping with coupons, especially coupons for fun items that I normally wouldnt buy (and a nearly $9 TGIF meal that will barely feed my husband certainly qualifies), check the circulars. Had I spent less than 5 minutes I would have seen that HT had it on sale...ugh!

Also, more on my dislike for Shoppers, their selzer is not as good as HT or Giant.

The bright spot of the day was our dinner. The recipe is courtesy of my friend Cathy. I will have to check if I have blogged this before, but to feed both of us a full and very filling meal cost about $9! That's $4.50 per person. What was this meal???

Crock pot pulled pork!!!

Ingredients:
Pork shoulder/butt (on sale a few weeks back, I paid $6.32)
Hamburger buns (we have so many from our hamburger nights, but they are about $1 pack at Target I think)
Bottle of BBQ (your choice, we used Trader Joe's)
Bottle of beer (bought last night, 6 pack was $5.99, so bottle was less $1)

I am sitting here stuffed. I didn't even eat dessert, something I never pass up!!!
Crock pots really are the greatest invention ever!

Mish Mash

Several nuggets tonight...

First, I will be the first to admit when I am wrong, or when I give bad advice. Earlier this month I bragged about buying three gallons of milk since the price was right and my son goes through it fast...or so I thought. Today though he got sick, and I believe it was because the milk was 9 days old in my fridge (despite the fact date of expiration was Aug 30). I think the main reason was because the milk was in the door and not on the shelf. This is something I remember hearing about in the past but never paying attention to. Now I will.

Lesson learned: Don't buy more than 2 gallons of milk at a time, and don't store milk in the door.

Second, as per my post on ziploc baggies and snack bags. Safeway has Doritos on sale, $2 bag.

Finally, Harris Teeter has another coupon special, haven't seen this one before. They will double coupons up to $1.98, so that means you could conceivably get $3.96 off an item.

Happy Shopping!