Have You Gotten Any Bargains Lately?
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Have You Found Any Bargains At the Grocery Lately?
Comments (14)The best deals I've seen lately is laundry detergent. We have two grocery stores in town, one a big box, but they do compete on soft drinks and a few other items. The smaller store often has better quality fresh fruits and vetables. Last week at Piggly Wiggly, found a special on laundry detergent: $2 for a medium size jug, normally goes for $5 to $8. Bought 2 jugs. Had been buying at Sams Club, but these prices were better cost per ounce. This week, the big box store, Pick'n Save, countered with same size detergent at $2 per jug, a different brand than the other store. Gonna buy 2 more jugs tomorrow. Won't need any more for a few months. I haven't found any bargains in tree nuts. These have been going up steadily in price since mid-last year. Two yeara ago, I could buy a 2 lbs can of mixed nuts (50% peanuts) for $10; this week the price went up to $13 when on sale, regular price: $14. Peanuts are still reasonable, but also creeping upward. Yesterday, I came home a bit miffed. I decided to pick up a loaf of rye bread to go with sliced ham. Wow, a small loaf was expensive, and then I spied a local brand, loaf same size as regular and lower cost. It had blazed in big letters on the end of the wrapper, RYE. I perchanced to read the ingredients. Guess what - no rye flour, dust, or anything. How can they get off putting RYE in bold letters on the wrapper when there is no rye in the bread??? I think it was wheat flour, a little Barley, and rye flavoring. Paahhh!...See MoreHave YOU found any deals or bargains lately? Hhhhmmmmmm............?
Comments (79)Me either, functionthenlook. The woman who sold it said she didn't use it because she is a "from scratch baker" and had no use for it. I took that to mean there may be a school of thought out there that bread made in a bread machine doesn't count as homemade. I like to bake things like pita bread, English muffins, pizza dough, dinner rolls and hamburger buns. Looking into the future, I see the machine as being a huge time saver when it comes to mixing, kneading and proofing the dough for me. My first loaf is rising and it's looking pretty good!...See MoreHave YOU found any bargains or deals lately? Hhhhhmmmm........
Comments (43)I was actually astounded at that, nicole___! But I have another similar story to caflowerluver's: (I may have posted this already) a neighbor put a newish looking dryer at the curb and posted it on the neighborhood FB page that it needed a new heating element. They didn't want to bother with having it fixed (she told me when I messaged her) and just bought a new one. So another neighbor helped me get it home. I bought a new element on Amazon for $25, installed it in less than an hour (the hardest part was getting a couple of screws unscrewed) and now I have replaced my 30 some years old reliable, no frills Whirlpool with this $1000 bells & whistles version. I just hope none of the other electronics fail such that I regret letting that Whirlpool go. Oh, my favorite bargain: a very very good condition, used, soft leather, deep teal (discontinued color) The Sak cross body purse for $10 on Poshmark....See MoreHave YOU found any bargains lately? :0)
Comments (61)I Love love love Born shoes and boots! Awesome finds! Miss Mooz are gorgeous! Jilly those boots! WOWSER! They would get some stares if you were stomping around Aspen Colorado. Everyone would want them! alisande, a descent skirt for .99cents....geez~! Great buy. Sueb20, I like your quilt! I've also have been keeping an eye out for wall mirrors, like YOU purchased. I didn't do as well as you did...but here it is. $10. It's commercially made, but is solid wrought iron. It weights a ton! Jilly! Friday! I'm eager to see what you make....See More- 9 years ago
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9 years agoI went to the thrift store yesterday. I hadn't been there in months. It was 50% off day. I bought a 4" blue glass "evil eye" sun catcher for 50 cents. I will send it to my sister. She is into those kind of things. Also for 50 cents I got a Righteous Brothers hits CD. I loved their music in high school.
Best deal was a Etienne Aigner leather handbag in very good condition for $4.50. Good colors for summer. I like handbags that are different.
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