Per the recommendation of my sister, I checked into Amazon’s subscribe and save to try to save on diapers and regularly purchased household items. We signed up for some pampers, but as I priced out the toiletpaper and dog food, it just didn’t match up to our local Kroger prices. Boo hiss, because we’re regularly running to the store at 9pm for dog food. But I’m talking about a significant price diff, so it’s just not worth it – not even with the extra 15% for the S’nS and another 15% as an “Amazon Mom” – I totally signed up for the free Prime shipping on all purchases for 3 months, with additional months by buying at least $25 in baby products each month. Easily attainable by diapers, I do believe. Amazon wins again.
So in my dry goods price comparison, I pulled up the weekly add for Kroger to confirm my hunch; on the recommendation from another friend, I put in my shopper card info and can download weekly coupons before I go to the store. No more dropping them or keeping them out of children’s reach! Or forgetting you have them all together! This, my friends, is a selling feature.
But with great privilege comes… disappointment. I went through all of the Kroger coupon options – and they’re all pretty good, I must say, but all for products I don’t normally buy. This might be a sign that perhaps I take my home-making to an obscene limit. There was a good deal on Tide, but I’m making my own detergent nowadays for much cheaper than what I would pay even with 5 coupons. Of course, they didn’t have a coupon for the brand of soap I use to make it. Hmph. We also buy very little in the way of crackers, cereal or chips (though it’s not habit for me to ban all foods that begin with “C”), all of which are the top coupon downloads.
You know what I couldn’t find a coupon for? Bananas and broccoli. Flour. Paprika. Blocks of cheese. These are the things that fill my cart, but apparently no one wants to offer secondary financial reward to being cheap.
So, I like the idea of loading up my coupons to go, and I believe I’ll continue to do so (if I remember). But My hopes have been dashed that I might ever reach the “150 coupon” downloaded coupon limit.
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I walked into the bathroom to find H sharing a moment with Lion this morning:
Apparently, Lion had to go potty.
(Can you tell how we entertain him while we wait for the magical moment?)
“Lion, all done! Good job!” he said.
And then it was time for Lion to refill.
Tomorrow I will embark on a new culinary journey: the rice krispy treat. I know, I know, it should be a staple in every mother’s toolbox, but it wasn’t a childhood favorite in our house so I never really attempted to hone the skill. I did make an effort at a Christmas tree krispy treat, but failed within the first 2 steps. That’s right, somewhere in between melting butter and melting marshmallows. I attributed the failure to the fact that my intentions were to send the treat to school with the husband and well, those kids didn’t deserve a treat anyway.
But when I called my cousin to find out what I could contribute as they will be spending the weekend amid the mourning activities of calling hours, family & friend time and the funeral, her immediate response was “LBW will be thrilled with a rice krispy treat.” I tried to explain away my previous failures and offer up opportunity to pick her own favorite, to which she replied “I would be thrilled with a rice krispy treat.” Oh, the pressure.
So I ventered to the downtown GreatScot for both a box of generic rice krispies and a bag of Jet Puffs. I’ve been gathering tips for success on the “world’s easiest cookie.” I’ve heard:
Don’t overcook the marshmallows. (How do you know when THAT happens?)
Use fresh krispies. I hope this doesn’t disqualify the generic.
Cut immediately.
Use plenty of butter.
So tomorrow we’ll give it the ol’ college alumni try. I really wish that I could convince the girls that they’d prefer a cake or brownie, but they know what they like. And I feel that the best – and the most – I can do at this time is learn to melt a ‘mallow. I may not have the words to express my condolences or the means to show my support, but by golly I can figure out a way to make these 3 ingredients come together for a pleasant taste sensation.
I suppose nothing says “I’m so sorry about your loss” like a baked good.