This entire blog post and the events described therein are all the fault of my friend, Doris! Remember . . it’s very important that we all blame Doris!
Saturday morning we went out and went shopping . . picked up everything that was on sale that we needed.
Sunday morning, I got this email from Doris. The subject was “Deal of the Day” and the content was this: “Did you see where Dollar General had Libby’s canned vegetables for 2/$1?” That’s my price point — .50/can for canned veggies. It’s rare to find them for that price these days.
Vince was sitting near me and I said “WOW! Dollar General has Libby’s canned veggies for .50/can.” He said “Let’s go!” I said no, we don’t really need anything. We’re pretty stocked on veggies. He asked what I thought the “use by” date would be on them and I told him probably some time in 2014. He asked if we have enough to last til then? Will they ever be less than .50? OK . . I give in.
This was taken after our first stop at Dollar General. They had sugar on sale for $2.25 for 4 pounds, which is $.5625/pound. Wal-Mart has 10 pound bags for $5.58, which is .558/pound but I don’t like dealing with 10 pound bags. Five pounds of sugar fits in my canister and I don’t like leaving that half bag in the pantry so I don’t mind paying that fraction of a cent extra for the 4 pound bags. I knew that I had two buckets, each with 50 pounds of sugar in the pantry, as well as 10 – 4 pound bags but Vince insisted on buying more sugar . . 42 more 4 pound bags. We shall not run out of sugar.
I don’t know how many cans of green beans and corn we bought. We shopped at one Dollar General and then because we needed to go to Tractor Supply, and there’s a Dollar General next to them, we bought more green beans and corn. And, Stove Top dressing was on sale for $1/box. Believe it or not, I really like the stuff occasionally so we bought a little of that.
We decided while we were in the neighborhood, we’d stop by Kroger and get more Dr. Pepper that’s on sale.
While at Tractor Supply, we got two bags of chicken feed. The poor, little Honda was packed to the gills. And, it’s all Doris’ fault! 
We stacked all the bags of sugar on the shelf but all the canned goods need to be put away so that’s one thing I must get done before this day ends.
We shall not run short of green beans and corn for at least the next 18 months!
Seriously, I’m thankful Doris told me about this sale. I’m not real good about checking prices at Dollar General and that was the first time I had been in the store here.
Did you see they have a coupon this weekend for $5 off if you spend $25?
Tee, the last commenter is a trouble maker! LOL! Plus, that’s a lot of green beans!
OK, it’s all Doris’ fault….but there’s nothing quite like a bargain to put a smile on Vince’s face is there? We grow our own sweet corn, just don’t like the store bought frozen or canned, but I buy frozen green beans. I like to get them when they are 88cents a bag but that’s getting more rare. I just don’t feel like we can buy seed and do all the work of growing, harvesting and freezing for the price, especially when the taste of home-grown & store bought are the same in this case.
It’s a good thing you do more baking & canning than I. I’d never (at least presently) use that much sugar in my lifetime, lol! When I bought a larger bag where all of it wouldn’t fit in it’s designated container, I put the leftovers into cleaned & dried milk jugs (Costco milk use to come in flat-side plastic jugs – I kept 2 of them for sugar.). It takes a few minutes to put it in using a good funnel, but it comes out nicely, and if clumped, just a few hard shakes loosens it up. Teresa’s post cracked me up since it’s after the fact, so Vince go back?
Sorry, that should have said “Tee’s comment” not “Teresa’s post”
I spotted that Dollar General add also here in Missouri. Did not know that they had the same prices nationwide. I plan to stock up on corn and peas when I shop on Wednesday. Have a years supply of canned green beans in the basement.
NOW DH wants to see if OUR Dollare General had sugar on sale…
Haha! I’ll take the blame any day for a deal like that. After all, what are friends for?
Maybe Vince should start a blog of his own – sharing all of his bargain finds! Can’t wait for my two cases of TP to show up on Wednesday!
Judy if you go to their website they always have coupons you can print and they also do take manufacturer coupons either fron the flyers that cone in the newspapers or those printed off the internet as long as they have the barcode scanner strip on them.
I wish I was your next door neighbor. The other night I had dinner planned except no veggie — I usually use fresh or frozen, but I thought canned green beans would be okay. I dug throuigh the entire pantry… no can of green beans (we went without a green veggie and we’re still alive)…. but just think if I could stroll over to your house! (We have a supermarket 6 blocks from our house, but I just couldn’t make myself go to the store!)
love to blame Doris, she’ll learn her lesson HA HA. We had that kid of day on Monday. it was go here and go there kind of day I didn’t make any great buys and had nothing really interesting to show at the end but it was fun…
Vince needs to start his own website to alert us about all of the deals! I’m heading to town today and will add Dollar General to my list…as well as sugar at Walmart. I used yo buy sugar at Sam’s in the 25# sacks so I don’t mind the 10# sacks.. Hmmm…need to price those 25# sacks too.. Tell Doris she’s a troublemaker, but gotta love a friend who’s looking out for your bottom line!