Laughing already

I had to laugh this morning when the Hippy asked me if we had store bought bread in the house. He likes it better for the truck. Well while he had went out already and since the Hippy would be out I told him to go over to the regular supermarket for me to pick some things up that I have forgot about. Should be under 10 dollars today for the stuff that I need for several dinners around here. The Hippy forgets that it is cheaper around here in the regular markets instead of going into the truck stops that he normally goes into. That is why I try to stock up on stuff that are in cans that he can cook on the engine of the big truck. I can find stuff that is cheaper at Walmart and between Wegman's and Tops also. The Truck Stops want 3 times than where I shop at since they know you are pretty much stuck in alot of ways. I diden't mind going at one point with him at all becuase, there were times where there was a store within walking distance of where he was loading or unloading at times. The Uni Leaver loads I dident mind niether. I could always hit thier dumpster out back for products that they coulden't sell becuase the box was crushed or a leaky bottle. You get real good at diveing for good stuff in the dumpsters after awhile. Just to save some money in the household. Also when a store has a shoppers card Get one. You get the sale items pluss you get double coupons off the cards depending on where you are at also. Another perk of the cards are the store sends out coupons for thier store also. I have been known to use 50 dollars at a time in coupons also. With the coupons in the blinky machines you can use an out of store coupon also. Now with the coupons there is a trick to it all and you have to read the print on the coupons also. Lets say there is a buy one get one free deal at the grocery store, the coupons says buy one get a dollar off. You can use 2 coupons when they say that becuase you are buying 2 even though you are getting one free. There are lots of things you can do with coupons. As I say it is a huge game at the stores. With the grocery store they set a price for the items and sales at times of the year to rope folks in. Some folks don't care if they pay full price for an item. I have coupons at all times with me in the luggage that I carry. Now what I will do is pull the coupons for the sale adds and carry the extra coupons for the sales that are not in the adds that come out. Now with myself in what I do is I get the meats and try to build meals around that. So lets say I have 6 packs of chicken in the cart I build the coupons with the sale items around the chicken. Then this way there is a hodge podge of extra side dishes in the cart from the coupons. You will never get board of eatting the same things over and over again. As I have said before I have some basics in my place at all times. Onions, garlic, flour, yeast, eggs, and bakeing powder. There is the basics for the most part in my place that I can build alot from there. I also keep raw potatoes, powdered milk and margerine/butter. The Hippy just shakes his head and lets me loose in the kitchen. I know the look when I have cooked to much of the chicken. He looks at me funny and starts flapping his arms and we both start laughing about it. So the next day I start cooking something else. Now I have heard some folks complain about coupon use for thier household. If you buy enough meats there are several ways to have side dishes also. All I am saying is mix it up at all times. Ok folks have fun and play hard.