It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year... shopping wise

This is the week for shopping and stocking!

Penny bought 2 HEB turkeys at .77 last week. I told Harry she shoulda waited...

This week, HEB Houston has turkeys for .29lb with $20 purchase. I'm going twice.... and should go three times. Last night I made a Fiesta run and got a .57lb turkey with $10 purchase. My fatal mistake was greed. I bought a 15lb turkey. When you intend to put 4 turkeys in your freezer, they gotta be 12lbs or less. Also in the mix: Harry has a 12lb turkey he took from my freezer during The Ike and keeps saying he's going to return it.

Cream cheese, which has skyrocketed to a sale price of 1.19 pkg, is .88 everywhere. The sellby date on all is Apr 09. Not only is that 6 mos away, it's the sellby date which gives another 3-4 months afterwards which means it doesn't have to be frozen. Tonight one block is dedicated for Robb Walsh's Atomic Deer Turds on the grill.

I use HEB's online shopping list which allows a list on the right side for your "needs" shopping list and the left side is from their sales circular (by location). The weekly sales disappear as expired and the month-long sales stay. This not only consolidates all, it focuses on my most favorite store - the HEB at Beltway and Beechnut. I call it the Asian HEB since that's their market there and the types of seafood/veggies have a definite Asian influence - and they open at 6am. The back of the printed list gives plenty of room for specials at other stores for the week. I store it in my purse because in the next 6 days I'm near any of the other stores for a dropin.

Also checking out Costco this weekend, where I haven't been for 6 months. Scallop recipes (both sea and bay) abound on the internet lately and they're the only source I'm SURE doesn't add water/chemicals to their scallops. And it's time to replenish my "hospital size" olive, feta, and sun-dried tomato stores.