It was a remarkably busy day at Costco, for the middle of the week. I didn’t get everything I had on my list, and still broke $800.
This is what $808.34 looks like.
It really doesn’t look like much at all. 😞
I put the cat food on a separate bill again.
It was just cat food, too. I didn’t get their puppy pads again, as we still have more than half a case, though I will be getting more of the larger size when we hit Walmart in a couple of days.
At first, I got eight 9kg bags of the Kirkland brand, because I didn’t see the 11.6kg Whiskas bags. Those turned out to be moved to the end of the aisle. When I saw they were on sale, I put back 4 of the Kirkland bags and replaced them with the Whiskas. At $8 off, I considered replacing all of them, but decided against it, so the cats would have a variety.
I got two cases of the wet cat food, which has gone up in price by a dollar since last month.
Then there was the stuff for us.
When the cashier confirmed my butters, it turned out I’d accidentally got both salted and unsalted. I took them out of the same box, so they should have been all the same! I’m glad he caught that.
For other dairy, we got marble and Old cheddar cheese, plus cream cheese and sour cream.
I didn’t get a double flat of eggs, like I usually do, since we still have lots of eggs we got from my homesteading friend.
We got our usual Kirkland brand of TP, plus a case of facial tissue that was on sale.
Among the things we don’t always get every month was a case of toothpaste, a case of toothbrushes, extra strength ibuprofen, lactase and Vit. B12. I also got a 6 pack of baking soda; we finally got near the end of the last 6 pack I got!
In breads, I just got four packs of tortilla wraps and a 2pk of rye bread.
For meats, I got a bit of a treat; a panini variety pack of sliced meats. I got a package of large breakfast sausages, pork belly, a 3 pack of whole chickens and a chub of ground beef. I also grabbed a 3 pk of Spam for the pantry.
Then there was the mayonnaise and peanut butter, and a bag of potatoes.
That’s it.
I didn’t even finish going through all the aisles, as my budget for this shop was about $800.
Aside from this, I picked up $30 of gas on the way into the city, at $1.389/L That put me back above half a tank. I filled the tank at Costco. At $1.299, it cost me $66.22 to fill the tank.
After the truck was loaded, I swung by a Superstore to get some sort of lunch I could eat while driving. I ended up getting a ham sandwich and a bottle of water, but while looking for something more interesting to drink, I found they had Beaver Buzz in stock, and Citrus – my favorite flavour – was on a “buy three” sale, so I got three of those. I’m not sure what happened to the receipt, but that totaled $17 and change.
Which means I spent over $900 in total today.
It feels like there isn’t much to show for it.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
Every time I go to the store these days I’m left feeling like I spent a ton of money on basically nothing. I can’t get out of Walmart with basics for less than $80-100 what used to be $25-50.
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It’s getting really awful. I’ve lived through a couple of recessions by now. None were as bad as this.
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