Today I needed to hit a Walmart and a Canadian Tire, and took advantage of a city trip to pick up a few more stock up items, while I was there.
This is what $144.48 looks like.
*sigh*
And I was picking up the cheap stuff, for the most part.
For my husband, I got some Coke Zero and distilled water for his CPAP humidifier. The girls were out of soy milk, but so was Walmart. I got two 2L cartons of lactose free milk instead, which was on a two-for sale, plus a 1L carton for my own use.
Wait a minute…
I got charged for three 2L of lactose free milk. I don’t see a 1L of regular milk in there.
Crud. I wish I’d noticed that before I drove all the way home! Not worth the cost of gas to go back and fix it.
The hot dog wieners were also on a two-for sale, but I got only one package of hot dog buns. My husband and I prefer to have them cut up and added to other foods.
I got two bags of kibble; a 9kg of Whiskas and a 7kg of the Walmart brand. I also got some wood glue for the isolation shelter that’s being worked on right now.
I spotted an Annie’s pasta and cheese sauce display, and they were 97¢ a box, so I got 4 of two different flavours for the pantry, plus a couple of loaves of rye bread for the freezer. I picked up a bottle of lemon scented cleaner – the girls have noticed that when they used it to clean up the cat messes, the cats seem to avoid the area for a while, and we’re thinking they don’t like the lemon scent. We’ve tried using citrus scent to repel the cats from places, but it never worked. I guess generic “citrus” isn’t as useful as lemon. They certainly don’t object to orange scent at all.
Last of all, I picked up a bottle of magnesium for myself.
That’s it. That’s all I got for $144 and change.
Next I crossed the street and went to the Canadian Tire. One of the things I was after there was a new power bar to replace one I have in my room. They had a clearance sale on a couple of bars that have the plugins turned sideways, with one type having USB ports. With the power bar I have now, I have two things plugged in that take up four spots. With the new bar’s design and the USB ports, I freed up three plug ins. I got a second non-household one that has the plug ins spaced out in two rows, and a built in cord storage, for the same clearance price.
I also found some inexpensive outdoor wheels for the isolation shelter’s pallet base. They rotate 360°, so that will make it easier to move the finished shelter. I didn’t find the right size hose clamps I was after, though. They had one size bigger and one size smaller, but not the size I needed! There wasn’t even a space on the shelf for them.
I just looked them up at a local hardware store. They have the size I need – and in stock!
Looks like I’ll be making a side trip after I go to the dump!
Which will be opening soon, so time to get things together and start heading out again.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
I didn’t do a big Costco run this month. I just did a back to school Walmart run during our tax free weekend and a small Costco run. It’s always interesting to see what people can get for their money in different locations.
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