We had planned to do this yesterday, but stayed home instead, as some items from my FIL’s were being delivered from the city. As much as could be fit into a car, so not a lot – and we found a place for pretty much everything!
One of the items was an office chair that my husband can use. He’d been using the exercise ball chair for the past while, and started to have issues with it. It was designed for a smaller size ball, which would have made the chair too low for him. Using the larger size he already had, he discovered the bottom of it would start dragging on the ground as the chair was moved, as it slowly deflated while in use. He’s still keeping that chair, as it forces him to use his injured back in ways he normally doesn’t, which helps strengthen it, but there’s a limit as to how long he can do that! So he was very happy to have his father’s chair now.
There were a couple of end tables straight from the 70’s that my daughter happily carried upstairs, where they will be well used. There was a bag full of kitchen utensils, most of which we might keep and use. We have a great deal of them, so now is a good time to go through what we have, throw some away, and set others aside to donate to the second hand store in town.
The only thing we don’t have a use for is a computer monitor. It’s quite small; a size that doesn’t meet any of our needs, so we shall figure out what to do with it later.
What my daughter was quite excited about was the old mantle clock she asked for. She has fond memories of hearing it chime. It just needs a new battery. She also requested a railroad spike that has a tiny railroad track attached to it. My FIL worked for CN for his entire career, so there is a special connection there. My husband “inherited” a set of four art pieces representing the seasons. Something I admired on their walls for many years. We are pretty excited about finding a good place to hang them.
Well worth staying home for!
My daughter and I headed out late this morning, taking the longer route to the nearest Walmart because the highway that is our usual route is still under construction. That meant going through town, and seeing the gas prices. Two of the stations were down to $1.599/L of regular.
The one we usually go to was $1.489/L We had a full tank still, so we didn’t refill until we were on the way home. After my CAA discount, bringing the gas down to $1.459/L, it cost $31.04 to fill the tank.
When we got to the Walmart, our first stop was the McRaunchies, because neither of us had had breakfast, and it was lunch time by then. I rounded up with a donation, making it an even $50 for the two of us; a burger meal each, plus 10pc chicken nuggets as a treat.
My older daughter had sent some funds for the trip, plus added a few things to the shopping list. The photo below is what we got, except for the energy drink I got for the drive home, while my daughter started using a self checkout.
This is what $375.20 looks like.
Since we are not likely to do a Costco trip this month, this trip turned out to be more of a stock up trip than originally planned. The receipt ended up so long, I took three pictures of it. I didn’t quite line things up right, though!
On this first image, we’ll start with the non-food items.
There is a package of paper towels and a pack of facial tissues.
There is a total of 9 Monster energy drinks (three each for my daughters and I), two 2L of oat milk for my lactose intolerant daughters, plus a 2L of 3% regular milk. There is also 2 bottles of coffee creamer in a seasonal flavour. Those were on sale, so we made sure to get more.
Split between the two images is a package of medium ground beef. Then there is a case of Pizza Pops, some Black Forest Ham sandwich slices, and a whole chicken – the chicken was at a very good price.
In other food items, there are two 18 count packages of eggs, 5 pounds of butter, some beef jerky to keep in the truck.
In non food items, there is a pack of facial tissue, toilet paper (I actually can’t find the line item on the receipt for that, but it’s there somewhere!), a pack of C batteries for the mantel clock, and a case of wet cat food. My daughter also picked a bottle of scented oil for her diffuser, plus we got a two pack of air freshener spray, to use over the litter boxes.
There are 3 different flavours of tea, two loaves of white bread, two of whole wheat and two of rye.
My daughter remembered we were out of ground ginger, so there is a pack of that, and for treats there is a box of mixed chocolates and a strawberry rhubarb pie, as well as the cold energy drink for the drive home.
Listed here is a bag of kibble for the inside cats, and four 4L jugs of distilled water for my husband’s CPAP humidifier.
That done, while my daughter packed things and loaded the truck, I popped across the parking lot to a Dollarama. There I found a new dust pan to replace one I used this morning with a cracked handle that finally gave out. I also got some slide lock freezer bags in medium and large, plus a roll of small garbage bags for the truck’s garbage can. I spotted a weirdly huge roll of paper towel – so big, the package of one had a ribbon handle across the top – that I picked up to try out. I also got a couple of air freshener pucks specifically for pet odors, that we like to set right on top of the covered litter boxes. That totaled $23 and change.
So, altogether, we totaled just pennies under $480 (I can’t remember the exact change on the Dollarama purchase) on this trip, including breakfast, Walmart, Dollarama and gas, with my older daughter contributing to the budget to cover almost half of that.
I guess it’s not too bad for this trip, price wise. We did get a full cart out of it.
The only thing we didn’t get much of was meat. The selection was not very good, so I expect to pick that up locally, as needed, and as the sales allow. With this, we will be good for a while, though.
The Re-Farmer
