Oh, the quantities of food we consume...

I knew that we buy massive amounts of food each week.  I knew that the majority of that food was consumed each week.  I knew I buy in quantity.

I didn't know we had a reputation at Grocery Outlet....

Last night we were in town for our weekly haul, and as usual, we started at Grocery Outlet to scope out the deals.  Anything I need that isn't on sale elsewhere, I look for first there.  Usually each week, we get half our produce, most of our bread/buns/tortillas, margarine, yogurt, some cheese, a few canned things, and any markdown meat. 

The markdown meat section is where we apparently have a reputation....

Last night they had close-dated ground beef marked down $5....this made the cost less than $2/lb....so we grabbed all six, 5lb chubs....a few minutes later an employee noticed we had it in our cart and exclaimed,

"I knew it must be you when I was told someone was checking out my markdown meat!"

She went on and on about how she'd marked it down some last night, more this morning, and further just before we came in, trying to sell out.  Then at the register, the cashier and bagger both commented on how they couldn't believe we took it all.  And the lady in line behind us wanted some--sorry we got it all! :)

It's like we always buy massive quantities of markdown meat or something....oh, wait, we do! 

Last week we bought 54 packages of hot dogs for 75 cents each....a few weeks before that, we bought about 40 pounds of bacon (maybe more?!) for 99 cents/lb.

Hey, it's how we keep the freezers full of meat without completely breaking the bank!  It just seems like an odd thing for people to know you for!

No One Died!

Alex was in a foul mood this afternoon, as his two big brothers ganged up on him to fetch the baseball that he didn't catch....not sure why he didn't think it was his to get, but totally understand that he hates when it's two against one.  In order to act tough and keep from crying, he had to put on his grouchy face and refuse to be happy. 

I don't particularly appreciate grouchiness and when he fussed, "I'm bored and need something fun to do," somehow I ended up suggesting that he TP his brothers' room.  Grouchiness immediately gone.  Much giggling and grinning ensued. (Cody & Jared were out of the house for band)

I laid down the ground rule that if he did it, he would also be in charge of cleaning it up.  We both expected Cody to arrive home first and I was a little concerned that Cody would threaten life and limb to whomever had done the deed.  I was also sure that I would be laughing so hard, I would be unable to stop the massacre.

I was also not sure if Alex or I would be able to keep our poker faces on and not make the victim suspicious.  We managed to keep semi-straight faces, but unfortunately, Jared arrived home before Cody.  His reaction was not nearly as rewarding as I expect Cody's would have been. 

After a loud, "What!?!?"  He calmly picked up all the paper and re-decorated Alex's room with it.  (He knew who the culprit was by uproarious laughter coming from Alex the minute he had discovered his room!)  I thought it was hilarious that the pranker got pranked!  Alex not so much....immediate return of the grouchy face....which got him a lecture of, "If you are going to dish it out, you had better be able to take it!"  He was then sent to his room to cool off....which he did in admirable fashion, returning after a few minutes pretending to have a super sized tissue.

eek! Can't make it rotate, so tip your head and pretend!

This sparked many jokes about family-sized tissue....and sharing it to blow all of our noses....Good humor was returned, peace was restored and all were happy!