My Christmas Grocery Shopping Adventure

Yesterday I managed not to go anywhere or do any housecleaning. I am the Queen of Procrastination. When I want to avoid doing something, I am the Master. But if I don't accomplish something, then I feel really guilty and lousy. So this is what I did. My dining room table was in need of repairs. All of the bolts that hold the table top to the pedestal (8 in all) had become loose and fallen out. There was actually nothing holding the tabletop on. I couldn't slide the table across the floor or even open it up to put in one of the table leaves. So this job was actually a priority over vacuuming.....if you think about it.  AGAIN, because of the super duper job I did last week in sorting all the hardware, I was able to find 8 bolts that would fit the job. I used the hammer and a block of 2X2 wood to hammer the heavy tabletop so I could line up the bolts with the holes in the frame. It took a lot of time but job accomplished. I put in an extra leaf and covered the table with one of my Christmas tablecloths. *patting myself on the back*

 Then I changed out my every day dishes....

 for my festive Christmas dishes.

Which brings us to today. I still didn't feel like going upstairs to vacuum. The temperature was very mild and the roads were clear, so I decided to take advantage and get a major shopping done. I went to three stores. In the morning I went to the Giant Tiger in Napanee. I came home and put those away and ate the last of my beef vegetable soup I made at the end of last week.I dropped into the Post Office on my way to Amherstview and picked up my mail (which I did not pick up yesterday) and found 7 cards. One of them was from my good blogging friend Nathalie. It was gorgeous and it crossed my mind that it may have been handmade (??) because it had stitching on it. I shopped at Foodland and Shoppers's Drug Mart before I returned home. The sky got very dark and it looked for a while like there was going to be a change in the weather.  I spent a total of $135.82 at all 3 stores, including tax. This is the breakdown.

Dairy cost 31.28  Eggs are up in price again to $2.49 a dozen, but I got deals on everything else including ice-cream to go with dessert Christmas Eve. 

Meat totaled $44.42  The Sugardale bacon was only $2.99 a pkg., so I picked up 3. The frozen chicken fillets were 50% off, so I just paid $5 I picked up turkey breakfast sausage, Polish sausage and smoked sausages. I also bought 4 lbs. of lean ground hamburger.

Produce cost me $29.48  I am not allowed corn, but I will be serving it over the holidays. The tins were on sale for 99 cents each. I bought 2 heads of cabbage, a bag of sweet potatoes, a bag of rutabaga, more yellow onions, zucchini, a bag of mandarins, orange juice for Christmas brunch, some chopped walnuts in case I decide to do some baking, and a frozen bag of Asian veggies to make a chicken stir fry tonight.

 I will make my own gravy but I bought a can of beef gravy in case I run low. I had to buy another jar of olives because I ate the last jar I bought. (I am allowed those for snacks). I wonder what I can make with red and green Rice Krispies and marshmallows?

One 12-pack of Coke and 2 12-packs of Diet Pepsi for the holidays, plus the pantry items that you see pictured up top came in at $28.04

I guess the vacuuming will have to be done tomorrow.