I have decided that Jake cannot going to the grocery store for me anymore. My sweet husband always asks "Can I get something for you while I am out?" I have recently started taking him up on this and I give him a list (yes, a list) of items he needs to pick up. Unfortunately, he does not look at the prices and just buys whatever is on the list.
For example, I love Entemanns Cream Cheese Breakfast Delight and I refuse to buy it at full price of $4.59 so I wait for them to go on sale. Wal-Mart has them the cheapest and I have seen them as low as $2.50. So I told Jake when he was going to Wal-Mart "Buy entemanns only if they are on sale for $3.00 for lower". He says Ok and is off. He comes back and spent full price on the entemanns. FULL PRICE....How can I enjoy this delicious breakfast delight if I know how expensive it is???? Besides I can eat the entire entemanns like it is air.
So I have banned Jake from buying groceries. I check prices, clip coupons, look for sales and compare shop all the time. I'm doing this because we are trying to save money since Jake is in law school and I'm unemployable.
For example, I love Entemanns Cream Cheese Breakfast Delight and I refuse to buy it at full price of $4.59 so I wait for them to go on sale. Wal-Mart has them the cheapest and I have seen them as low as $2.50. So I told Jake when he was going to Wal-Mart "Buy entemanns only if they are on sale for $3.00 for lower". He says Ok and is off. He comes back and spent full price on the entemanns. FULL PRICE....How can I enjoy this delicious breakfast delight if I know how expensive it is???? Besides I can eat the entire entemanns like it is air.
So I have banned Jake from buying groceries. I check prices, clip coupons, look for sales and compare shop all the time. I'm doing this because we are trying to save money since Jake is in law school and I'm unemployable.
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LAURA! SO I keep forgetting you have a blog, and whenever I remember to check, I laugh my butt off, and then I forget to leave a comment and tell you I'm stalking your blog. Anyway, I laughed because poor Jake probably thought he was just doing something nice for his wife and spent the extra $1.50 to make you happy and even better, it got him banned from grocery shopping, so he's probably flying high at this point! keep making him shop and just threaten him with other things.
Glad to hear your dad is on the ups, hopefully that continues. And kuddos to Mark for coming home to help...that is a huge sacrifice, and I am sure it won't be easy.
Much love,
Suzanne
okay so you can't blame him if he got all the things on your list.. unless you handed him the list and TOLD HIM about prices. unforchunately (for you) if you didn't specify this, sorry to say girlie.. I got your hubby's back on this.. I'm sure he wasn't trying to get banned from doing things for you, our guys love us and just want to help out, sometimes we forget to clarify and end up setting them up for failure when they think they are doing a great thing for us, only to come home and realize that (even though they got the things on the list) they still failed us . give him a chance :)
Yes, my husband is great at many things but price shopping is not one of them. I did go over that if they were full price, meaning more than $3 dollars, then don't buy them. He was trying to be nice so I give him points for that.
You are right though. I should be a little more patient.
I disagree with you bella vida I think laura did not try to set jake up for failure. She has said in he past that he should buy the cheapest things. Jake most likely did not want to spend anytime at he store and so he bought expensive things so he could leave in a hurry. Laura should not have to tell him the prices of each product he should be able to figure it out. I got laura's BACK...
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