Grocery prices!?!?

I'll say this flat out - grocery prices are getting outrageous!  Even a dozen medium eggs are around $1.50, that used to be the price of a dozen extra-large.  The 75% ground beef is up over $3 a pound, and it's well over $4 a pound for extra lean.  Chicken is going up also - leg quarters (sprinkled with some tasty BBQ spices) used to be a dollar a pound, and now it is almost $1.40 a lb for leg quarters.  Turkey thighs used to be fairly inexpensive also, now they are almost $3 a lb.

I cringe at what frozen turkey prices are going to be this Thanksgiving.   I guess gone are the days of 10c a pound turkeys on special if you bought $20 or more of groceries.  Even last year, the cheapest turkeys were around 60c a pound.  Spiral ham has stayed about the same the past couple of years, but hopefully it has not gone up as well - the HEB Brand spiral hams usually are 2.99 a lb, but I can snag a Smithfield spiral ham for $1.98 a pound.   (And they taste just as good!).

Bacon is outrageous - even the box of ends and pieces that I usually buy, because it's cheaper than buying sliced bacon.

If you have a printer, go on over to http://www.couponmom.com/  sign up, and start printing off coupons for things you need.  There are also 'coupon exchanges' that cost some money (not sure how much) but they will mail you coupons.  Also check manufacturer's websites for coupons, and your grocery store website for coupons and advertisements. If you time it right, you can really good some good deals.  But ONLY if you were going to buy those things at the time.  My husband has a whole stack of deoderants under the bathroom counter - they were on sale for $2, and I had some coupons for $2 off each...so I stocked up. But not like those CRAZY couponing people you see on TV. I picked up 4 sticks of it.  Enough to last a while, figured that would save some money.


GASOLINE [ALL TYPES]
2002 Average – $1.44
2012  Average- $3.73
Percent Increase: 158%


BEER [PER 16 OZ.]
2002 Average – $.99
2012 Average-$1.24
Percent Increase: 25%


EGGS, GRADE A, LARGE [PER DOZ.]
2002 Average – $1.03
2012 Average-$1.80
Percent Increase: 73%






COFFEE, GROUND ROAST, ALL SIZES [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $2.92
2012 Average-$5.58
Percent Increase: 90%


PEANUT BUTTER [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $1.96
2012 Average-$2.75
Percent Increase: 40%


MILK, FRESH, WHOLE, FORTIFIED [PER GAL.]
2002 Average – $2.75
2012 Average-$3.47
Percent Increase: 26%


LOAF OF BREAD, WHITE
2002 Average – $1.01
2012 Average-$1.41
Percent Increase:  39%




SPAGHETTI AND MACARONI [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $0.91
2012 Average-$1.32
Percent Increase: 44%


ORANGE JUICE [PER 16OZ.]
2002 Average – $1.84
2012 Average-$2.69
Percent Increase: 46%


APPLE, RED DELICIOUS [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $0.94
2012 Average-$1.35
Percent Increase: 43%


WINE [PER 1 LITER]
2002 Average – $6.23
2012 Average-$10.03
Percent Increase: 60%


ELECTRICITY [KILOWATT/ HOUR]
2002 Average – $.091
2012 Average-$.130
Percent Increase: 42%


BEEF STEAKS [PER 16 OZ.]
2002 Average – $4.40
2012 Average-$6.22
Percent Increase: 41%


MARGARINE,SOFT, TUBS  [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $o.86
2012 Average-$2.09
Percent Increase: 143%


TOMATOES [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $1.18
2012 Average-$1.44
Percent Increase: 22%




TURKEY, WHOLE [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $1.05
2012 Average-$1.65
Percent Increase: 56%


BACON [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $3.23
2012 Average-$4.52
Percent Increase: 39%















GROUND BEEF [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $2.28
2012 Average-$3.69
Percent Increase: 61%


COOKIES, CHOCOLATE CHIP [PER LB.]
2002 Average – $2.59
2012 Average-$3.61
Percent Increase: 39%

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Ok, enough of that.. onto something *juicy*


Remember how we all thought Osama Bin Laden was dead at the bottom of the sea, feeding the hagfish and sea lice? (sea lice are shrimp and crabs, FYI)

Turns out, he's alive and well, living at 911 Jihad Way, Abottabad, CA 91101! Although his occupation is listed as "deceased terrorist", he's given $ to Obama's campaign.  Evidently all you need to know is a zip code for in the US (Google is most helpful for that I guess), and you too, can gin up all the phony names and addresses you want, and donate money to Team Obama.  AND it will be accepted!

Check out what happened with this guy > http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/10/25/how-the-obama-campaign-is-illegally-accepting-donations-from-foreign-citizens/?singlepage=true