I couldn't beat that at my most craftiest of shopping trips. Chicken here alone for one that size would easily be six to eight bucks, unless they are on some super sale which happens a couple times a year you could get a skimpy looking chicken for three to four bucks.....probably why they are on sale...lol. A couple of bread rolls cost about .39 each, a donut .75, 4 beers 4.00, a bag of chips 1.19 (at the cheapest place), a liter of Milk 1.00 (actually cheaper to buy 1/2 gallon 1.50 or a gallon 2.69), parsley bunch about 2.00 and a bottle of wine not really sure about but some good asti probably run about 10 to 15 depending on where you buy it.

I bought a 14 pound turkey the other day for under five bucks but that only happens around Thanksgiving. I don't need a large turkey as my sons and I have a turkey cook off contest each year so there's plenty as they plan on buying the biggest...whereas after it's all said and done for, with that much turkey leftover I don't need a twenty some pound turkey leftovers for just me. Though I can make lots of casseroles out of that but I'd rather buy three smaller one's and stock them in the freezer at that reduced rate.

In all though I am planning (though I wasn't planning, lol) on feeding sixteen people Thursdays at around a cost of forty five bucks. My kid said "hey I invited so and so and their kids"...a couple days later he also invited such and such and their kids....to which I replied "you know you guys just got that big dinning room table we should hold it over here" (wink, wink) and it worked. lol. For that money I bought my turkey, 10 pds of potatoes, 2 boxes of stuffing, 3-10 ct. packages of green onions, 3 8oz cream cheese, ham for green onion wraps, pickles, carrots, celery, olives, dip, cheese ball, a tray of crackers, cheese, pepperoni and salami, confectioners sugar, a bag of sugar, a bag of flour, two deep dish pie crust, pumpkin, two cans evaporated milk, to make pumpkin bread, pies and pumpkin cream cheese rolls, 2 dozen eggs for deviled eggs, 1 can fried onions, 2 cans of mushroom soup and 2 cans green beans for green bean casserole, 3 tubes of crescent rolls, a bag of chips for the kids with a container of dip, and a large container of Hawaiian punch for them....I'll be glad the mess will be over there and I won't be looking forward to sixteen sets of washing dishes, pots and pans. I picked up some things early, snatched them dirt cheap on pre holiday sales, most of the rest I bought at a place called Aldi's here. They are cheap compared to other stores as they don't have the over head of other places. You use their empty boxes to box your own stuff or you can buy bags, you pay a quarter to unlock a shopping cart then get it back when you return the cart back. They do a simple advertising flyer and their products are quality stuff comparable to name brands.

My kids are always amazed at the amount of stuff I can come home with for little of nothing but not amazed enough to want to go shopping with me...lol, even though it's save them a ton of money. They'd rather throw their money out the window for convenience. My one grandson always wonders why everything I buy has to be on sale. One day when he was with me shopping I let him ring up the stuff as he watched the digital coupons take money off, then the store specials they have where they reduce the price of five items (they give you a choice, mix or match any five items)...so if they want Oreo's for cookies but they are not in the five for five then they have to pick a different one...those types of why do we have to questions...and when he got done ringing up the stuff he got the receipt and I saved eighteen dollars. I told him...now I have eighteen dollars to spend on something else, see how that works and he was quite impressed.