Bookworm's Musings

Mawahhaa! I feel soooo smug!
I just reorganized our chest freezer (which we just got about a month ago) and it's already about half full of various foods. I buy bulk now when it saves me money in the long run, and we just freeze the extra. We bought some wide-mouthed canning jars for freezing liquids (they work beautifully and cost less than plastic containers of the same size), and a vacuum sealer for meats and other solids, which works great. Yesterday, I stocked up on chicken breasts and ground turkey, both of which were on sale, and saved almost 50% of my bill with coupons and sale prices. I took advantage of some great bargains, which would not have been practical without the freezer. But today, oh today! I bought 16 pounds (yes, pounds) of butter for just $1.25 a pound! *Dances with glee!* Into the freezer it goes, and now we no longer have to worry about butter for baking projects, etc. Heehee!
I bought a whiteboard to use to keep track of how much of what is in the freezer, so we don't have to dig around or miss things, which is why I was reorganizing. Just seeing the list of food we have makes me feel all smug and prepared.
Ok. Enough gloating. I'm off to study for my finals.