OK--10 days ago paid $.799 per gal for 30 gallons. One of the tanks (same) on the truck had gasoline in it, so I took along two gas cans in order to "max out" at 30 gallons.
In the subsequent 10 days, we have amassed 918 points. That is good for $.90 off a gallon (30 gal max). Here's the thing, though. As Cheesey alluded to, this is not without some cost in the whole "stocking up" and brand/product selection arena. I have not had a "real" coke in over a month.
My running joke had always been along the lines of, "The corn don't know", as in non-brand-name corn doesn't know it's non brand name, and we have actually had that discussion here about what is allowed/authorized/tolerated regarding house brand products. The thing is, this shit is getting out of hand here at the dfosterf household...and I'm the guy that is always trying to sneak the non-brand name past the wife, not vice-versa, which is apparently not how many/most households roll based on our previous discussions on these weighty matters.
Not why I bumped this thread. None of the above.
I am drawing a line in the GD sand.
I knew I had trouble when I looked around about an hour ago and saw the car was gone, so I called her cell phone....No answer. Just like some of you have opined that they would allow some "leeway" in the faithful department regarding your girlfriend and Greg Jennings...given the alternatives I would have preferred she was out galavanting to what I knew she was doing- grocery shopping. I grocery shopped friggin' Friday, so I knew she was up to no good there, and I was correct in my suspicions.
Back to the line in the sand statement. So she rolls in with a warehouse (slight exaggeration) of those GD house-brand sodas (I am getting up at 4 am from now on and removing the GD grocery store insert)--OK, OK, the line in the sand thing.
She walks back in our office and says, "I need help unloading the groceries and you like hummus, right?"
Hummus. As in Athenos brand Artichoke and Garlic with wholesome chickpeas, pure olive oil, and artichokes.
That is it. I am taking a stand, RFN. Just like I would not allow my daughters, much less my sons, to play soccer, (not that there is anything wrong with that, if you catch the drift) this WILL NOT turn into some hummus-eating household, and I don't care if Giant offers to park a GD tanker in my driveway and fill my cars up for free until hell freezes over....we will not be eating any GD hummus in the friggin' Dfosterf house, and that is friggin' that.
Hummus. WTF is hummus, anyway...I think it is some yogurt mixed with sand or something...friggin' hummus, for christ saks. :thumbleft:
Edit-- My wife apparently thinks we are going to go down the effeminate vortex slide straight into Subaru ownership with a "save the whales" and a panda sticker on the back, complete with a GD kayak and a bicycle on the friggin' roof rack.
Not on this Marine's watch.