#28 Chairs, coffee and such

Today I rewebbed a lawn chair. The webbing was ripped but the frame was fine. I have heard lots of jokes about how people say they will fix the chairs but never do. I really do and it is not hard.

One of our favorite coffee shops is going out of business. They are selling out everything at 50% off, so I bought some more coffee. Half price is good. If you bring your own mug for coffee, they give a discount. Normally coffee costs $1.60 but with your own mug, it costs $1.06 for a "bottomless" cup. Wish I had known that one sooner.

Tonight we ate a meal that cost less than $3 total. I bought a package of 6 bratwursts on sale for $1 a while back. We ate half of them and half will go into future meals. I cooked a pound of potatoes which cost me 25 cents. We ate leftover beans, half the can. The entire can cost 39 cents so that portion was about 20 cents. I had a dollar jar of applesauce and we ate less than half of it so there will be some for a future meal. Bread was $1 a loaf and has about 20 slices, so that is about a nickle a slice. Condiments were pennies. The cost of the meal for both of us was $1.60 total.

Last night we had nachos. I used 1/4 lb of hamburger, precooked. The hamburger cost about $2 a pound so that was 50 cents worth. We had corn chips, on sale $1 a bag and used half the bag. We used half a can of pinto beans (this was new for us but really good!) which was 20 cents worth. Cheese was a bit more expensive. I got it on sale for about $3 a pound and we used about 4 ounces, that's about 75 cents. Condiments like Miracle Whip (2 oz out of a 32 oz, 99 cent jar is about 6 cents) and hot sauce (Crystals $1.29 a bottle and we used about 1/12 of it or 10 cents worth maybe). The whole meal came to slightly more than $2.

I have been buying the ripe bananas for 19 cents a pound instead of 69 cents a pound and they make a good dessert or snack.