Cool and clear, warming later. It was actually a pretty nice day in Houston yesterday. Warmed up a bit, wind gentled, and the sun stayed out. Nice sunset too. It would be great to have another day like that. <\/p>\n
I spent the nice day driving to my pickups, after doing my morning home stuff. Then picked up the kid and hit the HEB. Prime sirloin was on sale again, $5.99\/pound. No limit so I bought it all but one tray. <\/p>\n
They had cream in stock again, which was nice. Seafood counter looked sad, run down, and unappealing. Saved about 15% off my ticket with in store coupons and the meat discounts. That’s a bit better than my usual 10-12%. <\/p>\n
I did notice they are slicing the sirloin thinner than they used to. 1\/2 inch vs 3\/4 inch. Still paying by weight, but it gets the price per tray for two steaks down a bit. At $6 I don’t care much, they are usually $20\/pound though and taking a third off the plate reduces the sell price a lot.<\/p>\n
My average ticket total is still up significantly from before the chinkyflu\/biddenomics.<\/p>\n
Gas is $2.49\/gal so that’s better. Diesel still about a dollar more.<\/p>\n
It’s not getting better overall though. <\/p>\n
Do what you can. Learn. Build. Stack.
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Cool and clear, warming later. It was actually a pretty nice day in Houston yesterday. Warmed up a bit, wind gentled, and the sun stayed out. Nice sunset too. It would be great to have another day like that. <\/p>\n
I spent the nice day driving to my pickups, after doing my morning home stuff. Then picked up the kid and hit the HEB. Prime sirloin was on sale again, $5.99\/pound. No limit so I bought it all but one tray.<\/p>\n