Best (groceries) for under $5

Dollar stores are amazing. Though not everything is really a dollar (still working on that class-action suit), everything is really cheap as you know. They have more food now, even some frozen food like ice cream and TV dinners.

At the store I went to yesterday, they had clothes for children and plus size women. They have summer stuff like coolers, cups, charcoal, pool toys, everything. I’m not shopping at HEB anymore. And if I need clothes I’m just going to have to gain a lot of weight.

Watch out for the brand names though. At a dollar store in Arlington I found what really looked like Sharpies but they were Shoupies and you could just barely tell. There’s a dollar general right next to work so I’ll try to find the Shoupies tomorrow.

Best (Tasty) Things to do for under $5

The hot dog combo at IKEA is $2.50 for 2 hot dogs, chips and a drink (which means lingonberry drink or you don’t deserve to be in this store.) All of these things are delicious and you get all of them for $2.50. And if you’re hankering for some dessert, they have 2 cinnamon rolls for a dollar.

Some people may like the swedish meatballs and the trout or whatever they have upstairs, but downstairs is for genuine IKEA lovers who just want a hot dog and 5 extra dollars to spend on modern, plastic household items.

The second best part about this store is that it’s in Round Rock, an easy 30 minute drive (without traffic). The nearest store to my hometown is in Frisco and involves Dallas North Tollroad and most likely death and/or fines.

The most fair, accurate cookies ever

Until 2 p.m. today, the Society of Professional Journalists (gotta rep my organization) is selling cookies and turnovers for only 50 cents. I’m pretty sure at 1 p.m. they’ll sell things for a quarter just to get rid of the last cookies. So support journalists with some deliciousness!

World Famous Disappointment

I was driving on Oltorf this morning when I happened upon this sign.

WHAT?!? The world famous Round Rock DONUTS are here in front of me at this very gas station?!? I had to investigate.

I looked really shady trying to take phone pictures of these babies, so the beauty shot came out…well crappy. But the sign above the donuts disappointingly says 79 cents, 4 more cents than I brought in. This may sound OK, but the Little Debbie single donuts were also 79 cents. This is when I started losing faith in the world famous RR donuts. I felt cheated, and I had to buy something else to avoid looking silly (this is my second biggest fear, right behind getting booted.)

So I bought Austin’s world famous Spinwheels for 50 cents. Maybe our cats will like them.