Coffee

I have none. It's early in the morning and I have no coffee. Do I leave the kids at home and run out to a drive through coffee place to buy beans? Going into a store is out of the question as I am not dressed for that. Drive through places though don't sit well with my budget. However I am having company this week and as a good hostess I should buy a better lot of coffee for my bed and breakfast guests than the "spotlight" Kroger brand we had last time.

Have you noticed the price of coffee per 12 oz (not even a pound anymore!). If I could make it to DeKalb Farmer's Market, they have great coffee prices but I need coffee NOW.

Back in March my family decided to join the Dave Ramsey Nation and take his Financial Peace University. It was fabulous. Now at the end of this month we will have paid off 2 continuing debts. However I have become acutely aware of how the stores vary their prices. For coffee, surprisingly Target is the best place to go for "Eight O'clock" coffee. Here it runs about $3.54 a bag of beans. Whereas the grocery stores are atleast a dollar over that. Now when I get those $1 coupons and it's on sale at Target, I am getting such a great deal! Target has good prices on NameBrand cereal. We don't have a full blown grocery store Target so I can't do the major shopping there.

You would think Walmart would have the best prices, but from what I've seen, it doesn't. It has the same or more. And for the antiWalmart person that I am, that is terrific. I used to go to Sam's for milk but even now they don't compete at $2.59 a gallon with anyone!

I have found Aldi to be a great help forbananas and some fruit and some cheese. But the other prices are comparable (and a bit more) to the main stores namebrand items. I am wary of buying eggs and milk there because of the whole added hormone thing. I occasionally buy canned tomato products for spaghetti there.

But back to the coffee. I guess I should splurge and go get Starbucks beans. Especially as time is not standing still and the morning is waning and I have guests coming.

JJ