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61. Russell Stover chocolates

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:27 AM

Dec 2019

My mom loved those things. She always bought bags of pecans at the beauty shop too. She would both consume and hand out the goodies. I don't go to the beauty shop, so no pecans for me.

Russell Stover chocolates are ordinarily $9.99 for a 12-ounce box. Right after Thanksgiving, they go on a two-for-the-price-of-one sale, so that's $4.99 per box. If you dig in your heels, the week before Christmas, they finally drop to $3.99 at Walgreens and Rite Aid. I've learned to wait before stocking up. I bought eight of them last year, IIRC. By now, I know which varieties I like.

I saw some at the CVS on Saturday. The 12-ounce box? It's now 9.4 ounces. That's a hefty price increase.

I thought about getting some eggnog last Saturday at the ALDI. They were all out. It's not cheap -- $3.89 for a half gallon.

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