An amusing purchase....

[Chocolate Lover]

I was at Walmart yesterday behind this old couple who purchased 5 bottles of cheap champagne and a couple dozen cans of cat food. No one told me I'd still be able to afford booze with the cat food in retirement! 

[ken a.k.a OMK]

I'd like to see the recipe for that meal.

[cronewitch]

Did they forget the crackers?

I assume they are entertaining with the champagne so need crackers to serve the cat food pate on. Everything is better if it sits on a Ritz.

[toomuchreality]

Wait! You can buy champagne at Walmart??!
Where I live, they even took the wine coolers out of the grocery stores!

[alabamagal]

Walmart sells cheap wine here, and also cheap catfood. Maybe it was just 2 separate purchases.

One time I saw a couple (in their 60s?) at Walmart. They had about 50 Lean Cuisines and 20 bottles of cheap wine.  Seems kind of counterproductive because wine has plenty of calories.

[bookkeeper]

I was at the Walgreens the other day and rolled by the liquor aisle. They had a favorite wine of mine marked down to $2.50 a bottle on clearance. I put 6 bottles in my cart. As I rolled up to the checkout, my pastor was there. I laughed and told him I didn't take them all, I left one for someone else.

Busted by the preacher again, dang.

[Sam_2.0]

Mar 19, 2014 8:40:14 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Walmart sells cheap wine here, and also cheap catfood. Maybe it was just 2 separate purchases.

One time I saw a couple (in their 60s?) at Walmart. They had about 50 Lean Cuisines and 20 bottles of cheap wine.  Seems kind of counterproductive because wine has plenty of calories.

For someone drinking that much cheap wine, I am surprised they didn't go for the boxes. Easier to carry, hold more, and recyclable at the end (no glass recycling here).

I rarely shop at Walmart, and when I do it's only for a couple specific items that I can't get elsewhere. I often wonder if someone is going to comment on my random purchases.

[swamp]

Mar 19, 2014 9:42:22 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

Mar 19, 2014 8:40:14 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Walmart sells cheap wine here, and also cheap catfood. Maybe it was just 2 separate purchases.

One time I saw a couple (in their 60s?) at Walmart. They had about 50 Lean Cuisines and 20 bottles of cheap wine.  Seems kind of counterproductive because wine has plenty of calories.

For someone drinking that much cheap wine, I am surprised they didn't go for the boxes. Easier to carry, hold more, and recyclable at the end (no glass recycling here).

I rarely shop at Walmart, and when I do it's only for a couple specific items that I can't get elsewhere. I often wonder if someone is going to comment on my random purchases.

And if you fall down, you don't break your box of wine.

[Sam_2.0]

It is a bit harder to carry around with you, though

[wvugurl26]

Mar 19, 2014 9:47:46 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

It is a bit harder to carry around with you, though

It's not that hard. My aunt and I remove the bags from the boxes all the time and throw them in a cooler for easy transport. Then you have a nice chilled bag ready for the pool, beach, concert, etc.

[Sam_2.0]

I saw an instructibles on reusing those bags for other drinks or making a large icepack for your cooler (with water you can drink after it melts). Seems easy enough to do. Those bags are pretty thick plastic.

[Deleted]

We used the empty ones as throw pillows back in college. 

[alabamagal]

The regular size bottles are $2.99 at Walmart here (I use for cooking ) I don't know how much cheaper the boxes are.

[Bob Ross]

Mar 18, 2014 16:03:19 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

5 bottles of cheap champagne and a couple dozen cans of cat food.

Add some porn and a couple of enemas and I'd call that a party. 

[Sam_2.0]

Mar 19, 2014 12:13:45 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

The regular size bottles are $2.99 at Walmart here (I use for cooking ) I don't know how much cheaper the boxes are.

A box is typically 4-5 bottles and costs $10. If you are having a party and making up some Sangria, this is the way to go!

[lexxy703]

Mar 19, 2014 10:04:19 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

We used the empty ones as throw pillows back in college. 

I had a friend who would make his into a pillow so he could pass out comfortably

[tcu2003]

Mar 19, 2014 9:42:22 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

For someone drinking that much cheap wine, I am surprised they didn't go for the boxes. Easier to carry, hold more, and recyclable at the end (no glass recycling here).

One more reason to pick JoCo, Sam - they have glass recycling at your curb with all of you either recyclables. :-p

[wyouser]

Mar 18, 2014 16:45:33 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

I'd like to see the recipe for that meal.

Ummmm....lets down the box of wine first, AND all of the champagne too. I not only don't want to see the recipe, I don't want to even remember the "pate" on the ritz!   Canned chicken innards on a cracker??

[Deleted]

I don't think I'll be drinking with y'all if $2.99 wine is on the menu. Yuck! 

[marvholly]

Chocolate

maybe the couple DOES have cats. I do and buy my cat kibble at WalMart frequently. Never priced out their wine.

[zibazinski]

That's alright. I used to go to a huge group party on siesta key. Memorial weekend. One weekend it was my and another guys turn to bring all the beer. We shopped together and had four carts filled with cases of beer. Of course as we were checking out, we ran into a bunch of our students and their parents who proceeded to make a lot of comments! I thought it was funny but he was pissed to be caught and commented on like that. Thought it damaged his reputation. No way was I going to tell him what his rep really was and alcoholic it wasn't!

[Sam_2.0]

Mar 19, 2014 23:44:36 GMT -5 @lillylake said:

I don't think I'll be drinking with y'all if $2.99 wine is on the menu. Yuck! 

Depends on the $2.99 wine Not all of them taste like spiked kool-aid. Aldi and Trader Joe's have some good options in that range.

[swamp]

Mar 20, 2014 5:47:35 GMT -5 marvholly said:

Chocolate

maybe the couple DOES have cats. I do and buy my cat kibble at WalMart frequently. Never priced out their wine.

They probably do, but it's much more entertaining to giggle at the alternative.

[tloonya]

Mar 18, 2014 16:51:24 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

Did they forget the crackers?

I assume they are entertaining with the champagne so need crackers to serve the cat food pate on. Everything is better if it sits on a Ritz.

Ritz is too expensive! Dollar store have good 2 for $1 crackers. How come you don't know about it?