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Paying the Bills and Organic Valley Milk Jug Jiggery-Pokery

February 26th, 2013 at 01:19 am

I created the March budget today and then set about "paying" the bills for the first week of March, which basically just involved me duducting all of the autopays that will come out of the checking account next week and actually writing out and mailing one check.

So bills that "went out" today are:

$153.00 Storage
__41.16 ADT security Old House
__46.63 Old House Insurance
__59.89 Car Insurance
__32.70 Life Insurance Me
__39.53 Life Insurance DH
__30.35 Electric Old House
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$403.26 Total out

I hate looking at that monthly storage bill, but what else are we going to do? Living in a space that is 1000 square feet, but having stuff for 1600 square feet does cause an imbalance. Hopefully the house will sell this summer (assuming the workmen ever get done) and we can buy something and move from here and not be paying storage fees anymore.

I will write Mom a check on the first for utilities, $300. I will have $90 go out on Friday for physical therapy. And I will pay out $25 on Friday to the kids for their allowances. Otherwise there will be no expenses due until I pay the mortgage on the 8th.

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I should not have to go to the grocery store before than, either. DH picked up milk today and I'm not drinking it so it will last longer. I was very displeased to see that Organic Valley milk is no longer coming in a full gallon size, at least at the Haggen by our house. It is 96 ounces instead of 128 ounces for 5.29 (was $5.99 for a gallon).

Why the heck would anyone want to purchase a jug with only 3 quarts in it? Half gallon or gallon for choices is much better. Honestly, I think they are trying to get away with selling less milk, but hoping people won't notice there is an entire quart missing from the jug. They've made the jug more square shaped, and redesigned the lid and the label, so I think they are hoping to pass it off as a full gallon jug for a while. I bet the price will go back up to $5.99 a jug in about a month or so, too.

It's like the switch from 16 ounce cans of fruits and veggies to 15 ounce, or when they made the big box of cereal narrower but retained the height and lowered the ounce size, hoping no one would notice. This kind of packaging jiggery-pokery does not fly with me.

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I added $1 to the coin jar today.

Posted in Paying the Bills, Grocery Shopping, Is Budget a Four Letter Word?, Emergency Fund/Coin Jar | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Paying the Bills and Organic Valley Milk Jug Jiggery-Pokery”

  1. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 02:24 am 1361845482
    1361845482

    I agree, the de-sizing of products with no price change is very annoying.

  2. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 04:49 am 1361854147
    1361854147

    Oh! I haven't seen the 3-qt milk yet.

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 06:44 am 1361861047
    1361861047

    Joan, they pulled all OV products from the shelves for a week and then reintroduced them with this thing front and center. I suspect if you see the products disappear like that they are about to do a switcheroo.

  4. CB in the City Says:
    February 26th, 2013 at 02:45 pm 1361889904
    1361889904

    I think manufacturers hate to raise a price beyond a certain point and will trim the size down in order to "maintain" the price. People who look at unit price are not fooled, but let's face it, most people don't.

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