The Great Outdoors
by Larry Whiteley
WHAT A GREAT IDEA
I went grocery shopping with my wife the other day and was shocked. Usually, I don’t pay much attention to what she spends on groceries. I always figured since it was just the two of us it couldn’t cost too much. The grocery cart was not anywhere near full and it was almost $200. It would have been more, but many things she was needing the shelves were empty.
We would have also spent more if I had been willing to pay $14 for a small bottle of pancake syrup that used to cost $8 or, a box of granola bars I always take hunting and fishing with me that she used to buy for $7 and now cost $12. That’s only a few examples.
On the way home I was cranky because of our grocery shopping experience. She just rolled her eyes as I went on about Washington politicians, government waste, price gouging, disruptions in the global supply chain, rising fuel and energy prices, and a few other things I said about certain politicians that aren’t printable. I don’t know how some families make it. I don’t know how my wife made it listening to me go on about everything all the way home. I think she was glad we didn’t have to stop and get gas because that would have really set me off.
Since there weren’t that many groceries it didn’t take long for me to bring them into the house for her. I offered to help put them up but she declined my help and told me to go cool down. Well, that’s not exactly what she said but what she did say is not printable either. I have a feeling she won’t want me to go grocery shopping with her again. That is probably a good thing.
I went to my man cave and she was glad I did. I was glad I did too. It was here surrounded by my deer, ducks, turkey, and fish mounts that a great idea came to me. To save a whole lot of money I needed to go fishing and hunting more. That way I would bring home more fish and game to put in our freezer to help offset the cost of groceries.
My kind of grocery shopping would be done in the great outdoors rather than in a building surrounded by crowds of people pushing carts around and spending too much money.
My wife does love to eat fish so she will like that part of my shopping. If I can catch my limit of several fish species every day while outdoors shopping, can you imagine how many fish I would have in the freezer?
Then there is all my deer, turkey, and duck hunting. This is beginning to sound better and better. Now all I need to do is convince my wife how much money I can save us with my kind of grocery shopping. Wish me luck with my great idea.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles.”
– Doug Larson
