I’m joining up with my Cousin Bacon for the Shopping Around The World fun today…………………..It’s a fun way to see what stuff costs in other parts of the globe compared to what WE pay here in Warrenton, Virginia!
Here’s what the shopping list was this time around………….and what we paid for each item:
1. SOUP (our favorite is Campbell’s Bean with Bacon)
We love this soup! It is $1.67 per can
2. LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE (we have a fake one but this is what they were going for around here!)
A 5-6 foot Fraser Fir live tree was $24.99
3. COLDS MEDICINE (my Mom and Dad NEVER get sick BUT if they did, this is what they’d take!)
Knocks you out at night so you SLEEP! Cost is $7.99 for 8-ounce bottle
4. HOT DRINK (gotta be hot chocolate………anything chocolate and my Mom is ALL over it!!)
NOMMY!!!!! Only seventy-nine cents a packet!
5. RANDOM ITEM (my favorite random item these days is strawberry yogurt which I take my medicine with!)
YAY FOR YOGURT! Only sixty cents a container!
Wanna see what other friends pay for these same shopping items? Check out Bacon’s blog and see!!!!! Thanks for hosting such a FUN event!
HAPPY SHOPPING
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE!
SAMMY
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This is fascinating Sammy. Your prices over in the USA are so different to ours in the UK. Maybe we could do a comparison some day! Hope you are well 🙂
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Hi Miss Jade! Hope your writing is going well and that you’re ready for a pawsome and HUGE 2015! We love this shopping around the world thing too – and we truly get to see what everyone is paying in all kinds of places in the world……New Zealand, everywhere in Europe, “Down Under” – EVERYWHERE! It’s tons of fun.
Happy New Year
Love, Sammy
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You guys come up with the coolest stuff. You got our Mumsy trying to remember if those prices sound like what we pay here even!
Hugs!
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I really love this “blog hop” exercise in sharing prices – it’s so fun to see what others pay and what products they have available in exotic places too!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Those prices are quite similar to ours. The shopping around the world posts are so much fun! 😀 xx Roxy & Tigerlino ❤
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I agree about the shopping posts being fun…….some places seem to be WAY WAY more expensive but few are cheaper…..most are in the same neighborhood (haha) as ours!!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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That is a fun blogging event!
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It sure is…..it’s always interesting to see what other people are paying for the same stuff ’round the world!
Love, Sammy
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All those prices are about the same here too in Massachusetts.
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It’s funny how sometimes it’s “regional” how the costs are so different…………!! East Coast vs. West Coast or even down south!
Hugs, Sammy
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Awesome cousin. Thank you so very much for participating this month. It is the coolest thing to see what other peeps are paying around the world. AND you also get some great and wonderful ideas of things to look for in the market. Like for instance – cough oink – dad wants to try your soup. Rolls piggy eyes – he is so after me oink sometimes – snorts and rolls around laughing. XOXO – Bacon
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HAHAHA……I thought you’d love the fact that my Mom and Dad LOVE bean with BACON soup. It’s very tasty – and I thought it might catch your eye when I chose it to use for the shopping blog (tee heeeeeeee!).
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Snorts! It did get daddy’s attention which also got my attention when he started looking at me with that glazed look he gets in his eyes sometimes – double snorts. XOXO – Bacon
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Well just make sure your Mom gets him some of that soup – it will take away the glazed look and you’ll be SAFE……..know what I mean????
Hugs, Sammy
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Amen cousin! I know exactly what you mean. I’ve already put it on mom’s grocery shopping list. Thank goodness I have access to that on our mutual list 🙂 Daddy already looks at my butt and feels me up wondering how many biscuits I would make. Snorts – it’s all in good fun I know. Perhaps I should grab his butt and do the same thing? Snorts and rolls with laughter. XOXO – Bacon
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Good idea but make sure and run REAL FAST after you grab his buns…..know what I mean?????
Tee Hee
Hugs, Sammy
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Snorts. Thanks for the tip – will do cousin! XOXO – Bacon
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CH loves that bean with BACON soup!
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David ADORES it……….so do I ! It smells great too when it’s heating up!
Hugs, Pam
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It’s always interesting to see what others are paying for these items! We don’t know what the prices on those things are here though. Mom never remembers the price she pays for anything. Except she does remember that our live Christmas tree this year was $29.99! It was about 6+ feet tall.
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Mom doesn’t remember either – we just went to our grocery store’s web page and looked stuff up…..hahaha…..your Christmas tree prices were close to ours though!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Have a wonderful and happy new year!
Noodle and crew
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You too Noodle!!!! Here’s to a SUPER 2015!
Love, Sammy
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We have a fake tree too, but I remember being a child and going out to get a real tree each year, it was wonderful!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
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Yes and they just smelled so DIVINE!!
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Those prices are sweet….the chocolate drink sounds good.
Shoko
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It’s BEYOND good………trust me!
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MMMMMM strawberry yoogurt Unncle Sammy 😉
Me tried raspberry an pommygranite yoogurt today an it wass SO-O good!!!!
Luv Siddhartha ❤ ❤
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SAMMY OMCs Mom’s eyes glazed over at the Land-o-lakes chocolate drink. Is that available in your grocery store and if so, in what store?
hugs madi…mom is licking her lips
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Hi Madi! They have TONS of different flavors too – it’s a Harris Teeter grocery store but we’ve also seen them at Giant Food! GOOD LUCK finding it – it’s a terrific mix (so says Mom!).
Huggies and Happy New Year!
Sammy
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wow hot chocolate is a great idea! the best what you can do for your belly and your soul in winter! and together with a good book and a purring Sammy on the lap it is like living in paradise, right?
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Hot chocolate in front of the fireplace with a fleece blankie and my Mom’s warm lap – HEAVENLY!!!!!!! Hope everyone in your house is waking up feeling better today for the first day of the new year my friend!
Love, Sammy
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I just posted mine on Bacon’s blog. Happy New Year Sammy.
Soup -$1 for cheap store brand and about $2 for the good ones like Chunky
Christmas Trees – I think they start around $50 and go up to $100 or more. We went with a fake one.
Cold Medicine- No idea but; I think they are close to yours and Bacon’s prices.
Hot Drink – Only drink coffee so anywhere from $1 to $2.50 a cup.
Random Item of your choice -Brown and serve store brand rolls $1.29 Sara Lee brand around $2.99
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Hi there!!! Isn’t this blog idea great? I think it is – it’s fun to see how we all compare with each other on prices and interesting how DIFFERENT some things are and how THE SAME others are!!! We have a fake tree too – Mom and Dad bought it three years ago and it’s pre-lit and less work for them so I’m all for it……….as long as there’s room under it for me and the train I’m good!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hugs, Sammy
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Nellie
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Nellie, nobody can sing like you do!!! Happy New Year to you too beautiful girl………….here’s to a great year of good health and fun!
Love, Sammy
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Holy cannoli! Soup here is $1.99 in ShopRite and $2.09 in Pathmark. The peeps stopped eating it as much because of the sodium content. They did load up on Progresso Low Fat Lentil soup when it was on sale for $1.29. Our tree cost over $36 for under 7 ft. Pop used to buy Nestle’s hot chocolate when it was on sale for $.99 and they only buy Yoplait when it’s 2/$1 although TW likes Greek yogurt. She loves the Yoplait Whips. They’re very frugal.
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Hi CK! Did someone say cannoli (my Mom loves it). Isn’t it wild how different prices are across the globe? I think it is…..you’re right about soup and salt – Campbells has some low sodium/”healthy” soups now which helps but my Mom mostly makes soups around here – she can’t, however, duplicate Dad’s favorite “Bean With Bacon” !!! You sure did pay a bundle for your tree…I think it depends on how available they are in different places maybe. The yogurt has been a real lifesaver for me since I love it and Mom mixes my thyroid meds in it and I just lap it up like mad – otherwise that stuff is stinky and icky and I won’t touch it without the yogurt!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hugs, Sammy
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Yummy 60 cents for yoghurt ! That’s unheard of down under unless your milk has been left in the sun for all year 🙂
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There are other brands that are a lot more expensive and a FEW that are cheaper but Yoplait is my FAVE!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Wow Sammy, thgose awe sum purretty gweat purrices comparatively. Mommy likes hot chocolate too. 🙂 But weez never seen dat bwand.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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It’s the same peeps who make the butter we use…..”Land O Lakes”….guess they do a little of this AND that!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Yep we hav their butter and a foo udder purroducts of theirs in ow stores, just not chocolates. Ow biggy here is Swiss Miss.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Swiss Miss is nommy too!!!!!!!!
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Yep, dat’s what mommy dwinks. 🙂 Least when she’s not dwinkin’ coffee. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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oh noes! We hadta buy some of that NyQuil stuffs the other day for our DAD! He gotted the FLU even tho he had the flu SHOT! Hrmpf. We asked the mom how much it costed but she was worthless (MOL!)
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Know what? When my Mom worked in a hospital for a bazillion years, they always gave everyone a free flu shot – she ALWAYS GOT THE FLU……when she left the hospital job she stopped with flu shots and hasn’t had it since. Go figure…….anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR guys – here’s to a really grand year for the three of you and your peeps!!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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