Monday, May 24, 2010

Barge equals Large

You may have noticed my considerable absence of late. I've been snowed under bubble wrap, boxes and now...barge orders. Right now there is a race to get in the barge order. If you order by May 25 (that's tomorrow), you qualify for back orders via parcel post). I'm pretty sure that's desirable so I'm trying to put this together. Under any circumstances this is a daunting task. For instance do I get the six 7lb. bags of pancake mix, or the twelve 3.5lb. bags? Who orders that much pancake mix, and when they do, where in the Sam Hill do they put it? (Maybe on Sam's Hill) The task is harder right now because I'm trying to get input from Husband who is still in Juneau. Remember, he is cleaning out and packing up that house (not to mention finishing all of those remodeling projects that had been put on the back burner--they are now flaming on!).

I find the catalog extremely interesting. Notice the ad for sugar. You can get a 25lb. bag of sugar for $15.99 that appears to weigh 26lbs! Such a deal! More to the point, just how many cookies would I have to bake to make a dent in that bag?! I don't think I've ever even seen a 25lb. bag of sugar (certainly not in any house I've lived in).

Of course the front page of the catalog has the world famous staple of all time, made famous by good ol' Monty Python. Who can even look at this picture without breaking into a hearty rendition of "spam, spam, spam, spam, spam spam spam, spametty spam!" Just think, twenty lbs. of spam for only $71.99. Seriously, I didn't order any.

There are some bonuses, too. For every dollar you spend you get one Alaska Airlines mile. Let's see, on the first pass I managed to rack up $2,000.00 worth of items. Considering it cost me $27 to mail a 12.5 lb box to Barrow, I'm thinking this is not such a bad deal. And I thank heaven for my credit card!

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