tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018163.post-45755813620535206462008-07-21T23:27:00.004-04:002008-07-26T15:04:05.419-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;">First my local <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.samsclub.com/">Sam's Club</a> gets me hooked on <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.jelly.com/products/sauce.htm#origrasp">Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce</a> by <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.frankmurphy.com/2008/04/junior-samples.html">offering free samples of it</a> with cream cheese on a cracker. Then <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.frankmurphy.com/2008/07/wherehouse-store.html">they run out of it</a> and don't restock. Same with my bottled water. Now they have replaced <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.frankmurphy.com/2007/07/four-course-meal.html">the salad I eat every day</a> with a more expensive gourmet version.<br /><br />Because of all this, I have a confession to make. I cheated on my regular Sam's with the Sam's Club on the other side of town. We were over that way on Friday to see an <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.frankmurphy.com/2008/07/bjrn-again.html">ABBA</a>/<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.frankmurphy.com/2008/07/rough-riders.html">Batman</a> double feature at the theatre inside <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=195">Knoxville Center Mall</a>. It didn't take long to discover that the other Sam's also carries <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.taylorfarms.com/">Taylor Farms</a> Garden Gourmet Salad (now with green leaf lettuce and radicchio) instead of the more affordable stuff I had hoped for. Things got better fast when I found plenty of Raspberry Chipotle Sauce and <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.deerparkwater.com/Products/OneLiter.aspx">Deer Park one liter bottles</a>. I put three bottles of one and two cases of the other in my cart. The different Sam's had done well by me.<br /><br />No sooner had I gotten home from stocking up on my current favorite condiment when an email arrived from <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.jelly.com/">Fischer &amp; Weiser</a>. They are offering one free bottle of their newest flavor, <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.jelly.com/products/sauce.htm#blackchip">Roasted Blackberry Chipotle Sauce</a>, with any online purchase until July 31. Maybe I can make a little more room in the pantry.</span>Frank Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02959906296311010702noreply@blogger.com