home made pb&j v. smuckers uncrustables

like @smalps pointed out today smuckers uncrustables are quite delicious and convenient. i enjoy them myself very much so. but what is the relative cost of one of these treats compared to a good ol diy pb&j? i whipped up some numbers based off prices found at peapod.com which dont include tax since i live in MA and there is no tax on food at a grocery store. a 4 pack of grape uncrustables is $2.99. so your paying 74.75 cents per uncrustable. on the diy side making a pb&j with 1.5 tablespoons each of peanut butter and jelly and two pieces of bread works out like so: a large 28oz jar of skippy peanut butter (creamy or crunchy) is $3.79 or 10.14 cents for 1.5T. I do like smuckers jelly as well and 32oz will cost you $2.39 or 5.55 cents for a tablespoon and a half. my preferred bread of choice is JJ Nissen Canadian White, ehh, and at $3.59 per loaf two slices of that will cost you 35.9 cents. all this totals up to 51.59 cents for a delicious homemade pb&j, saving you 23.16 cents. factor in that you may use less peanut butter and jelly or you can use store brand products and i wouldnt doubt you could get the cost of this pb&j down to half the cost of an uncrustable while still tasting delicious. @twitpetebow

Yessssssssssssss

Went on some errands to Cleveland cirlce and I found a nockel on the way home. 5 cents yessssssss!!!

tupence

someone at my office must have won the mega millions or something cause when i was taking a bunch of trash to the dumpster i found one penny and a bit later on another penny. someone is literally trying to throw away money. wish it was me, unfortunately i am forced to try and incercept as many pennies as i can at said dumpster. so basically im the financial randy moss of the cahill building in beautiful south boston. that was wednesday and yesterday i found two more pennys in topsfield outside the pizza place i got lunch at. not a bad week if i do say so myself! not bad at all

gold mine

first i was walking back to work from the amsterdam cafe in the rain and spotted one shiny nickel on the ground, bent over to pick it up and spotted another! then later one i went to meet up with adam to head home and as we were going into copley station i saw a penny and then right before i went through the ticket booth thingy i saw a quarter on the ground. so yeah today was a huge day. 36 cents suckas.

finally

ive been in a dry spell for a while. i dont know if im not looking or not noticing or it just hasnt been there but its been a long while since i found any money. but yesterday i broke the spell with two shiny pennies, each on seperate occasions.

ughhhh

so far its been lame the last week or so. i found a penny yesterday on a "pointless" walk with caitlin. in dunkin donuts a slightly crazy guy had dropped 2 dimes on the floor i was hoping to pocket but he picked them up while i was attending to a near fatal emergency in the little boys room.