I never thought I'd be of the age where I'd start worrying about my retirement and money for that. But, it's come and we're worried.

MSN had a great article on retirement. The one thing that stuck in my mind was when they said that if you haven't been worried about the cost of healthcare in this country, now is the time to start worrying. If you haven't started planning for retirement, now is the time to start!
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/RetirementandWills/InvestForRetirement/InvestForRetirementDyn.aspx?cp-documentid=6622249

When did I get so OLD?

Bulk-Item/Warehouse Stores

We had a membership to Sam's Club a couple of years ago. We rarely used it because we live too far from the store. (I hate that we live too far from A LOT of things!) However, this week I renewed my membership and think we did okay.

Granted, I didn't find tomatoes, some fruit, and couldn't fathom buying an almost gallon of cottage cheese, I loved the sales I got. I really scored on a few things:

• 40 slices of lunchmeats (Sargento's) for 8.00 (turkey, ham, roast beef)
• 40 slices of swiss, provolone, and colby cheese for 8.00
• fruit snacks for 6.00 (24 LARGE bags of snacks!)
• chicken for minimal amounts
• a huge beef shoulder used for ropa vieja for 10.00
• shampoos for 5.00 and will last us probably 2-3 months

All in all, I think the membership will pay itself off quite well. I have always wondered why they don't take Visa or American Express, but do take Discover and Mastercard, or debit/cash. I love the concept of bulk items for lunch snacks and non-perishables but things that can go bad quickly may not be ideal for this family.