Mom got a very important letter in the mail yesterday. Was it more real-life spam mail for cheap insurance or something? Nope! It was a letter from one of Mom’s clients saying that they were pleased with the work she did on their site and that a payment had been deposited in hers account. She checked, and sure enough, there it was so.

Mom decided it was enough to pay a bill and get some groceries, so Mom went shopping. Finally!! We were on rations the last two days, Mom was very strict on how much food and treats we could eat to make sure the foods lasted. Me and Isis were a little worried ’cause the canned cat food was gone and the dry food was almost gone too. We were afraid we’d have to eat Shizuku’s doggy food BUT we gots food now! Mom ended up going to two different stores to take advantage of sales and get the most she could. Oddly enough, both Wal-Marts were out of our normal food so Mom had to get us some dry food from the dollar store to tide us over for the next couple of days, then she’ll go back and get our usual. Of course, Shizuku’s food was in stock so Mom picked up some more for him while she can. Hmph!

But here’s what was funny, at both the Dollar General (a store humans can get things for real cheap) and Wal-Mart (the usual place Mom does the shoppings) the cashiers told her the same thing – You’re cats are eating better then you are!

Here’s what Mom got at WalMart. You can’t see it, but in the plastic bag at the back there are, like, two dozen cans of canned cat food. It’s Fancy Feast and Special Kitty because one was on sale and the other pretty cheap and they’re brands me and Isis like a lot. Teh three stacked boxes are full of Spicy Beef cup ramen and the bag with two boxes in it has more ramen, two boxes with those bags of ramen you cook on the stove. The ramen is really, really cheap at Wal-Mart. Mom says those boxes of ramen, the ones in the plastic bag, have 12 bags of ramen in ‘em and they’re $1.82 each. That’s less than two dollars for twelve meals. That’s how Mom reasons it. The cup ramen is $0.28 each, but she only really likes the spicy beef flavor so when they have it in stock she stocks up on it. I think she took all of the spicy beef the store had. Greedy Mom.

At the Dollar General Mom bought some dry food that me and Isis like and will eat to tide us over till Mom has a chance to check back at Wal-Mart to see if they have our food in. They actually had the food we eat in a small bag, but the small bag was too pricey for Mom to buy when she knows we’ll go through it real fast. She buy’s our food in teh Big Bag which goes into a storage tin to keep me and Isis from getting to it. And buggies too. But mostly me and Isis.

The Friskies cans are for Mr. Stray btw, not us. So technically we’re not eating that. Of course, the cashier at the store didn’t know that though. Mom said she decided to splurge a little and picked up some frozen stuffs for her. Mom’s been pretty much sticking to stuff that don’t spoil (like grains, and beans, and can food) for her, so I’m glad she decided to spoil herself.

Whatcha think? Are we eating better then Mom like the cashiers said? I don’t really think so ’cause Mom has cut back on our treats to make ‘em last, and she’s just kinda cut out the stuff that don’t last from her diet. So I thinks we’re about even. Isis felt bad though hearing that. She’s the one who went shopping with Mom. Isis really doesn’t like being left alone anymore for some reason and so she kinda invited herself by jumping in Mom’s car again. Mom of course just let her go with her ’cause she was just going shopping and no where else, and Wal-Mart really doesn’t care when we bring our humans.