Apr 13, 2009

The Daily Poverty Post.

You are looking at the entire reason Bossy renews her membership to the place where glamour never ends, BJs Wholesale Club.

Bossy is an olive fanatic, not unlike Goldie Hawn, whose own olive craving peaked during her first pregnancy, causing Goldie to name her baby Oliver. Bossy gets it.

Unfortunately Bossy’s taste in olives is rather refined, and for that you can blame a store in this open-air market.

But as soon as you get talking about scooping olives out of a big vat into a little plastic to-go container, you are talking about some coin, which as we all know Bossy doesn’t have.

Then Bossy discovered this 54 ounce container of Italian Olive Medley loveliness at BJs for $8.99. And Bossy understands $8.99 isn’t free, but this jar lasts forever, even in Bossy’s house — where forever equals through a weekend during a British invasion.

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14 comments

1. 1
   on April 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
   Lizzy said:

   I’m all about the bulk, both in my waistline and my purchasing habits.


2. 2
   on April 13th, 2009 at 10:51 am
   zelzee said:

   or forever could equal a weekend of martinis…….


3. 3
   on April 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am
   cartoongoddess said:

   Wegmans olive bar. Not terribly expensive, but very dangerous. Seriously addictive. All kinds.


4. 4
   on April 13th, 2009 at 11:23 am
   Little Miss Sunshine State said:

   Do I spy Bossy’s feet reflected in the glass of the 637 oz jar of olives?


5. 5
   on April 13th, 2009 at 11:44 am
   corrie said:

   I renew my BJs membership for the pimento stuffed spanish olives…. then I eat them with gobs and gobs of roasted red pepper hummus. Mmmmm……


6. 6
   on April 13th, 2009 at 11:44 am
   vuboq said:

   I am sensing some sort of olive-theme with BOSSY’s posts today! And I am All About That! Olives! Yum! Martini Time, anyone?


7. 7
   on April 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
   Formerly Unemployed Susan said:

   I make olive tapenade that gets eaten up evey time I serve it.
   70% olives, a variety
   20% sundried tomatoes, in oil
   10% garlic
   Everything into the food processor.


8. 8
   on April 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
   foolery said:

   Bossy passed right through the Olive Capital of America on her road trip last year: Corning, California, population NOT MANY, claim to fame OLIVES. It’s in my back yard. Next road trip YOU. WILL. STOP.


9. 9
   on April 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
   reen said:

   Oh yeah baby! I could live on olives, cheese, and wine. Actually I almost do. There is an olive farm/winery very close to where I live and I’ve never gone…for fear of never wanting to come back.

   I’m curious to the “British invasion” link but it, too, goes to the open air market post…?


10. 10
    on April 14th, 2009 at 6:24 am
    Ryann said:

    I had a temporary membership to BJ’s. I love the store but the nearest one is half an hour away so I’m always in turmoil over how much/ what to buy in the limited time I have to shop =( I’ve never had olives but those look nice and yummy. I want to renwew it but can I really drink 12 cartons of lactaid milk by August? Maybe that’s what the bulk cereal and cookie aisles are for =)


11. 11
    on April 14th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
    the cheap chick said:

    Yay Bossy! This post goes perfectly with the one I wrote about frugal grocery shopping for today.
    The lesson learned here? Figure out what treat you NEED to have, and then figure out a way to get it for less. Bossy, you are an inspiration to us all! Now excuse me, I need a dry martini, stat.


12. 12
    on April 15th, 2009 at 10:11 am
    magpie said:

    Mmm, olives. But my BJs membership expired and it would cost $40 to renew, meaning that the olives would cost $49, and that seems a little too spendy…


13. 13
    on April 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
    Reeb said:

    I looked at that photo and started salivating. Somebody call Pavlov. One of his dogs turned into an olive-loving blog-reader.

    Reflection = great.


14. 14
    on April 15th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
    Sparx said:

    Oh olives olives olives, reason to stay a member of anything really… and that’s pretty cheap for what looks like some good old wholesome olive consumery….