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Over the years I've documented the price of Chellino Scamorza Cheese - which...you know by now...is the best low-moisture pizza cheese.  The last time I posted a price was at the end of 2022 and the price was out-of-control with a ball going for $12.53 from Pete's .  A year earlier, December of 2021 the price at Angelo Caputo's was at $6.99 .  Which means it almost doubled in 2022.  WOWOWOW.  Here it was for $7.99 in November 2021 .  It had been hanging around the $5.99 to $7.99 price range for as long as I've been buying it.  So that $12.53 jump at Pete's was a big increase.  #CheeseInflation. This weekend I found myself at Tony's Fresh Market in Countryside where they were selling Chellino Scamorza Cheese for $10.07.  $8.99 per pound.  $2.99 per pound drop from the peak of 2022.   Here's the list (and links) of the price tracking of this Chellino Scamorza Cheese over the years: February 2026:  $10.07 December 2022:...

I've mentioned that we've now traveled up to Wisconsin the past couple of years to cut down Christmas trees after the place we had been going down in Braidwood stopped being fun.  The farm is called Evergreen Acres and they opened in 1975 .  It is a great place.  We bought both of our trees there this year - Family Room and Green Room trees.   When you check out of Evergreen Acres, they give you a little business card that serves as your receipt.  If you know me at all, you know that I'm likely to complain about the costs of things.  I'm pretty sure I live in a fantasy world where I think things and services should cost way less than they should.  We've been looking for a fridge for our basement for a year.  I have a certain price in my mind that I want to hit - in order to buy a fridge.  And, we have a particular format (French door, if you must know) that we (I) want.  I've shopped it.  And shopped it.  And, haven't fo...