Jami's Chicken Fetish

I have a problem. It's true. I can't stop buying chicken when it goes on sale. See, chicken is delicious, fairly good for you and can be prepared approximately 17 million different ways. So, with our tight budget, when I see a good price for chicken, I buy quite a bit. We have this nice chest freezer in the basement, which holds lots of frozen foods, and so I have no worries about room for it. We were getting to the point where the Husband evinced some worry. He noticed that our freezer contained an abnormal amount of chicken, for a family of three. Even a family that really likes chicken. He even asked me "are you planning something that involves a lot of chicken?" I explained about the good prices. He suggested I lay off buying chicken for awhile. So, last week I was doing the grocery shopping and I walk by a cooler with a big sign that says "Chicken Leg Quarters - 99 cents/pound". I walk to the cooler. I look in. I tell myself, "We have lots of chicken. We don't need chicken." The leg quarters aren't the Husband's favorite part. He finds them a bit awkward to eat. With great effort, I wrench myself from the cooler, grip the cart and slowly wheel away from the good priced chicken. I turn the corner to the meat section . . . . Bam! Right before my eyes is a small hot-pink sign "FAMILY PACK CHICKEN THIGHS - 89 cents/pound!!! This store only, while supplies last". Well. I can't pass that up. There were 5 left. I took them all. I have a problem. My name is Jami and I'm addicted to cheap chicken. I got home and started to put the chicken into the freezer. I rotate, of course, to make sure the ones I bought first are on top, and as I'm doing this, I start to keep a running total in my head. Hmm, right around 40 pounds. That seems like a lot. So I bring one up to put in the fridge and thaw for cooking. I pop it in the fridge, then realize that I probably have one in the upstairs freezer, awaiting thawing and eating. Opening the freezer, I find that I was wrong. There wasn't a pack of chicken in the upstairs freezer. There were 4. Another almost 10 pounds of chicken. We're having chicken tonight.