Get Your Kitchen Ready for the Holidays — 12 Things to Buy Before Prices Jump

The week before Thanksgiving is when the store gets you. That same pound of butter that was three dollars in September? Six now. So before all that starts, I'm walking you through twelve things to put in your cart early, while they're still cheap, and the overpriced version each one saves you from grabbing in a panic later. These are the habits my grandmother ran her whole kitchen on. One income, seven children, and a table that made you feel rich. Buy ahead, keep it cold, cook from scratch, and you keep somewhere between a hundred and two hundred dollars in your pocket this season.