Thanksgiving planning

The sales are beginning at the grocery stores for the holidays. I went to Winco today and got a 15lb turkey for under $5. It is 30cents a pound when you buy $25 worth of groceries. Vons is giving a turkey for $4.88 with $25 worth of groceries or Save Mart is giving a free one when you buy $100 worth of groceries. Personally I don't think it's worth it to shop there. According to my mom the previous butcher turkeys that are 16 to 20 pounds are a waste of money. The reason why is that there is more bone per pound than meat. You should figure 1 pound per person to determine the size of the turkey. I'm planning to buy more turkeys to cook throughout the year for lunchmeat. Far better and cheaper than the deli stuff. Thanksgiving isn't too expensive if you make your own stuff. Personally I love to make my own stuff. I even make pumpkin pie from the pumpkin itself. Squash is in season so you can buy all kinds of great stuff to make that's really inexpensive. Now if only the weather would catch up to these winter dishes!