Thanks for the support you guys. Well I'll tell you I had a hard time clicking that submit button as I moaned and groaned over the shipping charges to have the Rad Cat delivered. My mind worked feverishly to come up with rationalizations.
I will stop buying books. Forever. I won't buy any cds or dvds. Ever. I already don't drink, eat out, go to movies, buy clothes, use a cell phone, or any other extraneous entertainment, so there is no way to cut back there. My only luxury purchases are books, old TV show dvds and an occasional cd. I can do without them, in order to give this food to my cats.
I could drive to Albany, where there is a store that carries the 16 oz and 24 oz sizes, but I do not want to start with those sizes. The gas expense for that drive round trip would be only $10 or $15 less than the shipping to have it delivered, and it would take me four hours minimum. I would have to buy a bag or two of ice and put it in my cooler, that would be another $6.
I'm not sure of the prices of the store I found in Albany, but if the experiment is a success I will call them and find out. If I continue to use this food, and buying at this store will save me a little, I might be able to combine a trip to pick up food with a visit to a family member, but my schedule does not often coincide with other family members' schedules, and of course it would have to be timed so I could get to the store before it closed, on my way home.
So yeah, for convenience sake, I closed my eyes, gritted my teeth and hit "submit".