Primer mixing: pound-foolish?

The Beltway Mosses are happily settling into our new home (which needs a nickname, I suppose). My husband’s after me to hang pictures, but there are two rooms I want to paint before I hang pictures.
So it’s off to Lowe’s this morning, coupons and paint chips in hand. Here’s my question: I have about half a can of primer left from a previous project. I need primer for this project, but much more than half a can. Do I…
a. mix this primer with the new primer (which will be of a different brand)?
b. paint one wall with this primer and the rest with the new primer?
c. Stop anguishing over half a can of three-year-old primer, toss it, and start fresh?
Now that I write it all out… I think I’m going to go with c.
Now: should I prime the ceiling?

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  1. Home Depot has a brand of paint with the primer mixed in it that I was thinking of using for my next painting project.

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