This has been a typical Monday.. with a little extra thrown in. One of the first things on my 'to do' list when I get started on my Monday is to make out a grocery list. To do that, I have to do my menu planning. I look through cookbooks and ask if there are any requests over the weekend so that on Monday, I can write down all our meals for the week. Then I'll know what goes on the list. I've
gone to the dark side started buying my groceries at Walmart instead of Kroger, since they always have the fresh meats I need on a consistent basis. Anyhoo... I make out my list of grocery
and non-grocery items on the computer. I put a * next to the produce items and 'first things' on the grocery side. And I put the non food things at the top of the list, so I'll remember them before I head over to grocery.
Then I get started and try and focus to "git'r done". I am always smiling when I see the lady at checkout because the end is in sight. It means I'm almost done with the most unfun chore of my week! And we know what we're having every night of the week because I post the meals on the microwave so I don't have to answer one very nosy, very forgetful little girl over and over and over.
A-hem! My only bummer today was that they were out of cranberry sauce. Bummer. The holidays are a'coming and I could feel it in the stress and struggle of everyone at the store today.
4 comments:
I do most of my grocery shopping at Wal-Mart too. Sometimes I'll go other places for convenience or if they're having specials, but the prices are almost always higher, and I cringe at having to pay them.
The Super Target here is fabulous, and so incredibly clean. It has bargains I don't even see at Walmart. But I do shop Walmart sometimes, depending on who has the best buy. Mostly I watch the ads, clip coupons and try to zero in on the best values. Just this week our local Basha's (unique to the SW) had Campbell's Healthy Request soup for $1 per can. I bought a boatload!
Kathleen
I try to make my weekly menu and grocery plans on Sunday afternoon, and I make the greatest plans... but rarely carry them out! I'll work on that for 2009!
I shop at Aldi, then Kroger, then Wal-Mart. If you have an Aldi closeby, I would recomend making that at least a once a month shopping place. :-)
Jennifer... I wish we had an Aldi. I've heard of them ... but we don't have anything like that. The girl that cuts my hair says Carnival is cheaper than Walmart, so I need to go check them out. (a couple of suburbs away, but not far)
On tv, I've seen the Duggar family shopping at Aldi. lol
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