Food Shopping

I do the bulk of my shopping on two different days of the week. Thursdays are usually spent buying food, and Mondays are usually spent buying everything else. Both of these use to be done on the same day, until I noticed that I would not plan or stick to a plan, but instead I would just go to the closest store and buy everything all at once. This made my shopping bill way over what it could have been.

Now I stick to about three different stores, two for food and one for other stuff. I plan ahead on the day before I go. I look through the flyers and compare what is on sale with what coupons I have printed over the week or clipped from the paper. I now only spend about 300 a month to feed four, and less then 100 on other household items that last the whole month. I do not however buy everything all at once.

I plan out each meal and give us a few choices for snacks throughout the day. We tend to limit our

soda intake and we drink a lot of flavored water and tea.

All of this has been one of the biggest things that have saved me money. I am not an extreme coupon person by any means, but I have went to the store and walked about with more stuff then I paid for. Last week I had a trip to CVS where I spent 11 and got 30 worth. I like those days, and do try to make sure I get that at least once a week. I also stay away from Wal Mart, and can sometimes go months without even seeing the place, it is usually just reserved for gas because of the 3 cents off with a gift card. I just keep my gas budget placed on a gift card and most of the time can get gas cheaper that way.

I am still learning new ways to save money and cut cost and would love to hear how others do this.