My usual grocery shopping routine includes a few hours of creating a food menu for the week, a well thought out grocery list and clipping appropriate coupons. When I am at the store, I usually check out the Redbox first, spend a couple bucks on a few dvds. Then I splurge on name brands and extra things I think would be fun to try or have in the house to throw away later down the road.
This month I changed things up and so far I am diggin' it. I created a food menu for the entire month. Created a long grocery list that included all non perishable and freezable items and things I would need for this week. The I created a smaller list for each week that consisted only of perishable items like vegetables, fruit, dairy and bread.
How did this go for me? Super! I hardly ever go to the store without my coupons, so I had those with me to save as much as I could. But I found that by starting the month off with a super large grocery list changed my mind set to ... miser. I didn't check out the Redbox, I bought cheaper brands and I did not stray from my list ... not one iota.
Overall I spent less money and time in the store. That was the most surprising factor. Instead of my usual hour and a half stroll through the store, I was in, out and leaving the parking lot in one hour!
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