MILK?!
I mean, it is the first thing I need to go to the store for. We run out of milk before anything else. Why is that?
It is the one thing that never makes it to the "must sell by" date once it is in our fridge.
Why can't lunch meats, corn chips, condiments and Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll tubes ever go that quick?
Now, I am off to the store.
Can you guess what we need? Yeah. What's the deal with that?!
Showing posts with label groceries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label groceries. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
What's in YOUR Pantry?
I love a good sale! I mean the ones for things you REALLY use and then you have coupons for that stuff and then there is a discount on top of all that too. Sadly, these kinds of sales are getting fewer and farther between.
Today was the first day of the big Box Tops for Education sale (read: General Mills, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker brands) at our local Albies. I don't usually shop at this particular store because I can always find the everyday stuff much cheaper at my friendly, local, neighborhood Macey's, but for at least the Box Tops sale, I do find my way to Albies.
I bought 66 items. These were not the same types of items that you could/should pick up at the Dry Pack Cannery because they are staples, but rather the kind of things that come in handy as treats for soccer halftime, or in kids' lunches for school, or when the classroom coordinator sends home a note that says they need 31 individually wrapped, store bought, manufactured and factory sealed items for a snack during testing at school. The kind of stuff I bought today fits in those kind of parameters.
As always, I used coupons and matched coupons with the items Ablies had on sale. I came away having saved $158. In years past, that number was over $300. This tells me again prices have gone, up, up, up. In years past, I would do that "Happy Dance" in the Albertson's lobby without caring who saw me. Today I am still happy for my savings, but I am more happy that I can fill my family's pantry and stock pile the items we use when they are cheapER and not have to feel pressured to buy something because we "need" it NOW.
I realize that I still spent money today at the store, but I used my resources wisely and planned ahead and thought through what I was purchasing--not just impulse buying because "That would be easy," or "Oh, I forgot I was supposed to bring that tonight," or even "Mom, THAT is what I want to take!"
As my family's ultimate comptroller, seeing that savings circled on MY bottom line makes me feel like I had a productive day and did right by my family. Dang, that just feels good.
Today was the first day of the big Box Tops for Education sale (read: General Mills, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker brands) at our local Albies. I don't usually shop at this particular store because I can always find the everyday stuff much cheaper at my friendly, local, neighborhood Macey's, but for at least the Box Tops sale, I do find my way to Albies.
I bought 66 items. These were not the same types of items that you could/should pick up at the Dry Pack Cannery because they are staples, but rather the kind of things that come in handy as treats for soccer halftime, or in kids' lunches for school, or when the classroom coordinator sends home a note that says they need 31 individually wrapped, store bought, manufactured and factory sealed items for a snack during testing at school. The kind of stuff I bought today fits in those kind of parameters.
As always, I used coupons and matched coupons with the items Ablies had on sale. I came away having saved $158. In years past, that number was over $300. This tells me again prices have gone, up, up, up. In years past, I would do that "Happy Dance" in the Albertson's lobby without caring who saw me. Today I am still happy for my savings, but I am more happy that I can fill my family's pantry and stock pile the items we use when they are cheapER and not have to feel pressured to buy something because we "need" it NOW.
I realize that I still spent money today at the store, but I used my resources wisely and planned ahead and thought through what I was purchasing--not just impulse buying because "That would be easy," or "Oh, I forgot I was supposed to bring that tonight," or even "Mom, THAT is what I want to take!"
As my family's ultimate comptroller, seeing that savings circled on MY bottom line makes me feel like I had a productive day and did right by my family. Dang, that just feels good.
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