Speaking of a Budget

Speaking of a budget….We went grocery shopping for the first time last Friday. It was a little overwhelming because we had nothing. Not even salt and pepper. So we went out and bought everything we felt we needed. I made a menu for the week, and we stuck to our grocery list for the most part. If we saw something that was a killer deal, then we picked it up. Well, at the end of the day, we spent almost $250.00 on groceries. When we got home, we put the appropriate items in our new refrigerator, stood back to take a look, and it looked like I still needed to go shopping! So, I’ve decided to be religious about looking in the paper each week and finding some good deals. I usually go to Grocery Outlet first, just to see what I can find. Sometimes it’s pointless, but other times, I can go in there and walk away with everything I need, except for meat and produce, and I’ll have saved more than I paid for my items. I know that there are people who feel ashamed to go in there, or don’t want people seeing them in the store, but the last time we were there, we saved $50.00! Just think of what you could do with the extra money.

I almost never buy name brand products, unless they are on sell. There are some things that you have to get name brand, like Charmin, but I honestly can’t tell the difference between Sam’s Club Diet Sprite and the name brand stuff.