Sunday, September 26th--Trip to the Store

I find grocery shopping to be a chore. I dislike everything about it, making a list, up and down the aisles, checking out, bringing the bags in, and putting it all away. I have never enjoyed it and today was even worse. 

I go to the store with my list, coupons, and get what I want and think I will need.  Today it took me forever! I had my list, coupons, but could not get all of what I wanted.  There were many things that deviated from the norm on this trip.

First, I took my calculator with me to ensure that I stayed within the allotted $63. 

I hit up the produce section first. I actually weighed my fruit to see how much I was spending.  Who uses those things anyway? I always see the scales hanging there but have never seen them being used--much less use it myself.  As I was checking off my list, I began to get a little panicky as my money dwindled.  How was I going to get all I needed?  I decided to go with frozen veggies over fresh, which I have heard are just as nutritional as the fresh.

Change in plans...no Kung Poa Chicken tomorrow.  I could not afford the soy sauce or hoisin sauce; key ingredients!  So I think that I will use some of the breadcrumbs I bought for the meatloaf to make some homemade chicken nuggets.

As I stated before, I try to cook relatively healthy; unfortunatly I inherieted high cholestrol and heart disease runs rampant in my family history, so the majority of the time, I aim for foods that won't make it worse. (I say this as I think my husband is making fried chicken tonight--at least I don't have to cook :) ...)

If I wanted to make it easy, we could of had Hamburger Helper, frozen pizzas, mac n cheese, etc.; (we do have the things on rare occassions but I could not imagine on a regular basis) and I am sure it would have been easier to stick to the budget! But looking at the choices I had for the less expensive foods, made my stomach turn.  I am not sure you could call the lunch meats meat with all the ingredients I could not pronouce.

I am not sure how long I was at the store but I know it took my longer than my normal trips.  Since, I despise grocery shoppping, I go once a week.  Let's hope I was able to get all we need.  I spent $66.29--$3.29 more than I should have.  (At least we have a $10 leeway.) 

I now see why some people stand in line, taking things out of thier cart.