My So Called Life

Do you ever find yourself cooking the same meals over and over again for your family? I have been reading several blogs where people make weekly meal calendar's. I just can't seem to find the time to do this yet. I would rather have a pantry full of food and a freeze full of meat to cook whatever I want. Unfortunately with the economy the way it is a $300.00 trip to Wal-mart is not in our budget. Wasting food is something I try to avoid these days. I try to cook just enough and have a little left over for my lunch the next day. Today I cleaned out my pantry and made a shopping list for this week. On this list you will find the staples that I keep in my household. I tried to make a weekly meal list. I tried hard but instead it made me hungry. Maybe this will take getting use to but it is a start. I have been trimming off a little each week from our grocery budget. I try hard not to make more then one trip a week to the store. I shop at Aldi's for everything that I can and then the dreaded trip to wal-mart next. Every week I look at the ads online to see what deals I can find. Yes I will go to three different stores to save money because they are all with 5 miles of each other. I think I might be more frugal then my family was growing up.



So tell me your deepest darkest money saving secrets!