Money-Saving Hints for the Grocery Store
~ Always, Always, Always go to the grocery store with a list. The best way to make a list is the pre-plan your meals for a month, then break down your shopping by at least one week - preferably two if you can afford it.
~ Never, ever, ever shop hungry.
~ Leave the teenagers at home 
~ We have joined a food co-op (http://www.unfi.com/Product_Info_Login.aspx?action=1) and we’re saving quite a lot of $$$ this way… EVEN THOUGH SOME THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. Why? Because we pre-buy the food, and therefore we’re staying out of the grocery store and Wal-Mart (with all the visual temptations to buy, buy, buy!)
~ I’m considering doing our “other” purchases via drugstore.com and walmart.com for the same reason — if I’m not wandering aimlessly around the store with a shopping cart, and I have time to consider that online purchase amount… I’ll more than likely buy LESS, not MORE.
