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Excuse Me, Are These Melons Ripe? Grocery Shopping with my Husband

Flirting with your husband in the produce department while grocery shopping may not seem like your idea of a date, but when you are saving toward a healthy emergency fund, a discussion about fruit may be some of the sweetest words you’ll hear. My husband and I had gotten in the habit of a monthly lunch date, on a Tuesday or Wednesday, when all three children are in school. We only have about a two-hour window of time alone, but this was usually sufficient to have a nice lunch and catch up without being interrupted by little people needing this … Continue reading →

Grocery Store Meltdowns

I rarely get the luxury of going to the grocery store on my own. Needless to say I am very familiar with the infamous grocery store meltdowns. Most of us have been there at one time or another. Your three year old runs straight for one of those carts with the car on the front, you know the ones…they are impossible to maneuver around the small isles and the seatbelts are always broken, which means they can escape easily from the confines of the car. You give in to the car cart and within minutes they are begging to go … Continue reading →

Caroline’s Cart Available at Grocery Store in Alabama

A mom in Alabama designed a specialized shopping cart that would help her to be able to shop with her daughter, Caroline. The cart is designed for children who have disabilities. Soon, Caroline’s Carts will be available in grocery stores in Birmingham, Alabama. Drew Ann Long, and her husband, David, are the parents of three children. One of their children, a daughter named Caroline, has special needs. She has Rett Syndrome. According to Mayo Clinic, Rett Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects the way that the brain develops. Nearly all of the children affected with this disorder are … Continue reading →

Grocery Shopping Fiasco Part IV

Forget the discount, the organic cherries not only rang up for a dollar more than the advertised price, but they also charged my per pound when this item was priced per package. The last thing I want to do is go back, but I cannot afford to keep letting these kinds of price discrepancy errors slide for the sake of convenience especially since these errors have been on the rise in the last few weeks. In the beginning the grocery store had their system set up to show the discount applied as each item was scanned at the checkout. After … Continue reading →

Grocery Shopping Fiasco Part III

When we go over the sink to wash our hands after using the potty, my daughter decides that she does not like being in such a small space and starts to cry. I quickly get us back to collecting groceries and foregoing several items that we need because I can get them elsewhere for a better price. Once we finally get in line, I tell the cashier that the chemical free chicken and sausages are from the “health market” but never ring up as such so she will have to enter the discount manually, which she does without a problem. … Continue reading →

Grocery Shopping Fiasco Part II

I really just want to go to the location that I know has the items that I need at the price I expect. So I call my mom and I have her look up the phone number, while I wait with my kids in the car (the baby starting to fuss). My mom threeway calls the grocery store (she is curious too) and I am told that they are closed because they had a fire and have not been cleared to reopen. As frustrated as I am that I drove all the way across town to that particular location and … Continue reading →

Grocery Shopping Fiasco Part I

Wednesdays are the day of the week that I go grocery shopping. Our local grocery store, which is only found in the Midwest, has a promotional perk on Wednesdays. They call it “Health Market Wednesdays” whereby any items in the “health market,” including all organic and chemical free items, receive a ten percent discount. I find that to be a great reason to go grocery shopping on Wednesdays! This particular Wednesday was not any different than most Wednesdays. I got both kids dressed and loaded into the car along with my grocery list and reusable grocery sacks. My son really … Continue reading →

A Better Grocery Shopping Experience

Grocery shopping is not my strong suit, I’m never organized. I usually stop at the store on the way home from work and pick up a few things. When I do decide that I need to go grocery shopping I usually wander up and down every aisle, picking up whatever catches my fancy, no method to my madness. Once I get it home, unpacked and put away I realize that although I’ve spent my entire grocery budget for the month, I don’t have everything I need to make meals. Maybe I have the stuff to make Alfredo sauce but no … Continue reading →

Great Grocery Trip!

Today was one of those days where the stars seemed to align at the grocery store. We got in and out without anything extra jumping into the cart, and the trip was relatively quick. In addition, I got to roll a deal and wound up with lots and lots of free food. Do you know what rolling a deal is? It is when you can do the same deal over and over again at the store, as long as you do it in separate transactions. Most of the time I don’t bother with this, but the store was quiet and … Continue reading →

Shopping at a Small Grocery Store

Can you really find what you need and save money at a small grocery store? Here is what I think. When we first moved to this new town, I was on the lookout for the chain grocery store that I always shopped. I knew the prices, coupons policies and layout. So, when it came to shopping, we headed off to the closet location. The store turned out to be a lot smaller than the one I was used to at our previous home. There was much less of a selection than I was used to. and because the aisle were … Continue reading →