Grocery Shopping of a Domestic Goddess

[quietwitch]

Grocery Shopping Formulas

College kid formula consists of a $30 budget and we eat a lot of roman noodles and mac and cheese that week

Hobo formula means I have to skip grocery shopping all together that week and find recipes for the stuff that's been hanging out in the back of my cupboards and freezer for months. Frozen peas and refried beans? yum.

World Travel Formula may take me to Italy, Poland, Mexico or some other tasty ethnic specialty food store in a bad area of town.

Farms and local Markets. Farmers markets when the season permits and small grocery markets when it doesn’t.

Borrowed Formulas are something I’ve talked about doing before but I haven’t taken the plunge yet. I have found a cool resource of other peoples shopping lists, I hope to borrow one soon.

Domestic Goddess Shopping is my most prevalent formula. Using my personalized shopping list below I record the ingredients I need to make three recipes, three staples (things I always need on hand like bread, milk, tequila, etc.), three items on sale (after looking at the sales paper) and a drink (usually something seasonal like apple cider or egg nog). Download my shopping list as a word document and customize it to your needs!


Grocery Shopping Gear

Shopping cart cover for Angelus. It has a pillow for him to fall asleep on and pockets for my other essentials. Angelus is really good stores, I’m SOOOO lucky. I feel bad for moms that have screaming kids. Truth be told, he usually falls asleep. When he is awake I keep him happy by stopping to visit the lobsters or fish. When he gets older I’ll try to include him in the fun but letting him cross items off the list or pick out some of the food. I do not buy him anything, like candy or toys, that's a future temper tantrum waiting to happen.

Clipboard to hold my shopping list. It is easier to write on and harder to loose my list. I can also clip coupons on it which helps me remember to actually give them to the cashier. More often than not, I forget.

Pen

Calculator to stay on budget. I don’t go to the penny, but round the price to the nearest dollar.

Flask There no fun in being a Domestic Goddess if you can’t be a little bit bad.


Grocery Shopping Wisdom

Check the cart before you start. A squeaky wheel can turn Donna Reed into Peggy Bundy

Shop weekly. Your going to run outta something anyways, you might as well make it a plan.

But organic, buy American and bring your own bags. Just shut up and do it.

Never go grocery shopping when you're hungry.

Don't just look at the length of the checkout line, pay attention to the cashiers. If you do get stuck to a slow and lazy one, catch up on soap opera digest.



I was kidding about the flask, sorta.