A New Plan

Something someone posted or said to me recently stuck. And my first reaction to it was negative. Something like "That would NEVER work!" And then I got to thinking how nice it would be if it did work.

I suppose it might be helpful if I share with you the idea first. Someone told me that they buy the bulk of their groceries at the beginning of the month. For the rest of the weeks they only buy things such as milk or produce. In my mind I argued that this is just impossible, to buy so much at one time and be able to plan for an entire month in one shopping trip.

But I decided to try it.

At the beginning of the month I went to Sam's. I got three month's worth of the things I buy there (toilet paper, paper towels, olive oil, nuts, etc.) Then I went to Trader Joe's and got what I could only get there, enough for a month. Organic meat, cheese, Ezekiel 4:9 bread, etc. Then I went to Meijer (yes I did this all in one day with four children!)and got things there that Walmart doesn't have (organic salsa, cereal, etc.) The rest of the month I go to Walmart for a quick trip and get the produce and such for the week. It sounds complicated, but it's working out! I think this is going to help us when homeschool starts in a couple weeks, especially since I've got myself a new kindergartner this year!

So all this to say, thanks for the idea!