Wait until you go to the grocery store this week,. I thought I'd faint.

[noamnety]

24. You and I shop alike.

We've been buying the markdown produce, like you. I have so many vegetables in the house right now I'm a little panicky about how to eat it all - I just bought bags that were maybe 3 pounds each (?) of green beans, eggplants, broccoli, and yellow squash each marked for 99 cents. I'm gorging myself on vegetables at every meal. What's working for me is that the vegetables are so cheap I overbuy, then because I hate to waste food I'm determined to eat it all, and the result is I'm sticking to my diet and feeling stuffed all the time.

I'm still eating meat, it was a loss leader locally at 25 cents/lb for chicken leg quarters a week or two ago so I have about 60 lbs wrapped and stacked in the freezer for a grand total of $15.00. With just two of us in the house, that's a lot of entrees for the cost of what a lot of people spend on one lunch out.

I also stock up on things like eggs. They're 99 cents at walgreens this week, I have no problem buying enough to get me through to the next time I think they'll drop to that price. They're a supper cheap protein source. Sometimes I'll eat 6 a day (3 for breakfast, 3 for lunch along with my veggies). Those meals each cost about 40 cents.

(I wish everyone had access to the same kind of markets I have around the detroit area.)