One of my favorite blogs, Mimi Smartypants, pointed me to this USDA website about grocery shopping. I am alas straddling between "moderate" and "liberal" in terms of weekly expenditures.
I thought that after B's weight loss surgery, our grocery bill would be greatly reduced. Hasn't really happened. Why is that, I wonder? We cook too much, it's true - but then we make lunch of leftovers, so very little is wasted. It's probably a lot cheaper to make sandwiches for lunch, but I don't like the normal boring sandwiches very much, and I'm too lazy to make more complicated ones.
I can remember my father giving my mom $100 (or even less) to shop for six, for a week. I can't imagine how she managed, since she also used quite a few prepared foods. No snacks though: that's why I'm such a snack food junkie today.
Cold today; colder tomorrow. Were it not for the brilliant sunshine, no one would live here.
Posted by otto0114 at January 13, 2005 08:18 PM