Friday's trip to Harris Teeter was an interesting one. I avoided all the pantry stuff on the shelves in the middle of the store, cruised the fresh foods sections, and bought only two extremely justifiable pantry items:
- 2 bottles of 7-Up -- My MIL moved in with us this weekend and it's her favorite. I thought the sale price of 2/$2 made it a nice welcome for her.
- 2 boxes of Kashi Strawberry Fields Cereal -- Not only is it my ABSOLUTE favorite cereal, but A) it was sale priced at 2/$6 and B)I had a coupon for $1.50 off two. I just could not pass up my favorite cereal that I haven't had for weeks when it was $2.25/box. I did, however, avoid buying SIX boxes which was an accomplishment because I did have 3 coupons!
All in all, my grocery bill was less than 50% of what it has been recently, and I still saved more than 10% in coupons. I'm not saying this is solely because of the moratorium on pantry items, but this project has really gotten me in-tune with my inner frugality. I'm more focused across the board on using available resources - no need to drop major coin on produce that's not in season and/or not on sale...no need to replenish an already full freezer, for example.
Speaking of which, tonight's dinner is swordfish steaks and scallops, which was last week's impulse frozen seafood buy.
Stay tuned.
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