Commissary Day Recap
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It’s so funny to see someone shop the way I do although yours is on a tad bigger scale to account for the longer cycle (generally I walk out of Sam’s each month with a cart and a half). Thanks for cataloging this. I may hit you up regarding menu planning at some point. I’ve never been good at that because of my shoot from the hip type cooking, but saving money may win out!
Di – I’d do Sam’s if it was cheaper than the commissary. I checked one day – I went in with my commissary receipt and spent about an hour cost-comparing. I save a significant amount at the commissary, even with the 2-hour drive. Even flour – if I bought a 50-pound bag of flour at Sam’s, I’d spend more than if I bought 5 10-pound bags at the commissary. It’s crazy!
SOME things are cheaper – dog food, heavy cream (I use it to make my milk), some produce. So, I go to Sam’s about once a month (and spend WAY too much buying things like WWII memorabilia books – lol.)
You are awesome. I don’t have the time or the patience to do that. I can’t even shop with Nolan any more. I end up forgetting half of what I went in for because he’s too distracting. It’s not his fault. So I try to only shop when he’s at MDO. But once a year, after we get our tax refund we go to Walmart and do a major stock up. We also have the case lot sale twice a year so I buy staples then like trash bags, TP, ketchup, etc. I wish we had a commissary.
Wow! You guys are stocked for the next year! We’re not sure we have enough food in our house to last until M gets paid on Tuesday. LOL Good job!
Wow, I’m quite impressed….not so much with the volume of food, but with the behavior of your children. LOL Just kidding, I’m actually impressed with both. I’ve tried shopping every two weeks, instead of every week, and it has yet to work for me. Those stops in the store just for milk/produce/eggs would kill out budget.
I have 5, ages 7 and under, and I’m at the point where I only want to shop with 1 or 2 of them at a time. I hate being away from my husband while shopping, but I need my sanity!
wow! that’s a lot of food! i only wish i had the storage to do that! breaking it down by month you do great! even if you don’t use any coupons! i was just saying to dh that i wish we had room for a deep freezer! i went shopping yesterday and have no room in my tiny freezer anymore. i wish i had gotten more but knew i didnt have the room!
Heather: That’s why I don’t do the “once a month” cooking challenges that a lot of the homemaking blogs do. I don’t have the storage room for the prepared food because I’ve stored unprepared food! LOL
Dawn: Oh my heavens, it took me a long time to carry all that in. My house is not on a level lot, so I have to carry up a flight of stairs to get to the front door. Kaylee has a broken thumb and a hurt back (my poor child – lol) so I did it all. And once I got it in, I then had to carry most of it downstairs to put away! Needless to say, despite my migraine this morning, I don’t think I would have felt guilty not running even if I didn’t have a headache.
Great Job Hallee! Although the thought of putting all that away, let alone carting it all in the house would be overwhelming enough for me!!! I dont think your total for three months is all that bad either! ;)