Being the At-Home-Dad, one of my more enjoyable tasks is the grocery shopping. For the past few months my bride has been planning our dinner menu, so we eat out less and to help us save more money to take big vacation this year, she likes to do that sort of thing. So far the planning is paying off; she has been planning a few weeks out at a time. She plans and I shop.
Yesterday, Jr. and I had to run errands one of which was grocery shopping, mom is on 2nd shift this week so we waited until later in the day. But before the groceries I wanted to try and locate a DVD. We really wanted to locate an old Hogan’s Heroes, knowing that most of the stores probably would not care it we thought that maybe the Wal-Mart might carry it. Now I’ve been a Non-Wal-Mart person for a long time. Being the main shopper in the family, in the past I found most of the stores to be sloppy and well, just plain uninviting.
My trip yesterday was met with a new curiosity, we entered the store and found that the isle were no longer so close together that you had to walk sideways, there was actually room to walk around, the shelves were neat and clean, nothing in the isle to trip over. We went to the movie section, but we didn’t find what we came for, but we did find a few five dollar classics. So it seems maybe they have changed a few things. For the most part we shop at Target for household items, but maybe it’s time to give the WalleyWorld another look for some of our household goods.
As far as groceries are concerned, I don’t think I would be willing to change. A few years ago a fellow homeschooler told us about Aldi’s. We went and checked it out. We even used to drive about 30 minutes just to get to the store, until they built one in our town. But it really is a budget friendly store, with about 700 main everyday grocery items. Our routine is to get a large portion of our groceries there and then head to Publix for the remaining items on our list. My only caution, from the experience side of things is that you have to watch the produce. Other than that I’ve not ever had a problem with any of the products. When you’re a single income family, saving money is important, real important.
Yesterday, Jr. and I had to run errands one of which was grocery shopping, mom is on 2nd shift this week so we waited until later in the day. But before the groceries I wanted to try and locate a DVD. We really wanted to locate an old Hogan’s Heroes, knowing that most of the stores probably would not care it we thought that maybe the Wal-Mart might carry it. Now I’ve been a Non-Wal-Mart person for a long time. Being the main shopper in the family, in the past I found most of the stores to be sloppy and well, just plain uninviting.
My trip yesterday was met with a new curiosity, we entered the store and found that the isle were no longer so close together that you had to walk sideways, there was actually room to walk around, the shelves were neat and clean, nothing in the isle to trip over. We went to the movie section, but we didn’t find what we came for, but we did find a few five dollar classics. So it seems maybe they have changed a few things. For the most part we shop at Target for household items, but maybe it’s time to give the WalleyWorld another look for some of our household goods.
As far as groceries are concerned, I don’t think I would be willing to change. A few years ago a fellow homeschooler told us about Aldi’s. We went and checked it out. We even used to drive about 30 minutes just to get to the store, until they built one in our town. But it really is a budget friendly store, with about 700 main everyday grocery items. Our routine is to get a large portion of our groceries there and then head to Publix for the remaining items on our list. My only caution, from the experience side of things is that you have to watch the produce. Other than that I’ve not ever had a problem with any of the products. When you’re a single income family, saving money is important, real important.
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