Tomorrow, the brandus and i head off for the Sam's Club to start an experiement.
See, when we move to Alaska, the best way to go shopping is to go into Anchoridge and go to Sam's or Costco, because the shop in Kotlik is TEENY and expensive. So, you go buy everything for the month, and then hope you havent forgotten anything.
Im thinking that waiting until we get there might be a bad time to experiment, because it will be very difficult to get to a store if we forget something we really need.
So, tomorrow, armed with menus and shopping list for a month, we head to Sam's.
Im pretty good about only going once a week or less, but brandus would go to the store everyday to get something if i didnt sit on him everytime he wants cheesy poof or the stuff to make nacho cheesy dip.
So, this will be new for both of us. We have a good amount of things we can use already at the house, so we hopefully wont go too overboard.
I know that limiting shopping trips can help your grocery budget by a good bit, but im worried we will end up A)running out or B)wasting alot of food.
Anyone have any experience or tips to share? They would be very helpful!
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May 3rd, 2006 at 06:11 pm
May 3rd, 2006 at 07:10 pm 1146683439
We lived up near Trinity Lake my junior year in high school where my father taught in a 2 room school. We had sort of the same situation.
We went shopping every 2 weeks though. Mom didn't even make menus, which would have helped! I remember drinking Tang if we ran out of milk or regular juice.
I had an aunt who shopped monthly when I was a child because she would drive out to the Air Force Base to the PX. She had a huge freezer and would freeze her milk too.
I seriously think it can be done, you may have some problems the first month or so getting adjusted, and may have to run to the expensive store a few times.
Are you most worried about throwing out fresh stuff that you don't use or what? Because if you have leftovers, just freeze them for lunch!
Also I would love to see your posted menus for the month since menu planning is always a challenge for me. Thanks.
May 4th, 2006 at 08:59 pm 1146776397
As for how we will deal when we get on the teeny Cesna out in Alaska? I have no idea!
Menus will be posted when I have a chance! This weekend is fairly busy with meetings and social stuff, so i will try and come up with an easy way to post them. I used Savingdinner.com for a while, but alot of the recipes available through them werent things that both my husband and I would eat.