BeAGoodMom is doing the NutriSystem thing. So far it seems to be going well.
I have a couple new jobs to help out. I’m responsible for making dinners for the kids and me when I’m home and I’m responsible for grocery shopping.
So tonight, I made my grocery list to get us through Monday and then had BeAGoodMom added the things that she needs to go along with her NutriSystem food.
Then I headed off to Jewel (since they are the only place open after 10pm and I didn’t leave my house until 9:30pm).
The grocery store is BeAGoodMom’s domain. I’m not allowed. The last time I went grocery shopping was during the last stage of the Giggles’ pregnancy. I frequently go to Meijer to grab milk or a few things for a meal but never really do the wandering through all the aisles routine.
Grocery stores are so depressing. Everything is so packaged and processed and marketed and there is so many words trying to convince me that their thing is more natural and more healthy than the other packaged and over processed food.
Trust me, if I walk into a grocery store and get grossed out by the amount of sugar and fat and junk available, then we have a real eating problem in this country. I’m not exactly a food role model.
I did a decent job of avoiding most of the bad things by walking in with my list and only buying the things on my list. Hopefully next week I’ll be even a little more organized and a little better prepared. Who knows by the time BeAGoodMom takes over again, I might be clipping coupons.
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Hi Mike, I have to say that I’m the opposite. I love it when I can convince my wife to give me the shopping list. It gives me an hour and a half reprieve from the demands of the family and work.
I load some podcasts onto my iPod and cruise the aisles with a cup of coffee. It’s quite peaceful, especially in the evening.
You might want to look into that coupon clipping thing. I only clip coupons from the Sunday paper and try to go shopping on Sunday or Monday (stores usually have a couple special deals that are only for Sunday and Monday on top of their week-long sales). We go shopping once or twice a month (and every once and a while one of us picks up one or two things we need/forgot). Monday night we saved $50 off our grocery bill. We didn’t buy anything that we didn’t need, and only used the coupons for things we were already planning on getting. It took me all of 10 minutes to look through the coupon section of the paper and cut out what we could use. I also cut out the good deals on dining out and we keep those in an envelope in the car.
Just do what I do, clip some coupons, stuff them in a cute holder, and then go get take-out. I am such a domestic diva!
Seriously though, when I can remember coupons, it does save a lot.
And BAGM is a brave, brave woman for letting you do the shopping…if I let D do it all the time all we would ever eat would be hotdogs, fish fillets, and root beer. Maybe some cereal if they have any sufficiently coated with sugar.
Well, for dinners we are going to have tacos, spaghetti, brats, ham sandwiches and blueberry pancakes. Not exactly gourmet but I made the list between putting the kids to bed and leaving for the store. I’ll try to be a little better prepared for next week.
I did buy a bunch of fruits and veggies, though, and almost nothing that could be classified as sugary.
ha, it sounds good to me, i could go for some tacos. actually, i might make some tacos soon, i had a blood donation-gone-awry experience and am trying to bulk up on iron.
Hi Mike, I have to say that I’m the opposite. I love it when I can convince my wife to give me the shopping list. It gives me an hour and a half reprieve from the demands of the family and work.
My wife taught me a really great way to shop healthier. Stay out of the aisles, just shop on the outside edge of the store. Fruit, Veggies, Milk, Meat and Breads are usually on the outside edges and you completely avoid all the processed food sections.