Although I’m not fond of the required grocery shopping, I do enjoy saving money.  Today I only did a partial shop in order to maximize my savings but I thought I’d share what I did today.  Aldi’s is my favorite place to shop for cereal, meat, milk, some canned items, and fresh fruit/veggies.  Even though Dillons had milk on sale for $2.99 a gallon, Aldi’s price today was $2.75 (skim).  Aldi’s have yummy 100% whole wheat bread the kids like to choose their own cereal at a fraction of the cost at other grocery stores.  I did go to Dillons to pick up some eggs as they were on sale for $.99 a dozen whereas Aldi’s were $1.53.  Since Ken and I are currently on the South Beach diet, we eat a LOT of eggs (5 dozen a week, usually!)

Earlier in the week I went to Walgreens because their sale was pretty good.  I purchased a box of Electrasol dishwasher tabs for $5.99 (if I had been watching the sales better, they were $3.49 the previous week!)  I had a coupon for $2.50 off and then the Walgreens EasySaver catalog had a rebate of $1.50.  A $6 box for $2 wasn’t too bad!  I still have to go to Walmart as Aldi’s didn’t have the fat-free version of most of the dairy that I need (cottage cheese, ricotta, etc.).  You may think that it’s a lot of running around just to save a few bucks but if you plan your trips and the fact that I only grocery shop once every two weeks, it’s really not that bad.  And I’d much prefer the money in my pocket instead of theirs!

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