A great trip to the Grocery Store! What???

No, I didn't go to the grocery store in the middle of the night or by myself :) I had both Maddie and Lexi with me and it was the middle of the afternoon. But I am so pumped and proud of myself!

I printed out my list of groceries from my www.e-mealz.com website and looked to see what we needed. Well, we needed about everything on the list as this program is designed for you to COOK! What??? So we got the list and went to the store.

Maddie helped me check prices and I taught her to compare price by the ounce. She really got into this being that she loves math! Lexi got in the way and jumped around a lot, but that's Lexi.

At the end of our adventure, my basket was full of food that has to be cooked or consumed this week. Meaning, no prepackaged items except for breakfast cereal and the "treat" we each chose. I didn't know a cart could look like this!

At the check out, we spent more than if we had just purchased the list items, but man, we bought fresh fruits and veggies (as well as laundry detergent). I figured it out and if we had only purchased the items on our list we would have spent $10 less than what e-mealz allotted.

Instead, I bought just about everything we need for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next week and spent on average $1.50 per person per meal. Now if we'll just eat at home. But I am pumped about it as I don't have this looming thing called "what's for dinner" hanging over my head!

Well, I'm off to scrap a bit before making Italian Chicken Roll Ups and Parmesan Potatoes for dinner!!

Eating/Cooking for less!!

I was reading my sister's blog this morning.. how funny is that.. we don't have to talk on the phone anymore, we just read each other's blogs... and read about a new meal planning service that she is trying out. So I headed over to the website http://www.e-mealz.com/ and read all about it and signed up!! I am really excited as I think this is something that we can really implement in our house and be successful.

If we can save money in the process YIPPEE!! but for me it's more about the planning and time management! I don't mind the cooking if I have an idea as to what to make and if we have the food to cook it. So with e-mealz that is done for me each week even so far as making a printable grocery list! I signed up for the Walmart Family Meal plan.

I'll let you know how it goes :)