Comments on: A Full Pantry http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/ A rich life without a lot of money Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: April http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10940 April Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:20:34 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10940 Thanks! It looks like we eat a lot of the same things, so this is really helpful. Thanks! It looks like we eat a lot of the same things, so this is really helpful.

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10849 FrugalBabe Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:30:42 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10849 April, We've learned to be careful in Costco - it's easy to walk out with $100 worth of stuff that you didn't plan to buy. For the most part we stick to food and household stuff like laundry detergent and toilet paper. We don't even walk down the aisles that have electronics, dishes, clothes, etc. Here's a partial list of what we bought this week: sprouted flax seed, frozen vegetables and fruit (several bags), cheese, soymilk, diced tomatoes, veggie sausages, several bottles of pomegranate juice (Costco is by far the best deal we've found for 100% pomegranate juice), almond butter, cereal, eggs, tortillas, yogurt (almost half the price of the same organic yogurt in the grocery store), frozen fish and shrimp, and olives. We buy stuff that we can freeze or that will keep in the pantry. We never buy fresh produce at Costco, since we get that delivered weekly. I've found that Costco has a great selection of organic frozen produce, and I use that to fill in when I run out of the fresh stuff. Our basic rule of thumb is that unless it's on our list before we go in, we only buy food (ignore the displays set up as you walk in), and we only buy stuff that's as unprocessed as possible. So that means we can skip whole aisles - the frozen entrees section, the snack foods section, etc. With those groundrules in place, we usually end up with everything we need and nothing we don't. April,
We’ve learned to be careful in Costco - it’s easy to walk out with $100 worth of stuff that you didn’t plan to buy. For the most part we stick to food and household stuff like laundry detergent and toilet paper. We don’t even walk down the aisles that have electronics, dishes, clothes, etc.

Here’s a partial list of what we bought this week: sprouted flax seed, frozen vegetables and fruit (several bags), cheese, soymilk, diced tomatoes, veggie sausages, several bottles of pomegranate juice (Costco is by far the best deal we’ve found for 100% pomegranate juice), almond butter, cereal, eggs, tortillas, yogurt (almost half the price of the same organic yogurt in the grocery store), frozen fish and shrimp, and olives.

We buy stuff that we can freeze or that will keep in the pantry. We never buy fresh produce at Costco, since we get that delivered weekly. I’ve found that Costco has a great selection of organic frozen produce, and I use that to fill in when I run out of the fresh stuff.

Our basic rule of thumb is that unless it’s on our list before we go in, we only buy food (ignore the displays set up as you walk in), and we only buy stuff that’s as unprocessed as possible. So that means we can skip whole aisles - the frozen entrees section, the snack foods section, etc. With those groundrules in place, we usually end up with everything we need and nothing we don’t.

]]> By: April http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10843 April Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:03:42 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/2007/08/21/a-full-pantry/#comment-10843 What sorts of things do you stock up on at COSTCO? We do this occasionally, but we get too many "extras" there that run the bill up. I'd like to come in with a set list so I won't be as likely to stray. What sorts of things do you stock up on at COSTCO? We do this occasionally, but we get too many “extras” there that run the bill up. I’d like to come in with a set list so I won’t be as likely to stray.

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