Saving Money

I was watching Dr. Phil the other day while feeding Joshua and they were talking about new year's resolutions and how to keep them. One of the points made by some CNBC money guy was that you should do your grocery shopping at warehouse stores and not at the grocery store and to only go once a month. So, we are trying it. We went to Costco today to get our month supply of Costco stuff. While at the very back of the store, Josh started screaming. So, I thought he was hungry and needed to eat. I walked through the entire store with him screaming and everyone staring at me and saying "OHHHHH, someones not happy." I felt so stupid. Once we got out to the car, he wouldn't eat and kept screaming for 5-10 minutes. I finally got him calmed down and he ate a little and fell asleep. I have no idea what was wrong with him. Anyway, we bought everything we could buy at Costco for the month and headed home. It ended up being more than it should because we had to buy TurboTax while they had the coupon for it. We also bought some shampoo with the coupons. I then went to Fresh and Easy to finish our shopping list (Josh screamed in that store too! I guess he doesn't like grocery shopping!!). Now, we are going to only go to the store to buy perishables. I am hoping to get to Fresh and Easy early in the mornings so that I can get the Today's Special produce at 50% off. I hope we really save money doing this!! I figure that it is also a good way to get food storage built up...especially since it is food we will be using all the time! I will write in a month or so and report on how our food budget is doing.