Big lots 20 piece to off everything tomorrow

We  went to the twenty percent off sale at Bog Lots .   We had review privileges today,   I went for female stiff and to look at the food prices.    I got dried onions for .80 as well as marshmallows for .80 and  jalapeño peppers.    They had two bath mats on sale for 13.70.   Blue, roses , and the skoosh of memory foam.....yah, I can dig that.    Ocean spray diet drinks 4/1.60.  

First , we went to grocery outlet.    We really made out, a legit 67 percent off.   Yummy name brand cookies for .99.  Spaghetti for .50 a pound!    Beer brats for a dollar.   (BOGO). Annie's  yogurt 4/.50 that's like .12 each.   Cantaloupe 1.25.  

The little things, not buying a lot that you wouldn't buy anyway.  I got onion flakes because I am going to make some spice rubs and seasoning "mixes" this week.  

It's that little extra effort that means I can feed us on 75 percent of snap money.    We are not in snap, but we spend less and wind up with food in the pantry at the end of the month.  



Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

 Perspective . The  emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stabll/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will 

need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals 

on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person.   You spend more time on the 

planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.