I keep a running grocery list on the frig so if one of us is going past the grocery store we can get what’s on the list. We generally shop once a week.

The Professor does most of the grocery shopping so he checks the different stores’ ads before he goes off to buy meat which is our most expensive item.

We don’t have much storage so I let the stores ‘keep’ my extras. I only buy in bulk if the price is really good. Otherwise I just don’t have room in the pantry. But I do know what’s in there at all times because I check weekly.

Nita – I edited the post with a picture of my graph and a little more explanation. Let me know if that makes more sense or if I’m still being too vfague.

We are trying to grow what we eat, but growing up like this, I know I have to can fruit when we get it, because sometimes, it might be several years before the trees bear again. So, when we have an abundance, some gets frozen, but most is canned in some form, since it will keep.

Azure has sales on items I buy, on a predictable schedule, so I can stock up on expensive items that we can’t grow, but still like to cook with, like olive oil and coconut oil, etc. They use cost plus pricing, so sometimes the prices actually go down!

I was wondering, sometime in the future will you go through a tutorial on menu planning. Seems simple, but I have never succeeded in creating one. I’m sure it’s a consequence of the diorganization thing I mentioned!