Today I picked up my first "basket" of produce in a food co-op i'm trying out. IT WAS AWESOME! I came across the website (www.bountifulbaskets.org) and after researching a little I thought I'd give it a try. It basically is a bunch of people that pool their money ($15 per "basket" distributed every 2 weeks) to have some heftier buying power so they can buy from the same sources that grocery stores and restraunts buy from, for cheap. It's fun because you get different stuff every time, so you get to try new things. This particular website is only for Arizona but I know that there are similar things elsewhere. I was worried it was going to be crappy stuff, but I'm pleased to announce that all the fruits and veggies are perfect. Anyway, here's what I got:
9 bananas
6 grapefruit
6 oranges
11 lemons
8 apples (Janagold i think?)
3 lbs pears
6 large yellow onions
2 lbs carrots
1 bunch spinach
1 bunch radishes
1 eggplant
1 head green leaf lettuce
They advertise that you're supposed to get $50 worth of produce, which it looks like to me, but I'll have to go jot down some prices to verify that. The best and worst part is that it is purely volunteer run, so they LIKE for you to volunteer to come sort the produce before distribution. But hey...it keeps the cost lower and they let volunteers have extra!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Groceries
What with all the economic crisis mess going on I thought I'd share my grocery secrets. (I know..you're all quivering with delight!) But seriously, I've cut my grocery bill in half, from around $500 per month to $200 per month, PLUS I'm getting a good stockpile. I only have maybe 2-3 months of food sitting around here, but considering I'm in a 900 square foot apartment, I don't think that's too shabby. When/If we ever get the camera fixed I may take a pic of my overflowing food closets.
My Mom got me hooked on a website called "The Grocery Game" (www.thegrocerygame.com) Basically they do all the work of correlating the sales going on at your store with the coupons taken out of the Sunday paper. Everything is color coded by how great of a sale it is: black = only buy if you need it, blue = a good sale, buy what you can and green =free. Green is most definitely my fave. :) It does take about 3 months to have a good enough stockpile to really start cutting your grocery bill, AND it does take time. I have to spend about an hour cutting out coupons, planning the meals for the week and putting my list together, plus another hour to shop, but I figure I make pretty good money with my 2 hours per week. AND it does cost money, $10 a month for the first store and $5 for each additional store, plus the cost of the paper. Anyway, IF anyone is interested you can get a 4 week trial for $1!
My receipt for this week. I saved 68 % which is pretty normal. My all time high is 77%.
My Mom got me hooked on a website called "The Grocery Game" (www.thegrocerygame.com) Basically they do all the work of correlating the sales going on at your store with the coupons taken out of the Sunday paper. Everything is color coded by how great of a sale it is: black = only buy if you need it, blue = a good sale, buy what you can and green =free. Green is most definitely my fave. :) It does take about 3 months to have a good enough stockpile to really start cutting your grocery bill, AND it does take time. I have to spend about an hour cutting out coupons, planning the meals for the week and putting my list together, plus another hour to shop, but I figure I make pretty good money with my 2 hours per week. AND it does cost money, $10 a month for the first store and $5 for each additional store, plus the cost of the paper. Anyway, IF anyone is interested you can get a 4 week trial for $1!
My receipt for this week. I saved 68 % which is pretty normal. My all time high is 77%.Monday, November 10, 2008
PLEASE tell me that didn't just happen.
Don't ask me why, but for some reason Eva thinks it's funny when you pretend to smell her feet and act like they're stinky. (I don't even remember why this got started. Maybe to get her to hold still while I changed her diaper?) Anyway at church yesterday she got annoyed with our lack of entertainment and started booking it down the aisle looking for an escape. So this guy sticks his leg out to stop her and what does she do? SHE GRABS HIS FOOT AND SMELLS IT! I thought I was going to die of embarrassment. I have no idea if the guy even noticed since I just grabbed her and left the room. Lets hope not or he's surely going to have a complex about his feet.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
cute story and random pics
I was making a cake yesterday (happy birthday jared!) and I needed to cut the top off of one the rounds so they would stack better. So I figured I'd let Eva have a taste before I threw it away. Eva takes a taste and then runs out of the kitchen. I start cramming these leftover pieces down the sink when she comes running in, both hands clutching her bib. (She knows she can't eat unless she has her bib on) She sees what I'm doing and just slumps to the ground holding her bib and crying. I felt so bad! But she got me back when we went out to eat that night by smearing BBQ sauce all over my handwash only shirt and eating all my dinner and otherwise acting like a nutcase.
For Halloween we borrowed a witch costume that my mom had made for Kelli as a baby. I kept telling her she was soo cool for having a vintage costume! I was worried because we practiced for weeks trying to get her to wear the hat and she refused until we got to our trunk or treat and then I guess she was so weirded out by all the strange sights and sounds that she left it alone. Her favorite part of Halloween was running rampant through the crowds in the church parking lot while Jared and I chased her.
This pic is her wearing Jared's socks. She went running into the bedroom and then came running back out wearing them! (i STILL can't figure out how she got them on.)
For Halloween we borrowed a witch costume that my mom had made for Kelli as a baby. I kept telling her she was soo cool for having a vintage costume! I was worried because we practiced for weeks trying to get her to wear the hat and she refused until we got to our trunk or treat and then I guess she was so weirded out by all the strange sights and sounds that she left it alone. Her favorite part of Halloween was running rampant through the crowds in the church parking lot while Jared and I chased her.
This pic is her wearing Jared's socks. She went running into the bedroom and then came running back out wearing them! (i STILL can't figure out how she got them on.)
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