Grocery Shopping

I really don't know how I feel about grocery shopping. I usually think about having to go and get uggy about it. Maybe it is because I am usually totting along 2-5 children. That would do it for anyone. However there are things about it I like I decided today. I don't like planning a menu, but I've started doing a monthly plan and that saves the unpleasantness for just one time a month, and not 4! I do like deciding exactly what I need and putting it into a list. I like finding exactly what I need and making sure I have enough money (I have a list on my computer of exactly what each food costs). I like coming home and putting food in the fridge (I plan it so precisely that by Wednesday there are only condiments and maybe some leftovers left in the fridge). Anyway, #1 and I took 4 kids grocery shopping today, survived, and had $1 left over! Hmm, other things I enjoy about grocery shopping...I love that we now have these reusable bags and I don't have to buy them anymore (Aldi you buy your own bags)...I like that I know all the cashiers and have an ongoing aquatince with them. Jo is a mom of one of my former students and Brandon is going to school to be an accountant. There's another chick and I never can remember her name, but she has a kid a few months older than Big J and she always comes over to say "hi". Anyway, enough about my grocery store, I'm just glad it is done for another week and when I open the fridge there is more than ketchup and baking soda looking back at me :o)