[mountainmist]

I was amazed this morning to read several postings about how negative an experience it generally is to go grocery shopping -- and here all along, I thought it was JUST "me," and had no idea that the same things irk others.

For myself what I hate & despise most about shopping for groceries is that it is necessary to go several times a week for FRESH produce, as I will not purchase that bagged stuff that is filled with carbon dioxide to keep it from wilting for weeks, but that same gas destroys ALL the vitamin content of anything in the bag --- I'm not eating those high priced items for the roughage, I eat fresh fruits and veggies for the vitamins & minerals & antioxidants.

So I have to go frequently to bring home produce which is actually FRESH, and I need to time these store runs to coincide with time periods when I'll time to WASH it thoroughly BEFORE putting it into my refrigerator.

It's pathetic that in the 21st Century I have to be so scared about what I bring home from the grocery store, and how everything must be washed under running water according to FDA instructions, this seriously irritates me.




Here's an interesting posting from the WHAT FRUGAL THING DID YOU DO TODAY MESSAGETHREAD:

Originally Posted by LuxLiving

97.00 - wow, great job frugalelf! I'm inspired!!! Do you have a system to rotate your canned goods? I mark mine w/the date bought as in 10/06 for October 2006 and what I ended up paying for the item w/coupons etc. It takes even LONGER to put them away this way, but I do tend to get the older ones used up first.

You're exhausted? ME TOO! I was just complaining to The Hubster that grocery shopping wipes me smooth clear out!

First the perusing the ads, then the menu plan, the making of the list, the searching of cabinets to see if there is something I need to restock on, the coupon pull, the drive to the store, the hunt for list items, the hunt for instore coupons, wine tags, peelies, the finding of list item, the coupon match, the calculations, the putting in the cart, the taking out of cart and putting onto conveyor, making nice w/the checker, finding my *&^@# drivers license to verify I'm one and the same, the writing of the check or swiping of the debit card if I can %#$ find it, the taking out of cart to the shelf/sacking if you buy at someplace like Save-A-Lot or Aldi's, the loading cart with sacks, the unloading sacks into car, huff, huff, huffff, catch breath, drive myself and my 'gatherings' home (anybody wondering at this point why there isn't more roadrage hasn't been grocery shopping lately), the unloading sacks from the car and into the house, and then unloading them, marking them and then putting them on the shelves.

Great Goosegrease but that's a lot of loading and unloading!! No wonder we're exhausted Pattie!!

I'm going to really start slowing down planning to do anything else on my grocery days. I just ain't got enough ummpphhh left in this ol'gal to do too much else on those days...much less cook anything afterwards.

Going to have to start loading the crockpot BEFORE I leave for the grocery, because I sure as shooting don't feel like cooking anything after finally throwing myself on the couch after ALL THAT and wishing I had a cabana boy to bring me an iced tea!