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General Discussion => Share Your Badassity => Topic started by: Money Badger on January 25, 2015, 07:52:23 AM
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Had a funny moment today grocery shopping solo where I picked up a box of Oreos... We pack school lunches for the kids daily and wifey usually buys a treat to include. But realized maybe 3 aisles later that we had some better options at home and that i was wasting $4 so I walked back the 3 aisles to put the evil Double-stuffs back. By then, a store employee was restocking that section so we made eye contact and said "You can have these back ma'am, enjoy!" Also resisted a $11 pack of chicken breasts and the bacon section (this was near torture!) Total grocery run for 4 for the week including $20 of soap/pharmacy items was $117. These runs used to be easily $250 before MMM.
What's your favorite "put the (blank) down and no one got hurt" anti-impulse buying story?
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I used to never really look at prices on food items I purchased. Now I break everything down to the price per ounce and go off of that. Yeah... Generic store brands items taste the same. I don't know how much I've saved, but I'm sure it's quite a bit!
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I actually signed up for Community Supported Agriculture boxes that are delivered to my house to severely cut how much time I spend in the grocery store. All sorts of things find their way into my cart. The biggest temptation for me is raisin bread. mmm....
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Yesterday I picked up 2 fancy containers of humus at buy-1-get-1 free. Walking over to the checkout I realized that if I bought my regular store brand at regular price and added my own spices, I would still be paying less per container. Returned the fancy humus and saved $.20... seems slightly silly and I would never have done that pre-MMM. Its a tiny amount but it all adds up. I have been easily sticking to new limit of $100/week for family of 4 -- down from $200+