I love this thread. I have been eating down my freezer right now because work has been stressful, and produce expensive (Very expensive from Jan-early May, here, not much local yet).
So, I am nervous because it is now 1/2 full and that means I should buy more to refill it.. right?
It's low right now because I don't have much left from the fall picked / frozen items, stock, etc. I am eating through the meats...
I don't know if it is better to eat it down, and save $$ now, hope for better pricing later..or to keep shopping the sales to top it up...
ETA-- Inspired, so I took the first step and cleaned the freezer attached to the fridge.
Remaining - Blueberries, Cherries, small amount of other asst fruit, coconut (which none of us likes.. even in smoothies), pastry shell, icing, phyllo pastry, yeast, one pack of bread, two meals of meat dumplings (Teenage son eats these), 4-5 bags of frozen veg including home frozen ones, 5 packs of frozen spinach (should eat! Overload!), some grated cheese (2 dinners?)... Smoked salmon (will eat this weekend, this is a find DH must have bought it and forgot), three tuna pieces for sushi, and imitation crab (ditto).
Large freezer has meats (11 dinners), fish (2-3 dinners), juice (1 day), nuts, ice cream, cranberries, stock, butter x 4lb, pizza x1 and perogies (Teenage son).
Whew. I think I can get through the fruit / veg scarcity here for another 2+ weeks if I eat it all down.
I am giving a party for Easter dinner and then for MIL birthday the week after. If I use up the freezer to keep my grocery costs low, I can buy nice things (fresh veg/fruit) from the store for those meals.