My neighbor made me rethink how I grocery shop after she showed me her receipts

Ran into my neighbor Karen last Saturday at the Aldi on 5th street. She had two full carts and I joked she was stocking for a bunker. She laughed and showed me her receipts from the last 3 months. She saves like $150 a month just by shopping once a week with a list and using the same 10 staple recipes. I always just grab whatever looks good and end up with weird stuff like 3 jars of capers and no actual dinner plans. Tried her method this week and my total was 40 bucks less than normal. Has anyone else had a random convo that changed how you do something simple like this?

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davis.dakota7d ago

grabbing whatever looks good" is literally me every single time lol. I once bought a jar of pickled eggs on a whim and then had to figure out what to do with them. That list thing is real though, I started doing it a few months back and my pantry is way less chaotic now. No more random capers or three bottles of soy sauce.

jessica_dixon7d ago

Wince at the memory of buying pickled eggs once myself and then staring at them for six months until I convinced myself they were a science experiment. Pretty sure I finally just tossed them out of guilt. The list thing saved my wallet though, I used to come home with random stuff like anchovy paste and have zero clue what recipe even called for it. Now I just have a running note on my phone titled "Dont buy weird stuff unless you actually need it." Works like a charm.