I changed my approach to grocery shopping years ago, when bakery aromas greeted me outside the store. Willpower, schmillpower! Who could resist that sugary sweet suggestopedia and bypass the bakery?!?!? I still wonder if that trick was some clandestine plot to derail dieters and keep them on expensive plans unnecessarily... until some shareholder's kid had finished braces or college or something... But I swear, I am not a conspiracy theorist!
I bucked up and changed stores, found the oldie-but-goodie books about quantity cooking and freezing, and generally became a curmudgeon. For my next trick, I will learn canning and preserving. Until then, my best trick is to work just enough to augment the income and not sacrifice good deals. When I am too busy, I am unavailable for money savers. At that point, we don't get the best deals, the budget springs a leak, and it is time to recalibrate the domestic system.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu
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