Wanted: Shopping Help

I think I need a personal shopping assistant.  I doubt that even a shopping list could save me from myself.  I need someone to tackle me when I’m about to make a bad decision.

Yesterday I went to HT to pick up some very specific items:  steel wool, gloves, Easy Off (oven cleaner), light bulbs, and various food items which was to include eggs.  I got the steel wool and the gloves, but the Easy Off was nowhere to be found.  Okay, fine; there’s nothing I can do about that.  I then spent a lot of money on a bunch of snack food–popcorn, cookie dough, cheddar goldfish, real cheddar, pita chips, and hummus.  In my defense, some of the other things I got last night are staples for my pantry-soy sauce, bread crumbs, butter-will hopefully last a long time.   But seriously?  The majority of what I bought will be in my stomach within two or three days.  What will I eat for the rest of the week?

Oh yeah, I haven’t even mentioned  yet that when I got home the eggs and lightbulbs were nowhere to be found.  Completely slipped my mind. What I really need is to learn how to grocery shop in a way that feeds me relatively cheaply for a week and beyond.

And we’re not even going to go into clothes shopping.  That’s a completely different post.

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