Well saveing again

I went running to about 3 places today already and saved about 300 dollars while I was out. I smoke the very cheap brand and have got use to it all. At 17 dollars compaired to 95 dollars at the mini marts and grocery stores. Then a trip over to Walmart also I almost forgot that the 2nd kitchen was out of bread. So I did some running of course. At all the places I hit up today were busy. The tourist season has begun early here. I know some of the cashiers over on the res and at Walmart fairly well and they were all running ragged. Pluss both of the freezers are jamed packed as of now and I like it like that. I do not have to do any grocery shopping at this point for at least 2 months around here. That is the nice part of being stocked up also. After all of this I can say that it took some time and alot of planning to be stocked like I am. Now for what I mean by this is that I have hit up alot of sales and meal planning around here. That and coupons. Like went the Mac and Cheese is on sale let's say 10 for 10 dollars you get 20 boxes of it and run for the good stuff. IF you have coupons even better. With the boxed mac and cheese there are alot of combinations you can use it for. I would throw green beans corn and a half pound of burger and there is a meal for at least 4 folks with one box. Yes that is how broke I was at one point in time. The half pound of burger was optional also. Now I make the homemade stuff and go from there. This is what I mean for meal planning. Think of the combinations of things you can throw togeather. Someone told me just recently that her children do not have the option of asking for something else for dinner. I say it may look God awfull and it tastes better than it looks. I learned that from the woman who raised me. I would point and ask what it was, momma would tell me never mind eat. I would ask for 2nds by the time it was said and done. Sometimes the food doesen't look like it should and that is ok who needs pictures to go by in how it is suppose to look anyway. Even if you pick stuff up from the cheapest store out there you can make a meal off of about 5 dollars sometimes less sometimes more around a household. It depends on how many folks are in the household. When I say this get the groceries as cheap as you can and start planning. There are times when you have something once a week there are times when it is once a month. Like pizza is once a week sometimes around my place. Meatloaf maybe a favorite on someone elses list. It depends on the household. I also do get a hankering for fried chicken every so often. So I do not make something like that often. The best part about cooking is that you do not need the expensive stuff to cook with. Sometimes it is a wing and a prayer. Now in my place we are not huge stake eaters anymore. We eat alot of burger, chicken and pork around here. So you will see alot of those 3 things in my freezers.