To name just a few:
- Laundry--start and finish all it in one day.
- Credit Cards--cut 'em up
- My deliberate decision to drink coffee--and like it.
- Becoming an early riser
- Spring cleaning.
All this leads up to my new plan!
I hereby declare that we will empty our cupboards, purge our frig , and vacate the freezer.
Yes, I know I'll still need to buy a few basics here and there, but it is high time we use what we already have before I mindlessly buy more and more!
Can it be done?
Will I finish the 7 or more boxes of cereal that are half gone?
Will we eat the freezer burned green beans from last summer? (D, you know what I'm talking about.)
Stay tuned.
9 comments:
I totally need to do that too. I keep buying new stuff and the old stuff just gets pushed further and further back.
I decided I was going to do that too, about three weeks ago. It is working....and I am glad I'm not the only one with seven or so boxes of cereal!
I also have many boxes of cereal, but otherwise I am the opposite. I hate to spend money on groceries and try to buy a few as possible, leading to not having enough to make supper. Drives Rob crazy, his mom's cupboards are full.
I'm with you, Tami-I even had a houseguest open our fridge and comment how empty it was:-)
Mike and I recently have taken to doing the same thing. He doesn't mind stopping by the store on his way home from work . . . so about twice a week he picks up the necessities and we don't waste nearly as much as we used to - especially the fresh produce. We just buy what we're going to eat. No more slimey lettuce in the drawer!
It also helps that we've had an average of 3 meals a week being brought to us . . . we've been a little spoiled lately. That will end soon though, and we'll be back to making our own.
You know me Chelle. I buy what is strictly on the list, and I make the list from my monthly meal plan calendar. Can you say, nerd? Yes, but it saved our m...eals! You all thought I was going to say marriage - Ha!
It's the Hopkins way. I bet if you go into your parents cereal cupboard there will be 7 different kinds of cereal open for 2 people and only one eats it!
A noble cause all in all Chelle!
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Oh, you have no idea what a real overpacked cupboard looks like until you have seen ours. The record is 17 boxes of cereal. I am not kidding! For just the two of us. Our pantry is so full of food we found a box of milk bones way in the back. We have not had our dog for about 5 years now. I am not complaining however. Three freezers full of meat is a really good thing. Should I keep going? But in Jude's defence we are listed in the Red Cross plan for 3 months of food rations for the Caledonia community.
Fig likes the leftovers
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