wow oh wow oh wow!! I thought I was doing good only shopping once a month!! I feel like such a baby at this lol!

Awesome post , I’m going to spend more time researching this subject

I am in awe of your friend Abby, and I’m just finding all of these wonderful posts and reading them! How inspirational! I am just now getting to once a month shopping, which is no where near twice a year! We also have sworn off Walmart- there is absolutly nothing there we need, that we can’t get at our local grocery store. We haven’t been in a Walmart for probably 3 years now. We haven’t missed it at all

I love this idea…But I am trying to stay away from walmart cause of the impulse buying…I am going to try this but w/ other stores Thanks

I only get paid once a month. The first few days of the month, I buy what I think we will need for the next 4-5 weeks. I do shop in-between, but mostly just for milk and incidentals. It took some getting used to, but making up a list and checking it over before I go over really helps. I also do a menu plan to help make up my list.

Any fresh meat gets eaten the first week – after that it either comes from the freezer, the pantry or we eat vegetarian. I can’t imagine shopping for six months at a time, but I did get used to doing once a month.

I do buy weekly from the Farmer’s Market when it is running. I do not grow a garden big enough for all the food preservation that I do, so I buy enough each week not only to eat but also to preserve.

I also keep a fairly extensive pantry – we could probably get three months from our regular pantry if we were careful. This gives me some security, especially after reading today’s post of Kendra’s husband losing his job.

After a while, you get used to not going to the store.

You eat what is fresh from the garden.

You chose to make what you want from what you have.

I’d love to have chickens and a cow, but for now, powdered eggs and powdered milk keep me going. I get eggs if we have the money to do so, but if I do that’s perhaps the only thing I’ll get.

It gives one a lot more time, not standing in line, driving to the store, or shopping. I have plenty of things to do to fill that time!