I've made this Goal 1a because it really does (to me anyway) belong with Goal 1 of Menu Planning. My preferred time to shop is early am on Sundays - early enough that you miss the crowds but late enough that they have completely restocked. For me that's between 8.30 and 9am. I'm home by 10.30 at the latest and still have the majority of the day available for more desirable pursuits than grocery shopping. Not that I mind grocery shopping actually, I just loathe it when it's crowded.
The current week's list starts after the previous shop is done. Items are added during the week and then Saturday night or early Sunday morning I look at the menu for the next week and add any necessary items. I also do a round of the cupboards checking levels of such things as soap, toothpaste, toilet paper etc. D laughs at me for the way I write my list:
Top right hand corner - pantry items such as tuna, eggs, bread
Top left hand corner - household items such as toilet paper, laundry detergent, cat litter
Bottom right hand corner - cold items such as meats, cheese, milk, deli items
Botton left hand corner - fruit and veg
I don't know why I started doing it this way but I've done it like this for as long as I can remember and it suits me. I don't undestand how people shop without a list - as far as I can see you'd always be forgetting stuff you actually need and/or buying stuff you didn't actually need or want. I very rarely go back to the shops during the week because a. I've planned ahead and bought what we need for the week and b. grocery shops at 5-6pm on a weekday when everyone is in there 'getting something to cook for dinner' are just small little hells on earth.
So far so good with both the meal planning and grocery shopping in 2013. Definitely giving myself an A for effort so far ths year.
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