Frugal In Florida

As far as grocery shopping goes, that is ... and only IF you live on the east side of Broward County, Florida. Folks, they say The Fresh Market is set to open February 1st at 9am. Yippee! Yahoo....so long Whole Foods and HELLO Fresh Market ! I'm sorry. I DO like Whole Foods but the prices are so dang steep ... there is seriously NO COMPETITION around this side of town. We don't even have a Publix Greenwise  this way. And I'm hoping that THIS will help the Food Budget too ... I told my boss that we may have to just shut the office that morning so we can all go and check it out ... $10 bucks says I can come in LATE at least :D Ok, so do any of you shop at The Fresh Market? And what is YOUR opinion??

This trip was delayed Friday & Saturday. Finally HAD to go on Sunday (no garbage bags or cat food). Had a very detailed list. Was bound & determined to stick to it. Ended up costing me $170.00 and then some! First mistake – never go when extremely busy, holiday weekend or in a hurry. Second mistake – pay attention to the sales! My BIGGEST mistake was the shrimp trays, 20 ounces were $10.99 and it was buy one get one free. I stupidly picked up two 32 ounce ones and noticed when I got home they were $16.99 each and NOT on B1G1F! Third mistake – pay attention at the checkout. Had I been, I would have noticed the shrimp & saved myself $35 or so. Ok, so all the above, I know and usually practice. But I had originally thought we were having company over later in the afternoon so I was a bit rushed. As it was, we ended up going out and spending close to $300 (see earlier post!) Now I’ve convinced myself, and hubby, and the kids (sort of) that I do not need to be going to...