So today was my big shopping day for the month! I ran out of chocolate chips so we HAD to go shopping. We went to Sam's Club :] I love that place so much, always have. We restocked our kitchen and pantry for under $100, thank you very much (that should last about 2-3 months). We got a bunch of stuff in bulk for an average of about $5. I'm not going to go into how much we saved and all the equivalents and what not but I'm very proud of our shopping skills. My day was mostly reorganizing our kitchen and restocking our food storage. We got a large bottle of ketchup and I refilled our smaller ketchup bottles. I spent about $3 on the big one and refilled 3 smaller ketchup bottles that originally cost Richard around $2. Running ketchup thru a small funnel is the most time consuming, boring thing I have ever done. Good thing I had music!! When we bought our items most of them came in sets of two so we could use one and put the other in storage. Even if starting your own food storage seems to be hard, the best advice I can pass on to you is what my first visiting teacher told me. "Just buy one extra can of something. Fruit, cream of whatever, veggies, anything and go from there. But remember its food storage, STORAGE you can't just use it after you buy it, it needs to be saved (stored)." I also bought a giant can of tomato paste for spaghetti sauce and pizza sauce. But you can't just have a random giant can you leave open all the time. I put the specific amount required for the recipes in freezer bags. I have 10, 3oz (serving 3-5) and 9, 6oz (serving 7-10) bags of tomato paste that I can just put in a pot with some water and Italian spaghetti seasoning and have a sauce for anything (removing the plastic of course). This job was not a one person job, I was lucky enough to have a wonderful friend come help me :] I also cleaned our fridge and cycled new things in. And believe me, it needed it! I finished all my dishes and even tidied up the house a bit. I have clean rooms, floors, counters and even walls! :) We also have plants that I gave a new homes today. I got one for mothers day and another my husband was nice enough to get me. My pots aren't really pots (SH!) but it works and they are much bigger than the original container so the plants can grow. That's what we all need, just a little room to grow and push ourselves to be the best we can be. Now that I'm partially out of my cleaning high I should probably enjoy the rest of my day and relax. Maybe get a foot massage from my amazing husband :D We'll see what tomorrow has in store! Good night to all!
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| Tomato Paste to start |
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| Tomato paste to end |
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| Happy Plants :] |
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| Giant Ketchup!! |
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