Fresh Eggs $7.00 Fresh eggs, you just can’t beat them. Last week we needed eggs and I since I had no other reason to go grocery shopping, I went a half mile up the street and bought 2 dozen eggs out of someone’s cooler at the end of their driveway for $3.50 a dozen. How Read More >>

Food wise, one of the things I was most looking forward to here in the Northeast, was being able to shop at Market Basket and Aldi. I I’m not sure why, but I am amazed at the zero frills set up at both stores and the low food prices.  Smaller stores, less overhead, lower prices Read More >>

The name of the game last week was to eat all those leftovers from our big family dinner at Maggiano’s with my parents, and to whittle down the freezer meals I’ve picked up at Trader Joe’s over the past few weeks while staying here, in our little 600 square foot apartment. There was also a Read More >>

Trader Joe’s $151.29 Ohhhh Trader Joe’s. Have you been there before? I’ve often said that if I was a single working professional I would shop at TJ’s exclusively once a month and stock up on everything I needed for not only groceries, but ready made work lunches. I love the place. True, some products are Read More >>

I don’t know how else to explain all the food we ate last week other than to say I am proud to announce cleaning out the refrigerator, freezer and pantry was a huge success. Pretty much all that was left by the last day was a frozen ham and some random condiments that we dropped Read More >>