Was so proud...

**lwlynch** · 08-23-2008, 01:56 PM

At walmart today, I was buying my salad stuff for the week. I have been fixing my husband salads for his lunch for a while now. I used to premake them, lettuce, carrots, onion, tomatoe, cucumber and put in a quart baggie (squeeze the air out) and then in a snack baggie the meat and cheese topping, another baggie the croutons. Then he has been taking the squirt dressing. He would pour all this into his pop up bowl. Then I bought the square container holds about cup and 1/2 of salad, and baggies on top and close. Easy peesy, I can make all 5 days and leave in fridge.

Well now that I explained that (weeee I am wordy) I go over in the section where the lettuce is and there is almost the same exact thing (whos been in my kitchen..lol) container with a small container on top, but just with a smidgen of croutons, meat, cheese and a small cont of dressing..... Once used you really couldn't use again. And guess how much it was.....4.98 for that, oh I just about died...

I felt so proud, sometimes I think you do so much to try to save money and keep it on a budget that you forget to check the things you were trying to save on.. It just made me feel good that I most probably could make ours for much, much less.

On that note. Walmart was yucky as usual, very hard to find cheaper brands and stuff. NOt stocking the stuff I usually like or maybe it is that they are just not stocking alot.. Everything always looks so picked over....

Just wanted to share..

**Lady_V** · 08-23-2008, 02:02 PM

Congrats on having a head start... next time, heavy shades... electric currents on the window pane... don't let them peek!

**Cricketlegs** · 08-23-2008, 02:31 PM

I know, if you start adding all the little extras(and some bigs one) you do that save money you would be really surprised by your savings.

Good things tend to become the norm don't they?