An Aldi shopper!

 I am now what you would call an Aldi shopper!

For YEARS I was anti Aldi.. for no other reason

then ,I had two bad experiences in a row

at Aldi and so, I had boycotted it.

I gave it two tries before I deemed it a waste

of time and decided I would never go back!

That is until we were driving by one day on our

way to Walmart (Aldi is across the street)

and I seen milk for 1.69.. CRAZY~

I mean we are a milk family. We can easily

go through a gallon or more a day .

So, I said to my husband "Maybe we should

go there and get some milk"

and so, he turned the car around!

While walking around I did some comparing.

I seen that some things were the same price as others

and I seen others were amazingly priced.

I went back two times that week... ( I know, I know

CRAZY)

BUT, Aldi carries a brand of Salsa and Hummus that

is Famous around here and, they carry it for MUCH cheaper

I was still not convinced I was an Aldi shopper altho I was 

not "anti Aldi" anymore.

Today we were heading to walmart and I said "we should

go to Aldi to get some milk while we are over there"

And so , on the way I made up my menu for the week and 

my list.

I bought everything for my week for lunches, breakfast , dinner

and snacks for 60 DOLLARS~ 

I was impressed. AND all in ONE store

Part of the distaste I had for Aldi (aside from my two

bad experiences) is that I didn't consider it

One stop shopping... or even a place I would/could

get enough to make it worth my trip.

I am not a multi store kinda gal. I know those who are

and that is GREAT for them but, it is not for me.

So, when I got everything I needed for the week 

actually under 60 dollars *but close enough*  I was impressed!

I will still do my monthly Sams shopping as, well,

there are some things I can not beat the price of there! 

And I am not yet convinced that I will do ALL my shopping

at Aldi but, it is defiantly enough that I can 

throw it into my routine when we are heading to walmart 

for anything in particular!

As I said, 1.69 for milk is pretty hard to beat since

at Meijer last night I spent over 3 dollars~! OUCH.

I am usually able to keep my grocery budget under 70-75

a week going exclusively to Meijer however,

going to Aldi I am able to buy the kids

snacks that they are not normally

able to get because of budget.

Today I got them some pretzels and some veggie chips

those are things that almost never make it

into our shopping cart!

They are not things that they *need* but,

who doesn't want or deserve 

a special snack every now and again?