You KNOW you're broke...

[JenBKR]

Oh yeah, I know the feeling? As anna_66 said, if you have an Aldis (or Save a Lot) near you, you can really save some money. Take your own bags though, because you have to pay for theirs (unless you use their little boxes)

[Randi]

Donna, how about making a huge pot of spagetti Bolognaise sauce, it's really cheap - and you can freeze it in little containers, enough for one meal at a time. It's also easy, you just have to boil the spagetti.

Don't buy already grated Parmesan, get a good chunk of it and grate yourself - that will also go in the freezer. You can save a lot of money this way, and get better quality.

This is also quite cheap. Make a lot of meatballs, you can also freeze those. Have them with cold potato salad. The meatballs are a bit time consuming, but once they're done ....

[RICHARD]

When I lived on my own my system was this-

Take my budget and plan a meal, something that I could eat for a few days and then some other foodstuffs that I could use.....


I"d write the amount I had to spend at the top of my list and then guesstimate what I wanted and what it would cost to purchase that item(s).

As I went down the list I would subtract the cost until there was no money left...

The secret was to overestimate the prices.....

example,


A loaf of bread........$1.00

Then you look for the .89 cent loaf..

Two cans of veggies...... 1.50

Then look for .59 cent veggies....


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When I left the store I had enough money for a cheap hamburger fries and a coke.....


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CB,
You mean women need MORE than chocolate?

NOW I'm really

[moosmom]

Chocolate!!!! Damn! I knew I forgot something!! Doesn't matter anyway. I can't afford it. I can always open up my last envelope of hot cocoa and eat it, should I get THAT desperate for chocolate.

[davidpizzica]

Oh yeah, I know the feeling? As anna_66 said, if you have an Aldis (or Save a Lot) near you, you can really save some money. Take your own bags though, because you have to pay for theirs (unless you use their little boxes)

Jen, there's an Aldi's right in Penn hills shopping center. I know all of the cashiers there! (My second home!)

[JenBKR]

Jen, there's an Aldi's right in Penn hills shopping center. I know all of the cashiers there! (My second home!)

LOL I know, there's an aldis in Greensburg and a Save a Lot in Gbg and Mt. Pleasant. They know me well, yes they do...