Rear Ended......and groceries!

Wow.  Sitting at a stoplight and all you hear is the crash of metal and feel the shudder of your car experiencing an impact that you had no idea was coming. 

That's the feeling of being rear ended!  Hopefully the insurance company of the at fault driver (that NOT being me) will help get things all set!

In other news....Being a single mom has its own sets of challenges.  One of them being a single working mom; and how to get grocery shopping done and spend as little money as possible! 

One of the best tips I can give is to, if you have a local one, shop at Aldi.  Aldi is owned by the same "parent company" as Trader Joe's, and they have amazing deals on a lot of your non perishable goods, IQF (individually quick frozen) meats, and fresh produce.  Things like frozen chicken breasts, soups, sugar, spices, etc. are amazingly cheap at Aldi.  Also, most grocery stores change their ads on Wednesday.  They also have their circulars online, with an online grocery list.  Go online and shop the ads; only pick what is on sale that you would normally buy, then print the list out and ONLY purchase what's on it.  For example, the local Harris Teeter this week has ground beef for 1.99 a pound, so things like that would go on the list and then remove the temptation of overspending! 

Try to plan meals ahead of time by using what's on sale in the circulars!

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