Just realized my cheap grocery list took 5 hours to figure out

I tried to plan a week of meals under $50 and spent 5 hours going through store apps and flyers. Started with beans and rice but kept adding stuff like onions and bell peppers that pushed the total up. Then I had to swap out chicken thighs for canned tuna to stay on budget. Ended up with a list of 12 ingredients that actually worked but man, that took way longer than I expected. Has anyone else spent a whole afternoon on a single shopping list?

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sanchez.ivan3d ago

Man I feel this, I spent four hours price matching two different stores just to save like six bucks and then realized I forgot to account for cooking oil.

bell.jessica3d ago

@sanchez.ivan got us all out here doing advanced calculus just to save pocket change, then that oil tax hits like a plot twist nobody asked for.

wells.evan3d ago

Went through the same thing last week @sanchez.ivan, ended up buying the wrong size bottle.