Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

But I don't have a car so gas isn't really something I think about very often any more.

I'm also limited in which stores I can get to and when, the store I can reach that has the best produce is not the cheapest overall and the one that has the cheapest prices is actually easier to get to but has a miserable produce department.

You don't have to drive all that far to burn up enough gas to make the difference in the food prices moot, I've taken some time to settle on the store I shopped this time and I have weighed multiple factors of which convenience is a major one for my situation and a good produce section is another.

How much your return is on the time you spend counts for something too, If I had spent two hours at home scouring coupons on the computer and printing them and saved another ten dollars that would only have been five dollars an hour. I'm not obsessive enough to do that but paying attention and doing a little mental arithmetic when walking around the store is within my limited attention span.

The bottom line is I walked out with as much food as I would have gotten at the "discount" store for the same money but I had access to better produce and a more pleasant shopping environment with better selection and the down side being it took more effort on my part.