[kristen.c]

I keep a white board on the fridge where we keep an ongoing list- on one side is stuff we need immediately, and the other side is stuff we're running low on and need to get in the next few weeks.

I usually make my list based on our meal plan for the week, what we're out of, and then items that I have coupons for that we need to stock up on. I do most of my shopping at the local organic market which has monthly sales so I only look at the online ad once a month, and Trader Joe's which has no sales, and Costco which we only buy a few items from and they're pretty much always the same items. I have a little day-book-sized coupon organizer where I keep my organic coupons so I just toss that in the car with me when I shop and pull from there as I go. I used to pull coupons before I went, but I decided it doesn't take me any extra time to do it in the store.