Favorite thing - Real Simple grocery shopping list

Hey everyone!

As I sat down tonight to make out my grocery list for tomorrow (I shop on Saturdays because Jon has the car during the week and Sundays are busy with church) I realized what my first "favorite thing" to share with you would be: my grocery list!

I have a checklist made by Real Simple that I use:       http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/organizing/organizing-products-00000000007024/page3.html. I purchase it at Target for around $5 (?) per pad. I've been using these for at least a couple of years now. Let me explain what I like so much about it.

* It's magnetic - this is such a handy feature because I can keep it on the side of the fridge and check off whatever I need as I run out of things between visits to the grocery store.

* It's pre-filled out with common staples that you would purchase at the store and categorized (produce, meat, frozen, etc.). There are also boxes next to each item that you check off to show that you need something.

* There's plenty of blank lines to write in items that aren't already listed (for example, I have to write in pet food, baby stuff, etc.).

* There are enough sheets to last at least a year (I think mine had somewhere from 60-75). I shop bi-weekly, so mine lasts me quite a while!

I added a link earlier to show you exactly what I use although the page states that it costs about $9. I don't remember it costing that much though. So, I found a similar list on Amazon that costs less. Here's the link to that one: http://www.amazon.com/Knock-All-Note-Pads-Pack/dp/B001EPRBHK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1302314053&sr=8-2

I hope this is helpful to you! It really helps me cut down my grocery costs in several ways.

1. By pre-planning what I'm going to buy, I don't make many impulse purchases.

2. It makes it easy to meal plan since everything is on one list together rather than buying a bunch of things and trying to put them together at home.

3. I am way less likely to forget to buy something that I need since I can easily check something off of the list when I run out instead of trying to think of things while standing in the middle of the store.

4. This also helps cut down on grocery store trips between grocery shopping visits. Very rarely does Jon have to stop on the way home from work to pick something up for dinner.

OK. That's it for now! Thanks for reading!