{"id":8765,"date":"2020-04-17T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2020-04-21T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:36:50","slug":"just-throw-that-grocery-budget-out-the-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/04\/just-throw-that-grocery-budget-out-the-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Anybody Else?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anybody else’s food budget WAY off track now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I used to buy things ONLY when on sale.\u00a0 Something that has always driven my kids crazy.\u00a0“Mom we need peanut butter, cereal …. SNACKS!”\u00a0<\/em>To which my reply has always been, “is it on sale?”\u00a0<\/em> If NOT we don’t get it.<\/p>\n

Now that I’m buying when I NEED it – I get sticker shock sometimes. Gosh food is expensive. This is not how I’m used to shopping. Now I’m buying a lot of things at full price or higher prices that I ever would have before, because you have to or feel you have to. I was SHOCKED at the price for a jar of Cheez Whiz today. That’s a lot of money for fake cheese. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I was standing in the aisle at the grocery store. I know I\u00a0 needed<\/del> it\u00a0 – wanted it. Before this, I NEVER EVER EVER would have paid such high prices for things. It just wasn’t in the budget. But decisions have to be made quickly now. Gone are the days of browsing. Holding something in your hand and taking time to think about whether you really need it or not, or what you’re going to do with it.\u00a0“Do I REALLY need it?\u00a0 Is there a cheaper option?\u00a0 Can I\u00a0 go to the “other” store to find it cheaper?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Nope. You just have to make the call. Grocery shopping by itself is not a comfortable experience anymore. It’s not the escape I used to enjoy on the weekend.\u00a0\u00a0Wandering the aisles.\u00a0 Back and forth because I usually forgot something. Now there are pathways assigned. Six feet distance from other shoppers. You need to shop as if you are on a mission.\u00a0 No going back if you forget something. Now it’s become a game of skill which I have yet to master.<\/p>\n

Cue the dramatic game show type music –\u00a0“You get one chance.\u00a0 Don’t screw it up.\u00a0 Don’t forget something on your list.\u00a0 There is no going back (smile)”\u00a0 If only some dramatic music would play as we shopped, and maybe Tom Cruise showed up to encourage us on our mission (smile).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

All in all – even though it’s different, and our habits have changed, and we’re spending more than before and our grocery budgets are totally blown – hats off to every single person working in the grocery stores. Thank you for showing up every day. Thank you for all that you have done to make our shopping experience a safe one.<\/p>\n

From signs directing us through the aisles,\u00a0 the constant cleaning,\u00a0 showing us where to stand in the line – keeping shelves stocked – thank you for all of that. Thank you for all that you do. And thank you for your smiles –\u00a0 I sure appreciate a smile more than anything else. That feeling of connection to another human right now is what we so desperately need and crave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anybody else’s food budget WAY off track now? I used to buy things ONLY when on sale.\u00a0 Something that has always driven my kids crazy.\u00a0“Mom we need peanut butter, cereal …. SNACKS!”\u00a0To which my reply has always been, “is it on sale?”\u00a0 If NOT we don’t get it. Now that I’m buying when I NEED","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4033,4196,4115,4195,4194,4193,4184],"class_list":["post-8765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-budget","tag-covid","tag-covid-19","tag-grocery-budget","tag-grocery-shopping","tag-grocery-store","tag-shopping"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 12:27:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2020\/04\/just-throw-that-grocery-budget-out-the-window\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8808,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions\/8808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}