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An Organized Shopping List Makes All the Difference By Monica Resinger _http://homemakersjournal.com_ (http://homemakersjournal.com) Making and using a grocery list will help you buy only necessities and/or sale items so will help you save money. It will also get you out of the store quicker as long as the list is organized. An unorganized grocery list can actually keep you in the store longer; here's an example: I used to make my grocery list by writing the first item at the top of the list and working my way down in no particular order. At the store, I'd be in a particular area, read my list over in a hurry and miss one or two items in that section. I would then have to run back to that section later when I noticed I missed items. Every time I went shopping I'd spend a good part of the time running back to a particular section to pick up something I missed. I decided there had to be a better way. What I came up with is a pre-printed sectioned list made on my computer. The list has headings for each section of the grocery store such as 'produce', 'meats', 'breakfast foods', etc., just like you'd see in a coupon organizer. Now, as I'm making my list, I just go to the section on the pre-printed list and write in the item. Then, when I'm grocery shopping and in a certain area, I can see at a glance ALL the items needed in that section. Another benefit is that it's very easy to search for coupons since the list headings match the coupon headings. I made this list by opening up a new document in my Wordpad program; any word processing program will work. Then all I did was type in the following headings three across in a row, then four or five returns down to make the next row of three across. The returns provide space for to write in items later. These are the headings I used: PRODUCE BREAD/BAKERY CONDIMENTS BAKING SUPPLIES PACKAGED MEALS/SOUPS SNACKS/POP FROZEN VEG./JUICE FROZEN MEALS FROZEN TREATS MEAT BREAKFAST ITEMS CLEANERS PROCESSED MEAT PET FOOD TOILET PAPER/TOILETRIES MILK/DAIRY After the list was finished, I printed out a few to keep with my grocery ads in a binder. When I need more, I'll print more. I took my list shopping and found out, an organized shopping list does make all the difference. Monica is the founder Homemaker's Journal E-publications, the growing home of many fun and informative home and garden e-books, tip sheets, articles and more! _http://homemakersjournal.com/_ (http://homemakersjournal.com/) Get a FREE Slowcooker Recipe E-book when you subscribe to Monica's FREE e-zine for homemakers! To subscribe and receive instructions for picking up your FREE e-book, just send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Feel free to publish this article as long as the above bylines & this note are included; notification at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) would be appreciated. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE USING ARTICLES POSTED ON THE GROUP: 1. Print the article in its entirety. Don't make any changes in the article . 2. Print the resource box with all articles in their entirety. 3. Send the Author a copy of the reprinted article or the URL where the articles was posted. Anything short of following these three rules is a violation of the Authors Copyright. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
