My Grocery List

Last month in my meal planning post (if you missed it click here), I mentioned that I carry around a folder that has my meal planning calendar, my grocery list, my to-do list and my calendar. I’m a little bit of a list freak!  I’ve already shared my meal planning calendar so today I thought I’d share my grocery list with everyone.

I know what you’re thinking… why share a grocery list?  Why do we need to see that?  Well, my grocery list is a little different than most.  I don’t just grab a blank piece of paper and write down the things I need.  I have more of a grocery list template.

As you can see from the picture, I have a list that’s pre-populated with items that I typically buy.  When I am doing my meal planning I just take my highlighter and highlight the items that I will need.  I take the list with me to the store and then check off the items as I go.  It saves me a little time to not have to write it out. It also helps to see all the things listed out because after looking at the grocery list I may remember something that I needed but didn’t think about it until I saw it on the list.

I used to do a lot of my grocery shopping at Wal-Mart over my lunch break.  I needed to get in and out of there quickly, so I set up the list in the order of the store.  I usually would head to the back of the store and work my way back up to the register and my grocery list followed that. 

I am now doing most of my grocery shopping at Aldi’s so I do need to update my grocery list to follow that stores layout.  Something I need to do soon as it’s a little frustrating going through the store with a grocery list that is out of order.

Out of curiosity, how do you handle your grocery list?  Do you write it out? Do you use an app?  Do you have a grocery list like mine?  What works for you?