Do you have a Costco card? You can get Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breasts there for about half what they cost in the grocery store. Not to mention that FF is now individually wrapping them so all you have to do is pop them in the freezer.

Hey, I've been meaning to ask what came out of your conversation with Bernie? Didn't he say he'd love to hire you?

I'm sure I could eat really cheaply on Mac n Cheese, and bologna on white bread. At least until heart disease kicked in.... I belive that's where the savings on eating healthy are realized - lower medical costs.

L-i-K-S - Yeah, Bernie was saying that he'd like to hire me...in January.

But I don't want to work for Bernie. He drives his employees nuts micromanaging them, he's always interrupting them when they're busy, and then he gets mad when they make mistakes or projects are late. He's a pain.

Also? There was a Chinese Food Mix-Up a week or so ago and I accidentally stole and ate his lunch. I'm not sure he loves me any more.

Mac-and-cheese or balogna may be cheap, but they're deadly, as you say. :) Anyhow, shopping for food isn't expensive unless you're addicted to prepared food or are accustomed to eating twice as much in a day as you actually need.

The stuff that costs a lot is the stuff I shouldn't be eating anyhow. Bags of chips and/or crackers, stuff like that. As long as I mostly shop the perimeter of the store (where the fresh food is), I do okay.

Well, I don't eat that much either, but I object to paying $4.69 for what I can get for $2.69 in bulk. I have room in the freezer for one batch of chicken breasts at a time, and it makes me happy to do it that way. Not to mention that I shop there anyway for dog food :)