1. Wal-mart is insanely expensive in Florida.
2. All of the tourist in ALL of Florida seem to frequent my local Wal-mart, and therefore they are always massively crowded.
3. Because of the above mentioned tourists my Wal-mart tends to frequently be out of the essentials such as bread.
What these three conclusions add up to is that I made a plan to venture past my local Wal-mart to an actual grocery store... more commonly known as Publix to the local Floridians. I would like to first mention that I found the store without using my gps YAY! Not as directionally retarded as I thought! Not only did I found the store but before I went to the store I sat down and planned out an entire weeks menu, so I would know exactly what to get.
After completing my menu and subsequently the list that followed I wandered down to the store after work. I had set a general budget of 40 d0llars for this week. Not only did I get all of the groceries that I wanted I came in under my budget it was at 37.00 dollars and then came to 42.00 with taxes! I was so proud of this accomplishment that I had to call my Mom on the phone and tell her all about it.
Oh and I forgot to mention that one of the things I wanted to get was chicken, well all of the chicken was is packages that were too big for me, so I was even more of an adult and I asked the deli counter man if they split packages and they did, so he split my chicken for me and helped me stay under budget!
It seems silly to be so proud of such an accomplishment but I felt so good about it. Not only did it prove that I could be smart with my money but I could also actually make it on my crappy paychecks and not feel like I was gonna starve! So all in all I'd consider today an epic win! Score 1 for me , take that quarter-life crisis!
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