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Funny story,  I told my husband, JJ, that I was writing a blog about how to have the perfect life.  He said, "you have the perfect life?!?!"  I said no, but I'm going to, and I'm going to blog about how to make it happen.

So, I make a list of the things that we regularly buy at the warehouse store.  I take about 2 hours and go through sams club and make note of all the prices.  I did this about 2 years ago, so I'm pretty sure my prices are out of date.  I went to Sam's yesterday with 3 of my kids and my husband to buy things, so I didn't have time to write down everything, but I did get the 10 things on my Fav List. 

I have entered the prices of my top 10 into my meal board app.  I have marked them as favorites.  I'm not sure that this is the way to go.  I think just printing up a list, that includes the prices at Sam's works really well.  But if you are only going to focus on your 10 main things at a time, then a small notebook, a printed list, or even a simple notebook app would be sufficient.  Then when you look at sale prices and coupons, you have the "compare price" right at your fingertips.

Last time I made the list, it was actually a total list of all the items I regularly buy, and any item that was available at Sams, had the Sam's price listed next to the name.  It was organized into 4 columns, and each item had a small box next to it, there was a 4th column that had blank lines so that I could write additional items that we needed. 

I have tried to utilize this list in 2 different ways.  One was to make several copies, and use a different sheet each week.  The other was to laminate it, and use a permanent marker and then wipe it off after my shopping trip.  Since I have really gotten into my mealboard app, I very rarely use printed shopping lists, but I keep a copy of this, laminated, and folded, with me so that I can make comparisons.  Just because I am trying to stick 100% to my list, I can still stock up on items that I know we buy regularly and that won't go bad. Soap, Pasta, canned items, cereal, etc.