OK my Tampa Florida friends, listen up! If you're looking for a bargain you have GOT to go to ALDI. I head about it on the news and we decided to go today to check it out.

When we first got there I was a bit surprised because I was fully expecting it to be rundown looking and the clientele somewhat, er, less than desirable. Yes, a crappy ideation, but I know the area well and I am very familiar with the residents there as well. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised! The place was clean and a bit smaller than I had imagined, and there were no people just 'hanging out' in the front. Yay! So, we paid a quarter for our cart, grabbed the canvas bags we had, and in we went. 

For such a small looking place, they sure had a lot of things inside! Juices, cereal, meat, veggies, crackers, dairy products... We bought milk, meats, cheese, veggies, juice and cereal for Ian, snacks, canned goods, chips and other snack items, frozen pizza, bananas, drinks for us, pasta and sauces. I mentally totaled up what was in the cart and figured that if we had been in either of the other two supermarkets we usually go to it would have been about $120 before we were done, so was I ever thrilled when it came to $57.62!!!!!! I was so excited!

Really, the only downside was that there was no organic food there, but I can easily get my organic stuff once a week. That will help me save money too so I don't get swayed into buying other things when I go to the store every three days!

Does this mean I'm old now? I've never been so excited about a regular grocery store opening...