A rare occasion — a “no spend” day! Of course, other than taking a walk with The Son, I didn’t leave the house — not even to pick up The Daughter from school because she stayed home sick today.

Tomorrow’s going to make up for it though — it’s slated to be a crazy, busy day. It shouldn’t end up being an expensive day though. Just a regular, run-of-the-mill day in the life of a suburban mom with an expense here and an expense there. All in a day’s work

I’ve been making daily posts for just over two months but I’ve only been outlining detailed grocery pricing since October 18th.

After posting about yesterday’s Wild Oats stock-up shopping trip, I took a quick look through some of my other more recent grocery posts. I wasn’t surprised but was definitely a bit chagrined to find that even though I stuck to sale items yesterday and received an additional 10% off, I paid more for several items than I would have paid at my preferred grocery stores — Kroger’s and Vitamin Cottage.

I’ve decided to devote a page of my new pocket notebook to tracking grocery prices on our most commonly purchased items. Following is the data I’ve collected from a quick look back at the last two month’s worth of receipts. I’ll update during my next few grocery trips and fill in the blanks.

* indicates a store sale price but does not include the one-time 10% discount.

How do these prices compare to what you pay? Have you noticed big price differences between your local stores?