With all due respect to my fellow Wise Bread bloggers, I hate grocery shopping. I also hate making lists. I loathe budgets and I despise meal planning. Working out a menu for the week makes me want to stab a chopstick through my eye. In short, most tips for saving money on groceries either don’t apply to me, or I don’t want them to apply to me.

Nothing is more depressing than sauteeing up a bunch of veggies and chicken and then packing 3/4 of it into Tupperware for the next few days’ lunches. I’m sure some people handle this with aplomb, but I don’t. Since I don’t have a partner or children, I’m just not inclined to make meals a very central part of my day. I’ve got other stuff to do - work, hobbies, exercising, travel… it’s rare that I want to take time to plan meals. I’m busy, I’m single, and I’m incredibly lazy.