Frugal Lesson #2: Don't send your husband

I love my husband. He's a great guy. He is not a great shopper. I have the flu, so the grocery trip was his responsibility this week. I made him promise to go with his mom for guidance. She didn't bring the leash I recommended.

You see, grocery stores are fun for J. I gave him a list, and for two days warned him to stay on the list. But he still brought home
corndogs
chips ahoy
expensive apples (he 'just got apples, what's the difference?')
chocolate milk
paper products we don't need
potato chips
expensive pop (and yes, I said pop. I'm sick. I get to relapse to midwestern slang right now)
and more.

sigh.

Perhaps I should just be happy that he DID get the vegetables and fruit on the list. And he did get me the nice soft kleenex......

But still "Just the Essentials" never, in my book, ever, includes corndogs.