I think that Thursday is slowly becoming my favorite day of the week. It's not because something really special happens in the world on Thursdays, well not besides a new episode of Grey's Anatomy at nine o'clock. The best part about Thursdays is seeing what is going to be put on sale at the grocery store, which subsequently determines what I'm going to be cooking for the next week or so. Since I shop at the same grocery store where I now work, I've started to get a head's up on what is going to be coming on sale in the next week or next month. That fact makes it all the more difficult to wait for the items to come on sale the following week. Sure, there are certain things that go on sale and I could really care less. There are just some things that I don't ever buy, or maybe that I only buy on a very limited basis. For just a goofy example...mayonnaise...I don't eat the stuff. Every time that I happen to walk down the aisle where the mayonnaise is, I notice that one brand or the other, there is always some kind of mayonnaise on sale. I guess that there are many Americans out there, or at least people in my town who do eat mayonnaise, so that's important. On the other hand, particularly in the meat department, I get very geared up for sales. I happen to know that this coming week, there is a huge sale coming up on family packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts. This is a huge score, and a huge opportunity to save a lot of money for me. I've done my best over the past several years, and even moreso in the past few months, to try and cook and eat in healthy ways. I used to think that I could eat whatever I wanted, prepared however I wanted, as long as I just ate very little of it. Sure, that worked, but I always felt hungry afterwards. Therefore, if I cook and eat healthy foods, then I can eat more for the same result. Let me tell you, it's a totally different world. So anyways, with all that said, one of the most healthy meats that you can really eat is chicken. There are a bunch of great meats out there that I really enjoy eating, but I only do so on a limited basis. I don't eat a lot of beef because of all the concerns over the high fat and cholesterol of the meat. Pork is the "other white meat" of course, but it's really not something that I eat all that often. I like lamb, and on very limited occasions goat or veal. I would say that ninety percent of the time, I eat chicken though. What I like to do to save money is to really stock up on chicken when it's on sale. Normally with the price of chicken being almost six dollars a pound, the fact that next week it's going to be under two dollars a pound is absolutely amazing! The last time there was a sale like this, I ended up making quite a stack of chicken in my cart and headed up to the registers. When I finally had paid, I found out that I had saved nearly forty-five percent of my total amount. Score one for me. Nothing like getting almost sixty dollars worth of something for one third the price.

Wow, I can't believe that I've spent all this time talking about something so simple as chicken, but I'm sure that you can probably equate what I've said to whatever your particular favorite grocery product happens to be. These opportunities that we all receive when shopping to save a lot on things we like to buy and/or eat are really important. Why not take advantage, right? Chances are if you have something at the store you like to eat, it corresponds to something that you like to cook for yourself or for your family and friends, so that equals fun too. Fun shopping, fun saving money, fun cooking, and fun enjoying a meal with your loved ones. Who knew you could have all that much fun just by watching the grocery store ads for savings on your favorite foods?!