Organize Your Shopping Trip

I’m at it again, as it seems that I have come up with another small way to organize my life a little bit. This past weekend my son got baptized and I decided that I wanted to try something different and throw an appetizer party. I love to put together different events but I am always doing the usual, making casseroles, buying decorations, and setting it up in a standard buffet format with nothing fancy. Well that was about to change, for the better! There were many different steps to the process but eventually I came up with a game plan including the food menu, drink menu, decorations, outfit, and invitations. I must say I was quite impressed with the final product and I hope that you are too. It seems that both my friends and family had a great time!

There was a lot of organized planning that went on with this party. So here is one of my tips and tricks that may help you out if you ever decide that you want to try something a little bit different. I found out that when it comes making mini versions of your favorite foods, there are a ton of different ingredients. With that being said I came up with a simple way to help organize my life a little bit more, a shopping list that is segregated into store sections (and it’s something I can use all the time, BONUS!). This was a complete lifesaver! Not only did it help me not take an entire day to shop but also helped me organize my cart and not forget anything! I strongly recommend that everyone should use something like this as much as they can. To get you started and hopefully make you shopping trip a little less stressful I am giving you my list for free. Yippee!

A small tip for all those wives out there… place the list on the refrigerator and as things run out or you realize that you need something write it on the list (have your husband and kids do the same). It makes it really easy for your husband to find things in the store when you ask him to go shopping for you! Trust me I get fewer phone calls this way!

I also attached an envelope that is printed with the word Coupons on it. It allows me to easily grab the list and go and not have to wonder if I have any coupons or not. The list is set up in a way that allows you to color in a small circle (just like you did on those standardized tests back in the day), to show that a coupon exist for that item. So get out there and start shopping and hopefully you it made your life just a little more simple! Here are some of the success pictures from the party. Hopefully it will help get you to try something new the next time you have to celebrate something!

Hope you enjoyed your little peek at our party. Check out some posts that follow outlining a little bit more about my son’s cute and fun baptism appetizer party!