Mega Grocery Deals

I can't remember if I've posted about this before or not, but it is expensive living here in Melbourne. It's also common that you will get very little for the price you pay (compared to Canada). We have become bargain hunters searching for the little yellow 'price special' tags at Woolsworth and returning items that we bought at the Big W only to head to the Reject Shop to get the same thing for three bucks less. Needless to say we have been very conscious of prices. 

On Wednesday, we spent $130 between the two of us on just groceries and let me tell you, that certainly didn't get us much. Our little bar fridge wasn't even half full and our cupboard still seemed quite empty after putting all the groceries away. 

(We didn't end up getting the lunch boxes..they were $29 instead of
the $7.99 price we found them at.)

Today was a good grocery day. From now on, Sundays will become our grocery shopping days. We headed over to the South Melbourne Market. We did some walking in the rain but eventually got there and was it ever worth it! We decided to get there for around 2:45pm because the markets close at 3pm. Why would we do that? That only leaves us 15 minutes of shopping! Yes, but as soon at three o'clock hits, it gets crazy in there. Big guys are standing up and yelling their new discounted prices. You see, Sunday is the last day of the market until the following Thursday. This means they want to get rid of their produce while it's still fresh!

Here is what we got at the market today:

a sack of potatoes

a quarter of watermelon

3 bundles of broccoli

a bag of carrots

a bag of lemons

a bag of tomatos

5 apples

a bag of oranges

a bug bundle of bananas

All of that for $11! We were so proud of ourselves. Although the market was busy, loud and crowded we did a good job and got plenty for the amount we paid! We sure know where we are shopping from now on! 

We then ventured to Cole's, another grocery store to pick up a few more items. We found it to be better priced then Woolworths as well as much less crowded! We signed up for their rewards card and vowed we would buy all our other essential items there! Except for Tim Tams (an essential food group) where I saw them for $2 at Woolworths!

We then realized that we had to carry all of our groceries back to our apartment, it wasn't too bad because we hopped on a tram and then we only had to walk two blocks in the rain. Our next thing to budget for is one of those granny wheely bags so that we can venture to the markets and stock up! WHOO!! 

PS: It's been super cold here. Okay, not so bad in comparison to a Saskatchewan winter but it's still cold! We moved into this place on Wednesday and we were freezing day and night as our one wall is just windows. Three days later after talking with the landlord, she told us that what we thought was just our air conditioner is in fact also a heater. Wow, we felt dumb but now we are nice and cozy in here. 

PSS: Who wouldn't want to take these guys for lunch. Mighty fine deal too..