New Aldi in St. Cloud

Everyone is excited to have a new Aldi in St. Cloud.  We normally shop in another town, but we are often in St. Cloud and it is really nice having another Aldi option!  We picked up a few supplies last weekend - bread, milk (always), some cereal and oatmeal.

So far, I'm doing great on my goal - I haven't shopped at a different grocery store since the week after Thanksgiving!  Let's see if I can keep it up for Christmas dinner - luckily Aldi has extra products for the holidays which makes it easier to buy everything that I need.

Obama Pizza

During the Presidential race, I had a dream that Barack Obama came to my house to prepare for a speech.  I'm not sure why he was giving a speech in Foley, but it made sense at the time.  The now-President worked on his speech, I chatted with the now-First Lady, and their daughters played with baby Matthew.  As the evening got late, Mr. Obama finished his speech and we all realized that they would need to find a place to sleep.  Without any hotels close by, I offered them our extra bed and an air mattress for the girls.  I knew that I didn't have anything to serve four extra dinner guests but luckily I remembered that Aldi was only minutes away (30 minutes in real life)  I sent my husband out with explicit instructions to buy "the GOOD pizza - the ALDI pizza"  He came home with several Mama Cozzi's pizzas and we all had a fabulous dinner together.

If Aldi pizza was good enough for the President, it is definitely good enough for us!

Post-Thanksgiving restocking

After clearing out most of my pantry and cupboards, I headed to Aldi to restock.  I really thought that I'd be way over $200 especially with rock salt, diapers and lots of meat, but I wasn't even close!  Only $179 and a cart so full that I couldn't pack on any more. 

 

One great find this week was the Black Forest ham - $9 for a 3lb ham.  I bought one and sliced it up for the best lunchmeat ever!  I may need to go back for more and keep them in the freezer.

 

On my way to return my shopping cart, I met another woman on her way to pick up a cart.  We both looked at each other, she held out her quarter and we both said "Trade?" at the same time :)  I saved a few steps in the windy evening, and she got a nice warm cart - a win, win, win!

Aldi - my favorite grocery store

I have been shopping at Aldi for a while now and am still stunned at their great deals - why doesn't everyone shop here?? I have two Aldi-related goals for 2010: 1. Can I do a whole months shopping only at Aldi (no "filling in the gaps" at the bigger stores) 2. Is it possible to spend $200 in one trip to Aldi? It hasn't happened so far! Don't forget your quarter!