Shopping for Groceries

My oh my, have the groceries gone up! It seems like I can barely get out of the store with the bare necessities of life without spending at least $40+ . They are even giving us a 10 cents rebate now if we bring in our own "green" bags or reuse the nice handle paper bags the grocery store uses. Someone sent me a little shopping bag in the mail the other day and I put it in the back seat of the car. I didn't know if I would remember to use it, but now I take it in with me every time I shop for groceries. I ran to the store a bit ago to get milk and you guessed it, I came out with lunch meat, washing soap, butter and a few more things and sure enough it was just over $40. Oh yes, they had pop on sale and I always buy it then as it is so much cheaper in the 12 packs of Pepsi when it is on sale. I try to buy a box of breakfast food too when they are on sale and I see the bread we use has almost doubled in price. I should never go to the store when I have enough time to look around as I see stuff I didn't think about buying when I left home.