So you wanted to cook dinner in you Savannah Ridge apartment tonight, but instead of buying just dinner, you bought enough food to feed the entire state of Oklahoma. While doing so, you spent waaaay to much money! Grocery shopping can be fun but it can also be extremely hard. Sometimes you go to get one thing but get a cart full. Here are two essential grocery tips from apartments.com that will hopefully make grocery shopping a more enjoyable and cheap experience for you!

Don’t go shopping for food when you’re hungry. You’re more apt to pick up the Doritos and Milky Way bars and you’ll probably pick up much more than you’ll really need.

Shop when the store is less crowded, usually in the morning or on Wednesdays. That way you can really take the time to think about what it is that you need versus what you want.