My Mom used to get milk and eggs from a place called Mathis Dairy. The truck would come early in the morning and leave bottles of milk and eggs on the porch. We'd put the finished bottles out and he'd pick them up when leaving the new products. I wish we had that service nowadays.

We also had a fresh fruit and veggie stand at the corner of our neighborhood. Several neighbors put their produce there and sold it throughout the summer. Fresh tomatoes, squash, snap beans, cucumbers, etc. It was so good. The man who ran it would take local produce in and sell it for the people who brought it. I sure wish we had something like that here. Grocery store produce is no match for fresh out of the garden.

I try to cook from scratch as often as I can. I made a double batch of garlic/cheddar biscuits (like Red Lobster serves) and froze them. Whenever I make spaghetti sauce I always make extra and freeze it. Buying fresh means more trips to the store but I try and use everything I buy and what is left over is frozen.

Also, if you're used to buying bottled water get a water purifier to attach to your kitchen faucet. That will save you lots of money and keep all those plastic water bottles out of the landfills.