But this year I’m trying to eat a little healthier.  And the other day in the grocery store I started looking at my cart like someone else would.  Since veggies and fruit are at the beginning of the store, my cart started out looking healthy.  Then as I went through the store I evaluated items (like a giant bag of candy) by how they would look in the cart next to all those vegetables.  I think I stopped a few impulse purchases of junk food that way. 

On the other hand, I bought falafel mix for the first time, so I probably spent more than usual.  But baked falafels are good and I haven’t had them in a while.  Cheaper than meat anyway.  I’ll have to try this method of shopping for a month and see how the grocery spending changes.

So maybe it’s not frugal, but it is healthy.  There’s probably not much difference in cost-per-serving in buying sugary margarita mix and tequila vs. red wine, but I can at least pretend the glass of wine with dinner is healthy.