Shan - I'm pretty good at meal planning for a couple of days at a time but I really need to plan for the entire week and go shopping once. Also, need to go without the kids. It's too easy to get sucked in to buying them a comic/whatever for 2 minutes peace.

I've got things I will compromise on (some frozen veggies instead of fresh) and things I won't (have to have grainy bread). Also, we live in a small town with one supermarket so to buy some things in bulk (like laundry powder) would mean driving quite a distance. Once I've factored in petrol, it might not be worth it. For now, I'm happy buying the $4 staying down special instead of the exxie ones which I reckon will last me a month.

I've been scouring the specials in the catalogues and it's amazing how much you can save on everyday items.

I'll post my meal plans when I start doing this properly.