Weekly shopping saves on driving

Google Keep

Even though we try to live self sufficient, we cant do that totally. For instance we do not have any livestock besides chickens (yet).

I tried to make homemade cheese once, but that's a task so difficult, that before I learn, i will have wasted way too much. So I rely on the stores for that.

Furthermore we are not fanatics, as you watch in some tv-shows. We don't burn our own bricks, and we don't produce our own tools, we buy them. 

Today we have spent the time shopping for the week, in that way we don't use the cars as much. The "shopping" car is a Hybrid, so when we do have to drive, we don't use an obscene amount of gasoline.

A little planning goes a long way, an so does a car the less you use it. You also saves on mechanic bills and spare parts.
Almost each time there's something wrong with the car, it has an influence on gas consumption. Therefore we get our cars fixed immediately, otherwise we use other transportation.

Finally shopping each day is time consuming, shopping once a week is definitely doable. Think about all the extra time you get on your hands...

We use phones to synchronize shopping. 

The program is just "Google keep", where we log into the same shopping list and type, what we'll need.
There's checkboxes, so if one of us has to go to town for other reasons, we stop by and shop along the way, and check off the box at the same time.

So to easily save money, time and spare the environment, we actually just had to work together and make a food plan for the week. Type in the stuff we'll need during that week, and also remember to write it down, when we are close to the buttom at the flour pot.

Whether you are alone or in a large family, you may find this app very useful. It's by your hand (in your phone) just write it down as soon as you remember it.