Steven Helmer Publications

I wanted to make a trip to Costco this morning but it was pretty foggy out and I decided not to make the drive down to Sun Prairie. But, just so we did get some groceries for the house, my wife and I decided to make a trip across town to Aldi. To tell you the truth, I have been less and less impressed with that store every time I go there, especially since I just can't seem to find as many deals as I used to be able to. However, while there, I came across this pizza in their freezer section for $3.99. It looked decent so I decided to buy it and have it for lunch. Overall, I do have to say I was happy with this purchase. I wasn't a huge fan of the thin crust (I still prefer thicker crust), but the pizza did have some good things going for it. For one, I thought the quantity of toppings was sufficient, something that isn't always the case with low-cost frozen pizzas. I'm also including cheese in that statement. I've had way too many frozen pizzas that seemed to...

It had been a long while since my wife and I made a trip to our local Aldi store (we like Aldi, but it's hard to justify going there on a regular basis when we have two grocery stores within a few blocks of us). But, they recently completed some new renovations so we decided to check them out this past weekend. To be honest, the renovations didn't really excite us all that much. The aisles were wider but their grocery selection seemed a bit thinned down (or, at very least, it was more difficult to find items we were interested in buying). As a result, we didn't buy nearly as much as we were expecting to purchase. However, while we were walking through the store's freezer section, I saw these dinners and, since the $4.99 price seemed reasonable, decided to purchase a couple of them. My primary reason for this purchase was my wife and I have some week nights when things are really hectic and we don't get an opportunity to sit down and eat dinner together until ...