Happy Good For You Friday!  Raise your hand if you’ve ever spent too much money at Whole Foods.  Okay, that’s everyone.  I am absolutely grateful for Whole Foods, but the store hasn’t been nicknamed “Whole Paycheck” for nothing.  In our home, the grocery bill is always a point of contention.  While my husband understands and supports the fact that buying and eating healthy, Organic food is very important to me, I can’t say he has ever been happy with how much I spend when I make a grocery run.  And trust me, I look at prices and I actively try to not break the bank while I’m there, but I always go over that little number that I set for myself.  Anyone else with me?

Last month, I discovered Thrive Market, and I think it may have saved my marriage.  It’s like Whole Foods and Costco had an online baby –  a very sweet, cooperative, healthy baby.  Thrive Market offers all of my favorite natural and organics products, but at wholesale prices – I’m talking 25-50% off of retail (they cut out the middle-man and work directly with the vendors).  You can shop by your personal values, too.  For instance, if you are paleo, vegan or gluten-free, you can select those filters while shopping, which makes life so much easier.  And, orders over $49 ship for free.

There is an annual membership involved, ($59.95) but personally, my membership paid for itself in the savings from just one order, so that doesn’t bother me a bit.  The fact that Thrive Market gives a membership to a low-income American family for every membership purchased also makes me feel good.  I was a little wary at first about the packaging, but I learned that all of Thrive’s packaging, boxes and inserts are made from recycled materials and are recyclable, so that gave me even more peace of mind.

Check out my shopping cart so far for this week:

…And just like that, I saved $45.

Sign up for Thrive Market here!

*As always, I was not paid to write this post.  I just think that we all need to save money on Clean food so that we can actually send these very healthy kids of ours to college (and buy ourselves a pair of shoes once in a while).

Happy Weekend!

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