Are You Saving Time or Money?

We have become a society of service and convenience. And we're paying the price with money out of our pocketbooks.

How many times have you bought a coffee at the convenience store? How many packages of pre-cut frozen potatoes do you buy in a month? Do you buy the pre-cut and shrink wrapped fruit and vegetables in the produce department? Or how about individually packaged chicken breasts portions that cost almost twice as much (per pound) as a package of chicken breasts. Have you ever bought a pre-mixed item, such as anti-freeze coolant, so you don't have to waste the time mixing it yourself? Have you ever calculated how much "convenience" items cost you?

Consider for example one of those frozen food entr