How do you feel about shopping?

Guess I'm the typical male just dashing in to get what I intended and leaving.
But, when I'm with my lady friend it's okay to follow her around as I just enjoy being together and witnessing her joy in finding something she likes. I have no problem holding her purse and carrying bags which is much different from when I was a young fool.
 
Nope. When we go to the store we have a list of what we want....get it, and get out. We might check on items we frequently use to see if there is anything on sale, but we spend minimum time doing that.

A couple of years ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce did a study which showed that most people spend an average of $3 for every minute they are in a store....the longer you "browse" aimlessly, the more likely that you will be making purchases that you really don't need.
 

PamfromTx said:
Are you one of those who can spend hours out and about ~ shopping? (Well, before the pandemic.)
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Only reason it took me so long was because I had to go to several different stores to get what I needed. Find everything in each store (because bless they're evil little hearts they just gotta move everything all the time.) Then spend 20-30 min in line cuz I don't mess with the self checkouts. 4 hrs later I finally arrive home...spend another 20-30 putting away. No fun.
 
I am a look at that person, look rarely buy. But I loved to go and look. I love to shop and buy new products at the grocery store or look at the new food items. But, at our age, I am getting rid of stuff, not loading up on stuff.
 
MarciKS said:
Only reason it took me so long was because I had to go to several different stores to get what I needed. Find everything in each store (because bless they're evil little hearts they just gotta move everything all the time.) Then spend 20-30 min in line cuz I don't mess with the self checkouts. 4 hrs later I finally arrive home...spend another 20-30 putting away. No fun.
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I hate self check out, takes jobs away from people who need jobs. I refuse to use self check out.
 
There isn't much I need these days but I love to browse through the thrift stores and garden centers during the spring and summer.
If I need to buy clothing I will bite the bullet and go to a few stores looking. I don't like to buy online because of sizes and quality.
I can't stand going to the stores during the holidays and try to get my Christmas shopping done way before the mad rush.
 
About 15 years ago, I had a burst appendix. It really drained me of so much strength and after a week in the hospital, I went home to recuperate. After about a week, I would drive to a box store, Target, Meijer, & Walmart. I would get a basket to hold on to and walked down every isle just looking. It was my own personal physical therapy. It really helped me get back most of the strength I had lost.
Now, I still look at shopping as a form of exercise. I quit for awhile, but I'm back at it, with precautions, of course. I look at my shopping list before I go and pick up a few things while I'm there, so I can still call it 'shopping'.
 
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I hate grocery shopping with a passion. I could get it delivered and I do occasionally but I prefer to see the produce for myself...so I go about every 3 or 4 weeks... and top up the fridge and freezers..

I like to shop for anything else tho'... but I am very fast.. I can be in and out of a clothes shop in 30 minutes.. having bought quite a lot. I've got a good eye, so I can be fast..

I love to browse in Malls, don't always buy a great deal , except for shoes.. but I do love to take a few hours, and stop and have coffee.. and just enjoy the whole experience... especially abroad..
 
I used to enjoy shopping at the local grocery stores and thrift shops each week looking for bargains.

Every couple of years I would venture into the local mega mall and gawk around like a little kid at the state fair.
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These days I buy groceries when the store opens at 6:00 am. With household items and clothes, I make do, shop online, or in smaller stand-alone stores.

It amazes me how much I'm able to save by procrastinating or just making do with things that I already have.

My little world keeps getting smaller and smaller! :giggle:
 
I always hated shopping, I zoom through stores in a mall to get what I want and get out as quickly as possible. Same in supermarkets, I go in with a list, I might go down a few other aisles to see if I need anything else, but my goal is to get what is needed and get out of there. Was never one to browse or window shop.

Before Covid, I used to go grocery shopping a couple of times a week, my husband likes to look through the newspaper ads in the Wednesday paper and see if there's anything on sale that he wants to get. Since Covid, I go only once every two to three weeks, get the things I need and head home. I keep the hand sanitizer in my pocket when I go shopping in supermarkets now, whether I need it for the cart, or just to sanitize my hands from touching packages, etc. Been doing some shopping online and restaurant deliveries, haven't lacked any food or quality of food during the pandemic.
 
Ceege said:
About 15 years ago, I had a burst appendix. It really drained me of so much strength and after a week in the hospital, I went home to recuperate. After about a week, I would drive to a box store, Target, Meijer, & Walmart. I would get a basket to hold on to and walked down every isle just looking. It was my own personal physical therapy. It really helped me get back most of the strength I had lost.
Now, I still look at shopping as a form of exercise. I quit for awhile, but I'm back at it, with precautions, of course. I look at my shopping list before I go and pick up a few things while I'm there, so I can still call it 'shopping'.
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Sometimes if I shop at a Costco, Sam's Club or even Walmart, I feel like I'm exercising. I cover a lot of ground just looking for things, they always move stuff around, even the employees complain about that. Of course it doesn't help when you go to a Costco, etc. that you're not familiar with, it could be a true walkathon.
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Aneeda72 said:
I hate self check out, takes jobs away from people who need jobs. I refuse to use self check out.
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I don't like using them either, and rarely do, would rather wait on a line an get an actual cashier. I could count the amount of times I've used them on one hand, usually just for one or two items, and I'm paying cash.
 
I like to grocery shop but not in a big unfamiliar store. I like Aldi and Lidl because they are not too big. What I can't get there I get at Food Lion but I do check the grocery flyers and might go to a different store occasionally for the sales. I guess I should say DID because I do curbside now due to Covid. Even before Covid, I always made a list but I enjoyed looking around.

I hate malls and rarely went even before Covid. I would rather go to a stand-alone store but now I order a lot on-line or make do.

I do enjoy thrift stores but have not been to any since Covid.

I do not like self check outs and will rarely use them unless I only have a couple of items and the other lanes are long.
 
No. I don’t really like shopping much at all. My husband does most of our shopping which he doesn’t mind. Every once in a while he will suggest I go with him since he thinks it’s not good for me to become too much of a hermit but he’s retiring soon so we will be spending more time together which will include shopping.
 
Keesha said:
No. I don’t really like shopping much at all. My husband does most of our shopping which he doesn’t mind. Every once in a while he will suggest I go with him since he thinks it’s not good for me to become too much of a hermit but he’s retiring soon so we will be spending more time together which will include shopping.
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Being a hermit makes ya a little funny in the head sometimes. *Grins* Prime example here.
 
I miss the shopping. I can spend whole mornings or afternoons just browsing clothes (trying some on), checking on sale items; checking out household items and books - new and used can take a whole morning. My family (males) don't understand this but they don't like shopping. I do all the cooking, banking, driving and 90% of the shopping so after a fun-filled morning, it would off to my favourite coffee shop to get a well-earned drink. I could buy myself something too! I hope this virus is over soon and we can get back to some semblance of order. Sigh...
 
I buy pretty much everything online. The rare times when I had to go to the grocery store before the pandemic struck, I liked to people watch -- not to the point of staring, but just to observe. That's where you can get a real feel for the neighborhood -- where everyone comes together for a common purpose, indifferent to socioeconomic background, social class, creed, color... We all gotta eat. And with the advent of self-checkout, there is no pressure for me to talk to anyone; most people are just there taking care of business.
 
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