Remy
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- Location
- California, USA
I have to go to Walmart (or Target) this week also and Petsmart for dry cat food. If they don't have it, I'll have to do a Chewy order. They have been out before. All on my list.
Do You Shop With or Without a List?
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Sassycakes
SF VIP
- Location
- Pennsylvania
I always shop with a list, but I also buy things that I see and that aren't on the list.
Happy Heart
Member
I write my list on the back of an envelope - no high tech for me, no cell phone either. If I have to stick to the list, I need to leave my husband at home since he has serious case of impulse buying. We aren't getting younger so I just let him buy what makes him happy for now only to eventually quietly toss it out since his eyes are bigger than his stomach.
I don't have a smart phone or printer either. I do have accounts set up on line for the stores I shop. I just go sign in and hit the clip button and the coupons are downloaded to my account. Then when I shop I just put in my home phone number or scan the grocery card and it gives me the discounts I added online at home.
squatting dog
Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
- Location
- Arkansas, and also Florida
Any more than 3 items and I'd better have a list or I'm going home short some stuff. 
IKE
Well-known Member
- Location
- Oklahoma....U.S.A.
For some reason I'm not allowed to grocery shop alone with or without a list........
PeppermintPatty
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- Location
- Canada
LIST is a must for me. My memory isnāt got plus the list gets longer before the shopping day
PeppermintPatty
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- Location
- Canada
stretch5881
Member
- Location
- Wisconsin
Same here. Any more than 2 items, I need a list.Any more than 3 items and I'd better have a list or I'm going home short some stuff.
Repondering
Well-known Member
- Location
- Nebraska, USA
I shop with a list. I have a handy dispenser on the kitchen wall that holds a stack of 3X5 index cards. When I run out of something I write it down. The card holder also has a place for my digital cook's thermometer......essential for when I bake. I made the card holding dispenser.
Disgustedman
Senior Member
If I've got more than 5 items to buy, or if I've got a few recipes and particular additions are required.
I don't use a list because I shop at least every other day to make sure we have a variety of fresh entrees, so I usually only buy a few items during each trip. I used to hate grocery shopping when I was working. Now I enjoy it because it takes up time and allows me to find new food items that we may not have tried. I live at Kroger, Tom Thumb, Central Market, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. 
Remy
Well-known Member
- Location
- California, USA
Even when I worked full time, I didn't mind grocery shopping. I would have to plan more. Make sure I had work lunches for 4 days. (I worked 4 on, 2 off and for ten years I worked 3, 12 hour shifts)I don't use a list because I shop at least every other day to make sure we have a variety of fresh entrees, so I usually only buy a few items during each trip. I used to hate grocery shopping when I was working. Now I enjoy it because it takes up time and allows me to find new food items that we may not have tried. I live at Kroger, Tom Thumb, Central Market, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
I usually shop WINCO Foods, large store, decent prices. I like Trader Joe's for non dairy milks and some other items. Some things come and go at the store. I find their prices are still doing pretty well. We don't have a Whole Foods, but two local health food stores.
I've never heard of Tom Thumb or Central Market.
I jot down items when I start to run low, but I shop every few days and pick up sale items even if they aren't on the list. I don't do an up and down every aisle shopping because I don't need that much.
My days of shopping for the family, bags of groceries to be carried in and put away are long gone. I don't miss it either!
My days of shopping for the family, bags of groceries to be carried in and put away are long gone. I don't miss it either!
oldpop
Member
- Location
- Inner Space
I have always shopped with a list. Ordinarily I shop at the same store so I know where everything I need is and I make my list accordingly. I work my way from the farthest reaches of the store to the check out counter.
oldpop
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- Location
- Inner Space
Jules
SF VIP
When the flyers come out, I enter the things I want or need into my iphone Reminders. Just one category called Shopping and I put 3 or 4 main stores in there. This also carries over into the same list on my iPad so I can update things there anytime. Once I get to the store, the same list is on my watch. I can read it there and tap off the things as I go, if I want.
Some stores price match so I save the things I want in the Flipp app and show them to the clerk.
I like grocery shopping.
Some stores price match so I save the things I want in the Flipp app and show them to the clerk.
I like grocery shopping.
Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
- Location
- Historic Buchan, Scotland
I make a list and try to remember to take it with me. I invariably end up buying quite a lot that isn't on the list. I can spot a reduced price sticker at 50 paces (reductions aren't nearly as good now). .
CallMeKate
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic US
When I go into a brick and mortar store, I have a list. When I order online for delivery or pickup, I don't make a list because I can add things to my cart over a few days and generally don't forget anything.I do both. Mostly without a list. But sometimes I miss things when I don't go with a list. Like forgetting ketchup 2 weeks in a row, which constitutes a near crisis for me.
shopaholic
New Member
- Location
- Ohio
Always with a list, but items seem to jump in my cart, too!!
