Wanderers

[Sinny]

When you shop in a grocery store, do you make a list and buy what is on that list? Or do you wander through the store and randomly put things in the cart?

 

[Que]

I don't make a list.

I go into the store to buy specific items which I am quite sure I will remember and then I simply wander about and buy things that I had no intention of buying, and invariably omit one or two items from my non-existent list.

It's not a very efficient system.

 

[adrina]

I make a list. The trick however is remembering to bring the list with me. That one gets me now and then. Thankfully once I write something down I almost always remember it. Except for that one rebel item, because there's always gotta be one of those bastards.

However I don't always stick to the list. I typically buy everything on the list, but there are a few extras that often make their way into the cart. It happens. They see the party going on in the cart and want to join. They know a good time when they see one.

 

[thør]

When you shop in a grocery store, do you make a list and buy what is on that list? Or do you wander through the store and randomly put things in the cart?

I go to the grocery store to buy stuff, not wander about. On occasion, I have been known to dally in the meat section.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

Usually, I make a list of things as they run out. I'm what you'd call a sensible shopper - I try to plan where I know the best deals are (no coupons) - usually planning it between 1 or 2 stores. I generally save for a lot of stuff I want to get in one trip and get it over with. If there's a lot of cold/frozen items like milk or ice cream - I get the cold stuff and haul ass to the house before it gets warm. The other struff - I tend to take my time, read labels, compare this and that w/my health conscious mentality guiding whatever I decide on the list - necessities and heath 1st - junk food being last.

Most times if I gone in a store for specifics - I know exactly what I want and where to get it, so I'll go straight to it and be gone.

 

[Wings]

I use OneNote so I keep my lists on there and I can always access them. EverNote would work the same as well.

But for me it’s about what’s on sale, what looks good for the fam at the meat counter, and going with that. My list is usually a portion of must haves and then suggestions. One TexMex night, one Italian night, one Greek night, a comfort dinner, pizzas, seafood. On and on.

 

[Que]

I make a list. The trick however is remembering to bring the list with me. That one gets me now and then. Thankfully once I write something down I almost always remember it. Except for that one rebel item, because there's always gotta be one of those bastards.

However I don't always stick to the list. I typically buy everything on the list, but there are a few extras that often make their way into the cart. It happens. They see the party going on in the cart and want to join. They know a good time when they see one.

I forget the name for it (I should have written it down) but that trick about physically writing things down that you want to remember has value in memory retention. Something about different portion of the brain handling the muscle memory of what your hand just did coupled with your eye seeing it. It stores two copies.

I don't think it's the same thing if you type it into your phone for example I think you have to physically write it but I'm not sure.

 

[Wings]

For Target fans: your Target/Cartwheel app has a page for lists. Just FYI.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

There was a poll?

 

[Luk]

Loved that flick!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2dDZs3zLU6o/movieposter.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XtwFA3gcY

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm a stick to the list type which is why when its my turn to shop I'm quicker and spend less than the wife.

I do admit to impulse buying the slim Jim type snacks and candy bars the bastards put in the checkout aisle though

 

[Sinny]

I don't make a list.

I go into the store to buy specific items which I am quite sure I will remember and then I simply wander about and buy things that I had no intention of buying, and invariably omit one or two items from my non-existent list.

It's not a very efficient system.

I have seen this system up close and personal. It has resulted in steak and raisins for dinner.

I make a list. The trick however is remembering to bring the list with me. That one gets me now and then. Thankfully once I write something down I almost always remember it. Except for that one rebel item, because there's always gotta be one of those bastards.

However I don't always stick to the list. I typically buy everything on the list, but there are a few extras that often make their way into the cart. It happens. They see the party going on in the cart and want to join. They know a good time when they see one.

I also remember the list so much more clearly if I handwrite the list. I sometimes will make the list as a google doc or via text message to my guy, but only in a pinch. I pretty much have to shop via a list but do sometimes pitch in a few random impulse buys. This is how yerba mate came home with me once. It is now a member of our family.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I make a list. Usually I stick to it though I'll do the occasional impulse buy. My shopping trips are done with the intent of being in and out of the store in 20 minutes or less if its for groceries. People that meander along like they're out for a walk in the park get on my nerves.

 

[Taint_mAnn]

I don't make a list.

I go into the store to buy specific items which I am quite sure I will remember and then I simply wander about and buy things that I had no intention of buying, and invariably omit one or two items from my non-existent list.

It's not a very efficient system.

It's not hard to remember ramen noodles and bologna, that's why you don't make a list.

 

[Sinny]

I go to the grocery store to buy stuff, not wander about. On occasion, I have been known to dally in the meat section.

I dally in the produce aisle! And the bulk food section. I have a thing for ancient grains.

Usually, I make a list of things as they run out. I'm what you'd call a sensible shopper - I try to plan where I know the best deals are (no coupons) - usually planning it between 1 or 2 stores. I generally save for a lot of stuff I want to get in one trip and get it over with. If there's a lot of cold/frozen items like milk or ice cream - I get the cold stuff and haul ass to the house before it gets warm. The other struff - I tend to take my time, read labels, compare this and that w/my health conscious mentality guiding whatever I decide on the list - necessities and heath 1st - junk food being last.

Most times if I gone in a store for specifics - I know exactly what I want and where to get it, so I'll go straight to it and be gone.

I treat shopping as if it were an Olympic sport and I need to qualify like a bad ass. I write the list as a grid that matches the store's layout. My only guilty pleasure dalliances are with grains and veggies. Shopping exhausts me.

Life goal: week's worth of shopping in 17 minutes.

 

[Sinny]

I use OneNote so I keep my lists on there and I can always access them. EverNote would work the same as well.

But for me it’s about what’s on sale, what looks good for the fam at the meat counter, and going with that. My list is usually a portion of must haves and then suggestions. One TexMex night, one Italian night, one Greek night, a comfort dinner, pizzas, seafood. On and on.

This made me laugh.

For Target fans: your Target/Cartwheel app has a page for lists. Just FYI.

This is why you and I are soul mates. I just opened my Target app and saw that option. Bless you.

 

[Sinny]

There was a poll?

There is ALWAYS a poll (pole).

Loved that flick!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2dDZs3zLU6o/movieposter.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7XtwFA3gcY

 

[Dribble]

It is a great place to flirt with the moms...If I see someone interesting, I have been known to wander down aisles that I have already visited

 

[Sinny]

I make a list. Usually I stick to it though I'll do the occasional impulse buy. My shopping trips are done with the intent of being in and out of the store in 20 minutes or less if its for groceries. People that meander along like they're out for a walk in the park get on my nerves.

Me, too!! I am a badass with the cart and roll with purpose. Gtfoomw!

It's not hard to remember ramen noodles and bologna, that's why you don't make a list.

This sounds like the making of a great YouTube cooking show.

I'm a stick to the list type which is why when its my turn to shop I'm quicker and spend less than the wife.

I do admit to impulse buying the slim Jim type snacks and candy bars the bastards put in the checkout aisle though

At my supermarket, they put these elaborate endcap displays full of random shit. I call them the walls of value.

 

[Sinny]

It is a great place to flirt with the moms...If I see someone interesting, I have been known to wander down aisles that I have already visited

Well, that's one way to get security called on you.

 

[Wings]

This made me laugh.



This is why you and I are soul mates. I just opened my Target app and saw that option. Bless you.

It drives some members of my family a little crazy that I insist on cooking dinner every night I’m home. I’ve given up the cleaning to a service, I just refuse to give up the happiness that making meals gives me.

But I could shoot a little lower in my cooking goals. I just don’t want to!

 

[Not Normal]

Bluey keeps a list going on her phone. If I go with her, She asks me to go get 4-6 items and meet back with her. Then gives me more items. I have a a little carry basket and she man's the cart. We don't always shop in tandem, but it works well when we do.

 

[Sinny]

It drives some members of my family a little crazy that I insist on cooking dinner every night I’m home. I’ve given up the cleaning to a service, I just refuse to give up the happiness that making meals gives me.

But I could shoot a little lower in my cooking goals. I just don’t want to!

I feel you. I also outsourced cleaning and yardwork. Never cooking. I thought about a meal kit company to save time but the amount of packaging waste with those companies is awful and that is the lazy bastard's way of cooking. Some of the recipes look interesting, tho. But I have a hard limit there.

Follow up question from your style of "category" list making. What would a comfort food dinner look like for a vegetarian? And how about Italian night?

 

[spacekowboy]

I make a list, then ditch the list.


Then I motorboat neci.

 

[Sinny]

Bluey keeps a list going on her phone. If I go with her, She asks me to go get 4-6 items and meet back with her. Then gives me more items. I have a a little carry basket and she man's the cart. We don't always shop in tandem, but it works well when we do.

As you know, I would eat anything Bluey makes. I also would follow her orders in a grocery store because she's kind of like a cooking general.