Do you write a shopping list?

freshpopcorn

I am mainly referring to grocery shopping here. It's something I or our household would rarely do. Maybe only at Christmas/Events.
I'm generally very good to remember what is needed and I don't buy extras because I don't have a list.
Do you write a shopping list?

Notorious

I type one.

somesoldiers

well the wife does, usually a big one for Aldi and a small one for Super Value. thankfully she does it in the order I need to pick stuff up as I walk around the shops

iamwhoiam

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I am mainly referring to grocery shopping here. It's something I or our household would rarely do. Maybe only at Christmas/Events.
I'm generally very good to remember what is needed and I don't buy extras because I don't have a list.
Do you write a shopping list?

How can it be an extra or not if you don't have a list? If you see something and decide you need it is that an extra or not?

Yes - unless I am just getting milk and bread I try to write a list. There would be too many random bits to forget as I shop for about five or six days at a time.

Sometimes if I have time I re-write the list to group things together more logically to save time in the shop.

threetrees

Yes, usually scribble a list on a post it with the intention of sticking it to the trolley while shopping. I often forget the list itself though...

Graces7

Yes indeed but it usually gets left on my bedside table in the scrum of getting out...I try to read the memory of it!i And my main shopping is now ordered by email so that is a list..

Living far from shops adds to the need for a list. I keep meaning to make a kind of universal list of everything I ever need... age affects memory.. :rolleyes:

Whispered

Yep. I usually end up soending a fortune and forgetting stuff if I don't.
I tend to do Tesco online for the same reason.

EPAndlee

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

I hate those people that pack for you like they put the meat in with the washing powder

iamwhoiam

EPAndlee wrote: »

I hate those people that pack for you like they put the meat in with the washing powder

And big jars of gherkins on top of my bread

jester77

You must have great memory, no way I'd remember all the ingredients I need for most of the recipes I cook.

Ciaran_B

I do. But I leave the list in the car or in the kitchen and end up forgetting half of what I went out for.

threetrees

I'm not at a stage where I need glasses for reading but my mother is. She writes a list without glasses so she can read it in the supermarket without glasses. Reckon that's a great tip!

Discodog

I use a app called Simple Shopping List

beertons

Absolutely. Otherwise I'd have a trolley of crap I don't need, and I'd be back out again in 2 days for more stuff.

whiskeyman

Always.
Nothing like the fear of driving home from the shop and the memory of a required obscure item pops into your head!

Nnnnoooooooooooo!!

OldMrBrennan83

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SEPT 23 1989

Tip for younger men starting off on the long hard road of married life

make a complete balls of doing the main shop and you will never be asked again

facehugger99

Fcukin' A.

First though, I write a meal plan for the week. Then the shopping list.

I split it into the order that I walk around the shop too. Fruit and Veg, followed by meat, followed by dairy, etc.

Love a good list.

I also love making itineraries and to-do lists.

OldMrBrennan83

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I use a Colornote app on my phone. Set up a list of anything we buy (as much in walk order round the shop as possible) and tick them on when it's something needs to be bought, having got it in the shop I tick it off, when all items are ticked off the shopping list title goes from bold to faint text.

Shopping list on amazon echo, it’s brilliant. Just add stuff by voice to the list as you come across stuff you need and then it pops up in the Alexa app on both our phones so just open the app when shopping.

WoollyRedHat

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Tip for younger men starting off on the long hard road of married life

make a complete balls of doing the main shop and you will never be asked again

I learnt this when I was a wee lad.. if you become a hindrance to the regiment you will be given an unhonorable discharge

WoollyRedHat

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

Do you clean yourself with broccoli and wash yourself in lemon juice?

ablelocks

Kiara Odd Walkway wrote: »

Shopping list on amazon echo, it’s brilliant. Just add stuff by voice to the list as you come across stuff you need and then it pops up in the Alexa app on both our phones so just open the app when shopping.

ditto.

until you're in the shop, looking at the phone and wondering what the hell "Tyler" is actually meant to be.

Neyite

Yep I meal plan and live in the arse of nowhere so not like I can nip down to Aldi.



I've an app on my phone and I've also got my recipes on my phone so I can double check quantities I need. I generally budget well but the Aisle O' Sh!te often proves to be my downfall on occasion.

finla

Don't you just hate it when they change all the stuff around on the shelves....

iamwhoiam

Neyite wrote: »

Yep I meal plan and live in the arse of nowhere so not like I can nip down to Aldi.



I've an app on my phone and I've also got my recipes on my phone so I can double check quantities I need. I generally budget well but the Aisle O' Sh!te often proves to be my downfall on occasion.

Aisle O' Shoite made me laugh ! All placed so you pass it going to the staples !

Pogue eile

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Yes . And in order too . Fruit and Veg Toiletries , Meat , etc in groups together . I also pack in groups and hate when some 14 year old boy packs for me for charity !

I'm intriqued, this could be a real niche market

iamwhoiam

Pogue eile wrote: »

I'm intriqued, this could be a real niche market

It could ! See what a missing comma can conjure up !

Graces7

whiskeyman wrote: »

Always.
Nothing like the fear of driving home from the shop and the memory of a required obscure item pops into your head!

Nnnnoooooooooooo!!

especially when you are in the middle of the ocean!

Graces7

My first stop in any supermarket is the reduced section... After that I add the other needs...

Birneybau

What's happened to this place?

mahamageehad

Yup. I use the Wunderlist app and myself and himself can just as whenever we think of it and it’s always fairly up to date. I do hate that it doesn’t organize it neatly into sections though like freezer, fruit and veg. I also pack that way, I get a physical eye twitch when I see himself throwing a bottle of bleach in with fresh bread, a box of eyes and some frozen chicken wings. *twitch*

ablelocks

mahamageehad wrote: »

Yup. I use the Wunderlist app and myself and himself can just as whenever we think of it and it’s always fairly up to date. I do hate that it doesn’t organize it neatly into sections though like freezer, fruit and veg. I also pack that way, I get a physical eye twitch when I see himself throwing a bottle of bleach in with fresh bread, a box of eyes and some frozen chicken wings. *twitch*

twitch is right...although, you could just get a new non-twitchy eye from the box of eyes he brings home

Boom_Bap

We do, it's normally a list of the essentials. Then i'd always fill the space left in the trolley with ice cream and treats


I plan to get a chalk board for the kitchen, so that when we run out of something, say, tin foil, we jot it on the chalk board and snap a picture before going shopping. So we shouldn't come home from the shop thinking 'boll0x, forgot the f*cking tin foil' 3 weeks in a row

jimgoose

Yes, I use a handy little app on the phone called ColorNote to carry a couple of lists, one for groceries, another for odds-and-ends like new drain covers that need to be picked up, this sort of thing.

Malayalam

Boom_Bap wrote: »

We do, it's normally a list of the essentials. Then i'd always fill the space left in the trolley with ice cream and treats


I plan to get a chalk board for the kitchen, so that when we run out of something, say, tin foil, we jot it on the chalk board and snap a picture before going shopping. So we shouldn't come home from the shop thinking 'boll0x, forgot the f*cking tin foil' 3 weeks in a row

I am (was) a very listy person. Writing things down takes them off my mind. I used to have clutches of them for shopping, work, gardening and for random tasks to do - especially horrible admin stuff the kids still need me to do for them. Then I bought a whiteboard. For the discounted price of 2.50 my life has improved immeasurably. (I still take a list to the shops though )

jimgoose

Malayalam wrote: »

I am (was) a very listy person. Writing things down takes them off my mind. I used to have clutches of them for shopping, work, gardening and for random tasks to do - especially horrible admin stuff the kids still need me to do for them. Then I bought a whiteboard. For the discounted price of 2.50 my life has improved immeasurably. (I still take a list to the shops though )

I hear you. I'm an engineer too:

How Soon Is Now

I have a pad on the fridge we write down whatever is needed for the following week or sooner.

I then plan up the weeks dinners in advance so I know what I need everyday and what need for shopping.

Saves money in long run and saves most the waste and clutter in presses and fridge / freezer.

I shop online for groceries which again saves me from buying random ****e I don't need.

If I need anything there and then I just fly down to dunnes but its normally only small stuff.

Malayalam

jimgoose wrote: »

I hear you. I'm an engineer too:

Hehe. Over-prepared, eh? Recently I wrote a long email to someone I am going to do a project with working through a list of things to be covered. He wrote me a one-line reply - ''How about we just let it rip?'' Hahaha, that put me in my place (but..nonetheless.. I WILL be prepared. Somebody's got to be. )

freshpopcorn

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How can it be an extra or not if you don't have a list? If you see something and decide you need it is that an extra or not?

Some people tell they need a list or they'll buy a load of extras.
This isn't the case for me.

freshpopcorn

jester77 wrote: »

You must have great memory, no way I'd remember all the ingredients I need for most of the recipes I cook.

Fairly good.

facehugger99

A kitchen blackboard is great. You can get backboard paint and put one straight on the wall.

Not only is it handy for writing stuff like 'self-raising flour' and 'clingfilm', but you can use to leave passive-aggressive notes for your husband if you're a woman.

Steve F

finla wrote: »

Don't you just hate it when they change all the stuff around on the shelves....

On-line shopping/click and collect anyone? :P

jimgoose

facehugger99 wrote: »

A kitchen blackboard is great. You can get backboard paint and put one straight on the wall.

Not only is it handy for writing stuff like 'self-raising flour' and 'clingfilm', but you can use to leave passive-aggressive notes for your husband if you're a woman.

Or Kiwi Bloke Love-Letters, e.g. "Git some bladdy bog-roll, Oi've got dag!!". :pac:

Stigura

Mine:

I go to town once a week. If that black book isn't in my pocket, I'd be standing in the middle of Main Street, wondering what the hell I was there for

Malayalam

Stigura wrote: »

Mine:

I go to town once a week. If that black book isn't in my pocket, I'd be standing in the middle of Main Street, wondering what the hell I was there for

Black Stuff ??? Several times. Intriguing.....

bee06

We make a list of the stuff we don’t buy every week. We also have to shop together because we both make a balls of it separately. I forget important staple ingredients and my husband buys the most random unneeded stuff to try and get to 100 Euro for the Dunnes shop and save and way over spends then.

I love lists, I have lists and schedules for everything and auto reminders set up for all sorts of stuff and I'm so organized I make myself sick with how smug I am at being so organized and smug. There are no loo roll or milk shortages in my house, oh no. Never happens.

I make lists for groceries and I get everything on the list, but then I go off-piste and bring home all kinds of stuff that looks delicious or useful, but usually isn't. But sometimes is.

Stigura

Malayalam wrote: »

Black Stuff ??? Several times. Intriguing.....

Funnily enough; I had a feeling that would happen! It's hellishly 'An Aquired Taste'. But, I wouldn't drink tea with anything else in it now