went shopping today first time in ages and i got a lot of good stuff but we barely managed to get back to my house, my eyes were sore and my head was spinning and it still is 
i got my reward tho lol so i am sipping some chocolate milk through a straw trying to level out.
hows your shopping abilities and do you get some nice stuff?
I have to admit… I haven’t been shopping alone in a very very long time.
My sis goes with me for groceries and other immediate needs… and the rest is Amazon.com.
In terms of making an organised shopping list of things to get it’s poor. Nowadays I shop online but when I used to go physically to the supermarket there would be a few things I had in mind I should get, and the rest were things seen round the store and I’d just think I’ll have that.
Quite often if I went in the bigger supermarket I’d get visually overwhelmed by the number of items that could be bought…
I can go in and get a few things, but if it’s a real shopping trip, I need someone with me. I get overwhelmed and confused, though if I have a list I can sometimes manage. This counts for clothes shopping, too, I need a shopping buddy. Besides, it’s more fun to have a friend along when buying clothes, you get to model stuff and laugh at the ridiculous fashions, and it’s just a lot more relaxing to have someone there with you!
I’m good at shopping if I organize myself in advance. By that I mean schedule it in Google Calendar and attach a list to the event so I remember what I’m in the store for. I’m good at food costing and sale poaching (I always shop with a calculator to work out price per portion), but horrible at remembering little things.
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I went to one of those giant warehouse places that you have to be a member and for the first time in many, many months, I had to go alone.
Needed cat litter desperately, and that I got, but it took me about 2hours wandering around finding other stuff as well.
Got my workout too, those cat litter bags are 42lbs each and I put 3 in the cart, in the car, and in the house. whew.
thats my idea of a nightmare lol, luckily i knew where everything was but i was still an hour in there , sweep ws great and i bought her somethings as well, but if it was a massive warehouse and i didn’t know where to go i don’t think i’d cope.
The Walmart here is not desirable for much. Bad produce, bad clothing, bad meats, no selection, everything rings up $2-3 more, interested employees and customers just hanging, no visible security…Mall here has too many gang signs flying and no one shopping.
I keep a pre-made list of what I usually use in a month for paper stuff, cleaning, toiletries and pet, then I hit the $ store. I just add more items to this list on the fridge. I make a menu for food weekly and get stuff from local market with just better everything…(Store in this neighborhood closes at 10 pm…Can stop at cruddy Wally or 4x more gas station. I run a supply closet…I guess I had to wash my hair with dish soap too many times as kid, baking soda tooth paste & use paper towels from kitchen for bathroom.)
Have great liquidator clothing place which is regional. I rarely need to shop anywhere else.
Ebay and Amazon meet rest of needs. No need to pay middle-man to buy anything sold in America but made in China. I can order directly with Ebay for 20% of normal cost, MAX!
i am awesome…mrs. sith has trained me like a dog, i am like a big st. bernard…and i get rewarded with scones and coffee afterwards…
" good doggie…there’s a good boy ".
" who’s a good boy ", says mrs. sith.
" ruff, ruff ", barks dark sith.
take care
When I shop it’s like Navy Seals doing a hostage rescue. Get in fast, acquire the target, leave before anyone knows what happened. Mrs. Pixel shops like she has gone undercover and has to do extended reconnaissance of the target. It’s … time consuming.
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I like to shop online. Nothing ever fits me anyway.
I used to navigate the stores very well on my own. Then after 6 months of being poor or was it when I quit driving ? I went once and was overwhelmed by everything. Shopping kept me in circulation in a way. Now it’s in the unreal world online if I need or want something.
I can manage grocery stores/ drug stores if I have a list.
I realized I was getting more and more compulsive about making grocery lists, so I challenged myself to go shopping empty-handed, with no list at all. I was surprised when it worked out just as well.
I’ve always wondered if St. bernards could eat scones and drink coffee. 
I give myself a little something each month but most of my shopping is done on-line. I love Amazon.com, I buy music, movies, and books for my kindle through them. I can go to the store, but I need someone with me, I don’t know if I could handle going out and getting stuff and trying to come back with it all on my own. For starters I can’t get too much because I can’t drive so I’d have to either carry it home on the bus or remember to save enough to call a cab for a ride home. Then when I"m out, if I have money with me, or my debit card, I’m constantly worried about getting pick-pocketed or robbed. I’ve never been in that situation, and my voices telling me that I’ve pushed my luck to far and am bound to have it happen eventually.
So I’m constantly watching people around me, holding my stuff close to me. And then I start really getting nervous if there is a group of people heading my way. I look at the group then quickly look away not trying to draw my attention towards them. I know it’s a bit of paranoid thinking, but that is something I battle with.
I’m also worried that when people look at me they’re thinking bad things about me, like how ugly I feel I look that day or that I smell bad, or something. Sometimes I feel like I can read into people’s minds and read these thoughts, but I know that’s silly because I can’t actually read minds, it’s just a battle I go through,
this one can…" woof !?! ".
take care
I take my daughter as back up. We buy almost the exact same things every week, so, she reminds me when I am passing things. For the most part I do well enough. It’s condiments that I have difficulty stocking seeing as how I don’t need to buy them every week.
When i have to shop by myself i leave it till later at night, when the shop is a lot quieter. But the
minute i am in the shop i just want to leave, the pressure builds up and up. I only use the robot tills
no awkward conversations…
shopping of the food variety is so mind numbingly boring I pay Tesco 2 quid every week to do it for me now.
My sis and I go to the market that is right down the hill from the university and frat house row.
We go on Fridays around 9:00 or 10:00 at night when all the drunk frat boys are milling about being odd.
The store isn’t as busy, but the few people in there are out of their head.
There has been a lot of entertainment for me in food shopping.