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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
That's where I get into this kind of conflict. It's good intentions with poor real everyday actions. I think of it as the gym membership mentality.
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I'm stealing that. They do have the gym membership mentality. "I live in Stapleton so I don't have to drive to get my groceries. Oh but wait, there's no Wal-Mart there so I drive to Wal-Mart."
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I found that when I used the cart, I tended to overshop than when I didn't use the cart. So I now don't have one, and I don't use a shopping cart in the store. I carry what I want to purchase and once my hands are full, I'm ready to leave the store. If I must purchase those small items for sales like this morning, 5 yogurts for a $3, then I use the small hand baskets.
This works for us and our lifestyle, you've got growing kids, I can't imagine you doing something like this, but I do know my Icelandic friends with kids go to the grocery store on the way home almost every night to get the final items like fresh vegatables, cheese, and bread.
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Man, I don't think I could overshop. I'm a freezer meat, 25lb bag of rice kinda guy. If I don't eat it this week I'll eat it next week. Nice strategy of only carrying what you can without a basket though.
I really wish I had a market I could go to every day for fresh goods. That's something the "developing world" (and the old world) has on our culture. You know your butcher, you know your cheese maker, you know your baker. The seafood may come from over the hill but SOMEONE in the village knows him, so it must be good. Bad seafood doesn't sell very well.
edit: oh yeah, I was getting laid for Earth Hour. Yeah, I looked at the clock and said, "Oh I should turn out the lights!"... pfft, yeah right. We were pretty dark for the hour, all phantom loads off and the only lights besides basic safety and security were in the bedroom. She's out with her girlfriends right now and here I sit, talking to the likes of YOU.