Aloha Friday #98
September 3, 2009 by Kailani
Filed under aloha friday, daily life, memes
Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!
My question is:
When you go grocery shopping, do you go with a plan of attack or just wander through the aisles?
Comment spotlight by Sweet Serendipity: I generally make a list but forget to look at it half the time because I have to shop with 3 kids, which is no fun. I’m lucky if I manage a coupon or two. I feel like such a disaster after reading that nearly everyone has a detailed list and menu plans, etc. I am not that organized, lol.
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I always go with a detailed list and I TRY not to buy anything that is not on the list.
.-= Upstatemomof3´s last blog ..Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Place =-.
I always have a plan and a list in order of the grocery store.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Era? Aloha Friday =-.
We plan out meals for the week so we stick with only buying what we need.
.-= TheAngelForever´s last blog ..Cirque du Soleil =-.
Oh my gosh. I cannot leave the house without a plan of action and my daily list. My list has all the stops I need to make and lists of what I need to buy at each stop. I am a list maker!
.-= Cathi´s last blog ..Aloha Friday – Sleepy =-.
I always have a careful list. Once in a while I’ll wander aimlessly – like, twice a decade, maybe. Then I get in trouble!
.-= Smellyann´s last blog ..Friday Fragments =-.
I try to go in with a plan, but there are times when I just walk in and go up and down every aisle.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Aloha Friday 9/4/09 =-.
I try to always go once a week w/a plan and list in hand! That way I don’t spend over my budge
.-= Amanda (Garibay Soup)´s last blog ..Friday Favorites and RSS or Follow?? =-.
I usually have a list, but if time permits, I also wander through the aisles.
.-= Drahdrah´s last blog ..Why do we GIVE? =-.
I go with a list but almost always buy things not on the list!
.-= Becca´s last blog ..Aloha Friday #17 =-.
I write my grocery list in order as to how I would find them in the grocery store; you know, aisle by aisle! I also have my coupons in this same “aisle by aisle” and it works great. It saves me a TON of time plus I know the grocery store like the back of my hand so I am able to zip around and can avoid the dreaded back-tracking of aisles.
I’m also a once-a-weeker! Anymore might make me crazy…….
Aloha!
.-= Swoozie´s last blog ..Aloha Friday! =-.
I only go when I need something but I always buy other things also.
.-= Audrey´s last blog ..Aloha Friday #16 =-.
I go with a plan of attack! In fact, I just addressed this in my most recent post! http://homewithpurpose.blogspot.com/2009/09/food-budgets-menu-planning-and-healthy.html
.-= Kara´s last blog ..Food Budgets, Menu Planning, and Healthy Eating =-.
I do make a list, but I always forget it. I end up buying a ton of junk we don’t need. I also make the mistake of shopping when hungry. Aloha and take care.
I would say that I have a list and a menu plan most of the time. There have been a few times that I have just flown by the seat of my pants, but it always seems like I spend more when I do that.
.-= Jen´s last blog ..Friday Eye Candy: Reasons to Watch New Fall TV Shows =-.
I go grocery shopping the same way I always saw my mom do it – by first making a menu, then a detailed shopping list organized by the layout of the grocery store. I’m glad to know others do the same aisle-by-aisle list! It helps me mentally plan out my shopping trip first, and minimize the “extra” items that sometimes pop into my cart.
.-= Mika´s last blog ..Tallgrass =-.
I definitely use a list.
.-= Michelle´s last blog ..Panda Bear Birthday Cake =-.
I always make a two week meal plan although it’s flexible in that I don’t have to make a certain meal on a certain day. Then I make a grocery list according to what I need plus what’s on sale as well as what coupons I have.
.-= Sues2u2´s last blog ..Aloha Friday – 4 Sept =-.
Always a plan of attack. The problem is I don’t always write it down so I’m bound to forget something. When I do write it down I forget the list! Arg. lol
.-= Pamela M. Kramer @A Renaissance Woman´s last blog ..Freebie Friday – Week 23 =-.
I buy groceries etc. 2 weeks at a time and most of the time I write a list. I still sometimes forget something(s)
.-= Vicki´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.
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I always make a list but usually find other stuff to buy as well. I really need to plan my dinners out for the week to save money though
.-= Kelly@ Parenting Princesses´s last blog ..Aloha Friday #98 =-.
I usually go in with a general idea but then it ends up with me going up and down the aisles. The worst is when I go there hungry. Then I want to buy everything in sight!
.-= Kimberly´s last blog ..Aloha Friday – Lunches =-.
Generally, I go with a plan, a list, ‘coz the few times I go without, I ALWAYS spend more than I should! LOL!
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I don’t always go with a list – but I do have a set way that I shop. I start at the very back of the store and work my way forward, aisle by aisle. That way I’m right up by the checkout lanes when I’m all done.
.-= Deb – Mom of 3 Girls´s last blog ..Even when we’re early, we’re late… =-.
It depends but most of the time it is random. I can’t ever seem to remember lists and coupons because most store stops are on the fly.
.-= Nina´s last blog ..SAVING ENERGY =-.
Neither…I go in, get what I need and get out
Have a great Friday
.-= Thom´s last blog ..55 Flash Fiction Friday – 9/4/09 =-.
We do both, honestly. I’ll have an idea of what we need. But we tend to pick up other things along the way that aren’t on my list
.-= Jessie´s last blog ..Aloha Friday # 7 =-.
I have a list…I make a plan and I go….like I do everything around the store and then the last stop is the fridge stuff
.-= Jamericanspice´s last blog ..Aloha Friday: Let’s Support The Girls! =-.
Oh, I have a plan of attack alright, lol. But I always end up not following it and spending over my ‘limit’. *sigh*
Plan of attack. Now if that plan actually goes through is a different story altogether!
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Oh I go with a list, but somehow that just doesn’t fly..I end up with things not on the list and not things on the list,lol.
.-= AuntieE´s last blog ..Tasty Menu Blog hop =-.
Oh i definitely go with a list..but sometimes i make impulse buys too..not to many times tough..list is the key:)
Aloha Friday!
I always go with a plan of attack. I have to have a list. If I don’t, I end up wandering the aisles and getting a bunch of junk. I also will come home with nothing that I can really make a meal with.
.-= Laura´s last blog ..Working Mom of the Week – Jennifer Belanger =-.
Hey there. I use a list to shop with because I iive out in the country and it is a long way to the grocery. But I usually stroll through the store just in case something sticks me. And half the time I arrive at home without everything I need!! I am not highly organized or high strung and my husband is rather “low maintenance” and very easy to get along with, so I try not make myself crazy over this regular chore!! Blessings and thanks for hosting. jean
.-= Jean Stockdale´s last blog ..Joy in the Journey Lecture 10 =-.
I generally buy the same items over and over, so I go without a list. I see though my daughter has a list started on the fridge…she has nutella and vegetable soup on the list. LOL
.-= pam´s last blog ..Aloha! =-.
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I’ve got to go grocery shopping with a plan of attack. Otherwise, I wander and come home with a lot of unnecessary items.
.-= Kim´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.
usually I have a list but sometimes I don’t, that is when I forget things
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I go with a list.
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.
I have every intention of having a plan but generally I wander. That is NOT a good thing. I’m trying to get better about having a list and planning everything out before I enter the store.
.-= Emilie´s last blog ..Aloha Friday ~ #12 =-.
I always try to make a list – TRY is the operative word here! LOL. I tend to go to Costco once a month and then hit our local Giant grocery store in between Costco runs. With three little kids, we go through lots of milk, bread, and chicken nuggets around here!
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I write a list and then rewrite according to area of the store. I’m normally toting 2 squirmy kids with me, so speed and efficiency is important!
.-= LZ´s last blog ..Aloha Friday! Would you Rather? =-.
I always go with a plan of attack. If I wandered around I would plenty of what I don’t need and very little of what I do need.
.-= Amy@Coffee with the Mrs.´s last blog ..Aloha Friday ~ Labor Day Weekend =-.
I try to stick to a plan, but most of time it never works!
I have a plan of attack, sometimes with more strategy than other times.
When I first starting doing my own shopping, it was just fly by the pants, then I went to a list here & there, now, I plan for a week before I do a major shopping. Looking up recipes I’d like to fix, making a menu and a shopping list from that menu. Big production now. LOL