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What do you buy when you shop? Curious.

Your mom.

Your mom.

You sure you're old enough to be here? :-D

You sure you're old enough to be here? :-D
No.

bananas, apples, mangoes, potato chips, whole wheat bread, peanut butter, dark chocolate, rubbing alcohol, pull-up tissue, soap, raspberry flavored candy, morning cereal, canned milk, cookies, pasta.

But by no means I am restricted to them only. I go through every aisle in the supermarket and pick out things I might like to eat... or use.

What do you buy when you shop? Curious.

are you looking for suggestions?

bananas, apples, mangoes, potato chips, whole wheat bread, peanut butter, dark chocolate, rubbing alcohol, pull-up tissue, soap, raspberry flavored candy, morning cereal, canned milk, cookies, pasta.

But by no means I am restricted to them only. I go through every aisle in the supermarket and pick out things I might like to eat... or use.

Ya I'm just interested in a general list anyway, so thanks. You no eat meat?

You no eat meat?


you should be careful in asking that question :D

From the grocery store I get mostly veggies and fresh fruit, dairy products and pork, from the butcher I get my beef, from the Korean market I get my noodles and flour, and I mail order most of my other food.

Most everything I eat is made from scratch (or darn near from scratch), other than animal cookies, and on occasion chocolate.

tofu, veggies (usually a bell pepper, couple of jalepeno peppers, a zuccuni, sometimes lettuce, onions, garlic (if I'm out of the last two), sometimes random veggies that are on sale), some tomatos, usually avocados, some sort of fruit (usually I go with something that's cheap and/or on sale, the latter especially if I haven't tried it before) sometimes bread, if I've run out of pasta, I'll buy some of that, tomato paste, dried beans (lentils and the like...), occasionally frozen juice (if it's on sale), sometimes salsa and tortilla chips (the later especially if I've bought some avocados so I can have some guacamole) and sometimes I'll impulse buy a chocolate bar at the checkout and sometimes I'll buy random pop from the aisle that has random bottles of pop.

I don't buy all of these items every time I go and occasionally (but not very often) I'll buy milk or soy drink and some cereal. Next year I might start buying cheese again too, since I'll have some more money.

Last trip was plums-my favorite- some red seedless grapes, a couple of Gala apples(I like them because they're sweet) some 2% milk (trying to keep that cholestorol down, but hate skim) Tea, Coke (I'm a Coke addict) Some baklava at the bakery. Unlike Smunkee, nothing is from scratch at my house. My cats are more domestic than I am. Oh, and cat food.

Farmers Union Iced Coffee
Vegemite
Tit Tams

Ya I'm just interested in a general list anyway, so thanks. You no eat meat?
Er, actually, I'm a meat-arian. No vegetables. However, I shop only for miscellaneous foods, and don't cook that much (I'm a lazy boy!).

Organic milk and yogurt
sugar free popsicles ( LIFESAVER sugar free pops are the Best !! )
veggies
fruit
coffee
cheese
deli stuff for the hubby's lunches
cat food
Granola bars
I go to the baker for bread
Hubby goes to butcher for meat ( I'm not a big meat eater)

That's pretty much what we get every week. Then we fill in the dry goods every few months.

Beer
Beer
Beer
Beer
pickup
beer
beer
beer
MEAT
beer
more meat
crisps

I don't actually do the shopping so this is mere speculation :cool:

This (http://www.suborder.de/inc/showimage.php?id=513985&thumbsize=400). Which actually makes me hungry and ithink I'll go for one now. And beer, thanks Hydesland.

At the moment? Yarn and knitting needles (preferably double-pointed, though they are hard to find).
Hey, who needs food? :D

What do you buy when you shop? Curious.

Lets see, I typically buy a little cyanide, arsenic, lead salt, that sort of stuff.

Seriously, I wouldn't know, I don't do the shopping, however, it usually consists of food of all sorts, drinks of all sorts and other general items.

Tomorrow's shopping list :
Lucky Strikes
OCB Slims
Weed
MDMA
Ketamin

Freeparty ! Yay !

Erm last time I went to the shops (wahey for a week alone at home) it was thus :

20 Marlboro Lights
1kg fresh apples
500g fresh carrots
4 steaks
Sunflower oil
A bag o' spuds
Some milk
Some pretentious coffee

Normally it looks like a square or rectangular piece of whitish paper with words written on it. Why? What does your's look like?

My provisional university shopping list comprises;

20 Marlboro Lights (whoever else posted as much has good taste)
Several cans of soup
Warburton's "Toastie" Broad (makes the best toast ever)
Apples
Grapes
Orange Juice
Butter
Milk
Special K
Eggs
Bacon
Tea
Hot Chocolate
Coffee

This (http://www.suborder.de/inc/showimage.php?id=513985&thumbsize=400). Which actually makes me hungry and ithink I'll go for one now. And beer, thanks Hydesland.

Well that shopping trip was SNAFU. Got the beer, no sandwich though. Just loads of dead cow at the meat market, which is a plus I guess. Oh and a Slurpy, it's hot out today.

My provisional university shopping list comprises;


Special K


:eek:

:eek:

eh? In truth, it's the ASDA version, Vitality, but nonetheless, it kicks Rice Crispies' ass.

Soft drink
Cookies
Pizza pockets

the back of my hand.

:eek:

cereal, not horse tranqs.

Bread, milk, juice, cheese... and whatever else I might need. Nothing out of the ordinary.

My fiance does the shopping. He buys crap from the looks of it.

Coffee.

tofu, veggies (usually a bell pepper, couple of jalepeno peppers, a zuccuni, sometimes lettuce, onions, garlic (if I'm out of the last two), sometimes random veggies that are on sale), some tomatos, usually avocados, some sort of fruit (usually I go with something that's cheap and/or on sale, the latter especially if I haven't tried it before) sometimes bread, if I've run out of pasta, I'll buy some of that, tomato paste, dried beans (lentils and the like...), occasionally frozen juice (if it's on sale), sometimes salsa and tortilla chips (the later especially if I've bought some avocados so I can have some guacamole) and sometimes I'll impulse buy a chocolate bar at the checkout and sometimes I'll buy random pop from the aisle that has random bottles of pop.

I don't buy all of these items every time I go and occasionally (but not very often) I'll buy milk or soy drink and some cereal. Next year I might start buying cheese again too, since I'll have some more money.

FROZEN juice? Wtf? Why would you FREEZE juice?

FROZEN juice? Wtf? Why would you FREEZE juice?

I buy frozen juice concentrate because I only go shopping once a month and it's easier to have fresh juice when I want it that way.

I also cook all my meat one day a month and freeze it, and bake all my cakes, cookies, and breads one day a month and freeze them........and I freeze my grapes, but they just taste better that way.

I have 2 freezers full of food and never very much in my fridge, just beverages and leftovers.

I buy frozen juice concentrate because I only go shopping once a month and it's easier to have fresh juice when I want it that way.

But it'd take ages to defrost. When I want a drink, I want one then and there, not have to wait an hour or whatever for it to be drinkable. Also I don't think frozen juice in available in the UK (or most of it).

Erm.

Instant ramen.
Milk.
Flavoured milk.
Chocolate.
Frozen pizza.
That is all.

Your mom.
Winz!!!

I don't make shopping lists unless I'm cooking/making/whatever something specific.

I'm more of a bargain shopper.

But it'd take ages to defrost. When I want a drink, I want one then and there, not have to wait an hour or whatever for it to be drinkable. Also I don't think frozen juice in available in the UK (or most of it).

I think what you are about to read will shock and disgust you.


it comes in a can, you plop the frozen juice into a pitcher, and then you add 3 cans of water and mix it up.......fresh juice! (and by fresh I mean not rotten.....not really fresh LOL)

Kiwi fruit
raspberries or blackberries
pizza
chicken
pasta and various pasta-sauce-making ingredients
Weetabix
tea
milk
hot chocolate
crumpets
Milka chocolate <3

Thats pretty much it I think. Well, plus the random crap that I manage pick up along the way.

What does your shopping list look like?

Shopping what? List? We don' need no stenkin' list!

Seriously, I very, very rarely make a list - last time I did so was in January, and then it was only because I had to remember a couple of specific brand requests for my mother. Mom's picky about her yoghurt...

What list? Its all in my head.

But usually i buy(if food)

Pasta
Soup
Bread
Milk
Egg
Chicken
Beef
Peanut butter
Jelly
Coffee
Creamer
Green Tea
Sodie
Juice
Lunch meat
----------------
Misc stuff
Dish soap
Laundry soap
toiletries
Vacuum filter(not bag)
Paper towels
cheap game (if available)

The last shopping list I made said:

Margarine
Bread
Beer
Loo roll
Kitchen towel
Bin bags (which I ended up scabbing from work)
Ice lollies
Fruit (got satsumas)
Pizza? (in the end, I decided against it)

I don't make shopping lists that often because I live near enough to shops I grab stuff on my way home most days, so only need a few things. I do make lists of just about everything else, because I am so forgetful. Every day I end up with long lists of orders from work scribbled over my hands.

Stuff I buy regularly (at the grocery):

Beer
Steaks
Cigarettes
Worcestershire sauce
Salad stuff
Dales (http://www.dalesseasoning.com/)

At the moment I'm collecting/shopping for things in preparation for moving out of my parents house and to a new city, so it's mostly cheap store brands and loads of household goods.

Last time I went shopping it was for the following:

2x 2 litre Irn Bru,
Chicken breasts,
Brown Sugar,
Chillis,
Cheese,
Mince,
Beer,
White wine,
Brown sauce,
Mustard,
Bread,
Milk,
Toilet roll,
Deoderant,
Razor blades,
Tomatoes,
Pasta shells.

Though, for the most part, I shop fairly randomly and eclectically. I never make a list.

it just now occurs to me that I didn't answer the question properly, this is a screen shot of what my grocery list looks like.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/Smunkee/grocery.png

that's it.

it just now occurs to me that I didn't answer the question properly, this is a screen shot of what my grocery list looks like.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/Smunkee/grocery.png

that's it.

Hoe my God! You take time to make a spreadsheet? Soccer mom alert!:p

Hoe my God! You take time to make a spreadsheet? Soccer mom alert!:p

it makes things easier. I just put how much of what I want and print it out, it's organized by section of the grocery store, so I don't forget anything. I have a copy of it on my Palm so I can add things as I think of them and then sync with the computer and have a full and complete list.

I have about 30 spreadsheets and if I lost even one of them my whole world would stop.......I think.

I need to make a spreadsheet to organize my spreadsheets.

I need to make a spreadsheet to organize my spreadsheets.

You should become a bureaucrat.

Things I've bought today:

Blue Cheese/Buffalo Wing Doritos. *meh*
A can of that right wing "Under God", previously mentioned on NSG--energy drink.
Cheese (cheddar) sticks with peppers in it.
Trix cereal.
Cinnimon Toast Crunch.
Two boxes of these straws that change the flavour of your milk.
V8 juice.

You should become a bureaucrat.

don't have the time. I am writing a book on how to be anal retentive....I mean organized.

[QUOTE=IL Ruffino;12977473]Things I've bought today:
A can of that right wing "Under God", previously mentioned on NSG--energy drink.

Does it fill you with the holy spirit?

If so, I'll take 2!:p

Does it fill you with the holy spirit?

If so, I'll take 2!:p

*buys you a whole case*

Hmm, what do I buy when I shop...


clothing items, including accessories and undergarments
toiletries, including medicines and makeup
things for my dog, including toys and food
things for my room, including decoration and organizational accessories
people food
presents for people, when required

[QUOTE=IL Ruffino;12977473]Things I've bought today:
A can of that right wing "Under God", previously mentioned on NSG--energy drink.

Does it fill you with the holy spirit?

If so, I'll take 2!:p

the holy spurt

Lots of asian shit recently. I am taking advantage of having a chinese wife, and getting her to teach me how to cook asian food as good as I cook western. Simple, yet precise. More over, fun.

Your mom.


stop being so immmature

i buy raspberry bulletsss and red skins and bread and milk and sour cream
not much really. :eek:

Lots of asian shit recently. I am taking advantage of having a chinese wife, and getting her to teach me how to cook asian food as good as I cook western. Simple, yet precise. More over, fun.

Sweet! How'd you get a chinese wife?

Sweet! How'd you get a chinese wife?
Corn Flakes offer 2005, six coupons and they sent her in the mail.

Corn Flakes offer 2005, six coupons and they sent her in the mail.

Whoa! I was doing Life cereal that year, no fair.

noodles, meat, vegies, my powdered chocklet, those are the things i stock and consume the most and have to replenish the most often.

the kinds of things i LIKE to shop for, are at hardware, computer, and model train stores, and even the latter, mostly scratch building supplies. (like plasti-struct and zap-a-gap)

every once i a while a pair of pants or a shoe gets a hole worn in it and has to be replaced. these i deeply resent not being able to spend the cost of on train and computer stuff

lets see, i also buy used paperbacks of speculative fiction, but that's not on any sort of regular basis so not really a shopping LIST sort of item.

oh there are other things we buy occasionally because my wife likes them.
she likes coffee for one thing, which i don't dislike, but could live just as happily with or without. and of course there's my shaving supplies. because i'm kind of half-way alergic to my own hair.

fortunately most of these things, other then groceries, last long enough to not have to be replaced too often.

=^^=
.../\...

The only thing on my shopping list at the moment is a couch.

I moved a month and a half ago, and have not had anything comfortable to sit on since...




I guess I had better go shopping now.

The only thing on my shopping list at the moment is a couch.

I moved a month and a half ago, and have not had anything comfortable to sit on since...




I guess I had better go shopping now.

Thank you for being the only other person who did not answer with a grocery list. I am lucky enough to still be living with my family, so they do the grocery shopping for us.

broccoli
red leaf lettuce
baby carrots
grape tomatoes
avocado
green onions
cucumber
asian pears
valencia oranges
kiwi
apples
can of black olives
can of baby corn
frozen vegetable egg rolls
hummus
flatbread
feta cheese
sour cream
yogurt
lite microwave popcorn
basmati rice
couscous
low fat ranch dressing
wheat crackers
raw, unsalted cashews
soy sauce
stir fry sauce
olive oil
4 pack of grapefruit Italian soda
4 pack of raspberry Italian soda
bottled spring water

20 Marlboro Lights (whoever else posted as much has good taste)
Damn right. Good cigs, plus they don't make you smell of smoke at all, which is a godsend indeed.
Special K
Thought you were more of a coke man :p

Thank you for being the only other person who did not answer with a grocery list. I am lucky enough to still be living with my family, so they do the grocery shopping for us.

Now I have NOTHING on my shopping list! I bought a couch today! Yay! It is soft and squishy and covered with a fabric that looks like it is an old, soft bomber jacket and has two built in recliners. It is not leather (which I find uncomfortable to sit on in the summer) but rather a microfiber fabric that looks and feels like leather but without the stickiness. Now, unfortunately, I have to wait until the 28th for them to deliver it. Boo.

Thank you for being the only other person who did not answer with a grocery list. I am lucky enough to still be living with my family, so they do the grocery shopping for us.

Me too, but I still have to buy some things.

Does anyone here ever buy off-brand products? You know, like Sam's cola or great value vegetables? I have found that Kroger brand items are usually very good quality and notably cheaper than big name brand products. Especially those huge bags of cereal you can get for the same price as a little box of television-endorsed crispy crunch or whatever.

Milk, bread, cereal (usually cornflakes or weetbix), apples, manderins, lollies (pick n mix), canned peaches, 2minute noodles, orange juice, muesli bars, milo, nutella. Sometimes I'll get lettuce and tomatos. Plus other random stuff mum puts on the list that I don't take notice of really.