Now that I'm retired I only go to Tesco to do a big shop about once a month and so that I get everything I need I write things down on a list as I use them up or if I know that something is running low.
Most of my fruit, vegetables, fish and meat is bought at the farmer's market but now that I have a bit more time to do a price comparison between different stores, I have found that Wilkinson's are cheaper on more of the cleaning products and some of the toiletries. I only buy necessities in the Tesco Metro because their prices are quite a bit higher in the smaller city centre store than they are at the big store.
So as usual this morning, I got up very early and set off to the big Tesco. It was only as I was going into the store that I realised I had picked up my coupons but left my shopping list at home. It's not very often that I do this, and the list was a particularly long one so I took the task in hand and tried to do the shopping from memory. This wasn't going to be that easy because some of the items were put on the list a couple of weeks ago, some were things that I only rarely have to buy, but at least there were some items that I would normally buy every month anyway.
I went around the store and got everything that I thought I needed and as the shopping trolley was pretty full I felt quite pleased as I was sure I had succeeded.
When I got home I decided to check off everything from the shopping list and there were only three things that I had forgotten out of a list of thirty seven items and those three weren't that urgently required.
At least the brain cells are in good order!
Good job grandma! I don't think I would have faired that well. I'm always forgetting things and it's usually upstairs when I need it. lol
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