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do you spend more when you are shopping ......

A .when you are with your patrner

B.when you are starving

C. when if you have any are with the childern

D, if it is winter /summer



I always spend less when the old man is with me,and when shelley was little always spent more:-5 and for me to shop when i have not had anything eat is awful,i come back stuff i did'nt really need.

I always spend more in the summer :-6

I spend more if the kids are with me because I let them pick things they would like to eat and drink as well........:-6

I've learnt never to go shopping when I am hungry, never ends cheaply :wah: Always end up buying food thats bad for me, that I really didn't need! As for my other half, I always seem to spend less when he is with me, mayb he is the good angel on my shoulder telling me not to waste money :wah:

I hate taking the kids food shopping, we end up with a trolley full of food that they don't eat, but have freebies attached to them :-5

I find that I am far quicker and spend around £85 a week on my own, with Jim or kids there it normally bumps it up to about £115, and about 30 mins on top. :-5



I find food shopping a real chore but find that having to put the bits away even worse :rolleyes:

I don't like to shop it's to expensive hehehehe

Ok generally I spend the most when I am with the daughters.

I spend way too much when I'm hungry, even more when I'm hungry and have the boys with me!! I watch what I spend when the b/f is with me, because I don't like him to feel like he has to help me with paying for it, even though if I asked him to he would...

Great thread, since after work tonight I have to go shopping, been gone for 4 days and didn't stock up before I left ...ooops!!:p

Ever notice how when a man get's up to the cashier, he has the money out and the change counted already. Where as a women doesn't even open her purse unitl the sale is rung up and the itmes are bagged. Then she writes a check!!!:-5

zinkyusa;624486 wrote: Ever notice how when a man get's up to the cashier, he has the money out and the change counted already. Where as a women doesn't even open her purse unitl the sale is rung up and the itmes are bagged. Then she writes a check!!!:-5


Only because the man already has his hand in pocket - jiggling around

zinkyusa;624486 wrote: Ever notice how when a man get's up to the cashier, he has the money out and the change counted already. Where as a women doesn't even open her purse unitl the sale is rung up and the itmes are bagged. Then she writes a check!!!:-5


Thats cause she is too busy packing and trying to control the kids :sneaky: :-5

i work in a suoer market and it is are policy to ask if they would like any help packing there shopping.

You get the old people saying no that is ok thanks and bless them they are so sweet.But then you get a women with a couple of kids in there teens and have onlya few items they demand that i pack why was it that her kids could not help:-5 :-5

neffy;624495 wrote: i work in a suoer market and it is are policy to ask if they would like any help packing there shopping.

You get the old people saying no that is ok thanks and bless them they are so sweet.But then you get a women with a couple of kids in there teens and have onlya few items they demand that i pack why was it that her kids could not help:-5 :-5


I always pack my own, that way I know whats in what bag, makes it easier to unpack the other end :-6

Food shopping isn't a problem as I always get my meat & Veg from the local farm shops which the kids find really boring, but as soon as I walk into a supermarket its ''I want this ''I want that and I do myself get carried away with all the useless stuff they have on sale which I really cant afford.

Thank you Suzy for answering the Bat's question...and so true...Even now, I always organize my items on the counter...cold together, cans, boxes, bottles, anything fragile like bread and eggs always at the end, then I am busy trying to help bag, because 9 times out of 10 the bagger doesn't care about my food and is slamming it in the bag...I had to fuss at a kid not to long ago for the way he was handling my food...made me mad...

Thankfully nowadays we can use the credit card swipey thingy and use my atm card instead of a check....so that if there is a Bat-Man in line behind me I wouldn't hold him up!!:D

WonderWendy3;624499 wrote: Thank you Suzy for answering the Bat's question...and so true...Even now, I always organize my items on the counter...cold together, cans, boxes, bottles, anything fragile like bread and eggs always at the end, then I am busy trying to help bag, because 9 times out of 10 the bagger doesn't care about my food and is slamming it in the bag...I had to fuss at a kid not to long ago for the way he was handling my food...made me mad...

Thankfully nowadays we can use the credit card swipey thingy and use my atm card instead of a check....so that if there is a Bat-Man in line behind me I wouldn't hold him up!!:D


I was amazed when I went to the States as they automatically pack your bags for you, but over here, although it's getting better with them offering, it is still pretty unusual for the cashier to be packing for you.



Must admit I find your bags pretty strange, they have no handles, just like big brown paper bags

i work in waitrose suzy and we have got to offer to pack,good old fashion standards

i hate shopping

jimbo;624511 wrote: i hate shopping


I would of never known :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

SuzyB;624501 wrote: I was amazed when I went to the States as they automatically pack your bags for you, but over here, although it's getting better with them offering, it is still pretty unusual for the cashier to be packing for you.



Must admit I find your bags pretty strange, they have no handles, just like big brown paper bags


A lot of places have plastic bags and the paper...I like the plastic because you can put them in a small waste-basket and re-use them and tie them together at the handles...pretty nifty.

At our Grocery store they have separate bag boys/girls and cashiers....if the bag person isn't around then the cashier will do it...I step in and do it, if no one is doing it. I don't have all day...geesh!!

I try not to shop.

When I do, I go through the store with a cart then, when I'm done, put half the stuff back or more. I've even been known to just leave the cart because I decided not to buy anything.

Food is different. I got sick of throwing stuff out so I shop more often for fewer things. When I lived across from the food store I usually just bought what I wanted to eat for that day and the next morning.

I try not to shop with other people because I dislike shopping so much I can't imagine they'll enjoy shopping with me.

I have the same habits all year round so I probably spend more in winter just because winter clothes are heavier and fruit prices go up.

oh, yeah.

I dislike holidays because people buy me stuff. And I have to buy them stuff. And we really don't need more stuff.

neffy;624203 wrote: do you spend more when you are shopping ......

A .when you are with your patrner

B.when you are starving

C. when if you have any are with the childern

D, if it is winter /summer



I always spend less when the old man is with me,and when shelley was little always spent more:-5 and for me to shop when i have not had anything eat is awful,i come back stuff i did'nt really need.

I always spend more in the summer :-6


I spend more when I'm with my fiance 'cause we go through the store saying "ooh, let's get this so we can make that, etc." When I'm by myself it's not as fun, so I just take my list and get the stuff I need and get out.

When I'm hungry and shop I end up buying my snack type stuff than real food. :rolleyes:

Don't shop with kids, thank god.

I spend more in the summer. In the winter it's like shopping alone. Get in, get out, get back to the warm house.