On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:29:51 GMT, "Bob Myers"
> wrote:

>Depends; if we're doing the "restock the pantry, 'cause
>by Gawd, we're outta EVERYTHING!" sort of shopping run,
>then a list is a must. But quite often, I'll go into the grocery
>with no clearer plan than to find SOMETHING to put
>together for dinner that night.
>
>The latter mode is also very common when visiting the
>local Whole Paycheck market, since those sorts of trips
>are more often than not "let's just go and see what they've
>got that looks good" sorts.

I go there maybe twice a year, and tonight was the night. I wanted
cauliflower curry, and Berkeley Bowl doesn't stay open past 8pm (it
was 8:40, and Whole Foods stays open until 10). I got cauliflower,
curry paste, an onion (wow -- 99 cents a pound at the cheapest! I get
onions for 29 cents a pound at the Berkeley Bowl. I was afraid to even
look and see how much I paid for the cauliflower.), some Israeli
couscous, some soy yogurt, some red lentils, some gardenburgers, some
kipper snacks for James, soymilk, and, gosh, a tenth thing, but I
can't remember what (I put back a packet of yeast so I could go
through the ten-items-or-less aisle).

serene, who went in there for cauliflower and curry paste, and ended
up spening around $25