"Kate Connally" > wrote

> Chatty Cathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Vote now!
>
> Well, I make up my list in advance - sometimes as
> much as a week ahead. I keep a piece of paper
> or an index card in my purse and whenever I
> think of something I pull it out and write it down.
> When I'm planning a meal I make a list from the
> recipe(s) and try to remember to check the cupboards
> to see if I still have the things I think I already
> have. Even if I'm going to stop for only 3 things I
> write them down because if I don't I'm sure to forget
> one of them - often the most important one!

Exactly! I have to make a list because just the sight of all that
stuff when I walk in the door makes me forget at least on item I
need. Sad, but true.

I make a list usually in this order: I go through the weekly circular
and write down what I want that is on sale. Then I decide on at
least a couple of meals and add the ingredients to the list. After
that I take a look at what I have to make sure I am not running out of
other stuff I expect to be there ... I hate when I find out the hard way
I'm out of Worchestershire or something. Grrr.

When I go shopping, if I feel like it, I wander the aisles and pick up
whatever I forgot I needed or just decided I felt like getting. I'm
something of an impulse shopper. Like that one time when short ribs
looked so good and I suddenly had to find a way to make them. They
were coming home with me.

nancy