"wff_ng_7" > wrote

> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
>> At my usual Asian place I now strictly limit myself to one small carry
>> basket, the first time I went I filled up almost two shopping carts,
>> had to take a taxi home...and I'm single, lol.
>
> It's funny, but one does have a completely different perspective when one
> goes to the store on foot (or public transportation). I know my limits now
> and stick to them after having a hard time carrying home what I bought.

I hear ya. I used to have to walk a couple of miles with my stuff,
I found it much easier to avoid impulse buys then ... of course, I
didn't have 2 nickels to rub together, either, that will cut down on
impulse spending.

> My push cart is almost an antique. It's about 40 years old. It used to be
> my mother's, but she gave it to me to carry groceries from my car up to my
> first apartment, and to take laundry down to the laundry room. The cart is
> so old I had to rebuild the "wheel bearings" a year or so ago. It was
> worth doing, because like they say, they don't build them like they used
> to.

My mother had one of those collapsable wire carts with wheels, I
guess that's what you're talking about? I guess it folded flat on
itself for storage.

nancy