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That is the question,

Whether it is better to make a list and stick to it, or suffer the slings and arrows of the bank manager by digressing. haha

Do you make lists for shopping, or do you wander aimlessly round the supermarket and pick up whatever you remember you need?

And if you make a list do you stick to it rigidly, or do the bogofs and special offers make you buy more?

I make a list of all the stuff I need to get but will pick up a couple of things if they're on special or as an extra. I make lists for just about everything - that's an oldies thing. You'd know about that now TW:-))))

Sue xx

I dont' know what you mean Sue Maid *glares over specs*

I'm terrible actually. I make lists of things I need to do, but when it comes to shopping, I tend to forget the list and just take the same route round the supermarket and get the things I need. I'm pretty good at ignoring the shelves.

Trouble is, every so often they move things round, so I can't make a beeline for the things I want, I have to go looking for them. That's when willpower takes over LOL

A well known marketing ploy, TW. The trouble with not having a list is that you end up with 10 packets of rice in the cupboard and no cereal or baked beans.

Sue xx

I normally make a list of things I musnt forget, other than the normal Bread, milk etc which is mandatory.

Other than that, we tend to decide what we want or fancy when looking around.

I love to make lists for holidays, I lost count of how many lists I actually made, from essentials to pack, to what clothes we were taking, and what case each lot would go in once mixed up LOL !

Vary shop by Tesco, Sainsburys & Asda

Shop online ... look at offers first, then just what is needed for week ahead.

That way no temptation, or need to get someone to help put heavy stuff into/out of car

Sue, I don't do that by my OH does. He wanted some mustard, got some, then next time he went shopping, he thought he still needed it, he'd forgotten he already bought it.

We ended up with six jars of mustard in the cupboard *tsk*

I make lists for holidays too, Elaine. I make lists at Christmas and when we have a do at our house. When we go on a big holiday - such as going to the UK - I make lists of places we have to see, want to see and will see if there's time:-)

Sue xx

I live by those kind of lists. Holidays, even days out, or if someone is coming for the day, I list all the things I need, or I WILL forget something.

Christmas is a great list thing too, not just the food, but the preparation, from making the cake and pudding, planning the shopping, and all the tasks needed beforehand.

I do feel with task lists, as you tick them all off there is a sense of achievement.

You're right about the task lists TW. I make task lists at times when there is a lot to do. It is good to tick off the jobs as they're done. I don't get too strict about it though and stress if I don't finish everything on the list.

Sue xx

I always make lists for everything..... but tend to get sidetracked very easily.... Sue Maid, swap you baked beans for your rice... I have cupboards full of beans!!

Now... my lists of *jobs to do* are a family joke... I make a list..... get sidetracked, and end up not completing one single task on it.... so then I add to it all the things I HAVE done.... and cross them straight off with a flourish and a deep sense of achievement, lolol!!

Love

Daff xxxxxx

Ohhhh Daff, there's always one isn't there....and it's usually YOU PMSL

Yep.... that's me!! It's a gift, you know.... and I have it in abundance, lolol ;¬))

Love

Daff.... who is about to start her Xmas card list!! xxxxx

Morning all
I make lists for hollidays and Christmas presents and things to doto prepare for Christms
Shopping ............................................make list and stick to it as I hate shopping and rush round the shop as fast as I can
I do make a list for hubby when he goes shopping,but I know I will get double what I wrote down as HE just picks up things he fancies as he goes round the shop

I am soooooooooooooo ill...

I do make lists now because of forgetting thing which now I believe is an age problem years ago I could remember everthing now I even have a small diary to remind me of Doctors appoinments just a quick reminder of what I have planned for the week I know now if I do not make lists because I just forget hope I do not sound so sad

""tuts ""
Were you at a party last night Hayley
lol

No you don't sound sad, just forgetful LOL. Happens to us all Mabel. I don't remember things as well as I used to, though I remember numbers easier than words.

My Gt Aunt was one for being forgetful. She wasn't senile, just dizzy lol. I visited once, she was in the kitchen nattering through to door to us while making tea, when there was a knock on the door. It was the fish man. Gt Aunt answered the door, asked him what she ordered, took it, put it in the fridge, then sat down. Fish man didn't have his money and was waiting on the doorstep, we still hadn't got our cuppa.

No hangovers or illness on this thread please Hayley, try the divisions thread, you'll keep daff company there lol

Your nursing skills and bedside manner Trayza poppet are shi......not very good...flounces back to bed..