I completely agree….grocery store shopping is a chore I hate on the best of days! Which is why I have almost exclusively started to rely on placing an online order for pickup on Monday after work - this also helps me with meal planning! The best part is the more you use it the better the lists get and the quicker it becomes! Then running in for the odd item here and there is usually not so bad….that being said Costco is the one exception for my household due to proximity:)
Costco is such a horror to me lately. It makes me fantasize about a store like on The Waltons or Little House where you just give the grocer your list (5 lbs of flour and a bag of nails please).
This is a mantra I’ve also upheld since my kids were born! I used to leave home right before bedtime at 7:45 and get my shopping done before the store closed at 9. With my kids older now, a new store opened up near my work and I stop on the way home. My other mantra is to do my best to shop only once every two weeks. I might occasionally have to run in for something I’ve forgotten or comes up, but these trips can feel “fun” if I don’t even need a cart! Nothing sucks the life out of a weekend for me more than doing a big grocery shop!
I completely agree….grocery store shopping is a chore I hate on the best of days! Which is why I have almost exclusively started to rely on placing an online order for pickup on Monday after work - this also helps me with meal planning! The best part is the more you use it the better the lists get and the quicker it becomes! Then running in for the odd item here and there is usually not so bad….that being said Costco is the one exception for my household due to proximity:)
Costco is such a horror to me lately. It makes me fantasize about a store like on The Waltons or Little House where you just give the grocer your list (5 lbs of flour and a bag of nails please).
This is a mantra I’ve also upheld since my kids were born! I used to leave home right before bedtime at 7:45 and get my shopping done before the store closed at 9. With my kids older now, a new store opened up near my work and I stop on the way home. My other mantra is to do my best to shop only once every two weeks. I might occasionally have to run in for something I’ve forgotten or comes up, but these trips can feel “fun” if I don’t even need a cart! Nothing sucks the life out of a weekend for me more than doing a big grocery shop!
@Kristin - excellent! Shopping can sometimes be fun but also sometimes...not.