Do You Ever Forget What You Meant to Buy in the Store??

@buenavida (9984)
Sweden
April 14, 2007 8:45pm CST
It has happened me several times, I walk into a store and buy some things and when I come home, I have forgotten the thing I went to the store to buy. Has this ever happened to you??
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@fpd1955 (2074)
• United States
20 Apr 07
No, I write a list of everything I need from the store. The problem I always have is putting way too many things in my cart that I don't really need. Need and want are hard for me to distinguish when grocery shopping. I think I need to make a second list telling me what NOT to buy. LOL
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
24 Apr 07
We all could need a list for forbidden things to buy now and then - :o)
@fpd1955 (2074)
• United States
1 May 07
You got that right. I went to the store for a bag of charcoal today...I spent $98.00 on things I didn't know I needed! LOL Thanks so much for the best response. PEACE
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@joyadalia (1408)
• Philippines
30 Aug 08
A lot of times . I end up buying something else.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
3 Sep 08
It is so comforting to find so many people who do this, I am not the only one after all.. ......
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Oh, this happens to me all the time. I've been needing sugar for a while now, but I kept forgetting to buy some. Well, I finally remembered to get some today when I went to the store, but then I ended up forgetting something else I need. I even made myself a list this time so I could make sure I didn't forget anything, but guess what? I ended up forgetting the list! Guess I'll have to go back tomorrow. *sigh*
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
7 Jun 07
I like your story so much that I have to respond it. There are many great comments in the old discussions I find that I have almost forgotten..he..he..:) Perhaps I need to make a list of all good discussions - but I would probably forget to use it anyway!!
@soccermom (3198)
• United States
15 Apr 07
I'm usually pretty good about getting everything I need, but a couple weeks ago I forgot the groceries! I made it throught he store with three kids, remembered everything on the list, stayed under budget and made it out of the store in an hour! I was so excited I forgot that I got drive up, hopped in the van and called my hubby because I was so excited. We got about two miles from the store and my 11 year old holds up the claim tag and goes "Mom? Where are the groceries?" OOOPS! I turned it around real quick and got them from the dirve up, but the kid loading them up was looking at me like "what took so long?"
@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
24 Aug 08
Haha...good story. Could happen to anyone shopping with three kids.
@bkfuels (1601)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
I always do this and it makes me so mad. Sometimes I remember in the car but don't want to go back and wait in line again, Actually my husband and I just did that today we went to get dry wall screws and came back with every thing but them, We were fixing our new house that we just bought.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
24 Apr 07
Well - I hope you can keep your house together until you get some more screws. !:o)
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Aug 08
It happens to me sometimes. Sometimes I am very forgetful. So sometimes I have to write down a shopping list in case I forget to buy what I want. I love China
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
3 Sep 08
Well, a shopping list is a good idea, as long as you remember to take it with you.. ......
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
15 Apr 07
Yeah as a matter of fact I did this a few days ago. It makes me so mad at myself. I try to remember to write a list of everything I need but then sometimes I still forget it.
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
15 Apr 07
yes, that happens all the time and my husband has been telling me to write them down and take it with me well guess what I forgot the list, LOL
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@lizeri (533)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
Sometimes, when I am preoccupied by some eye candy in a store. Instead of buying what I am supposed to purchase. I tend to buy those that are different, even if I really don't need it. And I just remember that "necessity" when I reach home.
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@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
15 Apr 07
If i had a dollar for everytime I did that, Hey I make a list and most times forget the list. We go thru the store and my husband will say is there anything else we needed and of course I say no than we get home and we had forgot the main thing we went after. Im going to blame it on old age either that or a cluttered mind but when I was younger I dont seem to remember forgetting things even with the kids with me.
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@KissThis (3003)
• United States
15 Apr 07
I normally am able to remember what I went to the store for. My problem is that I don't always just get the item that I went to the store for. I seem to try to buy out the store because I know that I don't want to have to come back for anything.
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