hunger shop..

I find this is totally true for me!! If I'm hungry when I buy groceries I buy way too much especially all the snack food because everything looks so good!!

Oh yes, this is very true. I base it from my experience. That's why if i have limited money, i would eat a snack at home first before i go to the mall. That way, no amount of food smells at mall can make me eat there, which can sometimes be expensive. However, as to spending more on other things, i think that is not true. It's only true for foods.

this is not the first time that i have heard of this. i think it smart not to grocery shopping when you are hungry because you tend to buy more junk food too and other groceries that you don't really need.

This is totally true, I know I buy more when I am hungry, but my husband is worse, he will look at "everything" and study it forever, and when he is not moving, he ends up buying more than he should. I on the other hand might "quickly" pick up a couple unnecessary items, but the other items I pick up are usually something I know we needed and forgot to put on my list..

hi chicksdigscars oh yes I have done that and had to write a check to cover the difference as I had money for what was on my list but I went way over as I added this and that as I felt like I could eat them on the spot. really its not a good idea to shop hungry as you will buy stuff not on your shopping list.Eat something so you will not be famished.Otherwise you will buy so much stuff not on your list and overspend too.

This is definitely the truth. If we shop when we are hungry then we find that we will buy lots of things because we feel like eating them at that specific time and this means that we will waste money because we won't get the chance to eat all of the foods that we're actually buying. I always go shopping between breakfast and lunch, as this is the point in the day where I am probably the least hungry. I always plan my meals for the week in advance so that I don't waste money buying things that will never get used on a meal.