On my own again with food shopping
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43080)
Staten Island, New York
July 14, 2019 1:58pm CST
Hubby called me and told me that after work he is gonna go meet up with his friend. That means I am on my own again when it comes to food shopping. There is a lot that I wanna get and I will have to carry it all myself back to the house. While the store is only about fifteen minutes away from my house carrying a lot of heavy bags myself is no fun, especially when it's hot and humid outside. Not only is it uncomfortable but it is also exhausting and is gonna make me all sweaty. So I don't really have a choice. Either go to the store or buy nothing and try to come up with something to eat from the little we have at home.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Jul 19
That can be the case with me when I shop without hubby. We ended up saving a little but of course we spend way more than we saved.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Jul 19
@porwest You save more by not buying anything at all. 
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
17 Jul 19
@lovebuglena Well, at the end of the day, the ONLY time you actually save is when you buy things you need at a discount.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 19
@NJChicaa Yeah, that would suck carrying all the heavy bags up flights of stairs.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
14 Jul 19
Did he know that you waned to do the shopping and it was going to be a lot?
Great!@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
Well, I texted him when he was at work but not sure if he saw it. But he ended up coming home so things turned out good and shopping got done.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
14 Jul 19
Aw that isn't nice of him not to go help you. Would he drive to the store? Couldn't he grabbed the groceries after meeting his friend..
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
16 Jul 19
@lovebuglena I am glad he came home and you two were able to go do groceries together. :)
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
He came home and we did the shopping together. But I wonder if he came home because they agreed to meet up later and he had free time or if he came just to help me. I think it's the former.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Jul 19
@LadyDuck I did not know Ikea sells that kinda stuff.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
I think we have one in the garage but it's a weird one.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
14 Jul 19
I like Shays suggestion. Leave the cans and boxes in the car for hubby to bring in. lol
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 19
I don't drive and we only have one car, which he always uses because that's how he goes to work.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
@LindaOHio Yep. Often enough. One main reason is his work schedule. If he ends late and I wait for him to go to the store either the store will already be closed or there will nothing to make dinner out of.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
14 Jul 19
@lovebuglena So you have to walk to the store and carry bags? Well, that's not fair at all!
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
14 Jul 19
If it's as hot there as it is here... I would have whatever is in the house instead of carrying it!! I always have something good in the freezer though... just in case lol!
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Jul 19
You can compromise and just get a few easy to carry things.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
I got lucky that he came home before going to hang out so we went to the store together and I got everything I wanted.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
14 Jul 19
Could you find somebody that you could ride to the store with. One of your neighbors could be going to the grocery store.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul 19
Not really. Maybe my dad if he were around but he lives like 15-20 minutes away from my house. But in this case, he was away so couldn't ask for help anyway.
