Cindy, now that's a day from you know where. Is there a chance you can do the grocery shopping one day and maybe one other thing? Then do the other shopping, scrap booking,ect on another day?
I would never do grocery shopping and all that other stuff on the same day. I know that I have more free time than you do, but that's a killer of a day.
I would be dead and Nuts!

See Athens consists of 1 grocery store which is very over priced and most of the food ready to expire and mostly you only go ther for 1 thing and they usually are out of what ever that one thing is and we have a few churches and a couple gas stations and a funeral home and 2 resteraunts so........

Anytime we need anything we have to drive a half hour to springfield and with gas prices and my limited funds I try to get it all out of the way for the month but then usually dad sends me in town a couple more times a month for stuff anyway. I usually try to buy food for all of us but then dad clips country market coupons for some other stuff he likes that I don't get usually.

But now that I know I don't really like either Joanns or the scrapbook your story store I won't have to drive way to the far southside of town to those stores. So I won't be out that way again till next year when my car renewal due again!

This month just bites! Wish it would rain!

And my dad cracks me up cause he'll say can you go in town for me tomorrow and pick up a prescription and of course I say "Sure Dad!" and then he sends me to shop n save, county market, harbor freight, and finally to CVS. Going into town for a simple shopping trip is just never simple in this house.

And then theres my brother Ed and his wife who go every week. And dad usually has a list for them for sam's club on his days off which are tues and wed.

lol

Cindy

Oh CIndy, I remember when I was teaching and would stop at home. My mom or dad did the same thing. I understand. It was a small town and there was always something that had to be bought, right now. I did it but sometimes it was a pain.
Here in FL it's just a long day if I tried to do everything. But, as I said, I have more time since I am not working and don't have a child in school.

Matthew gets off easy and stays home with Papa! Little stinker! But that's ok cause I always end up buying way too much when he's with me.

Much easier to get in and out of stores quicker without him with me.

lol

Cindy

I enjoy trips to the mall and/or my favourite store(s) to look at things like clothes, shoes, purses, pet supplies and books. Those kinds of shopping trips can be entertaining to me. But I am not one to just kind of go through aisle after aisle ... I tend to make a bee-line to one or two things I really like checking out and then leave the store. And, when I`m at the mall, I find it quite a treat to try on my favourite perfume (just for the fun of it as normally don`t even wear perfume) ... like Calvin Klein Obsession & Coco Chanel. And I don`t like going through hardware type store or appliance stores really. Even stores like the Future Shop and Best Buy (Electronics) which do have some great stuff tend to kind of overwhelm and depress me. I more enjoy pet stores and a couple of lady shops and trying on perfume in the mall. Grocery shopping needs to be done (and I just do it) but it isn`t something that uplifts me or is fun.