Grocery shopping is so exhausting!!!

[Pisces24]

Check out if the grocery store has a delivery service. I doubt the WalMarts so.

We have an area grocery store in town that delivers and the pharmacy does too. I think the only do it 1 or 2 days a week though and you have to buy so much or their is a charge but it is not that bad. 
Doesn't hurt to call up and ask if they do deliveries.

[Bucky]

Yep, I agree . . . grocery shopping wears me out!

This morning I drove son to school, then went to two stores.  When I got home, I had to haul everything inside - trying not to step on TJ (12 wk. old kitten), who wanted to know what all those bags were.   

Put things in the freezer.  Put things away in the refrigerator.  Take some items to the bathroom closet.  Date the rest to go into the pantry.  Whew . . . I'm ready for a nap!!   

In a bit, I get to head outside in 27 mph winds to watch son in a golf tournament.  Hold on Dorothy . . . will come home wind whipped and still exhausted. 

Hubby has a meeting tonight so I don't have to fix him dinner.  Yay!  I'm not doing anything tonight!!   

And to think a couple years back I was contemplating offering a shopping service for people.  They would make me the list of what they needed, and I would do the shopping for them.  That is a lot more complicated than it sounds.  For instance, if they wrote down - rice . . is it white rice, brown rice, long grain rice, boil-in-a-bag rice, boxed rice, bagged rice, etc.  Do that for every item on the list  .  The list would have to be "brand" tagged, etc.  I was probably going to have a pre-printed grocery list and just have them check off the items they wanted.

Anyhow, that never materialized and I couldn't do it now if I wanted too.  And I don't!   

Bucky

[navydad]

I really feel sorry for my wife,, she works,, does the shopping,, I just cant do it,, I tried to drive again last night to go get the poison pizza,, she and my Doxie went,,, it was all I could do to stay on the road,, I felt like I was driving in a tunnel,, the sun beating down on the canvas top,, feet burning from the floor which is not carpeted,, darn neuropathy,,, I went in to pick it up,, kid said can I help you,, of course I just stood there like a complete idiot,, even though I had called it in,, I could not get the words out,, I saw a pizza box and it came back to me,, ya I ordered a large pepperoni pizza,,   So he hands it to me,, this after I pay for it,, normally I put the bills in my wallet,, but since ht henads dont work to well, i just shove it all in my pocket,, so again he hands it to me,, I almost drop it,, man that thing felt hot,, dam neuropathy,, and no it wasent that hot,, get it home,, try to eat it without dropping it,, dam fingers,, oh boy,, two pieces,, there goes the stomach,, what is that noise my wife asked,, ahh,, same noise my stomach makes everytime I eat dear,, like somoen is being strangled,, oh,, ok,, ya pizza was real good,,, think tonight i;ll have tacos with jalapeno peppers and a box of chocolate cupcakes,,

[Pegasus47]

Hi Sleepy:

I just seem to have this kind of fatigue.

Maybe what I take daily has helped.  Don't know for sure.  Check out this list:

TheraLIfe Autoimmune Dry Eye
TheraLife Fatigue - 2 capsules in the morning- more energy during the day, sleep better
Acetyl- L- Carnitine
Vit D, Vit- B12, folic acid, glucosamine condrotin, L-Lysine, L- Argenine, DHEA, Calcium citrate, Lycopene, Niacin, Red Yeast Rice, Vit C, CoQ-10;

I eat a low fat, no carb, no sugar, vegetables, lean meat diet. 

Sometimes I feel down during the day, and force myself to go dancing, once there I get all my energy back and more. 

Everyone is a little different.  I figure if I don't get going, my joints will all be frozen and I will feel like an invalid.  Not good.

Pegasus

[Epson]

Any one who hates shopping should contact my wife, she love shopping.  If she goes out for a quart of milk at a store down the street she'll be gone a good 4 hours.

As for me, I go to smaller stores to make it easy, I don't need the choice of 40 different kinds of peanut butter or 25 different kind of milk.  I didn't even know you could milk a soy bean or almond.

[inga]

Epson, your wife would get along real well with my husband.  A trip to Kwik Trip can take half the day.

[navydad]

Any one who hates shopping should contact my wife, she love shopping.  If she goes out for a quart of milk at a store down the street she'll be gone a good 4 hours.

As for me, I go to smaller stores to make it easy, I don't need the choice of 40 different kinds of peanut butter or 25 different kind of milk.  I didn't even know you could milk a soy bean or almond.

Do they still sell milk that comes from a cow?

[bloodless]

I'm in agreement with everyone. Grocery shopping blows!
First thing you want to do is get a handicap placard. It's much easier than I thought and after I got mine I wondered what took me so long. I love it.
Sencond thing you want to do is figure out which stores in your area do have the motorized seats with a basket. And keep them charged! You'd be surprised how many don't care.
Third, I'm all about short trips. Save yourself walking way to the back of a grocery store. If you just need eggs, bread or milk, Walgreens carries them at a grocery store price.
Fourth, you want to buy fried chicken or something like that from the deli department on grocery shopping day, so you can get off your aching feet immediately when you get home.

[inga]

Yeah, it used to be more fun...or at least not such a chore.  Like some one else said, traversing a 3 acre parking lot....or more....then battling with the cart, and wierd lighting and all those little video boxes of ladies telling you about their product....ugh.  Hubby likes to go.  I only like to go when I have a mission and I am in and out.  I do need a handicap tag....and I have to get real and use a 'go cart'.

[LeoLady]

Hi all.  I'm sooo lucky, lucky, lucky!  My husband works nights at Walmart.  I just give him a list and he buys it, brings it home and puts it up.  What a man!  40 years in May, think I'll keep him!  All 4 grandkids (we are raising) help put things up too - even the 4-year old.  When I need to go shopping to get my four grandkids some clothes, school supplies etc., I just get over it and get the cart.  Oh, I've stubbornly tried to walk with my cool, hand carved wood cane, but I usually have to send the oldest (14) with one of the other kids while I watch the youngest, up to the front of the store to get me a cart.  I always plug them in when I'm through so someone else can use them. 

I've had my handicap plaque for 4 years and I have to renew it next month.  All you do is call your State/County office in the government pages of the (real) phone book and they send the 1-page form, and then you take it to your doctor.  I think it cost me $10 - I would have paid $100!

I do most of my clothes shopping on-line.  I've had pretty good luck with things fitting.  You can get some really nice things and if you time it right, you can get free shipping or take advantage of clearance items or 30% off sales.  I just bought 10 items for $80.  Not bad... I paid $7.98 for a two-piece velour pants set.

I used to be a marathon shopper - no kidding 6-8 hours in one day.  But, you adapt and keep on truckin'.

Hugs,

LeoLady

[bloodless]

I'm with you LeoLady. I love my handicap placard! It's so easy to get and makes such a big difference. I too have tried to walk through walmart with my cane and had to give up and go get a cart. When I quit feeling bad about using them I actually had a little fun shopping once.

[Bucky]

As my mom was dealing with her cancer treatments, walking in the stores became too much effort for her - so she agreed to getting one of the electric carts to use.  Someone should have given her some driving lessons as she kept hitting the button too hard and took out several end cap displays!!     LOL

It was like watching a little kid learning how to ride a bike . . . look out!!!     It made us all laugh - mom included.   

[Cricket]

Not only all the great points you all have made, but then I start sweating and by the time I get to check out I look like I got out of the shower, so embarassing!

Bucky, next ime I go I am going to get the cart and I will probally laugh cause I have this visual of your mom! lol....
I don't know thatI will do any better.

Cricket

[bloodless]

Cricket, your not alone. I soak through my shirts. My face gets so red sometimes the checkers start asking if I'm ok. I don't get as embarrassed as I used to any more.

[SLEEPY101]

@Leolady
  You are so lucky!! I am going to urge my hubby to take a second job at Walmart!!

@Bucky
  Your story made me giggle. I wouldn't be suprised if I took out a few things in those carts also.

The carts are always stuck together,somtimes I am strong enough to get a cart. So I can only get what I can carry.
I am going to start making smaller trips,frequent trips.