Do you stick to what's on your shopping list?

I always bring a shopping list with me whenever I shop for supplies at home. I always stick to my list because I only bring enough money to pay everything in the list. I budget the price at home and bring the needed amount with just a very few extra in case the amount increased. I keep my receipt of my previous bill for the price list. In that way, I will not overspend and think of getting anything i don't need and out of budget.

When it comes to our grocery YES i alwaysstick to it coz first it has already a budget that my husband allocate for that kind of things. But when it comes to my shopping with my personal things lol i have no list but of course i have a budget for it again that my husband allocate.

i am so bad with this, i will go to the store for one thing and come out with extra things each time.

A winning survey said it. Make a of what is required and purchase those things only. But our market is now taken up the psychology that whatever is in the store will reach in our home and make our pocket empty. A wise way is always advised that make a list and buy those things and something else you noticed, judge it whether it is required immediately or not, keep it for next time. However, all are around you can get grab whenever it is required. In my case, this is the formula. Regards, Thank-s

yes i also facing the same problem but and some spend extra money for that. It is a bad decision but we cant avoid and It is a common problem for all of us.

I do make lists sometimes, but not on a regular basis, but I usually do not stick to the list, because I always see something else that I think I need. But my goal with the list is not really to limit my spending anyway, its more because I want to make sure I don't forget to buy something. So it works fine for me! Is there any chance someone else can do your shopping for you, while sticking to the list religiously instead of you, if you are having trouble with this? Husband or boyfriend maybe?

Every once in awhile I'll make a list but not always. If I do make a list, that list usually contains all of the things that I need right at that moment that I generally use on a daily basis. However, I often do come home with other things that were not on that list. I do occasionally buy different items that I was not planning to buy because I like changing up my diet and adding a lot of different things to the house so we have other things to choose from when planning meals. It just makes life a lot easier I think.

I also bring a list when I go to the grocery store. Usually I buy all the items listed but I also buy some other items which are not on the list. This happens when I forget to include the items in my list or I just find out while shopping that I need to buy the item. I really want to stick to my list. I am trying hard to do it until now.

i do the same...i alwasy make a shopping list before go to the mall or the grocery...because that can be save much more time for me to do other things and make a list when shopping also can give me a guideline so that i can find the goods i want quickly...i love to do this kind of things before shopping...

No for me totally no.Its not that i don't want to, i want to stick to yes i really do but the things never go that way for me. Everytime i go for shopping i have the list in my mind but when i reach the place then instead of checking on my list, i get carried away by all the other awesome stuff around and then i end up buying that i didn;t planned.

I try to stick to a shopping list - that is if I don't completely forget to bring it with me when I go shopping. Most of the time I am really trying to save money, so I always double check the things I put in the cart to make sure I really need them. If I don't need them, I usually don't end up buying them. I have second thoughts about things I place in the shopping cart, so if I can't afford it, I usually don't buy it. Sometimes I do buy things I don't need, but I find that having automatic second thoughts about possible purchases helps me restrict my spending by a lot.