use a Calculator while shopping

I don't bring a calculator but I keep track of everything i put into my cart so when i get to the register I don't have to be shocked when I realize that I don't have enough money for all the stuff i loaded up. i haven't shopped at an Aldi since I left Germany, i didn't even know they have them here.

Hello! I buy food, or shopping, I don't take a calculator, is what I see, if like to buy it. Of course, the result is often is beyond my budget. Happy every day!

My husband is a walking calculator. He usually knows exactly what is spent and with tax as well. I should keep better track, but I do not. I am not good with entering numbers on a calculator, I make way too many mistakes. I can figure out the price per unit really well.

I don't...I have to buy mostly low soduim products so they are usually not marked down. Now I don't understand why they are more expensive then normal products...after all they are just leaving out or reducing the salt content..anyway I just buy what I need.....and don't really pay attention. Yesterday I went and its the first time in a long time that I did go.....I usually go about once a month with the exception of buying bread or milk.

I don't take a calculator with me. When my children were little I would add stuff in my head and I well remember putting things back when I came close to going over the amount I had to spend! I still do that. I make a list and stick to it but with prices going up and up I sometimes have to put something back because I wasn't aware of a price change. I'll go a dollar or two above my budget but no more. I can afford it but at my age I have to save every penny possible.

I always have a calculator with me whenever I do shopping. I have this tendency to buy everything on an impulse. There are times when I wasn't able to check the price of the item because I got too excited only to be shocked upon realizing that I go over budget again. Having a calculator with me when I go shopping helps me budget my money. It also reminds me to check the price of the item that I m going to purchase before actually purchasing it.

Yes, sometimes, I actually will use a calculator while shopping because I do not want to over spend. Here in California, we have sales tax, so you have to know what you are spending.

i dont but i think it is a great idea to do that. i think i am going to start doing that though.

If I am on a tight budget for that week in particular then I will take a calculator in with me to make sure that I don't spend more than I have in my purse. It can be very easy to buy things and not realise just how much you're spending, and in these financial times it's more important than ever that we're all aware about how much we're spending on our shopping and how we could cut that back if we wanted to do so. I will use the calculator on my phone, as I have a special app for shopping, and it is quite helpful for me to do this while I am in the supermarket.

Yes, I do. When I am shopping, I use the calculator on my cell phone. Math is not my strength, so having a calculator while I am shopping is extremely helpful for me. Have a wonderful day!

I always bring a calculator whenever I go shopping. It helps me not overspend. I also make a list of what we need to buy and if it is not on my list it does not get bought. I do figure out the price per pound to make sure I am really getting a great deal. I remember when I first got married I told Randy I do not shop without my calculator and list he thought I was kidding about the list until I came home and he said did you buy milk and I said well no because it was not on the list and if something is not on my list I do not buy. Now he remembers to write things we need before we shop.

I do that all the time. I always make sure I carry a pocket calculator when I go grocery shopping. When we had a new baby, I wanted to find out if it was true that when you bought diaper in large quantities that you get to save more. Guess what it turns out that when you buy them in smaller packs (like four to a pack, or 8 or 10 to a pack) it's actually cheaper! The smaller the pack, the cheaper the price! I figured most grocery stores bank on people's ideas that if you buy more, you save more. I've stopped buying large quantities of diaper then, and stuck to shopping for smaller packs. I learned that so far, diaper is the only thing they do this with. Most other products do cost cheaper if you buy them by the bulk by using that handy-dandy calculator. Plus it also helps me keep within my budget. It's quite a task especially since I go to different grocery stores, so I try to keep a usual list of things and food that I buy from different grocery stores and compare prices when I get home. This allows me to save money, and keep within my budget.

Hi 3 SnuggleBunnies, I don't actually use a calculator because I do not go shopping for hundreds of dollar in food like I did when my childre were young...so its off to the supermarket whenever I need something...or my daughter will pick it up for me..... so I don't have any use for a calcular with me going to pick up a couple of things as I often do... Do you use coupons as well???? I have never heard of Aldi and I am on the east coast....

It's a smart thing to do, I only took the calculator with me sometimes to calculate how much I'm going to pay in the end... But it's a good idea, because sometimes things on sale are not cheaper at all than others.

I usually just keep a running tally in my head. I don't worry about unit price because it is usually listed, so I just have to keep track of how much I'm spending.

I round everything up to the next dollar and keep track like that. I have carried a calculator but it is just one more thing to do at the store. It seems like there are enough distractions at the store. I figure as long as I am rounding up I will be under budget which is a nice place to be.

I do have calculator on my cellphone as I was said in one of my discussion, I;m not good so much in math. We have duty free shops here in my town that they sold their products in dollars but we can pay in our own money which is peso. And for I have to know how to convert it on our own money I have to used my calculator. And sometimes I compared it in our local shops, but most of the time all products are more cheaper than our local supermarket.

I used to when I had kids at home and working full time. Budget was slim and I used coupons and watched sales, but still..it was hard to make ends meet. I used a calculator for my $100 a week for family of four. I put in the regular price of the items I had a coupon for cause I knew there'd be tax that I couldn't add in per item, so I figured the coupon amounts would be close to covering the sales tax. However.. no matter how hard I tried, I never was the same as the register. I know part of it was the tax thing, but then there were things that I knew could have happened. Sometimes, for some reason the calculator would go off, or maybe I hit a wrong button or forgot to add something in. I was within about $10 but annoyed that I could n't be a bit closer. But..it worked out okay. I added up till I got to $90 and then stopped. When all said and done, whatever was left went into a "kids fund". Id put in there a couple dollars each week and then when it came time for something at school that cost something, I'd have the extra for my kids to buy something instead of telling them I can't afford it and have them embarresed when all the other kids are buying something (like at the book fair) and they weren't. All the fund raisers schools have...I couldn't afford every one..there were so many! But they got to choose which one to buy something from. If you don't have kids...do the same thing and save that couple bucks each shopping trip for something you want. Or...for those sales when you want to stock up but don't have the funds in the budget for more than just what you need right now.

Indeed that seems to be second nature to me more or less. While I rather have a list in my head, prices change, sales happen, where it can effect what I think is going to be spent when I go in the store. Therefore, if there is a chance that there might be a sacrifice that needs to be made, I really think that there is just a lot of figuring out to do. Many people would consider it to be a bit of a process and those people would be rather right all things considered. However, it is just the nature of that fugal living, to really spend enough money where you don't go beyond your means and really put yourself in a bind. It is something that I have rather gotten down to a distinct science.

If I need to work on a certain budget, I would use the calculator on my phone. I don't really have a real calculator at home, anyway. I just use estimates of the prices and add them up so I'd know its right on budget. I also work on a list of items to buy, so my hands don't stray on the wrong racks.