every time that i go grocery shopping, i end up carrying more bags home than i should. and my little arms feel strong for a few minutes, and then i start thinking that i am building lots of upper body strength just by carrying groceries home.
i honestly try to go with a list because i think that at least that will cut down on my customary grocery store wandering and thus, i will end up with just the right amount of groceries to carry home.
but since the grocery store is one of the places where i can spend money semi-freely (thanks to food stamps and being just one mouth to feed), i tend to spend a lot of time wondering if i should buy organic oranges or regular oranges, vanilla soymilk or regular skim milk, or if i should try something new from the wild harvest section of the store. clearly, these aren't choices i should be making on food stamps -- i should consider myself blessed enough that i can buy food--, but since i spend so little of them, i feel like i can give myself the luxury of that option to feed myself well at least a few nights a week.
other nights, when i get home late because i accidentally got on the T in the wrong direction (inbound instead of outbound... like tonight), i just eat an orange for dinner. or sometimes i find a mango in my cupboard that i bought a week ago and that begs to be eaten in lieu of dinner.
today in the grocery store it dawned on me that i should do two things:
1) invest in one of those rolly-carts that real city people have
2) buy reusable grocery bags to minimize my impact on the environment
the two things that i thought about in my grocery store wanderings. and possibly why i couldn't focus and get out of there in less than an hour even though i only bought a little over 20 dollars worth of food. and cat food for timbs.
martes, 8 de enero de 2008
grocery shopping: the city experience
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when i lived in Boston, i did most of my shopping with a backpack (though i usually carried a bag or two back as well). i shopped once a week i think.
also, my favorite trick for making shopping easier: make a big master list of all the stuff you ever have to buy at the store, including things like toothpaste and lightbulbs. when it's time to go shopping, just go through that and see what you need. it keeps you from forgetting things and wandering through the store to make sure there's not stuff you need that didn't make it on the list. :)
I definitely bought a reusable grocery bag to make shopping more environmentally friendly. And actually, all the grocery stores in Hong Kong have "no plastic bag Tuesdays" where they charge you extra if you need a plastic bag.
I think the US should do this. It would raise consciousness and help the environment more.
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