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I enjoy it.. I'm not sure why though.

My Mom used to abbreviate on her lists.. like for potatoes she's put Pot, for crackers she'd put Crack.

Eggs
Milk
Pot
Crack
... so being the smartalec I was I would put sex on her lists, then I would leave the lists on a store shelf for someone to find.

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Don't lie Susie! We know she smoked crack and pot! That really cracks me up. We cook for our dog so I always "dog meat" on my list when people catch a glimpse of it they wonder what the...

I love making my lists! I put things in categories: fruit/vegs-canned-packaged-frozen-meat/dairy-non food-misc.

Yes I am anal about it!

I once noticed a young lady with a small baby the Mom was only about 18-19 I kept seeing her as we went through the store. I caught a look at her list and it was unorganized so I suggested she put things in categories so she would not have to read the whole list as she went down each aisle.
Well she looked at me like I told her the winning lottery numbers and thanked me so profusely!
I guess it never occurred to her.

The lists were interesting. I guess I am generally more organized than most with my list.

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that sites..... odd. i like how #0023 i think it was had to actually write out the problem to take $20 from $67 and how #004 has all the writing in normal letters except for TIDE in letters 3 sizes bigger

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Do you like reading other people's grocery lists??

Had to laugh out loud, because I can't even read my own. Seriously, my handwriting is so poor that I can often not decipher names of products by the time I get to the store. Dh is good- he is better at reading my list than I am. I have a co-worker who has told me I have the handwriting of a serial killer.

LOL I'd have to read my grandmothers letters, then reread them a few more times before i ever got all of what she said in them.

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I don't really read the lists. I do, however, love to check out other carts! When I'm low on dinner or lunch ideas, I cruise the grocery store checking out what other people are buying. I also judge which cart I look in based on how healthy the person pushing it appears to be. I don't bother looking if they are too thin, then it's just water and toilet paper!

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One of them has this on one side:

Chicken
BBQ sauce
French Fries
Onion
Bread

On the other side:

Cola
VODKA!!!

ROFL!! I wanna go to their house for dinner...

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I'm with Anna on this one, I have my grocery list broken down into sections, and sub sections. It makes things so much simplier when I'm usually shopping with 6 kids in tow.

During the week I keep an ever growing list on the fridge and before I head out I make out the new organized one.

I always get a kick out peeking into others carts, sometimes for ideas, when my brain just won't work, and other times it makes me feel better about what I feed my family.

Looking at others list is interesting, especially with all the different terminology that is used.

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I like using google docs to make my monthly menu - the spreadsheet feature - and then in columns to the right I make lists of the various things I need. If I have chicken in the freezer I don't put chicken on the list, etc. I have columns to list meat, frozen, dairy, produce, baking, and misc.. I just highlight the columns w/the shopping items on it and "Print Selection". Easy as pie!

It's nice to be able to just pull up past menus and get ideas from things we've done in the past.

This is such a fun link. I remember when it was discussed before and someone (fess up if you are reading this) said she writes her list very neatly because she has a secret hope that there will be some game show that will go around and look at people's lists and reward those with neat ones.

Anyway, I abbreviate on mine things to make me laugh:
tomatoes - tommy toes
mushrooms - mushmans


and "canned dog" for canned dog food but an unsuspecting soul might think I was shopping for dog in a can. Cracks me up.

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I never saw Google docs until now!

I think I found the right thing...is what you use under "Miscellaneous"? Which template do you use?

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LOL!!

I do:

tomatoes - maters
mushrooms - shroomies

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Hmmmm.... I don't actually use a template. I just create a spreadsheet by going to Google Docs and then clicking "New" and then choosing "Spreadsheet". Going across at the tops of the columns, I have Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, blank, Meats, Frozen, Dairy, Produce, Baking, Cans, Misc. Going down the left side of the spreadsheet, the rows are the dates of the week. I put things like "Sun. Feb. 1" rather than just Feb 1. Helps me keep up with myself! lol

We have a 7-day breakfast rotation. Sundays are muffins, Mondays are Sausage/Egg McMom's, Tuesdays are smoothies, Wednesdays are oatmeal, Thursdays are omelets, Fridays are cinnamon rolls, and Saturdays are waffles/bacon. Sunday lunch is take-out, Sunday PM we eat w/friends from church and take turns cooking, Monday nights are pasta, Tuesdays are fish, Wednesdays are beef, Thursdays are chicken, Fridays are some highly-processed convenience food like pizza, taquitos, canned soup, etc., Saturday lunches are sandwiches, and Saturday nights are something on the grill, no matter the temp!

It helps me sooooo much to do it this way. Otherwise I just look at that spreadsheet with a blank stare. If I know I just have to come up with four pasta dishes, four beef dishes, etc., It's not so bad!

On topic.....

I used to like to make up fake shopping lists and put them on friends' refrigerators just for kicks.

Ice
Green beans
Ham
Flour
Beer
Salt
Cigarettes
Pasta

etc....

Loved putting that one on the fridge of my non-drinking, non-smoking friend the weekend before her straight-laced parents came to visit.

Ahh, okay! Thank you very much though, I never knew Google had that section...learned som'n new.

LOL!!

You sound like a fun Mom.

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Thanks, but I have to admit - I didn't make that up myself! I think it came from the Friendly Freezer Yahoo group years ago!

I just get a sleeve of English Muffins and it stays in the freezer. We pull out as many as we need on Mondays (three, since I have three kids eating them). Same for the sausage - I get the sleeves of pre-cooked patties from Super WalMart. Pull out the griddle, butter the English muffins, grill them, warm up the sausage on the other side, pull it off when the patties are warmed through and then cook scrambled eggs on that side. Put it all together as a sandwich and add a piece of cheese and YUM - they love 'em!

It's a higher-fat, more highly processed food than I would want to serve EVERY day, but I figure it has protein, a grain, a dairy.... so it's not ALL bad! lol! They are very hot and filling and hit the spot when they head out into a cold winter's day!

And I'm glad I could introduce you to google docs! I keep our family calendar there and DH can check kid activities from work at any time. He also has permission to edit that calendar. You can share your docs with others and choose whether they have permission to just view, or if they can also edit. It's very neat and helpful!

I forgot to say that I love to look into peoples' carts in the store and yes sometimes I tsk tsk tsk at the stuff in there especially when it's obviously for children.

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