grocery shopping...who does it?

DH does not go the store if I can help it! He always finds things he "needs". Best to leave him at home. It also takes him at least twice as long to shop as it does me. If he wants something, I tell him to add it to the list on the frig.

__________________
"Never stop questioning - curiosity has its own reason for existence." Albert Einstein

"I used to be a terror, now I am a tired man" Jim Croce

My son does the shopping, most of the cooking and the laundry in his house. His wife told me what a wonderful job I did of raising him, and I had to laugh! I asked her if she thinks Dad does any of that??? Hah, I wish. Actually, hubby will pick up a few items on a list when he's running other errands, but usually, I do the grocery shopping, what there is of it. With gas like it has been, I make a list and do as many errands as possible when in the big city.

Jan in Co

For many years, I did the shopping alone, usually on my way home after work or on a day off. Then I was laid up with a broken knee, and DH was suddenly retired. When I was totally disabled the first few weeks, he had to go alone, with a list I made. The first time, a friend went with him, to show him where everything was in the store. Of course it was mostly TV dinners and frozen entrees, since I was bedridden and he can't cook beyond warming something up. As soon as I was allowed to go out, the very first trip was him dragging me and my wheelchair to the grocery store! He didn't mind going with me, but I think going alone scared him... for months after that, I had to ride one of those electric cart things around the store, and he pushed the basket and put the things in it.
Now a couple years later, we still go together. I still do all the cooking, but I don't think he minds shopping with me. He is interested in the prices and getting a good bargain. He isn't too bad about adding a lot of junk, just a bag of chips, cheese crackers, something like that - and of course his weekly carton of ice cream! In the summertime, we would pick up a cheap lunch at a local convenience store while out, and drive to a park by the river that was near the store, open the back door of the van, and sit back there right at the edge of the river and have a nice lunch, watching the ships and boats go by. So grocery shopping turned into a nice little day out.

__________________
[COLOR="Blue"]Expect Little - That way you will be seldom disappointed.../COLOR]

We both shop separately. I tend to hit the bargains on the basics pretty hard. DH shops for a lot of the special ingredients for his cooking. He goes to the Asian market a lot.

__________________
Gardening, conserving and learning in the urban Midwest

I always done it and most everything else until Dh fully retired. Then I got very sick and he just took it all on. He knows where the best is in any store, even took over the cooking and really enjoys it. Our roles have totally reversed and I really think he is better at it all than I ever was!

We're the opposite. I do the grocery shopping, usually twice a month, on my way home from working in the city. When DW goes to the grocery store, she'll spend nearly as much as I do and we're lucky to get 3 meals out of it. However, in shopping for other things such as clothes, she's great at finding bargains and stretching a dollar.

All of us. I usually make up the lists, but my mom, dh or I... any of us... might do the actual shopping.

__________________
"Among the signs of a learned man is criticizing his own words and being informed of various view points."
- Hussein ibn Ali, Grandson of the Prophet Mohammed

Well, I'm single so I'm stuck doing the grocery shopping. I hate it. I mean really, really hate it. Loathe it. I will go weeks eating nothing but stuff like biscuits because all I have is flour, shortening and powdered milk just because I don't want to go to the grocery store. If I ever win the lottery I'm hiring someone to do the grocery shopping with me.

I think I hate it for a couple of reasons. One is cost. Everything is so freaking expensive now. If I go to the little local store I seriously can't walk out of that store without spending 70 or 80 bucks. That's just buying essentials.

Second is probably just as bad. I hate dragging the stuff inside from the truck. I don't mind so much putting everything away but just hauling it in from the truck I just hate. I try to slide as many bags as I can onto my wrists and hands so I can take 6 or 8 bags on each arm just to keep the trips down. nice thing about the plastic bags is that you can really carry a huge load of groceries albeit painfully.

If I win the lottery or if I get married (both are winning a lottery suppose) I'm gonna get someone else to do it. I'll put them away but someone else can go get them.

__________________
Respect The Cactus!

We go together.

__________________
Chinese Proverb:
'When someone shares
Something of value with you, and you benefit from it, you have a moral
Obligation to share it with others.'

I do most of the grocery shopping. Hubby does enjoy going occasionally, but we always end up spending so much more when he gets into the act. There is some weird magic that a can of vienna sausage has over him also. He always has to grab a bunch, especially the flavored ones.

__________________
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller

I do the shopping, mostly 'cause I'm the cook, and know what we need.

DH works the "fridge magic" when I get home. He puts the stuff away, organizes and does the "is this bad, smell this!" thing with the deep hidden jars of whatever that may be lurking in there.

__________________
Living Simply... Or at least making the attempt. Blessed Be.