When I was living in Philly, I would get just a little bit hyper when visiting Australia and going to a supermarket. I'd be bouncing around the aisles thinking "My friends! I haven't seen you in SO LONG! Ooh, Tim Tams come in Kahlua flavour now!"

I also make my list out by the order of aisles in the store, and then make a note next to something if we have a coupon for it.

I am in complete awe of this.

I also get completely overwhelmed by too many choices. It's why I don't shop in large stores if I can avoid it - I can lose hours and still leave with nothing, or something I'm vaguely dissatisfied with.

I also make my list out by the order of aisles in the store, and then make a note next to something if we have a coupon for it.

I do this (my phone does it for me) and only get the things on the list and still a trip to the grocery store takes me two hours no matter how short the list is. ISTG I can go in for three things, go right to them and not look at anything else, and somehow when I get home it's two hours after I left.

I also make my list out by the order of aisles in the store, and then make a note next to something if we have a coupon for it.

I am in complete awe of this.

I am an efficient BADASS in the store. I would run people down with the cart if Tim would let me.

But if I were all efficient like that I wouldn't find new favorite things! Like the other day I went to Whole Foods just for kicks, and ended up with this stuff "Indianlife Dal Mix" and it is ADDICTIVELY GOOD (and gluten-free!) Just because I was wandering down the snack aisle and deciding the dried kale was way too expensive.

Although I assume cinq is the French five, yes?

Yes. But you can't bet on the other numbers working--CINQ gets through on a card game pass.

If my phone knew the aisles in my stores, that could help. I do try and use a list, but I shop at three different stores, so mapping by aisles is really not going to work.

But I don't buy much at all--I only shop a little in advance for everything but the easy stuff, the cereals and juices.

I would recommend my shopping app as it can track aisles and prices in multiple stores, but it's WebOS and I don't think that does anyone but me any good.

Eta: speaking of being overwhelmed with choices, do I want a cup of tea, some hot chocolate, or water? I'm pretty sure I want to drink something.

What's the app, -t?

Shopping Manager [link]

I like visiting the salad dressing aisle to be amused by all the varieties, then shaking up some of the ones that are in the bottle in layers to prove they're more gourmet/better/whatever than the pre-mixed ones. I tell myself that I'm curious to see how well/if they will re-separate, but really, I just like shaking them up. I don't buy any of them, but I like perusing. I go in with a list, sometimes I pick up something else if it's a good sale, and I'm perfectly willing to leave if they don't have what I want.