Tip #3 - Shopping Lists

Ahh... the humble shopping list! Did you know, according to a US Study conducted in 2008, shoppers who headed into their weekly shopping expeditilon with a shopping list were 78% less likely to purchase spontaneously! Yes, that's right! You're less likely to buy those products you really don't need if you stick to a shopping list.

After every shop, I start a new shopping list and keep it in the kitchen near the fridge. Whenever we run out of something, I jot it down on the list. By the next shop, the list is pretty full but before I head out I'll do one final scan through the house checking toilet paper supplies, nappies, wet ones, shampoos and conditioners, shavers... everything! I'll add items that need refilling and choof off to the shops.

It's true, sometimes I'll see something on the shelves that I have forgotten to add to the list - but I quickly try to revert back to the list.

It's a simple thing (and one you'll all probably say, DURGH too) but when you put an item in your trolley - cross it off the list. That way, if you get through the shop and have missed an item because it's not on special or there are none left on the shelves, you know what you need to source elsewhere.

Something exciting!
We'll be launching a shopping list function on the Bargain Mums website shortly... which will allow you to add items you find on special to a shopping list you can print directly from the site. Too easy!!