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One of the continuing joys of my life is the practice of making lists with pen and paper. It gives me a moment to get organized, I get the opportunity to firmly cross the items off the list once I've completed them and there's something so satisfying about looking at a slip of paper at the end of the day and knowing that you accomplished a series of tasks or errands. I especially love making grocery shopping lists because in addition to my previously discussed love of lists, I also love food. It becomes the merging of multiple loves and that just makes my day.
That was a long way of saying that I totally don't understand this gadget, the SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer that "alphabetizes and groups items by where they're found in the store." You pay $149.99 for the privilege of using this electronic list maker to do a job that a $.19 pen and a piece of paper could probably do just (if not more) effectively. Oh technology. You claim to make our lives better, but sometimes I wonder.
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1-30-2008 @10:31AM RA said... What is the world coming to ? Have we really invented all possible useful gadgets that people are devoting their time and energy towards such senseless products such as the SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer? That too for $150, for a product that does a task which a pen and paper would do? Come on...
I bet even hardcore gadget freaks would shun this one like the plague. I know I would.
yours truly, RA
http://deliciouslyd.blogspot.com
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11-07-2007 @11:49AM rainey Smith said... I've seen that at Sur la Table and shaken my head too. I don't use a 19ยข pen. I use my computer but I had that anyway. And I use the backs of all those extra sheets that print computer nonsense you never wanted to print them out.
Mine is organized by the stores where I'll buy things and it has a column for the family to write down what they'd like to see for upcoming meals so I can add those ingredients I'll be needing to pick up. It does double duty as a supply list for errands as well and helps me plan the most efficient route as make my rounds.
I post it in the kitchen for a day or two before I go so people can add to it. So, it's half computer printed and half hand written.
I try to group items where they're found in the grocery stores but it's more a wish than something I can count on.
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11-07-2007 @12:53PM Laura said... How outrageous! Taking 20-30 minutes to come up with a meal plan for the week and write a grocery list is not that hard. And I already group items by where they're found in the store (produce, frozen items, refrigerated case items, and dry goods). I guess not everyone is as "organized" (read: anal retentive) as me, but even so, this thing isn't worth the money. Now, a gadget that could scan my pantry and tell me what I'm almost out of... that would be valuable.
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11-07-2007 @1:05PM melissa.agnew said... Wow. If you really need to be that organized, type it up and print it out on your computer. I have done this before, when I needed to do a huge restock. I organized the list by department.
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11-07-2007 @3:38PM Erica said... There are tons of free websites that do the same thing. I use Publix.com: http://publix.com/MyGroceryList.do
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