where do you shop?

Where do you go to buy groceries, clothing, car parts.. get your hair cut.... etc etc.... ? (more interested in basic needs like groceries and househould products and clothing)

I don't know where to shop anymore.

 

It was walmart, but I havnt been there in so long. I dont want to go back either.

 

We get 99% of our clothes at Goodwill. However, I'm ashamed to say that we get almost all of our groceries at Wal-Mart. :& We get our milk and eggs at Wild Oats, but we just really can't afford to go anywhere else to get groceries right now. And you can't grow a garden in an apartment. I almost never cut my hair, and if I do I get this friend of the family to do it. Cleaning products come from Wal-Mart too, the stuff at the health food store just cost too much. As for car parts, I've never really had to buy any.

 

For cleaning products have a look under Hints page in my web site.Bigger supermarkets are not necessarily cheaper.

 

For car parts, if you have the space the cheapest way of getting parts is to buy another car that is the same model as the one you have that is also a write off as it will be cheap.The parts that you don't have any use for dispose on E-bay.

 

what's your website, bilby?

 

My wife and I shop for groceries at the local store or at a natural food market. We get 98% of our clothes at a thrift store ("Sierra thrift" is really good. All proceeds go to animal rehabilitation), or she makes our own clothes. I don't cut my hair, Julie on the other hand she cuts her own or gets someone to do it (for free). Any type of car parts or what-not we get at the local Farmers Co-op. Most of our other spending is online. We really hate going to retail stores.

 

Click on my profile.

 

I used to shop at Walmart all the time, until I just decided that, no matter how convienient it was, I was not going to shop there...so I don't anymore. Trust me, the anti-walmart transition has not been easy. Anyway, I get groceries from 14 Carrot, a health food store. I usually get my clothes from thrift stores, friends, or make them myself. I might get my hair cut, maybe once every 6 months at the most, and then I get someone to do it for free. I'll tell you, I don't feel comfortable shopping hardly anywhere anymore.

 

i know you live near me... can you tell me the name of that Farmer's Co-op? and where is Sierra Thrift?

 

i know what you mean... that's why i'm hoping to find some good alternatives. I want to support small businesses, but really can't afford the expensive prices they usually have. for groceries i usually shop at the one i work at: United Market Street (a gourmet version of the regular United Supermarkets...) the prices are actually the lowest in town besides WalMart's, so it's nice and i'm supporting my employer which should help me stay in work too (in a roundabout sort of way)... AND they have great produce selection and a fantastic whole health section and organic stuff... it's just a great place to find food and other things (wow i sound like a commercial )

I was thinking about starting to shop at thrift stores as well... I guess I should probably start doing that. I know my mom likes to, and I used to go with her when I was younger. my only problem is i don't like to shop for clothes, and in a thrift store you generally have to really search, so there's a lot of time spent shopping... *sigh* oh well i guess i'll have to just suck it up if i really need clothes. (which i shouldn't for a while)

 

I go to local farmers markets, and load up on veggies. I like to buy by the pound,or by the piece, and many grocery stores pre package veggies in saran wrap. Granted, we can ask the stock boy to pack one yellow squash for us, but he will most likely freak out. I wish the stores would GET that all of us do not consume gross quantities of food. Small containers are vanishing, along with things in glass. I head to mid east and Indian grocers, and health food stores to buy things in bulk. If prices are too high, I do without. I take my own grocery bags back for re use. (strange looks) and I would really prefer to pack my own groceries (fewer germs)...I am waiting for someone to invent a small grocery cart we can take into the store with us. I hate to put things into the baby seat. Think about it.....they need carts without the baby seat. There is something dumb about the polyethelene cars they pile kids into. Just a peeve. (maybe I am jealous eh ? I have a secret desire to be pushed around ) As for clothing, I go to consignment shops, and thrift shops. I do buy new, but usually at a dept. store in a fancy mall. A 6 dollar pair of sox will last a long time, but I refuse to shell out for fad or name brands when they really aren't anything special. I go for quality. I buy soaps, and household detergents at health food stores, or from India. Some of the Co Ops will allow members to bring their own containers, and buy by the spoon full if they wish. I will be glad to see the day companies sell sample pax of products, so we can try before we buy. Many spices contain fillers, and additives, but buying in bulk enables us to buy just what we want. I won't shell out 4 dollars for a spice in a fancy bottle, when I can buy the tablespoon I need for a "one time" recipe. I buy olive oil by the gallon, and split with my friends. It took years of trial and error to learn all of this. Grocery shops never used to be the monster stores they are today. I think we have way too much to choose from, and a lot of it is junk. The cereal aisle freaks me out.

 

I shop at the Farmers Co-Op in Crosbyton or Spur. they seem to have a big selection of items.

Sierra thrift is kinda hard to find. Then again it's not. You just have to turn your head when you get to the location. Sierra Thrift is at 211 Broadway St
Lubbock, TX. Thier phone number is 806-765-7887

PM me if you need a list of other thrift stores that are worth the trip.

 

Anyone scavenge the rubbish tip? How about E-Bay?Hey in my web site(click on my profile) I have a page on "Other Places To shop".

 

I would never buy any sex toys from goodwill, but that's just me

 

oh i'm so glad i started this thread i looked up farmer's markets near lubbock texas and it turns out there are three!!!! holy shit!!! so anyway, none of the ladies i work with had heard of them and wanted to know where they were because they really want to go get some fresh produce.. yay, maybe i'll make a field trip of it.. hehe

thanks for everybody's responses, and please, if any more arise, post them!

 

oh btw, i really like your website bilby

 

What's funny is my wife and I saw "The Wand Personal Massager" still sealed in it's box for $10. We passed.