Same here! Shopping with my wife is like shopping with a little kid. “No, we don’t need that.” “No, that’s too expensive!” “How did cupcakes get in the buggy?” :D

One thing I do to ensure this happens is write my list according to the store’s layout.

I don’t let my wife go! I take an Any.Do list, get in, get out with just what I need. My wife goes up and down every aisle and comes home with anything but what we need to fix a meal.

A long time ago, I spent 6hrs in a walmart recording the price of everything I normally buy, toiletry and what not. So I look at that price list, make a shopping list from it, then arrange the list by their location in the store, shopping from back to front, only breaking that pattern to make sure that I hit the…