Have you ever lost your grocery list? I have. Last year it must have dropped out of my cart in the produce section and then someone tossed it out. I searched everywhere. It was a total nightmare to shop without a list for Thanksgiving dinner. Did I forget anything? Ya think? I went home and made another list.
Today I wrote my grocery list and thought to myself, “I need to attach this sucker to my body somehow. Hey! What I really need is one of those clips for little kids’ mittens.” Since I don’t have any little kids, I thought of the next best thing.
I took my grocery list written on an index card and taped the top center. Then I punched a hole in the middle of the tape. You can’t see the tape because it’s “magic.”
I found a rubber band from our morning newspaper and looped it through the hole. Then I slipped it onto my wrist. There was no way I’d lose my grocery list this year!
When I went to the store, I moved the rubber-band to the space between my thumb and forefinger so I could palm it and have two free hands. Man! It worked super slick. I cruised through the store and could pick items up with my hand as well as push the cart.
My grocery list even made it back home again! I had to share.
Move over Popeil Pocket Fisherman.
Next year’s hot item will be the Susie’s Wild List Wristlet. It will come in all colors to coordinate with your outfit and include adjustable elastic.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 
Reblogged this on mrskonpoint and commented:
Now here’s an idea, a wrist band shopping list…ladies we all know it’s difficult to push your cart while holding your electronic list and trying to cross of what you have taken. Let’s just go back to the ice age when we do our grocery shopping. Writing a list keeping it on your wrist is a practical way of keeping check of exactly what you need with out loosing it or looking silly with the iPad pushing a cart. REMEMBER to alway write out you list keeping the layout of the grocery shop in mind.
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Thanks for the reblog!
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Good job. I’ve been there and I don’t ever want to lose anything again. I probably will though……
Thanks.
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Try it! Both of your hands will be free. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Very practical, loving the logic of not losing it in the fresh produce while trying to sift through the green leaves.
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Let me know how it works for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Wristlets. Next stop “Shark Tank”.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
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EXACTLY!
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Etsy this all day long. I would buy one. Does it come with a reminder to put it on my wrist before I head out to the store?
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Hahaha!
No reminder, but I’ll use the wild wristlet from now on. It’s too frustrating.
Happy Thanksgiving, Bruce!
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Made me laugh – I am thankful your blog, your humor, and your courage. Happy Thansgiving and enjoy the day with your family.
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Thank you Clay! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Are you a mind reader? Had to shop twice because the first shopping trip I forgot my grocery list. Little did I know, all it would take was a rubber band, hole punch, “magic” tape. Probably a functioning brain too. I’m ready for next year though! Thanks. Happy holidays.
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There you go! I’m going to use it anytime I make a list. I spazz out and either leave it on my counter or lose it. Let me know how it works for you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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We keep a running list on family office and art gallery (fridge) and I take a picture with my phone before I head out. (Of course, that presumes I remember to bring the phone…)
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The wild wristlet keeps both hands free! Ha! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Great idea!
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Thanks Anneli! Let me know how it works for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Same to you.
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When you’re ready for the”New and Approved” line…make the list on an envelope so you can keep coupons inside the envelope.
(from one of my former lives…”The Grocery” King”)
Happy T-Day!
– Jim H.
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That’s a great idea! I just need to start clipping them. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving, Jim!
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A friend of mine once suggested an app for lists that allows crossing things off with a swipe and syncs with other phones.
Which was a great idea…until I pointed out that my dad had a dumbphone. 😛
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Dang dumb phones. 😉
You should try this since both your hands will be free!
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We’re eating out tomorrow. xD
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Clever! Now and then, I put my list on my phone using an app for notes. But most often, I have it on a small piece of paper that gets shuffled from pocket to pocket, and occasionally lost.
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I really like having both hands free and being able to check the list really easily! Let me know if you try it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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I write everything down and put it in my sportsbra.. Pretty fool proof
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Ha! I could do that now that they’re bionic!
I really enjoyed having two free hands today.
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OMG… Only you!!! Have you not heard of ‘notes’ on iPhone????
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Smart phones too difficult to understand.
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****sigh****
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I don’t like having something in my hands when I’m pushing a shopping cart. Now I don’t have to worry! I have both hands free and I can’t lose my list.
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Sharon and I make the list together. I’ve recently started printing it, because my handwriting is too hard to read without putting on my reading glasses. I line up the items in the order we find them in the store so we don’t have to keep scanning up and down the list. Then I clip it to a ball point pen and put it in the little shelf in the grocery basket. Works for us.
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That’s so cute that you work together on the list! I liked having my hands free while having my “cheat sheet” in the palm of my hand. I can see where the pen would keep the card from falling through, but it would have gotten buried in my cart today!
Happy Thanksgiving, David! Send my best to Sharon!
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Patent that. It might be the closest you get to inventing velcro.
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Hahaha! Right? Danny is setting one up for a client and said he’ll set me up too. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!
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You could also use a nail gun to attach it to your hand! 😉
Here’s wishing you and yours a terrific Thanksgiving!
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YOUCH!!!! Better than my forehead. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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I absolutely think you should market this! Open an Etsy store or something. 😀 Fabulous idea!! Now, where did I put my hole punch? Hmmmm…
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I am amazed at the response. I might have to do that!
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So clever Susie!
Yesterday I was in the grocery store with a guy who must have lost his list. He was on the phone with his wife the entire time. “So was that 1 bag of cranberries or 2?” “Wait, white potatoes or sweet potatoes?” If I run into him again, I’ll suggest your handy rubber band method. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!
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In response to Jackie C…
You know in the State of Mississippi …
“He needed Killin’ “is a legal defense…
– Jim H.
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Thank you so much! I think I’ll look into a patent for reals!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Very clever Susie! I type mine into the note app on my Blackberry!
Diana xo
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I loved having both hands free.
Happy holidays!
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This sounds like it would be at complete odds with my method now which is to try and memorise it and come home realising I forgot most of it and going back out again.
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I shop like that most of the time. It cuts down on the high cost of groceries!!
Great to see you Joe!
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Did you hear from Gingerfightback? Bit concerning now
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I thought I left a comment on your blog. Sorry! He’s on vacation with his family in Australia for the month of November.
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Ah, good to know 🙂
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You are so creative and clever. Who’d have thought some magic tape and a rubber band would work so well together.
Happy Thanksgiving, Susie!
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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Thanks Patricia! I wish I would have thought of it twenty years ago. 🙂
Happy holidays to you!
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This should win some kind of smart invention competition! I ALWAYS lose my damn list. Most of the time, in fact, it never makes it into the bag to begin with. Your solution works better than pinning it to the forehead! Anyway, happy shopping and a very Happy Thanksgiving to you, Susie. xo
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And you read it better too! Hahaha!
Thanks for stopping by Alarna!
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You’re a clever gal, Susie. Truly.
And damn entertaining too!
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Thanks hook! I live a very Wild Life. It’s always great to “see” you!
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Nice post!
xx
Karen @ Lookbook Store WordPress
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Hey Karen! Thanks for stopping by. No need for the link. We can click on your name! Hope you stop by again soon. 🙂
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