2) Separate from your to buy list, have a “WISH LIST” as well. List the things that you WANT only. Do not open up this list while you are shopping for things on your TO BUY list. Save your wish list items for times when you feel you deserve something good and you can afford it at that time. Buy one wish list item at a time ... Don’t wipe out your whole list in one day because you feel you had a bad day and need some cheering up. The reason for having two separate lists for needs and wants is that when you shop for your NEEDS, you will see your WANTS and be tempted to “just look” at them, but you know you’ll end up buying them!
3) If you only need a few Need items, don’t pick up a basket or cart ... you’ll tend to want to fill them up.
4) Dollar sections, I have to admit, are God’s gift to man, but limit yourself to one item when looking.
5) If you see something that attracts and you want it really badly but it’s not on your list, leave it there, and if by the end of your visit you are STILL thinking about it, then buy it if it’s within your budget, but most likely you won’t be thinking about it anymore.
6) Never shop on an empty stomach. Your grumbling stomach will tell you that you NEED NEED NEED those foods that you crave and flesh is definitely stronger than your rationality at that moment.
7) When you know what you want and what kind/brand of item you want, go straight to it, grab it, and run, don’t walk, RUN out of that aisle.
8) Instead of looking down every aisle to find your NEED item, look up at the signs that show what each aisle contains. It’s less tempting.
9) Don’t wander through the whole store just for the fun of it. Go to where you need to go and head straight to the checkout stands.
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