i collect shopping lists

tiny shopping list

2011-12-12T21:39:00.000Z

I wonder how tiny Oliver actually is?
And is he French?

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beef

2011-11-28T22:51:00.001Z

Another non-shopping list. But it is a list. And it does have food on it...

I'm not sure what this list is, but it looks like some kind of anagram game.

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Cl. Mustard

2011-09-28T22:12:00.000+01:00

I know it's not a shopping list...

end of the road

2011-09-26T22:49:00.003+01:00

It's been a long time since I illustrated a shopping list. I'm going to get back into the swing of things now it's autumn though.

Here's one from the summer - found as we were leaving the End of the Road campsite. All the festival essentials...

shopping lists on show

2011-07-13T22:28:00.000+01:00

My shopping list collection is being exhibited in Brighton this weekend as part of the Keepers exhibition at the Basement.

I hope people don't think I'm a hoarder.

little saus

2011-04-25T23:06:00.000+01:00

My parents have this chalkboard in the kitchen where they write their shopping lists.
It's a good thing I took a photograph as we had to refer to it today when we stopped for supplies.
Maybe not the most practical of lists...

13) Mackerel

2011-04-16T13:06:00.002+01:00

A very organised list today.

1 x green beans

2011-03-30T21:12:00.004+01:00

Well, my new years resolution is not going so well.
BUT I have been keeping myself busy with other illustration work.
In fact, I'm having a print giveaway over on my other blog. Do join in.

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Sunshine Roll Bag

2011-02-26T12:30:00.001Z

& a cappuccino.
I found this list whilst on a cliff-top walk in Gozo, Malta.

Lucky find.

Genesis

2011-02-13T21:39:00.002Z

100 crab

2011-02-05T16:53:00.000Z

I enjoyed drawing this crab.

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Black olives (6)

2011-01-28T13:27:00.001Z

bean?

2011-01-23T13:37:00.001Z

AJ/OJ

2011-01-16T19:19:00.004Z

or OJ/AJ?
From someone who likes a lot of fruit juice.

happy new year

2011-01-06T21:44:00.001Z

I have resolved to illustrate at least one shopping list a week this year.
To start, here is a list I found on new years eve:

friday

2010-11-12T15:56:00.000Z

I'm going to try and post more often from now on.
This is the plan.

mussh mushroom

2010-08-03T20:37:00.000+01:00

thirsty

2010-07-06T12:06:00.001+01:00

Maybe more of a stock list than a shopping list.

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knit one, purl one

2010-07-02T09:27:00.001+01:00

A nice tactile shopping list today.

From a keen knitter.

Shades 4 debbie

2010-07-01T15:35:00.005+01:00

This is not so much of a found shopping list. In fact, I was there when it was written, but as I didn't actually write it I feel it is welcome in this collection.
And it's a record of a perfect summer barbecue. Good times.

Note: I stood on my sunglasses as the list was being written.

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the youth of today

2010-06-01T11:52:00.000+01:00

4 Big

2010-05-25T19:14:00.002+01:00

just one doughnut

2010-05-25T09:11:00.003+01:00

I found 3 lists on my shopping trip yesterday, all of which were only a few items long. I have a feeling the hot weather is messing with people's organisational abilities.

At least this person has their priorities in order. Doughnut first, fruit later...

100/50 salmon

2010-05-24T13:39:00.000+01:00

walnut

2010-05-18T17:16:00.001+01:00

language watch, part 3.

whisky

2010-05-18T13:19:00.002+01:00

language watch, part 2.

huevos

2010-05-17T14:13:00.000+01:00

I'm fond of lists that use multiple languages.

baking a cake

2010-05-06T09:07:00.000+01:00

first things first

2010-04-28T21:28:00.001+01:00

I found this note on the floor on my way to the train station yesterday.
Looks like Paul has his priorities in order.

There was also a (sort of) shopping list on the back:

If you count a description of one item as a list...?
I think I do.

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feast

2010-04-26T17:55:00.001+01:00

I definitely prefer a shopping list when I'm on the receiving end of the meal.

i like tetley too

2010-04-23T15:47:00.001+01:00

L/T/C

2010-04-22T19:09:00.001+01:00

Biscets Bickys

2010-04-22T09:58:00.000+01:00

Spelling troubles.

meals x 3

2010-04-21T11:39:00.000+01:00

At the weekend I lost my wallet then found this shopping list:

Swings and roundabouts, ay?
I also found a five pound note whilst scanning the floor for discarded lists. It turns out there are some perks to this hobby.

Anyway, the question of the day is which meal would you pick? 1 fish, 1 lasagne or 1 haggis?

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fifty-two exhibition

2010-04-06T23:08:00.000+01:00

Here are the shopping list pieces I sent off to the recent Fifty-Two exhibition in Bristol.
Unfortunately it's all over now, but there are some lovely pictures by Camilla here.

we all go a little mad sometimes

2010-03-22T20:30:00.000Z

A shopping list from an obsessive compulsive with a split-personality disorder?

fellow list-lovers

2010-03-04T19:08:00.000Z

Some very kind people have been posting nice things about my shopping list collection this week - it seems like list collecting is more popular than one would believe.

Thanks to both Janine over at Uppercase for the post, and Alli at hooray design for the kind words.

Susan also posted about my blog, and upon having a peek at her website I discovered her wonderful shopping list collection. There are some real corkers there! Many that I wish I'd found myself.

So...are there any other collectors out there?

what's a whisk?

2010-03-01T15:16:00.000Z

Another one of those handy explanatory drawings:

leek?

2010-03-01T13:03:00.001Z

It's St.Davids day today so I thought I'd choose an appropriate list.
I like the organisation with the timetable on the right too.

pancake day

2010-02-19T16:33:00.001Z

On Tuesday EVERYONE in the supermarket seemed to be searching for the same ingredients.
All their shopping lists probably looked the same as this one I found on my way in:

There aren't many occasions when everyone's shopping lists sync up like this. Maybe around halloween when everyone wants a pumpkin. Or turkey shopping at Christmas.

Are there any others you can think of?

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2 cat ham

2010-02-05T17:19:00.000Z

bread, clothes, avocados

2010-02-04T17:00:00.001Z

PIE PIE PIE

2010-02-04T12:43:00.000Z

A list from a keen pie lover.
What are your favourite types of pie? I think I'd go for pork or apple. OR pork with apple?

i love lamp

2010-02-02T18:02:00.000Z

A list belonging to someone who has just moved house?

when only organic will do

2010-01-26T11:56:00.000Z

pots (and pans?)

2010-01-20T23:46:00.000Z

It seems that a lot of people are going shopping for pots these days...

This one even has a picture of some pots on the back of the list:

bacon 4

2010-01-19T11:51:00.000Z

A list from our most regular contributor:

super spelling skills

2010-01-11T10:00:00.000Z

I must remember to buy oninions, tunna and butta.

(Click to enlarge image)

a shopping list is for life...

2010-01-08T11:41:00.000Z

Yumi gave me this amazing shopping list for christmas. What a treat!

lisp

2009-12-10T11:05:00.000Z

Quite a strange one... (Click to enlarge a bit)

A nice doodle of a boat too.

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fruit or vegetable?

2009-12-03T16:59:00.001Z

A very mini list indeed.

200 broad beans

2009-11-20T12:55:00.001Z

& 140 peas

a piece of summer

2009-11-20T12:25:00.001Z

In case you were confused...

2009-11-20T11:29:00.000Z

A very helpful drawing of a bag.

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phonetics

2009-09-28T09:32:00.001+01:00

I found this list yesterday whilst walking home from the beach. I know it's not a shopping list but I found it interesting all the same.

There were lots and lots of police in Brighton yesterday for the Labour party conference and I like to think that one of them must have been having trouble remembering the phonetic alphabet (and had to have his list corrected by his partner too).

Bravo indeed!

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lists lists lists

2009-08-21T22:52:00.000+01:00

The shopping lists are on hold at the moment - many apologies. Normal service will resume soon.
For now I am mainly writing lists. Lots and lots of lists full of tasks to complete while I try and finish off my final MA project.
Our show is in September so please do come along:

MA09 Exhibition
19th-28th September 2009
10am-5pm (closed Sundays)
University of Brighton

eggs

2009-07-31T14:45:00.000+01:00

Possibly to share with Luke Card and Tom Sauce?

water damage

2009-07-29T22:19:00.000+01:00

This list I like because the water got wet.

priorities

2009-07-28T09:04:00.000+01:00

rhubarb crumble

2009-07-21T22:47:00.000+01:00

I hope they had it with custard.

2009-07-19T14:15:00.000+01:00

I should probably get myself a copy of this book, shouldn't I?

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just one egg

2009-07-19T13:50:00.000+01:00

There's some good experimental spelling and grammar on this list.
I also like the use of categories on the back:

pumpkin seeds

2009-07-19T13:03:00.000+01:00

it has to be heinz

2009-07-14T22:43:00.001+01:00

what's for dinner then?

2009-07-06T09:11:00.000+01:00

It's nice to know what someone is buying their ingredients for...

...and that they are stocked up on toilet rolls.

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1 red chili (& 300 cottages)

2009-06-30T19:38:00.001+01:00

fruit & veg

2009-06-24T23:40:00.001+01:00

fathers day

2009-06-22T12:08:00.001+01:00

100 couscous

2009-06-17T12:43:00.001+01:00

know your onions

2009-06-15T20:37:00.000+01:00

A list I found today in Sainsburys next to a rather cute dog:

strange

2009-06-10T08:23:00.000+01:00

This is possibly the strangest list I've ever found.
It makes me very curious.

Does 'Waf Win Whis' mean 'Waffles, Wine & Whiskars' (I'm not sure why anyone would shorten wine to win though...).

Surely the list took longer to translate once in the supermarket than it did to write...?

Very bizarre.
But then again I always think it's a little bizarre when people go shopping for marmite (or 'mamit' as I may now call it).

W-UP LIQ

2009-06-01T17:01:00.000+01:00

1kg mussels

2009-05-27T11:18:00.000+01:00

I wonder who could be eating such a lot of mussels...?

sea food

2009-05-21T10:15:00.000+01:00

What are the chances that this person was planning on paella for dinner?

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does it count?

2009-05-16T14:57:00.001+01:00

I found this list on my way to work a few weeks ago. Though I wasn't actually sure if it can be called a list or not as there is only one item. Isn't one item easy enough to remember on it's own? I wonder if the listmaker managed to get hold of their copy of the Daily Mail before losing the list.

I also found the following list on my way home from work on the same day. It looks like this person definitely managed to pick up their copy (either that or they changed their mind altogether).

Note the wonderful spelling of pollock.

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gerbils

2009-02-17T16:52:00.001Z

lists on flickr

2009-02-16T11:18:00.000Z

Check out this great flickr group with found shopping lists from all over the world.

Also, here's a link to my shopping list hunt flickr set.

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H₂O

2009-02-16T11:11:00.000Z

Talking of water:

has it been raining?

2009-02-15T20:41:00.000Z

a rather damp list:

a lot of squid

2009-02-13T18:49:00.001Z

everything but the eggs and crumpets

2009-02-13T13:44:00.002Z

I wonder if they couldn't find them. Or maybe they just forgot to cross them off...

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cocount

2009-02-13T13:44:00.001Z

Spelling mistakes interest me:

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be more specific

2009-02-13T13:43:00.001Z

A very detailed list:

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long and short

2009-02-13T13:41:00.001Z

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bilingual

2009-02-13T12:39:00.001Z

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bicycle

2009-02-13T12:23:00.001Z

I found this list last summer on the same day I bought my bicycle.
strange indeed.

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an introduction

2008-06-16T00:57:00.000+01:00

So, I suppose it's time to say a little bit about this blog and why I've set it up:

I moved to Brighton in September and since then I have started picking up shopping lists whenever I spot them on the floor in supermarkets, or anywhere else they happen to pop up. I've now accumulated quite a collection and I am planning to create a mini-project about them (or using them) at some point.

They are really rather interesting objects and it's nice to notice the differences between a very neat & organised list and the ones that are a lot more messy and confusing. I also love the different scraps of paper that people choose to write their lists on.

This blog is a place for me to catalogue my collection and also somewhere for show and tell (just in case there is anyone else out there who is keen on lists - i'm sure there must be some of you!)

So, that's it for now. I'll post more information, and a LOT more lists, very soon.

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a very short list

2008-06-09T17:17:00.000+01:00

I seem to be finding lists much more often when I'm strolling about town these days (no doubt because I am on the lookout now). This mini list was found outside Churchill Square in Brighton today.

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outside the pavilion

2008-06-09T11:17:00.000+01:00

i found this list last thursday on the floor outside the brighton pavilion.
much more interesting than finding one inside a supermarket i think.

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h e l l o

2008-06-06T14:48:00.000+01:00

the first post - some shopping lists

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