There will always be some things available locally, zxz. But that's actually a good point you've made. Don't make unnnecessary trips. I'm fortunate in that I can take care of all my shopping needs on the way to and from my workplace and I take advantage of that fact to avoid making extra trips. I've always done this as well as living a pretty spartan lifestyle by western standards - don't need a lot of the crap that some folks think they can't live without, and what I do have doesn't have to be the newest and best, just funtional and used 'til it needs replacing. I raised two kids alone while paying child support on two other kids for a lot of years so conservation became my middle name.