The Shopping Game- 07/23/2020

Date- 23^rd July 2020.

Yet another shopping day, #theshoppinggame

For the last one year, I was planning to buy the Philips brand Mixer Grinder(Model- HL-7756), but until today I could not able to accomplish that goal for an obvious reason(insufficient budget). During the last one and half months or so, I am quite active in Steem Blockchain and my discipline and perseverance are really paying off lately.

I consolidated my Steem earning and at last managed to match the required budget to buy the Philips brand Mixer Grinder today. It is really a wonderful day.

But I did not stop there, I also went to the Supermarkets to buy the essentials and fruits as the day after tomorrow another lockdown will be imposed(as anticipated by me earlier). So today I also got a lot of essentials and fruits. It's a huge shopping day for me.

What was my budget for today's shopping?

Today in my Bank account I had 5900 INR(~$79.08), as these days I am directly paying by swiping my debit card, I always check my bank account balance before going out to market.

For the Mixer grinder, I already enquired about the price through telephonic conversation with the store staff, so I knew the price before reaching out to the store.

For essentials, I did not have any fixed mindset, what to buy and I just went out, and whatever I feel as essentials, just got those items from the store. It was very crowded today in the Supermarkets(because of the lockdown announcement from 25th onwards).

So the maximum budget for me today was 5900 INR(~79.08 USD).

Where did I go for today's shopping?

For mixer grinder, I walked down to Croma Store, DB Mall, Bhopal(the biggest mall in the city, a beautiful one) which is 7.8 KM from my home. I hired an auto for the 'up and down' journey.

^{DB City Mall-Bhopal}

For daily essentials, I walked down to Reliance Smart today which is hardly half a kilometer from my home.

Address of Croma Store

Croma Store

Unit No 29 A DB City Mall,

MP Nagar, Zone-1, Bhopal- 462004

Madhya Pradesh, India

Address of Reliance Smart

Bawadia Kalan, Gulmohor, Rohit Nagar

Akriti Eco City, Main Road, Bhopal- 462038

Madhya Pradesh, India.

What I bought?

Today I bought the following items--

From Croma Store-

• Philips Mixer Grinder HL-7756/00 3 Jar 750 Watt

From Reliance Mart-

• Mustard Oil
• Banana
• Pomegranate
• Sunfeast Biscuit-250 g
• All-in-one snacks
• Besan- 500 g pack
• Sooji- 500 g pack
• Pears
• Vermiceli- 450 g pack
• Paras Desi Ghee
• Coriander Powder- 100 g
• Loose Poha(Flattened Rice)
• Mango Safeda
• Dhara Groundnut Oil
• Loose Urad Dal
• Khada Masala Mix- 100 g
• Mango Langda
• Black Pepper Powder- 50 g
• Sambar Masala- 100 g
• Sugar

^{Today's Shopping: Mixer Grinder(Philips) & Daily Essentials}

Before reaching out to Croma Store, I did little research about the model-7756 which I bought. I also checked the various reviews of this product online. I was quite satisfied with the review and most of the people have given more than 4.2 Star ratings to this product.

^{Inside Croma Store}

Generally Grinder with 750 watt motor makes noise, proper ventilation is essential for any motor above 500 watt and Philips brand excel when it comes to that and this model has an advanced ventilation system. Philips also claims that one can use this grinder for 25 mins continuously.

I also checked its body parts, jars, etc after unboxing the Mixer Grinder at home and it's really amazing. It really looks durable to me and the transparent lid will also help me during grinding.

^{Unboxing Philips Mixer Grinder(Model-HL-7756/00)}

So now I can prepare a lot of delicious dishes at home and my favorite south Indian food also.

Luckily, I found that in Croma Store(DB city mall), no one is objecting to taking shots of the store and other things. That is why I managed to take some shots and now being able to share it with you. In Supermarkets, the staff objects if you take shots.

After returning from the Croma store, I immediately headed off to Reliance Smart. Fruits are must every alternate day as currently I am taking fruits only(until 3rd Aug) and as lockdown has been announced and will be enforced from 25th onwards I am forced to buy other essentials also.

It was fully crowded today and people queuing up outside the mall, I managed to enter the mall after 20 mins of waiting outside the mall. Anyway, I managed to buy what I wanted to.

^{Daily essentials & Fruits}

Today's offer was "Sugar" which was super cheap, one can buy a maximum of 1 KG of Sugar at a price of 9 INR(0.12 USD) only. So I got my one KG of Sugar at such a cheap rate today.

Other items I got at a reasonable rate, at least I was satisfied that with lockdown announcement they did not hike the price of daily essentials. That is what I like about Reliance Smart.

What was the payment method?

In the Croma store, you can pay by Cash/Card. I paid by swiping my Debit Card.

You can pay by Cash/Card/PayTM/UPI in "Reliance Mart". I paid for it by swiping my Debit Card.

I am also attaching herewith the bill for today's shopping.

Croma Store- Bill

Reliance Smart- Bill

Summary of my Shopping

Here I have given the details in a tabulated format for better understanding. I have also calculated it in the equivalent of USD and STEEM.

So in today's shopping, combining both "Mixer Grinder"(from Croma Store) and "Daily essentials(from Reliance Smart), the total spending was 5027.97 INR or 67.4 USD or 312.03 STEEM.

I went to the market with a budget of 79.08 USD and the total shopping cost me 67.4 USD. So I managed to save 11.68 USD and that much is left in my bank account now.

So that's all for today's #theshoppinggame. Thank you @steemitblog, for giving me an opportunity to partake in #theshoppinggame. It has earned my living these days.

Thank you.

^{Unless otherwise stated, all the images are my original works.}