Are shopping trolleys wrong?

[Nezzi]

My LO is 12 weeks old and when I have him in his his baby carrier I struggle to carry him with a change bag and my shopping, so... is "something like this" wrong?
I've never done a link before so forgive me if it hasn't worked.

[Nezzi]

It worked, ha ha!!

[twoluvlykids]

I can't wait to get one of these when I'm older

[WilyWombat]

Personally they make sense to me, I always look at these but ive never been brave enough to ignore the social stigma

[SoupDragon]

They are indeed wrong. Very wrong. And you know it.

Of course, the are practical...

[needmorecoffee]

I've used one since I was 19 and realised that carrying bags of shopping back 2 miles was a hand killer. Shopping trolleys are marvellous things.
I don't give a stuff what people say.
Plus, as credit crunching gets going and people drive less it was suddenly become trendy to walk to the shops with a trolley and you'll see magazine articles from those bubblehead types recommending the new trolley look
Bit like how thick framed NHS glasses became trendy for no eartyhly reason I can see

[Nezzi]

Great trolley twoluvly but you're right, I'm not that old yet!
I used my mum's a couple of times last year before I had my baby, it was great but that was in ASDA. How about using it in the city centre, pulling it around Selfridges

"this one" is gorgeous but £££££

[Nezzi]

Soup I have a sneaky suspicion that you have one....

[ForeverOptimistic]

I want one there are lots of funky designs now. Unfortunately dh and all of my mum friends have said they will disown me if I get one.

I shall just have to carry on breaking my back and being known as the mad lady who runs down the road chasing tins of tomatoes and swearing.

I want one with VW campervans on. But they won't let me.

[dougal3]

Nezzi and Forever Optimistic - I can report that I have spotted (on separate occasions) 2 trendy young women on the 55 bus (Hoxton-Central London) with them. Unfortunately, these two were unassailably (even "ninja",) trendy, which means the trolley is still one of those things which separates those it encounters into a "for" and "against"; like the "before" and "after" haircut in the Mighty Boosh it's a fashion event.
For the timorous it still screams "no car" and "old and hopeless".
A shame, imo. We'll just have to wait for Gwyneth Paltrow to get one. And then we'll find they're sold out everywhere.

[littleboyblue]

Who cares what it or you look like, as long as you can get shopping home pretty easy. I'd have one if I didn't have a blardy pushchair.

[nickytwotimes]

You can dress it up however you like girls, but it's an old lady trolley whatever you say.

My 68 yr old mum's one is relegated to her attic.

[miamla]

i've got one like this

it used to be my nan's and i inherited it. I love it, so practical and I think of her every time i use it. I keep meaning to sew a fabric insert for it. I reckon if i use something like denim it'll take the edge off the "old lady" look...maybe!

[SoupDragon]

Heavens no, Nezzi ! I have a rather expensive Radley handbag...

[Icantbelieveitsnotbitter]

My friend bought me one - like on WilyWombat's post - in funky pink flowery design. It's superb for nipping across the road and grabbing milk & potatoes - especially when I'm on a one-way road and taking the car is a 5 minute journey to same shop !!

My 5yr DS loves pulling it anyway !

[WilyWombat]

There you go all we need is some mega trendy eco conscious star to start using one then we can ditch the car and wheel out our trolleys!

[Nezzi]

Oo! I like the Rolser ones, I'm sure I could pull off the "ninja" trendy look with one of those. I couldn't attemp one like Miamla's though, not very urban chic.
I think I'm going to have to get one, that way I can still carry DS, all his stuff & do my xmas shopping.
If people mock, then so be it!

[Othersideofthechannel]

I'm seeing more and more of them about in contemporary designs.

Go for it!