I am building an addition on to the back of the house to change Castle Slothrop from a two bedroom/one bath fixer-upper into a three bedroom/two bath fixer-upper. I am doing it myself (legally, with a building permit) with the help of the wife and kids and a friend who just likes building stuff. I buy a lot of building materials like lumber and concrete and shingles and bring them home in the truck. My question is this: isn’t there a more manly word for purchasing and bringing home building materials ? I don’t think shopping is the correct word for it.
My dad usually says things like “lumber run” or “quest for the holy barn door hinge.” Okay, maybe not the last one. I’d spring for “macho shopping”, but I’m pretty damn girly, so you might not want to trust my judgment in this one.
Sarah
Restocking. 
I guess you could call it hunting.
Sure, it’s just the ‘bags’ that are a little different!
suppy run
I “check out whats on sale”.
Interesting question.Shopping also doesn’t fit pricing guns or fishing tackle.
Hey how about “lookin fer.”
as in
“Hey buddy,I’m lookin fer concrete edging tools”
Men just “go” to the store. There is no need to discuss what you’ll be doing there.
When I know I will be away from my desk beyond my typical lunch hour, I tell my office pals that I have to “procure materiel.”
I think you just answered it right there. You are buying stuff. Or, if you’re just going to browse, you could say you’re thinking about buying something. Or you want to look about buying something.
purchasing
acquiring
obtaining
buying (wholesale industrial buyer)
there’s a few
A real man would hew down his own trees andpound boulders into dust to make concrete.
You’re letting someone else do it for you…so you’re shooppppping 
Gonna go get some stuff.
slice and elfje are right. Shopping is a whishy washy word that is an end in itself. You can go out shopping all day and never purchase anything. Real men never go shopping. Real men go out and buy things. Women can go out shopping with nothing in particular in mind. Men go out to buy _____. We know what we want, we buy it, done.
Sorry for any sexism, I myself have been converted to the wonders of outlet shopping by a previous GF.
pick up
I have to agree with **Cheesesteak[b/]. Definitely “pick up”. In our model car club, it’s a constant chorus of “I picked this up the other day…”
Yarrgh. Blasted bold coding. Preview is your friend.
I called Mr2U (who happens to be in the self employed fire & water restoration/home construction & remodeling field) to ask him this important question - and he is in full agreement with Cheesesteak.
Pick Up is the correct term.
It can also be used interchangeably with Gotta Get, as in "I’m going to Home Depot - I gotta get (insert what you gotta get here). Past tense, it would be “went and got”.
Of course it’s shopping.
Shade-ess: Do you want to go shopping?
Shade: Do I ever! Concrete or computer equipment?
If you want to sound really macho, tell them you “gotta go get me some fuckin’ ________.” Generally, parts are more masculine if they’re “fuckin’” parts.