thank you indinera, tomas,enso and D_Squall, for all your help.
i thought you might like to know that i finished the game anyway it was very hard as i could,nt use my items list at all, only usable during a battle. but my strategy paid off. i missed a few items i think but i finished at least. i,m now on LF3 just started, am i likely to have this problem again in this game.
you,re a great bunch out there.