Advice on light purchasing?need better light to save plants

Not gonna say where i live but would appreciate advice on wht type of stores i should be shopping in. What kind of light do i need in combination with my small cfl for success? im looking for a less expensive option, sort of in between what i have no and what i would need for buds to start flower then they will go outside any advice helps thanks. is it shady to buy all this crap at my local store? i feel like common people dont often buy ph testers

lower, home depot, walmart all have CFLs. Up top 120W i believe.

if you have a hydro shop just go there and pay cash if it bugs you, the stores are usually locally owned and the owners are more than sympathetic to our cause its not like they are going to sell you a light and then call the cops, besides there is always online places and you could ship to a friends house or something

man i walked in wallmart and bought all their emergency blankets and got the manager to go into the back stock to get me more then went and bought a rubbermaid, airstones, air pumps, soil, nutes CFLS and sockets and u reminded me what I forgot a ph test kit!!... lol u get to paranoid.. prob because you eat to much sugar.. I could elaborate on my thereoy on sugar and paranoia... but not stoned enough.... try it!!! dont eat sugar if you get paranoid on weed....

per plant id use atleast two-four 23w cfls for veg and two-four 42w cfls for flower