Online Grocery Shopping

Oh Target, how I miss you.  For anyone who knows me well you'll understand the withdrawal I'm going through.  Heck, anyone who is a regular Target shopper should appreciate the pain I'm going through.  Shopping is now restricted to what I can carry with my own two arms, or in some cases my arms plus Cory's arms, plus storage space under the stroller.  The biggest challenge so far has been changing our mentality to buying for a few days rather than the next two weeks.  The other difficulty is many of the things we were used to buying just aren't available in our tiny grocery store.  It's an adjustment, but is getting easier by the day.

If you're feeling sorry for us at this point, don't worry there is light at the end of the tunnel.  We have discovered the WONDERFUL concept of grocery delivery services.  Yes, you can peruse the shopping aisles on your laptop and have have it delivered the same day.  Purchasing 2 cases of Diet Coke is no longer a daunting task.

Thank you Tesco delivery men

Tonight we had our second grocery delivery since we arrived.  I tried to get the Tesco guys to let me take their picture, but they thought I was crazy.  I had to settle for a picture of the crates.  As I unpacked I have realized that just as you have impulse purchases when you walk the aisles the same thing happens with online shopping.  Did we really need the frozen spring rolls?  Probably not.  The other challenge has been getting used to the metric system.  I ordered two HUGE containers of apple juice that require refrigeration.  We don't exactly have the space to store two months worth of apple juice nor did I realize that they required immediate refrigeration.  They looked really small in the picture and my experiences to date have been that everything is smaller in the UK.  Not sure why the apple juice didn't follow the precedence that has been set.  The paper towels are more what I expected.  See below for the comparison between a half used roll of Bounty paper towels from the US versus the 'jumbo' new roll of paper towels in the UK.


Jumbo is not so Jumbo

As we get better at grocery shopping my next goal is to figure out coupons.  I have signed up for reward cards everywhere I shop, but haven't figured out the coupon piece.  They have to be out there, but I have yet to see anyone at my local Tesco break out a coupon filer.