Online grocery shopping

Today, I went grocery shopping. It was done within 15 minutes with a few clicks of my mouse and without ever leaving the house. Tomorrow, at my chosen delivery time, I will have my groceries brought to my door. I have done this a few times now and I love it. I normally hate grocery shopping....I hate everything about it. The crowd of people, the lines to checkout, packing everything in the car, unpacking everything at home. And grocery shopping with kids....well, if you have ever shopped with kids, then I don't even need to elaborate on that one. So when I got something in the mail a few weeks ago from our local grocery store regarding online shopping, I decided to give it a try. My husband joked that I will do anything to get out of driving, and that may be partially true. Our local grocery store is an exit away on the motorway. I hate going on the motorway almost as much as I hate grocery shopping, so faced with both of those things, we would probably starve. But in any case, I went online and it pulled up everything I had ever purchased in their store. Conspiracy theorists may hate that club cards for grocery stores track everything you buy, but luckily, I am not one of those people. I could care less if big brother knows what kind of diapers and peanut butter we use. I happen to LOVE the fact that everything I have ever purchased at this store showed up for me under one convenient list. I am still getting used to the new brand names and products over here, so I knew that if I had purchased it before, it was what I wanted. I went through the list, marked the things I needed, searched for some items on my list that I have not yet purchased there, entered my coupons and payment information and submitted the order. And then hoped and prayed that it was going to work out...that my milk would still be cold and my ice cream would not be a big puddling mess. The next day, the groceries were delivered on time and were even in a truck with climate controlled compartments. One for cupboard items, one for refrigerated items, one for frozen items. Everything was there and everything was the right temperature. I still may go to the store every now and again to make sure I am not missing anything new or interesting, but for my regular weekly groceries, I have been converted...I am an online grocery shopping addict now. For the middle of the week milk or bread runs, we have an express store right across the street, so for now, I feel that we are all set. Now THIS may be one of the things I will miss when we go back to the US in two years.