Travelling On

Karmacat

rtandon27 said:

nighty night KC - sleep well xx

Hope you slept well, honey

teapot2 said:

 Teapot, I love JL dearly, but its the walking-to-the-shops thing again - I have a Curry's I can walk to, whereas JL is either two trains to a small one, or my lovely one at Oxford Circus. 

Ah I wasn't thinking you should go for click and collect particularly to Central London eek, I meant home delivery x

Oh absolutely!  Sorry, I should have said - it's about repairs/ replacements for me, while its in guarantee, being able to get to the place I'm supposed to take it to is really helpful, given my generally terrible energy levels.  Once its out of guarantee, my lovely little corner shop ten minutes walk away is my go-to choice.

Karmacat

Suffolk_lass said:

I regularly read bits on here to DH while he is in the next room having his breakfast. In fact yesterday he might have been dragged in to see the croissants someone posted a picture of. He is going shopping today and there they are, on the list (along with chicken, added after reading this thread!)  

It becomes a genuine part of our lives, doesn't it  

I'm a bit torn about what to do today: anything too physical isn't really on, my shoulder hurts and my fingers hurt, and I need to safeguard my energy for the shopping collection tomorrow.   I can use the slow cooker to cook a stew, but otherwise it might just be tidying - heaven knows, upstairs still needs it.  After a rootle around on here.

Karmacat

So, chatted with sister - its an anniversary in our family - and meantime peeked out my front window, where an emergency ambulance and a rapid response vehicle were parked I know the house they went to, poor man has heart problems, so it might be just that.  The poor ambulance personnel were wearing those flimsy aprons and I've worn them myself, they hardly help at all

I got to grips with garden centre orders - spent £90 (yikes!) on compost and chippings, a garden hose, two deep tomato bags, an irrigation feeder and some stable manure.  They're not used to online ordering, but phoned me back within the hour, set up payment, boom - though delivery is "8 - 6 some time over the next 7 days" - pretty much like JL, actually I'm prepared to forgive a little garden centre thats trying to step up.  They will leave the stuff on the premises if they don't get an answer, so I'll have to keep checking.

Going to sort out which computer I want, so I can do it as quickly as possible when its right to order.

Karmacat

Definitely rejoined the 21st century - my computer stayed on long enough for me to buy a replacement - a Lenovo to the specs I listed, plus its 7 core, and SSD, not HD.  Really pleased - paid an extra fiver to have it delivered some time on Monday, better than wondering about it over 8 working days.  

rtandon27

Hooray for the new PC!  ...and a Monday delivery - hooray only 3 more sleeps

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rtandon27 said:

Delichon said:

...I'm spending a LOT more on grocery shopping since the Covid-19 situation turned our lives upside down...

Totally with you there Delichon - Shopping for us, shopping for the neighbours & shopping for my mom across the pond, it's non-stop!

(Still can't figure out the multi-quote thing!)

I'm only shopping for DH and I but my budgeting has gone totally haywire!  I meant spending more money and I get the idea you thought I meant spending more time.  That applies too of course, mainly spent on trying to nab those ever-elusive delivery slots.

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I envy you your lovely new laptop, KC. Wishing you years of fun and productivity from it.  Mine is so slow and has a pathetic amount of storage space in it but our broadband is probably the real culprit as it is dire.  Barely faster than the old 'dial up' days.  I keep lusting after a Mac but the outlay wouldn't be worth it as even the best specified laptop in the world wouldn't be enough to get much out of our broadband speed and frequent 'drop outs' 

beanielou

Happy happy new laptop 👩‍💻 

themadvix

Suffolk_lass said:

I regularly read bits on here to DH while he is in the next room having his breakfast. In fact yesterday he might have been dragged in to see the croissants someone posted a picture of. He is going shopping today and there they are, on the list (along with chicken, added after reading this thread!)  

  I feel honoured!

Karma, that's great news about the computer and quick delivery. Good news too about the garden centre delivery - mine has still not got back to me about the order placed last Tuesday - they've been inundated, so I guess I just have to be patient and wait. Bit frustrating though, as no confirmation they've even received it.

Hope your click and collect collection goes smoothly in the morning.

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I heard somewhere that garden centres might be in the first wave of businesses to be re-opened to personal shoppers but I don't expect it will be yet.  Obviously in your case, KC, without a car and needing heavy stuff like bags of compost and manure an online delivery would always be favourite LOL.  DH needs some greenhouse glass to replace a few panes that were damaged during the early spring gales but I've forbidden him going to B&Q which I think has recently  re-opened. He has underlying health issues and although not on the NHS official 'shielding' list he should be ultra careful.  I'm afraid he's a lot more 'que sera sera' about the whole crisis than me.  My  constant vigilance lest he sneaks off somewhere is doing my head in.

Have a safe, sunny weekend everyone x