We were well stocked to start, fetched a few things just before the shutdown and have most anything we should need. But about 9 days in I began to lament that I had very clearly radically underestimated how many chocolates would be required. Poor, poor pitiful me.
Last night, I was just going by and asked what he was doing and he announced he had just bought me chocolates and that they’d be here in 2 days! Woe is me no more, I am saved!
So, like what have you, so far, ordered delivered?
Nothing to eat. I did order some cat litter and a copy of The Man In The High Castle from Amazon last week. Delivery is not expected until April 30th. :eek: I may have to go to Petsmart in a couple/few weeks.
My weedeater/edger died on Friday halfway through doing my looong corner-lot curb. The new one will be here on Thursday.
That’s not the kind of purchase I would normally do online, as I like to eyeball gadgets to make sure there’s not a drawback that is not apparent in webpage descriptions/pics - but I ordered the same model so no worries there.
Things I’ve ordered to be delivered that I’d normally go to the store for:
repair kits for both of the toilets
a twin to my chair at work
cooking oil and cereal
a Swiss ball
I could go to a store and buy any of these things (except the cereal), but my little brother is really worried that I’m going to get the coronavirus because I’m asthmatic, so I agreed to avoid stores. He’s even promised to grocery shop for me, so I know how worried he is.
Last fall we subscribed to a local roof-top greenhouse company that delivers fresh veggies every Friday. They also handle a few other things like milk and eggs from local farmers and dairies. So we just continued. Last week they sent an announcement that they are, for the time, taking no new subscribers. Tomorrow morning we are supposed to drive over to our local supermarket to pick up an order we sent last Tuesday. Tomorrow, 10-11, was the earliest open slot. After replacing a print cartridge I decided to order some more from Amazon, not something I’d usually order online. I suddenly needed a prescription for an antibiotic for a urinary tract infection (self-diagnosed, but once you’ve had one, you know what it is). Called my doctor, who was home (just returned from a trip and told to stay home for 14 days) who phoned in the prescription who then delivered it.
I ordered a monitor and headset because if I am going to be teaching from home for 8 weeks I really don’t want to do it on a shitty little laptop screen and mix. Cost is more than offset by savings in gas those same 8 weeks.
I bought some books to help homeschool my son. I ordered coloring books, drawing books, pens to be delivered to a few friends who are having a tougher time than us.
Local high end steak house was doing a deal: $100 for a meal for five (really more like four) with curbside pick up.
We ordered Caesar salad. Filet Mignon (cooked to order), salmon filet (cooked to order), mashed garlic potatoes, and roasted asparagus. You could pick from among three proteins (also chicken) and four sides (Brussel sprouts and macaroni and cheese ere the others), and garden vs Caesar salad. We ate half (family style, each getting some of everything), and the rest the next night.
It was done perfectly and really high end proteins. Definitely worth it. They’re also selling their beef raw to cook at home. Decent prices.
We had pizza delivered one day last week. They’re about the only place that will deliver where we live. We can drive about 7 miles (one way) to pick up Chinese or Mexican, or drive thru a couple of fast food places. So far, we haven’t done that. But we may…
The only deliveries down our rugged muddy mountain track are by UPS or DeFex (FedEx) who often go lost. I suppose they could haul in a Mormon food-for-a-year kit. Propane deliveries arrive too, depending on snow. Food or grocery deliveries? Well, a BIL and cousin nearby haveoffered to bring in orders now that the snowpack is down. A cookery will deliver meals to the market parking lot a mile away next to the bake-your-own pizza drive-thru. Anything mailed to us lands at the occasionally-robbed post office three miles away. Our only “order-ins” so far? Vacuum cleaner. Undies for MrsRico. Guitar strings.
I announced to the Big Crow that I’m ordering a pizza when I get paid on Friday. He’s big into eating healthy and is horrified at the thought of all those calories but, hey, quarantine.
We had a pizza delivered last night, and last week we went to a local drive-in, complete with carhop. Otherwise we’ve been cooking at home. I haven’t had to order anything by mail for a while that I recall, so that hasn’t changed.
I’ll have to go grocery shopping later this week. I’m not looking forward to that. I’ve DMT2, and the covid plague would likely do me in. I might go in late at night when hopefully the crowds, who from all reports don’t give a shit about the social distancing guidelines, have thinned. Our local Kroger does curbside pickup, if they’re still offering that I may just do that.
That I wouldn’t normally order: Cat litter. We’re trying grocery pick-up tomorrow. We’ll see how bruised the vegetables are and how many eggshells are crushed, then make future decisions.
Just a pizza last week. We went with the pizza (not that we didn’t enjoy it) in part because we were giving the whole payment to the local joint and not 15-20% to some third party delivery service.
I was actually thinking the other day about how I haven’t directly spent any money in days since I’m homebound.
I’ve ordered a steak dinner from Texas Roadhouse, picking it up in about an hour. Also bought a thermometer from Amazon, as there isn’t any to be found in the stores I visited. Due April 12th, so I can’t be sick until then…
Can’t speak for the fancy steakhouse, but my Texas Roadhouse steak held up well (about 12-15 minutes from pickup to first bite), the steak fries were soggy, the salad was fine as were the rolls. They do a pretty good job with the meal containers, they retain a lot of the heat.
Wwe told them pick up time (6:15 pm) and it was fresh and hot when we got it. The place is 10 minutes from home so we were eating 20 minutes after pick up.
The food was excellent- as if it had been delivered from the kitchen to our table.
