Weekly shop

I don't think I've ever had technophobia, or only by default, when things just don't work the way they should, or the way they do for other people, when you can crash a digital egg timer, have remote controls taken away from you because you go to change channels and somehow manage to retune the tv to nothing at all, have people laugh at you, and run and hide when you ask for help, you get technophobia by default.

I Wander round the garden centre and see what catches my eye, but I always go to the plant rescue section first.

TheCatWoman said:

they tend to be either non fiction or fiction by authors who I really like and know I will read again.

Me too - I have just a very few authors I like and tend to buy all their books [second hand on Amazon]. We are so lucky books are inexpensive these days.

TheCatWoman said:

have a weakness for buying plants,

I have to go to the garden centres [or supermarkets] with a list!

TheCatWoman said:

I've started to use Co-Pilot as a search engine

Yay! Well done - your technophobia is clearly reducing.

TheCatWoman said:

I think the day it tries to make me buy an airfryer will be the day I know its reached sentience

But your humour remains great!!!

I so rarely get a dopamine hit from buying stuff, more like a sense of relief that something fits, when it's clothes. I have my kindle subscription and buy few hard copy books now and when I do they tend to be either non fiction or fiction by authors who I really like and know I will read again. I do have a weakness for buying plants, but not online, I've found them to be of unreliable quality.

I don't collect anything except dust and thats free, and I'm not a niknak person.

I've started to use Co-Pilot as a search engine, its suggestions are so much better and they never include airfryers, I think the day it tries to make me buy an airfryer will be the day I know its reached sentience, as it will be taking the mick

Oh wow really. I didn't know this. I've never tried online shopping from Morrisons. I think for Tesco it was like £50. I might have to look into that.

When you book a slot you need a minimum of £25  before you can save it. also be mindful that slots get booked up pretty quickly. I have 3 slots booked ahead to avoid disappointment. 

Thank you, I will look at Morrisons.

Morrisons minimum is £25 which is ample. My weekly shop varies. Usually £30. Next week it will be around £60 as I'm going to be topping up my freezer which will last me probably a month. I then just have usual stuff like bread and milk etc. 

Some delivery places like Just Eat, Uber will allow you to take out a monthly subscription so the delivery costs may be reduced. I noticed that Sainsbury's and Tesco online delivery put the price up to £50 to shop and as a single person it was too much for me to spend. Amazon fresh still do a £40 spend with free delivery. Co-op do a £15 spend to from there own website. Iceland to do a £40 spend to. 

Myself, I can order from Uber but am stopping and using Co-op more from there own website. Amazon fresh I have used that recently as well.

That happened to someone I know. They thought they'd ordered an advent calendar with little knitted charms. They turned out to be plastic with the knited pattern printed on. 

I've never used them, but that term sounds very apt!

It tends to be little things rather than expensive items. They are usually used. Sometimes I do fall for the really useful item that doesn't turn out to be all that useful though. A significant amount of what I buy online are books. They get read eventually, they may just sit in a queue of books for a long time. I have got better at trying to leave things in my Amazon basket for a while so I can try and make sure it's definitely something I want.

But to answer your question more simply as to what I get out of it, I think the answer is dopamine. The actual of buying gives me a hit of it. The delivery gives me a hit of it.

As for finding things online. I think you just have to understand what key words search engines and AI use. I usually tend to find what I am looking for.

Ep, I'm not trying to have a go at you, but what do you get out of buying loads of random stuff? A friend always having stuff delievered, it's like every day is xmas the amount of parcels he gets. I've asked why he gets so much stuff and he says its all little things, that he can't be bothered to go to the shop for, but then they sit there in thier packaging unused. I don't understand how people even find stuff to buy online! I ask for trousers and get airfryers advertised at me or something equally totally unlike what I asked for, it actually puts me off buying anything.

One things I learned to do ages ago when I see something I quite like the look of when I see it, is to walk away and ask myself if I like that thing more than I like the company of my money? If I'm still thinking about the "thing" 15 mins later I will go back and buy it, but most of the time, it slips my mind and if I remember it at all, then I obviously didn't really want it.

Not well is the answer to that. I don't buy enough to get a weekly shop delivered as I live on my one. I have got into bad habits of either going to the shop when I need a couple of things (usually one of the small little supermarket branches) or ordering groceries off just eat. The second in particular is really wasting money as I have to pay for delivery. But I hate going to the big supermarket and only do it when I really feel it necessary.

I'm a little better at going clothes shopping in real life as I prefer to try stuff on but I don't go very often.

I am terrible for ordering random things off Amazon though.

It is a good expression, but it wasn't me that bought the stuff, it was a friend, we've had a few things like that happen now and I won't use them again.

I shop irregularly online at Tesco for the heavy and bulk item products that are reduced in price and have a long shelf life. Things like tinned tomatoes, laundry liquid, toilet paper, kitchen roll, hand wash etc. It is a great help not to have to carry heavy bags, it avoids stress and it saves me money.  A spare bedroom is my designated overflow storage place. 

When I run short of something there are always other things needed and on offer to make a decent order.

I buy fresh products and the items that don’t have a long shelf life in store and freeze things where possible. 

underwear not bought some for ages, used to use M&S but not sure what the selection is like now, so unsure where to suggest

I do the weekly shop with dad at Tesco's once a week, we use the co-op for extra things during the week. 

for clothes I buy shops / trousers from Bonmarche (order online then can try on in store if they don't fit, plus postage costs nothing!)

for socks I use sockshop (currently have lots of socks, so I don't need any more! but we've just discovered they sell some at a clothes shop next to a garden centre we go to, so that'll be good in the future not paying for postage, plus the garden centre for a drink / look around after!)

Clothes I use Amazon. Trouble is with Amazon you never know what time of day they are gunna deliver. One day I got a delivery at 11pm. I was not best pleased at that one. When it came it was minus the 2 T-shirts that I'd ordedred. I messaged the seller cos it was marked as Delivered. 1 T-shirt arrived the next day but again I had to question the seller. They swore blind both T-shirts were delivered and showed me a photo of me accepting the parcels from the driver. I explained to them that they were not in that delivery. Eventually I got fed up and said you know what forget the whole thing and left them a bad review. Primark I think next time I want some more T-shirts. I will say one thing though about Amazon I bought a couple of pairs Jeans from them and they were great. Stretchy waist band which is what I like. 

30 Years ago when I was working at the factory, i used to go for weekly walks to the mall that was downtown.  I went for those walks sharpley dressed and wearing Beatle boots.  I used to walk through the mall each Saturday and look at the CDs in the music stores.  I used to browse clothing stores looking for clothes that had a Mod aesthetic to them.  I'd have fish n chips at the food court and than I'd head back home. 

- nice expression!

I food shop once a week - Tesco, Lidl, Sainsbury or more than one, depending what I want. I also do one small 'top' up locally [10 min drive] if I want to top up or buy weekend treats. At the big shop I also buy hardware and things I list during the week. I only get deliveries if I feel unwell or tired. I usually use Amazon - the driver is efficient and I rarely return things. Internet shopping's convenient, saves fuel - and spending ages wandering round a shopping centre in the heat  and often not finding what I want. I enjoy browsing whilst watching TV but only if I already have something in mind. The first thing I do after moving is suss out the local shops.