The Perils of Click and Collect

Firstly, a warm welcome to granny j...hello!

We collected the shopping from the 'click and collect' point at Sainsburys at the allotted hour (9am) on Saturday, but it was a disappointing experience to be honest.  Shortages meant that 13 items out of 42 were unavailable including 8 substitutions.  There was no washing powder, gravy granules or (shocked face) NO baked beans!  We are down to one last big tin and 2 small ones.  The worst thing was we were not given a receipt so have absolutely no idea how much we were charged for the shopping.  I shouted the question (from much more than 2 metres) to the young man bringing out the orders who simply said that the receipt hadn't printed out properly.  Great....I'll have to wait and see how much has been taken from the account once the system updates in a couple of days.  I think it will be a while before we risk another similar shopping expedition even if we can get a slot.  I'm living in hope of getting a home delivery at some point in the next 2 - 3 weeks, but I really do appreciate how stretched they are.

I wrote another list of meals that we can make and we should be able to stretch to 3 weeks worth with what we have in.  DD is going to try ordering some washing powder for me in her click & collect order in just over a week's time.  Meanwhile, I have enough to keep us clean :)

Sunday lunch was the bendy veg from the fridge with a veggie sausage for me and a bit of beef stew I found in the freezer for G, served with baby potatoes, a couple of onion rings each, and some frozen baby Yorkshire puddings (not served still frozen, obviously...lol  why does good English grammar desert me in times of stress?...lol)  Pudding was a Magnum lolly; naughty but very nice...

Lunch today will be pizza, I think, and perhaps egg and chips for tea tonight.  I have a lemon so will make a lemon drizzle cake later this afternoon.  Comfort food indeed ;)

Are you managing to get supplies? Are you finding shortages in your area?

That's all for now.  Stay safe wherever in the world you happen to be x