Click and collect 4 weeks of supermarket shopping

So this week we did our first ever Click and Collect supermarket shop. For 6 years we have had online supermarket drop every 2/3 weeks but since 4 March we have failed to get a delivery booking. We ate our way through the cupboard stores, the freezer and what was on offer locally and saved up all those things we get from supermarkets for the one big effort.

Before we had even left the village we passed an online delivery van from our supermarket (Grrr..) and in the next village we met another one from the alternative (Grrr..). We carried on the 7.5 miles to the start of the arranged hour slightly apprehensive after watching far too many news broadcasts. There was no one there. Literally no one on that side of the supermarket's large car park. Few cars round the other side but no long snaking queue to the entrance. It was 10 am but it was a bitter cold east Anglian wind that morning and hanging about would have been wickedly chilly.

Rang the intercom, followed the instructions to wait in car and a young man wheeled out a mountain of boxes filled with carrier bags. I loaded wearing plastic gloves and we drove away and did the 7.5 miles back with very little traffic.

At home I had set up a table outside the back entrance. So emptied bags on to that, wiped with antiseptic wipes or soapy water depending on packaging and ferried it into the house to sit and dry on a plastic tablecloth which was wiped again at end.

A lot went on to the "store" section for future weeks.

All the fruit and veg was tipped out of the packaging and washed.

So after what felt like a long session, or at least stocking a boat for a transatlantic crossing, I was left with sore hands and one problem.  The 31 plastic carriers that I never usually have.  Felt guilty for throwing away. Felt guilty about keeping. On discussion the next day we decided if they spent 72 hours on the washing line it should be safe enough but we would keep in shed for outside uses.

Not had this much white squares on the washing line since the terry nappy days of the 1970s! (when we often decorate the shrouds of our sail boat with nappies too much to the disgust the Hamble yaughty types)

Too fussy about the shopping?

I am not going to do a supermarket shop again for 4 to 5 weeks thank goodness as it was all a bit much really. Hopefully delivery spots start to open up for regular customers over 70 by then.