Thank you to Ruth and James for inviting us to the christening of their newest child, Arthur Reginald John Snook. We had a lovely time, and especially enjoyed the food ;o)
Monday, October 17, 2011
A tea cosy
Made from stash scraps. Design laid out by Toddy. Note to self, keep lining bigger so its easier to turn through and hem. Looks good worn as a bishops mitre.
A tea cosy
Made from stash scraps. Design laid out by Toddy. Note to self, keep lining bigger so its easier to turn through and hem. Looks good worn as a bishops mitre.
A birthday do
Thank you to the lovely Giles of Oink for the delicious food. I loved creating the outdoor party space. Thanks to everyone who came.
A birthday do
Thank you to the lovely Giles of Oink for the delicious food. I loved creating the outdoor party space. Thanks to everyone who came.
The @waitroseuk experience
The food arrived, it was on time, there were three substitutions. I'd ordered some wheat free bread and pasta, and they didn't have the exact brands I'd ordered. This was absolutely fine. They found us without any trouble at all. We had also ordered some lamb, and they didn't have the exact cut we had wanted. They had bought an alternative, and when I hesitated, the lovely delivery man said "Tell you what, have one of the packs for free" Absolutely no quibbles, just have it for free. Everything came in bags relating to whether it was fridge or store cupboard etc as well, and the driver offered to take any bags we had for recycling. As you would expect the food was lovely.To top this, the last Sainsbury's order was booked in to come an hour later, and the driver phoned to ask if he could come half an hour earlier, and also, could I tell him where our house was? It just says it all really. He was lucky I was working from home that day, and could accept an earlier delivery. We're sticking with Waitrose from now on...
The @waitroseuk experience
The food arrived, it was on time, there were three substitutions. I'd ordered some wheat free bread and pasta, and they didn't have the exact brands I'd ordered. This was absolutely fine. They found us without any trouble at all. We had also ordered some lamb, and they didn't have the exact cut we had wanted. They had bought an alternative, and when I hesitated, the lovely delivery man said "Tell you what, have one of the packs for free" Absolutely no quibbles, just have it for free. Everything came in bags relating to whether it was fridge or store cupboard etc as well, and the driver offered to take any bags we had for recycling. As you would expect the food was lovely.To top this, the last Sainsbury's order was booked in to come an hour later, and the driver phoned to ask if he could come half an hour earlier, and also, could I tell him where our house was? It just says it all really. He was lucky I was working from home that day, and could accept an earlier delivery. We're sticking with Waitrose from now on...
Friday, October 07, 2011
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Monday, October 03, 2011
Sunday, October 02, 2011
the final part of the @sainsburys saga - now moving to @waitroseuk
So, Sainsburys finally send me ??20 in vouchers to apologise for the order when it arrived not using my voucher and having a more expensive delivery slot. Still haven't told us why the delivery didn't turn up in the first place, but we were feeling fairly pleased with this outcome. We tried to spend the vouchers?? on this weeks shop. The online shopping experience doesn't offer fresh meat or fish from the counters, only pre packed stuff. We wanted a roasting joint, and they had a very limited selection, less than the small Sainsburys up the road from us. In light of all this, we put the same order through the Waitrose online shopping. It was ??4 more expensive on food price alone, but the delivery price clinched it. On Waitrose, completely free if your order is over ??50. On Sainsburys, if your order is over ??40, between ??3.50 to ??5.50 a pop. You do the maths on that one. This week's groceries are coming from Waitrose. What do you do with the vouchers then? Well. Spend it on wine to drown the sorrows of the terrible experience of course. We put 6 bottles in our Sainsburys basket for our one last final shop with them. Our order came to less than ??40. So the delivery slot we picked went up to ??6 from ??3.50, only being announced as we went to check out. We're probably still going to buy the booze to drown our sorrows, it's just alot more expensive than we thought it would be. On a user experience note, we liked the feature on Waitrose's website that allowed us to leave little notes on each item for the personal shopper who would be picking our order, such as "green bananas please" or "two fairly similar sized fish please". When we found that, I felt like leaving them a note saying "At last, someone who wants to know what their customer wants from their shopping". They even had a box by the delivery address box where you could leave notes too, so I made sure I had explained where our house was in detail. If the Sainsbury's website had had this address notes box in the first place, they probably wouldn't have lost us as customers. Let's hope Waitrose delivers...
the final part of the @sainsburys saga - now moving to @waitroseuk
So, Sainsburys finally send me £20 in vouchers to apologise for the order when it arrived not using my voucher and having a more expensive delivery slot. Still haven't told us why the delivery didn't turn up in the first place, but we were feeling fairly pleased with this outcome. We tried to spend the vouchers on this weeks shop. The online shopping experience doesn't offer fresh meat or fish from the counters, only pre packed stuff. We wanted a roasting joint, and they had a very limited selection, less than the small Sainsburys up the road from us. In light of all this, we put the same order through the Waitrose online shopping. It was £4 more expensive on food price alone, but the delivery price clinched it. On Waitrose, completely free if your order is over £50. On Sainsburys, if your order is over £40, between £3.50 to £5.50 a pop. You do the maths on that one. This week's groceries are coming from Waitrose. What do you do with the vouchers then? Well. Spend it on wine to drown the sorrows of the terrible experience of course. We put 6 bottles in our Sainsburys basket for our one last final shop with them. Our order came to less than £40. So the delivery slot we picked went up to £6 from £3.50, only being announced as we went to check out. We're probably still going to buy the booze to drown our sorrows, it's just alot more expensive than we thought it would be. On a user experience note, we liked the feature on Waitrose's website that allowed us to leave little notes on each item for the personal shopper who would be picking our order, such as "green bananas please" or "two fairly similar sized fish please". When we found that, I felt like leaving them a note saying "At last, someone who wants to know what their customer wants from their shopping". They even had a box by the delivery address box where you could leave notes too, so I made sure I had explained where our house was in detail. If the Sainsbury's website had had this address notes box in the first place, they probably wouldn't have lost us as customers. Let's hope Waitrose delivers...
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