Last week was my first order and I must say, it's kind of addictive. I lay awake in bed until midnight carefully selecting each item. The next day, I spent at least another hour (okay, it was two hours) refining my list.
Finally I was ready to "head to the checkout". My goal was to spend $250 but I'd convinced myself $380 was fine as I had to get bulk pet food and I was out of cleaning products.
As I checked my final spend, I spotted a couple of first-time user errors. My 200g of luncheon was in fact 2kg (costing $14) and I'd somehow managed to stuff up the weight of the lamb loin chops and ordered $134 worth.
A few other things weren't available and before I knew it, I was down to my goal spend.
As soon as I hit "send" I realised I'd forgotten cheese and toothpaste so decided to duck into the supermarket on the way home from work. I spent $30, somehow.
My groceries arrived and although the avocados were a little riper than I'd like (my fault for not being specific in the shoppers' notes I guess), the rest was perfect.
The following day was a scorcher and I desperately wanted some barbecue food for tea so I decided to nip into Countdown and grab some chicken nibbles. I spent $63, somehow.
The following day, we noticed we were out of coffee, so another quick visit was needed. I spent $28.
I've just placed my second online shopping order and have again hit my $250 target. Now, if I could arrange Countdown to get a restraining order on me I think my New Year's resolution will be a success.
