Utterly dreading hitting Waitrose

[MatureUniStudent]

I am sat here time wasting. I have tried to be scientific and work out when Waitrose will be the least busy today. I think over lunch time? Hence my time wasting before I set off. But I am totally dreading doing the Christmas food shop today. Furthermore I shall also have to go via Tescos to stock up on the value stuff - so that's two supermarkets in one day, the 23 December. However, there is one silver lining - I don't have to drag any children around with me! Skips.

I'll join you! Do you think we could hide in one of the room displays and spend the whole day there when they're shut?

That would be quite fun. We can live another life and read Swedish books on architecture by the glow of tealights while having our feet rubbed by Bjorn Borg lookalikes.

no I was in the brighton branch.

But ikea sounds a whole lot more appealing to me.

a lunch of jelly fish and daim cake. yum.

Ive just returned from our local Waitrose and it was hell - the worst I have ever seen it, and the staff said it was just as bad yesterday - but then we did have a heavy snowfall yesterday so everyone seems to be panic buying in case it gets worse

Luckily I was able to get everything I needed and only a sort wait to pay at the self scan (I love self scan :))

Due to lack of car & Xmas reloction logistics, I have to do ours tomorrow - on Xmas even, in a HUGE Sainsburys that is bedlam at the best of times - will go on my own - streamlined

goodness my typing!!! RELOCATION & Xmas EVE!

In Bath Waitrose. Queue. OMG.

Still, is a merry queue. A better class of Hades.

Turkey leaking. Yuck.

The thing about waitrose as opposed to other supermarkets, is that they are really organized. They have people to herd the customers help, assign people to queues etc. Got a chocolate while waiting for a parking place, was told where to park, and because it was so tight, the parking guy carried DS to a trolley.

And then went to Tescos and got shoved by the potatoes

Am out. Provisions acquired. That wasn't too bad, actually

Balham Waitrose was heaving about an hour ago.

I'm braving Morrisons tonight....dreading it

Our local Waitrose was a total bunfight about 2 hours ago. People were being nicely polite though, and they were handing out Roses in the queue. They also had most things in stock - which Sainsbo's didn't.

I'm going to the Welwyn one at about 4pm with 3 kids and a buggy in tow - am not looking forward to it! AM hoping they have potatoes left!!!!!

After all that talk about Putney, I had second thoughts - turned the car round and drove to Colliers Wood where the parking's free and M&S and Sainsbury's are next to each other. All done and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. The clothes bit at M&S was almost deserted and the Per Una NEW stuff for the SPRING looks fantastic!

Will do the booze tomorrow and then it's all done - except the wrapping.

From personal experience, I recommend wrapping, then booze

But they might be sold out - I have tons to wrap

No Waitrose near me, it is SE London

But Asda was OKish at 10 theis morning.

Then DS insisted we go to Tesco's for something he wanted - horrific

Will have to do more of my wrapping when I come back in later

I've never been to waitrose..must try it, how much more is it than asda tescos?

Depends on what you're buying, whoknows.

I find a lot of things to be less expensive; for example I try only to buy outdoor reared pork - all Waitrose own brand pork (including their Esssentials range) is outdoor reared whereas elsewhere you pay a premium for "Taste the Best" or whatever.

When I was only working PT and ds was a baby I went into town most days so used to pop in and pick up plenty of bargains.

I find their fruit and veg to be really good quality and lasts well.

I decided to make use of my late pregnancy insomnia. I went to Tescos at 12.30am. It was totally dead in there, so peaceful. Got everything I wanted except for streaky bacon (apparently been sold out for 2 days already), but I just got extra 'normal' bacon. Have no idea why other people don't do that at this time of year.

I went to Waitrose today...was HEAVING!

The queue was the entire way round the store!

yet we only queued for JUST over 10m (I timed it :o)

Got everything we wanted except for the scrummy Raspberry trifle (had to settle for the fruit cocktail one...turns out I like them even more! Happy days)

I love Waitrose! With every fibre of my being :o

I miss Waitrose! I haven't been to one since we moved to Scotland nearly three years ago!! Apparently there is one in Glasgow now, but I have never managed to find it.

Shopping in waitrose was always so civilised .......

Mind you - Waitrose was only for special occasions - I shop mainly at Tesco. But I do the big shop online most of the time now, so my nice tesco delivery man brought me all my food for christmas and up 'til New Years Day on Tuesday.

(The fact that a pile of fruit and veg froze because I put it outside as there wasn't enough space in the freezer is beside the point.)

Hocus - I was very nice to all the harrassed shop staff - Waitrose in Stortford was HEAVING and everyone was very un middle class and not very nice. It was trolleys at 50 paces...

However, I made it out, survived Xmas and New Years and as a treat, I decided to take myself over to the Largest, Newest, Biggest Sainsburys in the WHOLE OF EUROPE as a treat. (their advertising, not mine) Twas a let down, it was like 20 ASDA's but more upmarket with the same old stuff in it, but just tons more of the same old stuff. Great cafe for mums with kids though. (I did it alone on a "kids are at their dad's" day. Bliss).