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Last week was a big week for our family - for Claire especially. On Monday we took her into hospital for hip surgery. At her 6 month check up our family doctor picked up a clicky hip, and over the last 3 months we have seen numerous doctors, physios and orthopaedic specialists and came to the decision that surgery was necessary to realign and fix the click (which was actually more like a 'clunk'). As you can see from the photo below, she is now in a hot pink cast which she'll need to be in for 3 months. She's been AMAZING though! I think it's actually been harder for me than her! She is completely her normal, happy, chatty, crazy self. Although she gets a bit frustrated at times when she can't sit herself up, and night-time sleep has been a bit rough, things are pretty much back to normal.

 

just a couple of hours after surgery - and being cute and cheeky already :)

 

 

What all this means (among a million other things!!!) is that I can no longer take her grocery shopping, as she won't fit in the trolley. So, last week I did my first ever on line shop and had the groceries delivered - yay! Oh my gosh, what a genius invention. We decided to go with Woolworths, simply because Coles didn't have any delivery times for when I wanted/needed. It was so super easy to scroll through the 'aisles' and order what I needed. I did forget a number of items, simply because when I'm in the actual store I'm usually reminded of what I need when I see it on the shelf, but this is a little harder on line.. Delivery was FREE because it was my first order, but was $9 this week, which is still pretty cheap and I probably save that amount by not having to drive to the shops (and not being tempted by all the end of aisle displays positioned strategically to encourage impulse buying!).

 

So, it was easy, cheap and I could do it in the peace of nap-time. The only negative was that my ice cream got squashed :( There must have been something heavy on it, and it squished the lid off and melted berry-basket ice cream went though that one shopping bag. BUT - here's the great part of this story: I emailed customer service and told them what had happened, but also mentioned how much I appreciated the service due to my daughter being in a cast and me being unable to take her shopping, etc, etc, AND they responded promptly and apologetically and refunded the money straight back into my account!!! How fabulous is that!

 

So, my first try of on line grocery shopping and home delivery was a huge success and this is definitely the way I will continue to shop for the next 3 months! You should try it too!

 

 

Love,

 

H. x