Many years ago, after the birth of my first child, I used an online grocery shopping service in Perth called Electrolley. The food was fresh but it didn’t do many deliveries to my suburb. It no longer operates and I always presumed it had been too ahead of its time. A year or so back [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
Online shopping
Posted in Family, Food, Perth & WA, Society, tagged Aussie Farmers Direct, Coles, delivery, fruit, groceries, IGA, local, online shopping, Perth, shopping, vegetables, Woolworths on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Trolley rage
Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, Society, tagged car, driving, hoons, lazy, merge, Perth, rude, shopping, shopping centre, tailgate, trolley on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While many Perth families have been obsessing over the MySchool website, this week I have been I’ve been concerned with the big issues. Such as, what is it with Perth people and trolleys? I hate having to pay to use a trolley at the airport but I am more and more inclined to support moves for a pay [...]
Shopper’s Paradise? I think not.
Posted in Food, Perth & WA, Random musings, Society, Travel, tagged daylight saving, extended trading hours, IGA, local online, Perth, shop, shopping, Singapore on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First we lost daylight saving. Now we’re unlikely to get extended trading hours. Welcome to Perth. What’s a shopper to do after hours? I support my local IGA and for some things it is actually better than the big chains. It has a great deli counter for starters and usually has free range eggs at [...]
Saturday Shopping
Posted in Food, Perth & WA, tagged baguette, bread, cake, Food, Highgate, Mt Lawley, Perth, roti, shopping on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two Saturdays ago I had a simple task – grab a baguette from Pearl of Highgate near Hyde Park. Somehow ended up with a crusty French loaf, two croissants, a beef rendang pie, flourless choc and Kahlua cake and a raspberry and rhubarb butter cake. Then it was on to Lawleys in Beaufort St for [...]
Bagging a bargain
Posted in Perth & WA, Random musings, tagged Big W, online, Pumpkin Patch, Rootote, shopping on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Next year I am definitely going to do more Christmas shopping online. I did it successfully the year my daughter was born, figuring it was easier than pushing a pram through December crowds. The advantages of online shopping are numerous. No crowds. No people jumping queues. No bored shop assistants who look right through you [...]
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