S/o errands | Imamother

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Ivory

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 3:42 am

Take dd for keyboard lessons
Drop off ds at yeshiva
Return library books
Grocery shopping for ingredients/meat for Purim Seuda
Exchange dress/size I bought for dd
Pick up training bra for another dd at lingerie store (wasn’t in stock when we went last week)
Shaitel appt
Buy accessories for kids costumes
Big grocery shopping for the week
Haircut for ds
Bags and ribbons for mishloach manos
Start preparing the mm and out again because ran out of one item..
Orthodontist for 2 kids
Finally Bring pile of clothing to seamstress only to find out she just had a baby
Return amazon item at kohl’s

shabbatiscoming

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 3:48 am

amother [ Ivory ] wrote:

So when do you buy DD’s Purim costume?
Go to the doctor if necessary?
Buy things for mishloach manos?
Clothing shopping sometimes?

The OP asked about WEEKLY, as in every week. Of course we have things that crop op and then have to be done, but every week? Nope.
And our costumes are from things at home (home made mostly) and things for mishloach manot will be with the weekly shopping trip.

amother

Cerulean

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 3:58 am

amother [ Linen ] wrote:

Ladies, please try e-pay options and online shopping.
Not sure about all banks, but many allow mailing in checks (if you still get those), or scanning it into your phone.
If you live in a large Jewish community, chances are very likely that your supermarket can put together the order for you. (Maybe other type communities too.)
See if your local dry cleaners has pick up and delivery.
USPS does pickups at my door for free (you can request pickup online)
UPS charges for pickups but it may be worth it for you.
My community also has dry good delivery available with phone/email orders (taking care of tights a couple of people mentioned.)
I think I see the retail part of town 4-5 times a year...

I need to go to the bank for cash withdrawals not for depositing checks.

My supermarket delivers so I do send in email orders every week.

The dry cleaners that do pick ups and deliveries charge double for my husband's shirts, so we do weekly drop offs and pick ups on our own.

I cannot take advantage of USPS pick ups since I am at work and not home. It's not always feasible to drag a box to work so I can get the pick up there.

UPS is ridiculous with pickups. Even if I arrange pick up for Friday when someone is home the driver won't show up to attempt pickup until the following Wednesday. Thank heavens we have a UPS drop off store nearby but it's still a to do to arrange, wrap and send back all my online shopping rejects.

I do the bulk of my purchasing online but still run lots of retail errands! I just don't have much time so I need to fit things in here and there, sometimes I manage once a week to get go 1 errand on my from work on a day I have an extra 5 minutes.

Tights for the kids I need to do in person to see what they have since they like patterns and variety. For myself I sometimes take advantage of the delivery guy who will bring a dozen Mela's tights or pantyhose to your home, if I'm not going to the store for the kids in person anyway.

srbmom

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 4:37 am

Haha, I started this thread more than a yr ago. I think I'm out of the house even less than I was then!

List from above--
School -we walk to school down the block
Supermarket(s) - get everything delivered. Go to the kosher store about every other week
Bakery - in the kosher store
Library - I used to go once every 6 weeks, now even less with a baby
Bank - do everything remotely
Pharmacy - bh rarely
Gas station - once every 2 weeks (because I don't go anywhere LOL

)
Pediatrician - once every few months
Dentist - twice a year
Allergist - n/a
Dermatologist - n/a
Eye doctor - once every 2 yrs
Amazing Savings - never
Costco - once every 2 months
Walmart - get all my walmart groceries delivered
Target - once a month
Hardware store - never
Sundries store (socks/tights/etc) - buy online
Clothing shopping - buy online
Michael's - never
Haircuts - cut mine, my kids and my husbands hair myself
Sheitelmacher - wash my own wigs
Car stuff (oil change, inspection, flat tire, etc) - bh rarely
I don't go to the drycleaners - my DH has no iron shirts. When he needs his suit or pants given in, he takes it himself
If something needs simple tailoring I can do it myself, if something needs more than that I don't keep it

Bh I'm not complaining that I don't have a hundred things to do, keeping my house clean and kids fed keeps me plenty busy

seeker

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 6:44 am

I dunno, I don't do half the things you're mentioning and I STILL have errands to run.

I do a lot of my shopping online.
My pharmacy delivers.
I deposit checks through my phone - they don't clear any more slowly than the bank.
I go to the cleaner once in a blue moon but that does go on the errand list.
I have a UPS drop-off on my block.
I'll have to check up on where the time goes because it certainly does go, but according to your lists I should be luxuriously relaxed.
Shuttling kids around is definitely a biggie but I never thought of that as "errands," just something that I have to fit errands around.

mha3484

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:14 am

DH does most of the errands.

Grocery shopping, Whole Foods, Trader Joes
Target/Pharmacy
Returning stuff to ups
He has mail that needs to be sent at specific intervals
One of our kids has therapy
We go to the library weekly or bi weekly
DH loves to go to goodwill and look for clothes for himself
Getting cash from the bank
I dont count Dr apts as errands but with 4 kids there are a lot of them

amother

Ginger

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:22 am

Im busy all day bh.
playgrp. Drop offs, and pick up
Grocery shopping twice a week.
Cosco every 2 weeks.
Cleaners
Ups store
Fill up on gas
Target weekly
Judaica store. Kids always need a new sefer, new Cd for every yt..

Shopping for the next season..

I havent taken ny kids to any Dr. (Other then my newborn) In a yr bh. So after pesach we need check ups, Dentist. Eye Drs..