Tuesday, 17 February 2026

#BlogLife1020 - Trying Waitrose.. Never again! 4 hour wait

I am the opposite of fancy schmancy and this is an upmarket shop, they predict from 40-60 minutes which is a lot longer than the 15-20 minutes I usually get.

But Iceland was sold out of bread and I wanted to make toasties so I had to decide on Ocado Zoom, which has Waitrose stuff I think or Just Eat which sometimes has no minimum spend.

Thankfully what swayed me was I remembered I had a £10 voucher from Just Eat and if I use it before the 25th I get another £10 off which is really handy for a small top up shop or to get snacks.

It's really horrible to use, difficult searching for things with a huge lag, so I couldn't be bothered to use it for long, they didn't have the usual things I wanted like chicken samosas or spring rolls..

And I really fancied sushi, at first I was going to get plain avocado but that seems boring ha...

I've been wanting to try chicken katsu dragon rolls x6 so I bought that from the Taiko brand £5.70 for it, ouchy but I had to make up £15 I think so I could be frivolous really..

They also had jam doughnuts for £1.60 x5. The bread was x2 for £3.60 yowser.

Lastly there was a chicken and avocado sandwich so I thought yay I get my avocado fix after all for £4.80 yeesh.

The bag fee was 40p, the delivery fee was £5 (are you insane)?

The service fee was £1.72 and altogether it was £22.81 but with the tenner off £12.81 which is much better:) for 5 items really.

Interesting they've added a delay to the time. I don't feel hungry yet so that's fine, by the time 1pmish rolls around maybe I will be.

Just as I typed that the time reverted back ha. I hope they find my place ok and everything is in stock.

I feel tired today. Oh I was going to get the soup, shoot I should have looked at the beauty, lip balms and face washes..

Oh well next time. 1 hour 20 minutes from 11.40am.. Still waiting.

Once it's passed the 2 hour mark, I wish they would just cancel so I can use another grocery store.

At this rate everywhere will be closed and I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

I won't choose them again. Oof I really thought they were going to refund me and cancel it but it arrived.

It's silly but I was kinda hoping they would throw in extras, for keeping me waiting, no apology, they found my place just fine but yeesh, horrible service.

I can't believe it took 4 hours. I hate to say it because I'm mad at them but the doughnuts are really soft and sweet, very sugary which they usually skimp on..

The price £1.60.. Hmm I guess that's not bad. The chicken avocado sandwich I think it was with rocket leaves that taste of nothing, I picked out.

The avocado and chicken though was soft and tasty enough, I would maybe get that again, providing I had a discount, £4.80 is a lot..

Considering most places do a meal deal, where you would get a drink and a snack for the same price all included, it's pricey.

I had to try the chicken katsu sushi rolls and again, it's got a bit of a crunch and is seasoned nicely.

I would get that again for sure. A really nice balance of flavours.

7x pieces included and a dip and a sachet. It expires tomorrow, wow they could have given a reduction on that. Meanies.

The dip is sweet yuckity, not sure of the flavour because I'm not trying that again.

Sweet chilli or sweet and sour I don't mind but anything else puts me off.

I am knackered, washed the sheets and duvet at long last, changed the bed, hung out some washing and that's it for today.

At least that's done, I was only going to change the duvet, but I thought let's do it all with loud party music.

Tomorrow maybe the floors or the bathroom, I hope the bedlinen doesn't take long to dry.

I should eat soon but I'm not peckish yet. It's funny I forgot I had like a burgundy sheet and it matches the duvet cover which is supposedly grey but it looks like a light mauve, happy accident.