Day 3: ClickList Order #1
So, I did ultimately become concerned about the toilet paper situation. Not worried, but more like, “Maybe I should get some,” because we have four double rolls left.
I filled a ClickList order, which I usually try to keep below $150, but I doubled because who knows? My college had moved online three days prior, the boys’ school two days prior, and now the library was closed.
It seemed time to stock up – past time – and checking the ClickList reminded me of when Matt and I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to complete our wedding registry. They gave us the gun (high tech in 2001), and we ran up and down that store, in the end sort of adding items like a dare. Will people get us this? Let’s try this! Hey, suckers – how about this?! I’m talking about the salad spinner right now – long since given away, but I wish I still had.
That was ClickList for me last Saturday, and I was as excited to see the list of Substitutions/Partial Fills as I was for the supplies to come in. Think of this as “Beth’s Sociological Understanding of Grocery Shopping Choices in Week 1 of COVID Quarantine” (the title needs work):
Burt’s Bees Toothpaste = Out. This is a bougy choice on my part, and I thought it would fly. Plus, I had a coupon (since expired. Midwestern sigh). Thankfully, Matt has three packs of nasty Crest under the sink, so no. You won’t have to suffer my bad breath from six feet away over the next few … Days? Weeks? Months?Organic whole milk = in! Whipping cream = out. Strange, but cool. I’ve often felt isolated in my full-fat dairy ways, and it’s nice to know there’s a whole underground community putting whipping cream in as many things as possible.I don’t feel the same about my Half & Half = Out. Why would you not leave some for me, Oxford consumers? Matt is happy because Matt thinks he’s better than me because he drinks his coffee black, and I do not … at least not Coffee #1. That needs to be more of a blanket than a kick-in-the-pants. Coffee blankets require cream!Method Handsoap = out. Again, bougy. Again, since expired coupon! We should be good for a couple weeks, thanks to the two soap dispensers in the boys’ bathroom that they’ve ignored until now. “That soap smells nice, Mom. How come I haven’t used it before?” Jesse asked me yesterday. Active Dry Yeast = Out. So we’re now a small, college town of bread makers, eh Oxford? Kroger Unbleached Flour = Out but subbed with King Arthur Unbleached Flour. Fancy! I wish I had some yeast to go with it.32 oz Mozzarella Cheese = Out and subbed with 16 oz, which now that I think about it matches the yeast I have left to make half a recipe of pizza dough. The Troys might have to change their stripes. Pizza might have to cease to be its own food group in quarantine.Cucumbers = Out. Spring Mix = In. Cauliflower = Out. Carrots = In. Idaho Potatoes = Out but subbed with Yukon gold ones. Clementines = In! Raspberries = In! Bananas = In! Honeycrisp Apples = Out but subbed with Granny Smith. Selling the boys on the green ones requires all the storytelling + a little lying that they taste just the same. Yum!Chicken Drumsticks = Out but subbed with Chicken wings. Kroger, these are not the same thing. Chicken Thighs = Out but Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts = In. This is fine, but a point of interest. I always thought I was a little rogue in my darker meat, skin-on, bone-in chicken preferences. Turns out, I’m just like everyone else.Toilet Paper = Out. Obviously. Matt went to our local co-op, and spied FOUR WHOLE ROLLS. He bought two and left two for someone else. Maybe you?
