We had an appointment today

 

With the grocery store.

 

Really.

 

They have a new online order/pickup service.  We shopped on their website the day before, paid for our purchase, selected a time today to pick up our order (a half-hour window), pulled up to the parking area marked for this purpose, and texted them the spot we were in.  The attendant came right out, confirmed who we were, and handed us two complimentary bottles of cold water and two cookies.  She returned inside and was back out in just a few minutes with all our groceries and put them in the back of the car.  Fruits and vegetables, dairy, bagels, meat, bottled water, a bottle of wine, even cut flowers.  We tried it all.  We checked our order when we got home and it was just right; it worked perfectly.

 

A five minute stop and we never even had to get out of the car.  That was the easiest trip to the grocery store ever.

 

It wasn’t free.  Well, it was and it wasn’t.  The cost for this convenience is $4.95, but the charge is waived during this introductory period (until the end of the year).