The above shopping bag is ALL I brought home from the supermarket today!!
I cannot believe it...and I could probably have got away without buying the cereal and milk too but didn't want to have to go out later in the week so stocked up today.
Is it really the result of Hubby not being with us for a week?
Surely not!!
It surely must be the week I have been waiting for for several years!
Every time I stock up on bargains and have a rather heavy bill at the end of it, I tell myself, in the long run its saving us money and will ultimately be buying less...and It think today is that day!!
This bag cost the princely sum of £6.20!
Never has my Monday shopping ever been that low!
I did pop in to Asda afterwards and spent £16, but they were Christmas presents so that doesn't count, and I did also pop into Lidl to stock up on pet food so that doesn't count either.
The Teens always help me take in the shopping from the car...you should have seen their faces when I plonked this bag at the front door and said "that's it!"
For dessert yesterday I made a bannoffi pie, so easy to make (just don't forget you have that can of condensed milk on the boil and keep topped up with water!) and so popular...even Grandma had two portions and she NEVER has seconds!
This is all that is left from a plate full!
Our Malaysian student doctor left me some beverages to try out, this chrysanthemum being one of them....the first time I have ever heard of it let alone taste it!
It was very pleasant, sweeter than I am used to as I don't take sugar in my beverages, but definitely very pleasant.
Hubby had sent text saying he was up and ready for breakfast, so if we were around did we want to Skype...well of course we did!
What a marvellous invention, to be able to see and talk to a loved one so many miles away and for free!
He had a good night and has managed some shopping already, stocking up on treats for the Teens...Captain Crunch cereal for Teen Two and S'mores Pop Tarts for Teen One.
I have asked for a tin or two of Libby's pumpkin pie filling....having tried to make it with real pumpkin one year...I will go for a tin every time!
The Teens were up late, no surprise after the late nights they had when they were away.
Before a late lunch, Teen Two went to the gym and Teen One and I retraced her steps from her epic wrong way last week.
I drove and she held her satnav so she could see were she went wrong.
It became clear she had been watching the road, (thankfully!) keeping up with the traffic, and glancing at the Satnav, to see where she should be going...but not always listening to the satnav!
I have to say, I can see why the authorities want to bring satnav use into the driving test, it really is a skill to be in a new area, drive, listen, keep safe, follow the rules of the road you are on etc....I can't say I have mastered using one yet!
Anyway, it was a profitable half hour or so.
This afternoon has been spent catching up on washing etc, getting out my Autumn bits and bobs...time to say goodbye to the summer for sure I reckon!
The Teens have been forwarded details about another YP weekend in November down in Taunton... and both are up for it...happy days!!
What a result in the supermarket!
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