A Mother’s Day Cuppa

I'm not a fan of Mother's Day.  Too commercial, too contrived.  I always wished my Mum happy Mother's Day and would usually try and remember to put a card in the post, but I think some years it probably arrived on the Monday.  And even when my own kids came along, I have to say …

Mid-term blues

I've not blogged for a while.  Everything upside down here as we're getting various jobs done on the house.  Having reached the conclusion that we're not going to be moving any time soon, we decided it was worth making the kind of improvements which won't add any value to the place but will make living …

A brave new world of shopping

Until the start of Lent, our shopping routine was utterly predictable.  I went to the supermarket once a week and bought pretty much everything.  Did a token visit to the butchers and also got a small delivery of organic veg every Thursday.  We have our favourite brands which we never deviate from, eat the same …

A supermarket free Lent: the first few days…

So Lent started on Wednesday, and I'm proud to report the family haven't set foot inside a supermarket for over a week.  Given that we have a well stocked freezer, and I only do one weekly supermarket shop, this hasn't been too difficult so far.  I phoned our organic veg box people on Monday morning, …

Off my trolley: a supermarket-free Lent

Following last week's musings, I've decided to take on a challenge set by another blogger, and give up supermarket shopping for Lent.  Husband has calculated that we spent £400 in Sainsburys in February, so that's a lot of shopping we'll need to do elsewhere. So why give up supermarkets for Lent?  My Catholic upbringing hasn't …