Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Hi there :hello:
I *did* finally get into the garden, thank you cut some grass, moved the wheelbarrow to the cut area, cut the grass that had been growing under the wheelbarrow. Erm, some of it anyway - there was an **enormous** spider there. I thought I'd let that one disappear into the undergrowth on its own account before any further action. So instead I worked a load of mulch into the other side of the garden, it used up a bag, which helps tidying

I've been shopping just at Sainsbo for years - but my recent finds at Asda were brought about by the Sainsbo website breaking down once too many times, losing an order I'd spent half an hour constructing! So I shop online at Asda, check the Sainsbo price, and then go on foot to Sainsbo eventually for the stuff thats cheaper there.

The £1 delivery is a godsend, it's true - and thats without me walking there, walking round and walking back again. I couldn't buy all that stuff in one trip, either, so it saves literally hours of time.

And I needed it today I spent hours and hours trying to figure out the thing about categories - decided not to contact my Blog Supremo, as I could tell it was less complicated than I thought, if I could only understand what to do :rotfl:so I've got it now, on one blog, that was really almost the last structural thing I needed to do. Now, I need a book link in the sidebar, bring the other one up to the same level, then look at adsense etc. Phew ....

I'm definitely stopping now. I deserve huge amounts of comfort food

Cheery_Daff

:hello:

Ooh, my sister lives in Moreton, didn't realise they had a chocolate factory :j :j I remember when we left the 6th form before we went to university we all landed up with factory jobs from an agency - I was in the tissue factory, packing loo roll and kitchen roll and the like and HATED it - but it was the lesser of two evils as that agency also sent people to the chicken factory... :eek: Heard VILE tales from that place Horrid, horrid things

One lad's mum though worked in the chocolate factory and got him a job there (the agency wasn't linked with them) - we were all right jealous but he seemed to spend most of his time sweeping the floor! :rotfl:

You do indeed deserve huge amounts of comfort food after that! :j :j :eek: to the enormous spider (somehow they seem *slightly* less scary outside but even so :eek: )

Goldiegirl

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

:eek: sounds dreadful cbc! :eek:

I really do hate to say this, but while I have no idea what year my mum's jigsaw bra escapades took place it certainly wasn't 1976 as I wasn't born then sorry :rotfl: Must have been some time in mid- late 80s for me to remember it!

Well, if it wasn't 1976, there's no excuse at all to be doing jigsaws in her bra :rotfl:

On the subject of shopping, i do a weekly shop at Sainsburys and a big top up on the Asda website, but only if the items are cheaper at Asda.

I price compare between Sainsbury's and Asda, but my plans to try other supermarkets this year never really got off the ground. Sainsbury is the most convenient place to go. There is a Tesco quite nearby, but I wouldn't think that shopping to Tesco would yield any great savings. Asda and Morrisons are in a different town, and Lidl and Waitrose are even further away. There is an Aldi I could go to if I wanted...... But to be honest, it's location is in an area I avoid like the plague!

Price is one consideration, but convenience and comfort also play a part. I'm spending what I expected to on groceries for the year, so I'm happy enough with that.

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

:hello:

Ooh, my sister lives in Moreton, didn't realise they had a chocolate factory :j :j

Yay :j though we *are* talking about before you were born, Cheery - I've no idea if its still there

... that agency also sent people to the chicken factory... :eek: Heard VILE tales from that place Horrid, horrid things

Oh :eek: I lived in rural Oxfordshire for a while after I graduated (okay, Bicester - but it *felt* rural, believe me) and one guy in the group worked at the chicken factory... he said the odd thing, but he was rural himself, so I don't think it was out of the ordinary for him I do remember retreating upstairs when my boyfriend brought a rabbit home to skin, and refusing to come downstairs till everything was cleaned up

You do indeed deserve huge amounts of comfort food after that! :j :j :eek: to the enormous spider (somehow they seem *slightly* less scary outside but even so :eek: )

Grazie! I agree, slightly less scary, but I wasn't going to go chopping the grass it was building on :eek:

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Well, if it wasn't 1976, there's no excuse at all to be doing jigsaws in her bra :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

On the subject of shopping, i do a weekly shop at Sainsburys and a big top up on the Asda website, but only if the items are cheaper at Asda.

I price compare between Sainsbury's and Asda, but my plans to try other supermarkets this year never really got off the ground. Sainsbury is the most convenient place to go. There is a Tesco quite nearby, but I wouldn't think that shopping to Tesco would yield any great savings. Asda and Morrisons are in a different town, and Lidl and Waitrose are even further away. There is an Aldi I could go to if I wanted...... But to be honest, it's location is in an area I avoid like the plague!

Price is one consideration, but convenience and comfort also play a part. I'm spending what I expected to on groceries for the year, so I'm happy enough with that.

That could be me writing that! Except Aldi are quite far away, and I can't stock up at Lidl, its in a different town and I can't buy enough when I'm on foot to make it financially advantageous, rats

When we were on holibob in Norfolk, our shopping went onto my card, happened to be a Tesco that was closest, and I got a voucher for £3.66 because they were more expensive than other supermarkets!

Karmacat

Here's a resolution I'm definitely going to stick to. I still rely almost entirely on frozen veg for my healthy veggie portions ... and from now on, I'm only going to buy it at Sainsbo, even tho Asda online are cheaper, and the Iceland store I can walk to are cheaper. It must be half a dozen times now that Asda and Iceland broccoli has been rotting in its frozen bag that just isn't good enough Sainsbo it is.

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Karmacat wrote: »

It must be half a dozen times now that Asda and Iceland broccoli has been rotting in its frozen bag that just isn't good enough Sainsbo it is.

Yuk:eek:. I thought frozen veg etc had to be frozen within a very short time of harvesting. Must either have been poor quality/past it to start with or not have been inspected properly pre-freezing. By the very nature of the freezing process it shouldn't be possible to rot once frozen and stored correctly. I hope you complained to the companies (even if you had to do it on several occasions). Most of the peas for Birds Eye etc are grown fairly local to me and they are often harvesting during the night and boast of freezing early next morning.

And on the holiday jobs subject I once worked at a fish finger factory. Nothing nasty to report though, unlike a university friend who worked at a vegetable/soup canning factory and had some rum tales to tell:eek:

Karmacat

That's what I thought too, CBC ... I should have complained, I know ... it started happening when I was still really ill, and hasn't impinged on my consciousness (so to speak, that sounds awfully la di da!) until today ... I don't want to spend the energy on it, quite frankly, my energy is still very low, and its just not a route I'm going to go. Sorry

Birds Eye - I'm sure the quality is very high! I'm glad you have good memories of the fish finger factory too

Anyway, Asda have been, all's well there at least (tho I forgot my gluten free pasta, argh! but at least that was me, not them) ... I'm a bit tired, I confess ... might not do very much this evening

Karmacat

Morning :hello:

Family day at a pub near Wakehurst Place has been and gone - WP are extracting the urine with their charging policies and food offered, so they've lost us. Local pub consequently doing even better as a result.

Deeply shattered as a result, though, so I've done very little in the past 36 hours :eek: Still, the weather here is perking up in line with the promised hot weekend, after torrential downpours last night, so its all good :j

Paid work at 1pm, plus tidying and blogging - oops, I can hear the bin lorry, I think I've missed out on some of the tidying bit :rotfl:

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Family day sounds good:T. I'm glad you managed to seek out somewhere with reasonable food prices.

Listen to your body and don't attempt too much today. That's an order;)

I know you love your broccoli, KC, so why not have a go at growing your own? It's not all that difficult, even OH manages to get a reasonable crop:rotfl: although we won't use chemicals and the local insect/slug population gets to eat more of it than we do:eek:

Karmacat

Hi CBC, thanks for that

Growing broccoli literally never occurred to me to be honest, I eat it so regularly because it's the most accessible leafy green when ill (ie its available frozen :rotfl:) I shall have a serious think about that, ta muchly

And ooh, ordering me! Your wish is my command .:D Since I'm working at 1pm, a cuppa tea and a quick swish about with the dusting pan is in order, then I'm right there on the same page with you