The Weekly Shop

The best laid plans and all that… *sigh* Yesterday ended at just gone 2am for me as we sat up and watched the two NFL games. I managed to keep focused until half time in the Packers/Niners game and then gave up and went to bed. Bear came up about 45 minutes later and I was out cold. I got up around 11.40am with him following at 12.15pm… so there go today’s plans to do something other than chores and sitting around on the Internet. 😦

This stupid cold has gotten a grip, although the Ibuprofen is doing a valiant job of trying to kick it’s butt. My nose isn’t running anymore, which is a bonus, but my throat is raw and my voice a croak, and I’m aching all over. Grrr.! Still got to get stuff done though. Bear raised an eyebrow at the shopping list he saw me writing and was raised an eyebrow in return. He went shopping yesterday, when he should have gone on Saturday, and now doesn’t want to go again.

Tough really, if he wants to eat this week. Although we could always go back to the every day shopping he used to do (and complained and griped continuously about) until the beginning of this year. Now he goes twice a week. Monday’s is food shopping for the week, Saturday’s is weekend shopping for the kids and household needs, like shampoo, dishwasher tabs, loo roll etc. It stops the complaining and griping (somewhat) and keeps the stress of having to plan a meal from whatever groceries there are in the fridge and cupboard every day to a minimum.

Plus it’s saving us money. Knowing what I want and how much stops waste and our local supermarket has bonus offers that start every Monday, so if I see something that’s on offer and I can incorporate it into a meal, it’ll go on the shopping list. The supermarket gives bonuses on everyday stuff too; two weeks ago Bear saved €27 on groceries because of the offers and bonuses. So it’s well worth checking out your local. We tried using coupons, but most of the time they’re for things we don’t use, so we don’t bother.

I still plan on making quiche today, we have some Chorizo left over and some cherry tomatoes and Bear picked up some pastry at the store, so we’ll have another bash at it, and see how it turns out. Dinner today will be kale and red onion mash. I got the recipe from our local supermarket website, so it might have to be translated. There’s peas and almonds and egg in it too. Looks good, so we’ll have to see what Bear thinks. He loved the Cajun spiced linguine last night, so that’ll go on the ‘To Do Again’ list.