Keith and I dropped Mike off at college this morning and then went to the Weston Favell Centre to buy groceries for tonight and tomorrow night's dinners. As usual, I headed for the international foods aisle after we'd decided what we were having and then Keith suggested we look at the American section to see if they had any Root Beer for Mike. On the way I noticed shelves stocked with spices so I took a look...and was amazed to see how different the prices were.
In the normal herbs and spices aisle, where they stocked Schwarz products and Tesco-own varieties the price was around 50p per 10g. In the international food section, i.e. Indian, the spices were selling for around 10p per 10g. Why is there such a difference in price? OK, the Schwarz spices were in little glass jars and the others were in plastic, resealable bags, but that's a big price difference! From now on, whenever we need different spices for a recipe we're making, we're going to head straight for the international foods aisle! It was the same with a bag of walnuts we bought. We have three bananas at home that are way over-ripe so we looked at walnuts to make some muffins. The price varied enormously between the nuts section in the fresh food aisles and the baking aisle where they were half the price!
I would have thought the prices were the same throughout the store but that doesn't seem to be the case!
On the way home we called to see Mum and Dad as they had asked for dishwasher tablets (don't get me started on them...Aldi's are absolutely fine and are half the price!) and we had a look at their shower head in the en-suite as the water was coming out in a dribble. We managed to sort out the shower in the main bathroom so Mum could use that but I think they need to call a plumber out to fix the other shower. They seem to have one problem after another in their house!
Back home I made banana, walnut and chocolate muffins and as soon as they were out of the oven Keith and I enjoyed them with big mugs of tea! Delicious!
We spent the session at the school in the playground and it was really warm! As I was driving home I met Keith and Sophie who had walked down to meet me so we went for a drink at the pub. We sat in the garden and enjoyed a couple of drinks while chatting about our holidays in Florida. It was lovely to sit there and reminisce in the sunshine!
For dinner we ate roast chicken served with crushed new potatoes and salad, and afterwards we watched the film Dunkirk. A great end to a busy day!
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