A spot of shopping...and cake!

We had a very relaxed start to the weekend, which is just how I like it!

Sophie didn't go to the gym again because her foot is very sore so I really feel for her - she loves going and working out and this pain has put a stop to all that. I hope it doesn't last too long.

I prepared dinner of coq au vin in the morning and at midday (after a slight hiccup with our hot water - we have a problem which Keith and I prefer not to think about...) we drove over to Market Harborough. The town was very busy and we just about managed to get a space in the car park.

After browsing a couple of shops we headed for our favourite little tea shop and dribbled over the choice of cakes they had on offer. We decided on a slice of white chocolate and raspberry, accompanied by a big pot of English breakfast tea. Scrumptious!

It was so lovely to sit and relax and savour the cake which was delicious! The surroundings are very pretty here as well and it was a shame it wasn't busier. Market Harborough are trying to get people to spend a fiver in local independent shops today so we did our bit!

Afterwards, we browsed in an Oxfam shop and found a signed copy of the Hairy Bikers Ride Again book which was full of lovely recipes. It was £2.50! To add to this, next door in their other charity shop, Sophie found three tops for under a tenner! They were all beautiful and perfect for work!

Before going home we called into Aldi and Waitrose and bought the ingredients for tomorrow's dinner - Drunken Noodles. Waitrose had all the hard-to-find ingredients like oyster sauce, rice noodles and a hot sauce.

We had also bought some delicious wholemeal bread in Waitrose and a jar of garlic mayonnaise and we decided to try and recreate the bread, aioli and olives we had in Mallorca. The mayonnaise and bread were delicious but the olives were a little bitter. We sipped on a glass of non-alcoholic red but it wasn't the same! Outside, the weather was grey and overcast!

Dinner tonight was the coq au vin I'd prepared earlier and Sophie made us a "Sangria" with the alcohol free red wine, some orange juice and slices of fruit. A nice idea but it didn't quite hit the mark!

Before bed Sophie and I had a hilarious session with some face masks she'd bought. My daughter resembled an old, old woman because the mask was white and looked wrinkly!