A busy day!

Mike was off to London this morning, so Keith and I took him down to the station and waved him off. As we drove out we heard on the radio that some of the trains down to London had been delayed or cancelled, and Mike's 9.20am journey had been affected.

Before doing the weekly shop we called into Starbucks so I could have a much-needed cup of coffee. I would have preferred Costa, but beggars can't be choosers!! We both had a Flat White (I had a blueberry muffin as well) and then decided to pop to Lidl to do our shopping for a change. We have noticed the prices creeping up in Aldi so we thought we'd compare.

Keith took a tiny trolley which we soon filled up! We managed to get everything we needed (and some stuff we didn't need!) and the bill came to £92. However, there are only two of us this weekend, and we're going out for a meal on Saturday night, so not quite a bargain! We did buy a bottle of orange and passionfruit Gin for me, beer, and two bottles of wine, though, so not bad!

After putting all the shopping away we went out to the garage and put down some old flooring we'd been keeping, to make the floor a bit cleaner for when we store our kitchen stuff. We have streamlined the space in readiness for the cabinet that will need to be stored there, and boxes full of kitchen stuff, The internal wall is coming down in three weeks and all the cupboards that line this wall will have to be emptied. We also need space to store our old fridge freezer while the works are in progress as well as the new one!

We had been keeping the splashback from our shower in the ensuite (why?) and various offcuts of flooring so we took these to the tip, as well as some other rubbish that we didn't need. When we arrived there was no queue, but as we drove out, the line of cars stretched all the way to the entrance!

Back home, I sorted out the cabinet and decided to get rid of our horrible old dinner plates and use the second-best ones that we keep for nice occasions (not our best ones that we use for dinner parties!). The rest of the day was spent sorting things out, but as it neared 5pm, all I seemed to have created was a mess! I did decide to relinquish the bottles we've been keeping on top of the bookshelf though... two of them we brought home from Napa but I took photos of them:

The first wine we tried at Tudal

From the gorgeous Hans Fahden winery - happy memories!

Sophie came home and was a bit bemused by the stuff everywhere, but conceded that we had made a difference in the garage!