The day before the night before ...
Dec. 23rd, 2022 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustWe have shopped. Everyone told us we were crazy even to consider going to Sainsburys today, but we've been away, we had a visitor yesterday, so today it had to be. Not that we couldn't have got through the holiday without buying more food, there was already enough in the house that we wouldn't have starved, but there were things I wanted (a mixture of treats and fresh vegetables) so we ventured up to the shopping centre on the understanding that if it was too horrible we could turn round and come home.
And it wasn't too horrible at all. It was nowhere near too horrible.
We went first to Broom House Farm, then to the big supermarket, and both were busy, but both were well organised and good tempered. At the farm shop they were handing out cloakroom tickets, so you could be called when they were ready to serve you: we were still browsing when our turn came, but another customer was eager to swap.
The atmosphere at Sainsburys was cheerful too. One of the shelf stackers said it was less busy than yesterday, but they had run out of more things. Certainly there were gaps on the shelves: I'd have preferred organic onions, and double rather than single cream, but the only thing for which I found no acceptable substitute was raw beetroot. And we met someone we know, a member of a rival pubquiz team, and were able to congratulate her on her performance on Wednesday's University Challenge (alumni edition).
durham_rambler has just returned from hand delivering the last of the cards. Time to get on with some cooking.
And it wasn't too horrible at all. It was nowhere near too horrible.
We went first to Broom House Farm, then to the big supermarket, and both were busy, but both were well organised and good tempered. At the farm shop they were handing out cloakroom tickets, so you could be called when they were ready to serve you: we were still browsing when our turn came, but another customer was eager to swap.
The atmosphere at Sainsburys was cheerful too. One of the shelf stackers said it was less busy than yesterday, but they had run out of more things. Certainly there were gaps on the shelves: I'd have preferred organic onions, and double rather than single cream, but the only thing for which I found no acceptable substitute was raw beetroot. And we met someone we know, a member of a rival pubquiz team, and were able to congratulate her on her performance on Wednesday's University Challenge (alumni edition).
durham_rambler has just returned from hand delivering the last of the cards. Time to get on with some cooking.
