From my walk yesterday - I hate the thought of Aberedw hill being covered in a gigantic wind farm and huge metal pylons marching through Wales, and the destruction of the landscape and wildlife and everything that goes with it. . . However, since not only have the Welsh assembly got their pension pot invested in this debacle, but apparently a serving Welsh politician is now on the board of Bute Energy. No vested interests there then . . .
I went to Llandod today and after walking round the charity shops (only two now as the 3rd - Red Cross was it? - has now shut), I looked at my shopping list and there was nothing I needed to go to Aldi for. I got fuel at Tesco and then ventured into the Tesco store. Cat food was high on my priorities - I needed to try and ring the changes again but didn't want to buy a 40 pack of Whiskas and find they were still "off" it. They had boxes of 12 pouches at buy 4 get one free. I got two different brands. The same applied to the Purina cat biscuits, so I stocked up on those as well - over a month's supply there. At least they all eat those. A big chunk spent there but several weeks' cat food is now in the Utility.
Their jam sugar, at £2.80, was much cheaper than Co-op which is the only place I've been able to source it recently. I bought two. Their Activia gut health yoghurt also on a special offer, so bought 2 x 4. The Shampoo I use was also half price - £4 instead of £8, so that went in the trolley too. The chocolate bars I was going to buy were also reduced by 35p each pack. Two of those. Jaffa easy peelers also reduced from £2.00 to £1.29 and I had oranges on my list, as I want to see how my gut reacts to those as I haven't been able to eat oranges this past year.
Some turkey mince was reduced and in the clearance chiller, as were some nice strawberries. I also spotted a Chicken Chow Mein which I have just eaten as my "treat" meal. It was always a Madras curry in the past, but need to side step strong chilli flavours now. I've had several cheap weeks, and with a £29.60 reduction on my shop, it wasn't so painful. I have plenty of main meal components in the freezer, so back to v. frugal next week.
I have taken the plaster off my cut finger now and it is healing nicely, so hopefully it won't need a plaster on, although I have my quilting class tomorrow, so may put one on because of all the driving and having to cut the binding fabric.
So, not a lot happening. I need to have a sort out in the greenhouse and get the dead cucumber plants out and on the compost heap. They did me well this year. I shan't grow cherry tomatoes next year - they were overly sweet and I prefer the Alicante type of tomato for salads or Black Russian when I can get them. I hope I can rekindle my enthusiasm for the garden next year, as it went into hibernation this summer, with the heat week on week.
I am reading (well, re-reading) an old book of Phil Rickman's, writing under his pseudonum of Will Kingdom. This is The Cold Calling, and there is another of his, both featuring Shaman Cindy Mars-Lewis, a cross-dressing Shaman, which I have on my Kindle. Spooky but good reads and set along the Marches with Mean Spirit starting in the New Forest. Both areas I know well. Upstairs reading (a smaller book for a poorly finger- is S J Parris's Prophecy. All her books are unputdownable/amazing listening (have several on Audible).
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