Getting Settled

Today has been about getting settled into my new surrounding, stocking up the cupboards, fixing bits and bobs and some cooking. As I had little else to do today, I decided to go to the massive Tesco on Abbeydale Rd in the hope that they had a decent clothes department there. I had seen a coat on the Tesco online website earlier in the week on special offer for £10. It seemed too good to be true and so I wanted to check it out before committing to buying it to save on the hassle of having to return it if it wasn't what I wanted. Sadly the menswear department there is practically non existent. They have womens and children but very little mens and so all I ended up with was a rather expensive shopping bill, and a lot of time wasted sitting in traffic.

In spite of the massive shopping bill (I told you supermarkets were my weakness) I came home and found the shopping list in my pocket. I had only forgotten a couple of things but I had also bought a lot of things that weren't on the list which contributed to the rather enormous bill. On the plus side, I should have enough food to keep me going for a few weeks and I have arrived home with a huge choice of things to eat rather than the usual "I've just spent £20 and still have nothing for tea."

My initial plan was to spend this weekend cooking up several meals for the forthcoming busy weeks however, after just one cottage pie, I have already exhausted my supply of pots with matching lids. I have several pots without lids, and several lids without pots but very few of a decent size that match. This has put a firm stop to much more 'big dish' cooking and unless I can find these pots pretty quickly, I may end up eating the same meal for three or four days on the trot again.