Christmas Shopping

[choux]

Every December I buy a new, butterfly tin opener, just in case.

Many years ago on Christmas Day I tried to open a tin and failed miserably. Mind you, I cannot remember now what was in the tin, says a lot about me ;)

[Redhelen72]

Lol being a lefty we have 2 different types of tin openers in our house, my how he curses when he tries to use mine

[Bobbisox1]

Just finalising our Christmas shopping food list now

[choux]

Bobbi, I hope you get everything you want. It is always a lucky dip when I shop in the Co-op and I cannot see the week before Christmas being any different.

RH, just had an Amazon delivery this week of an electric tin opener for OH who tried to open a tine of baked beans and merely succeeded in puncturing the can. I had to eat them the next day!

[Redhelen72]

Lol I had one and dumped it could never get it to grip

[Hopkirk]

Most tins are ring pull now aren't they?

[choux]

Not all, hoppy. But I have got a ring-pull opener too.

RH, good job I haven't wrapped it as a present then :D

[Redhelen72]

About 50/50

[Bobbisox1]

So far so good Choux , Mr B is going to Marksies first thing tomorrow morning for a roulade and a lemon meringue tart and a cheeseboard , other than that everything will be fresh and bought in our village fruit shop , we already have prawns in the freezer, I got them yesterday

[choux]

I got prawns in Waitrose yesterday, but if I self-isolate I shall be ok for 25th ;)

When I entered the shop I had a big smile on my face as I had just remembered what Stephen Fry said about Sainsburys:

"Sainsburys, wonderful supermarket, they keep the riff-raff out of Waitrose!"

[choux]

I hasten to add that I rarely shop in Waitrose, but I did have a £10 voucher in store customers only in last Sunday's newspapers. At least I got my newspapers free today, ta Waitrose.

[Bobbisox1]

It’s not a shop I go into much either Choux

[Redhelen72]

I love Waitrose, unfortunately we don’t have them here so I get my fix when I visit my Stepmum

[choux]

Bobbi and RH, my nearest is a good few miles away but if I want to treat myself I usually can in there, but at a price of course. They do seem to have really pleasant checkout staff though, never met a miserable one there yet.