A Touch of Spring..

Nice this morning..a real touch of Spring in the air. Sun shining and daffodils everywhere, really quite pretty at the moment.
I had to take a jacket back to the Bon Marche in Maghull so we decided to go there quickly and then back to the Ladygreen garden Centre to get our last free coffees for the month. They have run out now, but don't think we will be renewing their one because it is always so busy and the coffee isn't that great.  Vin did want to get some plants for a hanging basket he has put up outside the back window, so it killed two birds with one stone so to speak!
Extremely busy in the cafe part, mostly people having lunches, some ppeople have an enormous amount, a big dinneer then a pudding as well. Not cheap either.  We had our coffee, a pack of biscuits then went off to get his plants. Got some very pretty purply violas which are now in the basket by the window and look great.
Home to find a card from Bon Marche offering %20 off everything next week! guess where we will be going thenm !
The Tassimo delivery came on Saturday morning, couldn't believe that, we only ordered them on Thursday afternoon, after getting the phone call from Jane. So we are well stocked up with coffee packs now.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza with a bit of salad for Vin,
Potato salad

Coupons!

Vin said ast night he would nip out to Waitrose this morning to get some pasties for tonight. So...I started to make a list! he wasn't chuffed about that,
Then I mentioned about the £5 off £30 coupon that we had got from them by email,but it hadn't printed clearly enough to use. So he spent a while getting the printer cleaned and then it said we had exceeded the number of coupons we were able to print. So he wasn't happy about that either. My fault though, I had tried to print them off.
Anyway off he went to Formby, about eleven and he was back by twelve..all the shopping done! he must have whizzed round there.
Jane has just rung up..she has her new phone but hasn't transferred all the stuff from the old one yet. Seems pleased with that. She was talking about the Christmas holidays!!! couldn't believe it..but she has to work on Boxing day so doesn't look like she will be home this year. Good job we had a nice one this Christmas.
Tonight we are having:
Cheese and onin pasties from Waitrose
Carrots
Rice puddings from Waitrose.

At Home..

Not out today, expecting a deliveryfrom Bullens, so we were in for our coffees today. Floors done, and Jane rang up on her way to work. She told us that she had an email about special offers and one was a Tassimo one. It was for £10 off an order with free delivery and a minimum spend of £25.Very good offer actually.
So, off we went to the Tassimo site on the computer, chose our coffees, we tend to choose the ones you can't buy in the shops, paid on the card. Job done. We bought £26 worth of packs for £16. Great deal. Thanks Jane XXX
Vin had gone off to Formby to Tesco to get a new mop we have worn the old one out! have a new mmop head but it won't fit the handle that we have. Grrr. Hented to get a few things for his car but they didn't have them..not Tesco, a car place he goes to. He back for his coffee we both had a Petit Dejuner today..very nice too.
Tonight we are having:
Pasta with either a tomato or a cheese sauce
Any veggies left in the fridge + mushrooms
A bit of garlic bread for Vin.

Outing!!!

After what seems like an age stuck in the house for one reason or another we actually got out this morning.
Beautiful bright sunny but coolish morning and Vin decided he wanted a coffee out, so we went off to Maghull. Not a bad little place to go to, there is a Bon marche there and a B&Ms and a Home and Bargain for cat food etc., plus it was ages since I've been out.  I had a nice mooch round the BMs., and giot a little jacket/cardie to replace the horrible fleecey one that I have which is like wearing cardboard! so was fairly happy with that.
Then we walked over to the Costa for our coffees. Lovely sofa right by the window, very pleasant. Vin had a large soy milk latte and I had an Americano. When he sat down he said yu could have had an upgrade for another 25p but I didn't get you one!!!! He got one for his latte though!!!! Right...I'll remember that.
Very nice half hour in there. It used to be a Blockbuster video shop, but is now the Costa, and I know which makes more money. Wouldn't mind shares in Costa..all sorts go in there, very young to very old, and lots of couples..seems classless and ageless.
Back to the car parked nicely in the square and I went into Superdrug whie he went into B&Ms. Home to the little cats.
Must say vin has done the barrel at the front of the house well this year, full of little daffodils and little primroses in the hanging baskets are looking great.

Tonight we are having:
Escalope southern fried
Potato croquettes
Bread sauce
Green veggies and carrots.

Change of Plan...

Tuesday today so we normally go out for a shop to get the veggies for the week. I had thought of going somewhere, but Vin said there was a coupon for £3 off thirty at Sainsburys so with that being a good saving he went there. problem with that is that you get 1/2 free parking and you have to be quite quick so I decided I'd only slow him down so he went. he is a great shopper now, whizzes round the stores with his list. Gets everything on it, looks for specialoffers too and gets anything that he thinks we need. 10/10 for his shopping I do have to say.
Grey drizzly day here today and quite cool and dark. Aranesp delivery early, Vin went down for that, I don't hear the doorbell..once my hearing aids come out I'm dead to the world.:) One phone call about solar heating and energy bills, and a phone call from Jane to say she was in Tesco's doing her shopping. We had a lovely chat, and she said she had put her new earrings in and they looked good. She is balancing her work, Uni and study work really well. I have put a bit of money in her bank which will help her a bit.Poor little kid. She never has any money so maybe she can have a treat.
Tonight we are having:
Cottage pie
gravy and mushrooms
Carrots and a bit of broccoli.

Mr Fixit !

In which Vin fixes the fence with a hole in it.  The hole was caused by a fire in the beack garden one day when he put the ashes out.  It was funny actually because the next door neighbours thought we were having a barbecue... er no!! especially since it was freezing cold at the time..
Anyway he was out there this morning fixing it with some free wood he got from the timber place in Formby where he goes for the fire lighting wood.
Ever resourseful my man!
Very quiet day today the only other thing that happened today was the man from Scottish power came to read the electric meter. Lovely cheerful man he was too, which makes a nice change.
I had a bit of a dodgy weekend..was a bit under the weather on Saturday, so taken a step backwards a bit. Maybe the Spring weather will get me going again eh !
Tonight we are having:
Pizza two small slices for me a nice mushroom one for Vin
Green peppery salad for Vin.

Energy!

I could do with some. Vin could run rings round me. He is up earlyish and doing things, always brings me a little cup of coffee in the morning then goes off for the papers. breakfast, then he went off to Tesco for the weekend thinggs.  Not a good day for moi today, bit on the wobbly side..no idea why. Vin says I am not getting enough nourishment but I am. I tthink the anti-biotics have played havoc with me, my taste has gone strange and don't have a big appetite at the moment. Oh well Spring is springing maybe my energy will return soon.
The new Sky box that Vin arranged is proving to be excellent. He has worked out most things on it, and the on demand facility is proving to be very useful. Seems very easy to use too, he records things almost instantly. We now have a very good set up, with the smart television couresy of the National Shopping monitor, the sound bar which is a Bose one from the Cheshire Oaks, and the new Sky+ box. All we need now is some really excellent series to waatrch.
Tonight we are having:
not totally aure. maybe a baked potato with cheese and a few mushrooms..