Initially, we spent some time wandering around John Lewis, before venturing onwards to other nearby shops.
The KHT had the shock of her life in Fat Face, when she discovered just how much a pair of parrot patterned lightweight trousers were going to set her back. Previous purchases have been from more modestly priced establishments. Fat Face certainly likes to charge more for the privilege of shopping in the bare floorboarded ambiance of its stores.
In TKMaxx we discovered a t-shirt to match the previously purchased parrotty trousers.
Then we moved on M&S and moved down a gear to bras... I knew what size I required but the KHT needed to try hers on. I would love to know why anyone thought it was a good idea, to have the changing rooms at the opposite end of the shop to ladies undergarments...
For old times sake we decided to have lunch in the cafe at M&S. The KHT happily ordered Scrambled Eggs on Toast.I couldn't face another toastie.
For a change I decided to have a fish finger sandwich, but without the coleslaw - as I don't like anything that wobbles, including all mayo-type products.
What could possibly go wrong?
I was soon to discover, as my fishfinger sandwich arrived with coleslaw.
Apologetically, I informed the member of staff that I had specifically requested no coleslaw.
She apologised, took my lunch away, and brought it back on a fresh plate, minus the coleslaw....
Hurrray!
However, I was soon to discover that I was celebrating prematurely, as my sandwich was made with salad cream, or mayo....
Arghhh! THAT was NOT mentioned on the sign.
Don't you just love it when they decided to add extra ingredients, without telling you that they are going to?
Nope, me neither.
I could tell you that I ate every scrap, but that would be a lie, so I won't!
I just did my best to negotiate the mayonnaise-infested minefield.
Now, if you don't like coleslaw, the chances are that you will not like salad cream or mayo either, but how do you know that such abominations are about to be inflicted upon you? After all, no-one really wants to interrogate the staff at the order point.
I have this problem when ordering Baked Potatoes.
Firstly are they oven cooked, or nuked in a microwave?
Will it be served with coleslaw? If so, please give my portion to someone else!
Even if it is scraped off my plate, a significant area of contamination will inevitably remain.
In many National Trust cafe's, Baked Potatoes are served with dry, green stalk they call 'salad' which is usually accompanied by coleslaw. Recently, when I remembered to ask for 'no coleslaw', I was served tomatoes with my 'salad', which made it far more palatable.
Back to the day... For part two of our shopping expedition, we moved on to a nearby gardening centre, to purchase some long-handled edging shears. We parked at almost the fartherst end of the car park, so that we could take advantage of the shade of a tree.
As I have a loyalty card we decided to avail ourselves of a free drink, as we were there, to help prevent dehydration.We purchased additional food supplies for the local bird and squirrel population, plus a replacement feeder to hopefully to slow down the speed at which some of the items are consumed.
In the evening it was the local cross-boundary ringing cluster muster, which gave us the rare opportunity to ring on ten bells. As we drove back into town we admired the England flags, which a couple of community-minded football fans, have hung at various vantage points around the town. Sadly, some have already been stolen.
Fortunately, many still remain.
Let us hope that England follow suit, and don't get kicked out at the next stage!
Time will tell.
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