A quieter week

After last weeks gallivanting, this week has been far quieter. I’ve been catching up on the housework and the ironing pile has been reduced from an Everest type mountain to more of a Devonshire tor.

I saw Waitrose had a lot of half price products. This coincided with my having a couple of ‘spend £40 and have £8 off’ vouchers. So I spent an evening making a long list of the products I would use and the following day, whizzed around, tallying up as I went along. Once I got to just over £40, a folded shopping bag went the trolley as divider and the second part of the list was done. By doing two transactions, I could use both coupons and save myself £16, so quite pleased with that!
I’m not loyal to any supermarket. I tend to use whoever has sent me the best money off coupons, or has the best deals. Apart from Asda (where I would have to go to Taunton or Newton Abbot), Tesco/Lidl/ Morrison’s are a short drive away and Sainsbury’s/Aldi are walking distance.

I’m still bringing in the tomatoes..........

these mini plum ones are so tasty. My beefsteak tomatoes are still deciding whether to redden up. I might have to bring some of them in and put them in the window sill.

I was waiting for a windy day to pull up the first of my carrots. My brother-in-law said it would keep the carrot fly at bay. I haven’t grown these particular carrots before, so was interested to see what I would produce. I only pulled three, as there was only hubby and I to cook for. I was pretty pleased, they were enormous and very tasty...

We’ll have some more with a roast tomorrow :)

This came up in the Facebook memories, taken last year.....

I didn’t grow any this year for some reason and have to say I’ve missed not having sunflowers in my garden. So next year, I’ll make sure I do!

Yesterday’s baking for the Blue Cross was Apple and Cinnamon Scones.....

The recipe (one I found on google) was for 9 large scones, but I cut out 18 small ones and just amended the cooking time. Blackberry jelly accompanied the scones.  I didn’t think they were overly ’applely’, you had to grate one Granny Smith apple, but everyone said they were very nice, so that’s all that matters.

This morning my son and I had breakfast in town before he started work at 11.30. He had the big breakfast to start his working day off well. I’m normally very good and just have scrambled or poached eggs, but I was very naughty in this instance and had American pancakes with smoked bacon and maple syrup...delicious!  Extra time at the gym tomorrow, haha!

So thats me done! I’m off to prep the chilli con carne for tonight and then put my feet up for a hour to watch The Ashes. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, cheerio for now, Ann x