This shopping-photos-to-fill-a-blog-post is getting to be a regular thing - I'm just not having enough adventures and with the weather forecast telling us we are in for another week of very high temperatures I doubt I'll be going far this week either.
At least last weeks trip to town was a few degrees cooler than the week before. I went to Aldi first on my way into town and then into town centre for a couple of things including the library, then frozen stuff from Asda that I didn't want to get at Aldi as it would have been in the cold box (even with ice-packs) for a bit too long..
Some things are rather hidden in the photo but this is the complete list...roughly left to right......... Aldi's calabrese still looked yellowing like the last couple of times I've been in, so I got a savoy cabbage instead for the weeks 'greens' 79p; 6 apples £1.39 ; 4 wholemeal baps 69p; pack 2 little gem lettuce 49p; cooking chocolate £1.59; chocolate chips £1.19; cheap choc chip cookies 65p; 3 peanuts @ 59p =£1.77; Soy sauce 55p; tin plum tomatoes 43p; 4 pints semi-skimmed milk £1.65; Strong white bread flour £1.09; Packet jaffa cakes £1.00; Extra Mature Cheddar cheese 400g £2.49; Soft cheese 89p; 2 packets Colmans cheese sauce mix @£1.00 each = £2; Brown Sugar £1.64; 1Kg Nectarines £2.39; Frozen Fish in batter pack of 4 £2.49; Ice cream £1.62.
Total Spend £26.80
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Two really good games at Wimbledon on Saturday - there were probably more but these were the two I properly watched. First Arthur Fery battled his way to a win, coming back from being down so many times and finally winning in 5 sets. I think they said the first British Wild Card to get through to the 4th round in many a long year (or maybe ever- they had too many stats to remember!) Then the Dimitrov/Berrittini match was equally good, I didn't really mind who won.
On Sunday Djokovic won again of course and then Jannick Sinner got through - again not easily. Today Arthur Fery plays Grigor Dimitrov who is getting back to playing after a year of injuries. It could be one-sided as Dimitrov is so experienced or Arthur - who is 12 years younger might be able to play really well again.
I didn't stay up for the England/Mexico match - I'm not silly! But was amazed to wake up this morning with the radio telling me England had somehow managed to win. That was a nice surprise, I didn't think they stood a chance as Mexico had never lost a game playing in their National stadium.
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I saw my 9 year old EGD yesterday, a month ago we were practising her times tables ready for a test and she did well - getting all right. She wanted me to write some for her to do again but she got the answers quicker than I could write the numbers! I'm glad they learn times tables to be able to get the answer straight away, as we did back in the 60s."Off by heart" we called it. It went out of fashion when my lot were at school. It's quite a useful thing to be able to do at any age, unlike some of the things we did in Maths which were never used again!
How lovely you could help your Grandchild - she will hold memories like that in her heart forever
ReplyDeleteNo tennis for me this weekend ( I was out of town at a wedding ) but headed back today
I returned late last night and could y sleep so I did watch the football , which is unlike me . It was amazing - my son who is based in the US watched and texted me at the same time, so I enjoyed that
Your shopping haul
is impressive . I am a lazy shopper -
I live in Fulham and have as my nearest supermarkets M and S and Waitrose - so I go there
Dreading another heatwave this weekend- but looking forward to the second week of Wimbledon
Miriam
Monday early afternoon and really hot already. Not keen on another week of heat, one was quite enough. Looking forward to watching Arthur play in a little while
DeleteTennis was brilliant over the weekend, the ladies is wide open again, it will be the 10th year with a different winner. I used to chant the times tables with my daughters on their walk to school, they loved doing it.
ReplyDeleteI think that's why I've never go into Women's tennis as they seem to be different every year and I've no idea who's who.
DeleteIt's always good to see your shopping, I bet folks get fed up with mine. But it's going to be a great price comparison thing for future reading isn't it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know that England won the match, I've not seen the results anywhere yet. Not that I'm following it really, but you have to appear willing. 😄 I'm not looking forward to another mini heatwave, especially as we are heading down South on Friday. I've only just coped with the temperature being in the low 20s for the last few days.
Oh dear, it's already hot here in Suffolk on Monday afternoon and due to get even hotter. So I hope you are staying somewhere with AC
DeleteMy grandkids could teach me a thing or two about maths, I’m hopeless 😂
ReplyDeleteGood idea to swap the calabrese for cabbage, there wouldn’t be any decent nutrition in the yellowy stuff would there.
Very pleased for the England team, I really had no faith they would win.
Alison in Devon x
I was sure England wouldn't win but pleased to be proved wrong
DeleteWell done to your granddaughter, quick memory for timetables is a really useful skill. Generally I think maths is better taught now than it was when I was young but I agree 'off by heart' is best for tables.
ReplyDeletePenny
Times tables is always handy when watching Countdown!
DeleteSnap. Bought Soy Sauce and Calabrese too. In that you'd have bought it if it wasn't yellow! Plus some more nice crisp beanshoots for a stir fry.
ReplyDeleteI am glad the lads two doors away didn't want to watch the match here last night!
I think you would have left them to it - 1am was way too late/early for me.
DeleteI agree with you about memorizing math. I had a teacher who encouraged the times tables and my dear mother practiced with me for hours until mine were letter perfect. I'm still grateful. Another thing which is more rare these days is making change; I was a whiz when it was still needed at various entry-level jobs I had. Years later I was with cousins at dinner and they had to pause to figure out the tip. Even though I was with 2 CPAs (certified public accountant) I blurted out the tip amount faster than they could do the math. (Pats self on back!) I am no math genius, it still makes me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteBonnie in Minneapolis
Cashless society - it's all on the phone now - so no brain needed - how sad!
DeleteThat's a good grocery shop for a reasonable price. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteA good tennis match when players are equally skilled is exciting to watch. Cheers to England on the wins.
Math is an important subject, and I cannot imagine not learning the multiplication tables. Congratulations to your EGD on the perfect math test score.
Computational thinking (math modeling and simulations) is essential in this digital era. All schools need to recognize this!
There were parts of the O level Maths that I didn't really understand then and soon forgot, and goodness knows what 'Applied Maths' was which clever people did for A level
DeleteAs someone who did A level maths…you are talking about arithmetic
ReplyDeleteOh well, same difference to us ignorant beings. I only have a Maths O level!
DeleteI am very glad that England won. Canada was out after playing Morocco.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I think your supermarkets have better prices than ours in Greece; lately, we’ve been experiencing a wave of high prices. Kudos to your granddaughter for learning the multiplication table. It has been shown that memorizing certain things during childhood is beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jan; primary school 'maths' is mainly arithmetic, and rightly so, especially in the younger classes. Remember when we really did call is 'the three Rs?' Nowadays it all seems more complicated and superficial, but solid skills in reading, 'riting' and 'rithmetic' are so foundational to everything that follows.
ReplyDeleteIt's been really hot here too. Unbearably so last week. This week is only a little bit better. I've been getting out for walks early and even then it's been a bit much some days. I do hope it's cooler over there when I come in August.
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