Blooming Bargains!

My little M&S tin was rather full of coupons - including a £2 Tesco Voucher, a £4 coupon against any Unilever products, a Comfort voucher, an Ariel voucher[to be used in Tesco's] and a Twinings voucher. So I went off to Tesco's and spent them. Felt extremely thrifty when I got all this for just £1.72

But I think the girls on the checkouts must work in some sort of stupor [I probably would if I was in Tesco's all day] I was in the '10 items or less' queue [FEWER! mutters my pedantic spouse] with just 8 items [Bob's torch not shown in picture above] And the lady rang up my purchases, and I handed over my coupons, and she said "Did you buy any of these products?" I nearly said "Apart from the torch, I didn't buy anything but these items" - but I just patiently unpacked the bag and showed her each thing.

I know Steph thinks I am irrationally prejudiced against that shop [yes dear, I am] but honestly, my shopping experience today wasn't brilliant. After my hassle with paying extra postage on an overlarge Christmas card [here] I was interested to see a Staff Member [with a special badge] sorting out the Charity Cards display. "Excuse me" I said "Why are so many of Tesco's Charity Cards so large?" "Is that a problem?" she replied.

I explained that the majority of the cards on her display would not go through the post with an ordinary 1st or 2nd class stamp, but counted as 'large letters' - so if the person posting them put an ordinary stamp on, then the recipient had to pay extra postage. "I don't think you are right" she said "You only pay extra if it is too big to go through your letterbox" I couldn't be bothered to argue. But Tesco's staff who are specially designated to deal with cards ought to know the rules, surely?

Home again, for a strong cup of coffee, and then on to arranging flowers. At next week's wedding, the bride's colours are ivory and chocolate - so she wanted flowers in that colour. She knew they would have to be silk ones. From my point of view, that was useful, as I have been able to source them over a matter of weeks, until I had a bucket full

First I assembled the basics

Then I prepared the pew ends, pegging them onto a cord strung across the conservatory as I worked. Here they are, half-done...

 

Then I did the main arrangement

I shall take more photos when they are in place at church next Saturday . For Lee and Shayla's sake, I hope they have a dry and sunny day - it has been raining most of the day today]

These flowers came from the stall on Leicester market and also Wilkinsons. And Flowercraft of Cank Street Leicester were extremely helpful in supplying the chocolate coloured ribbon.

Bob has been working incredibly hard on preparing a banner for "Awakenings" - our special Easter Sunday event [recycling the banner we used for the Christmas Panto] Another thing to take a picture of once it is displayed at church. He's kindly lent me his camera for blog-pix until Fuji returns mine!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway before tomorrow [click here]

Full marks to John at Jug-It, who replied very promptly to my enquiry - yes, the Sainsbury's nearest to Cornerstones stocks milk-bags, as do a number of their other Norfolk branches!

I am getting on very well with it, so have picked up another jug [while still 50p] to use there.

Oh, and I heard that Dawn's costume apparently fitted her well, and looked amazing - I left it in the School Office for her yesterday, and she later tried it on and paraded round the staffroom in it. Wish I had been there to see that!!!