Shopping

Yesterday we did the first food shop since our return home. Before that we'd only bought milk.

It's good once more to have fresh veg in the house. We're celebrating tonight with the Fox getting out his trusty wok & doing a stir-fry.

It took us ages doing the shopping. This was not because the list was long but rather that, in our absence, Morrisons had rearranged the shelves. With the result we went to the usual shelf for tinned fruit to discover mustards & pickles. The eggs had become flavoured milks. (We eventually found the eggs with the bread!) The crackers had disappeared to the far end of the crisps & other nibbles shelf.

I know the idea is to make you buy more, to see anew the range of products, but I do find it very frustrating. We must have gone round the shop several times, having to ask staff where things now were. And at the end of the day I bought what was on my list & nothing more. Indeed some things I didn't buy because I lost patience hunting for them!

In this area, Morrisons supermarket (where we tend to shop) is recognised as the most popular supermarket with people with mental health problems because they rarely change the lay out, unlike the other stores. Sure the end shelving, the special offers, change but rarely anything more substantial. Hopefully this will be it for a while. Hope so!