Nearly an Incident

My emotional support shawl (thank you, Kirsten, for that perfect description) has only grown a couple of inches over the weekend, but I've finished one ball and started the next. I plan for it to be extremely large!

It's gone from this:

To this:

I'll probably get another row or two knitted tonight as I'm hoping to catch up on some of last season's Welcome to Wrexham, as the new series is about to start and I can knit to the documentary. It increases one stitch every row, and there's around 200 stitches on the needles at the moment, so it's not likely to grow as quickly, though it's still relaxing. 

As I may have mentioned, it's the yearly 'make gluten-free food almost affordable' time, and both Tesco and Morrisons have deals going. Today I booked Tesco, because I wanted to get an early order in and I booked it for between 9am-10am. Then Morrisons were supposed to come between 11.30am-12.30pm. Both were laden with stuff to stash away and I'm not sure that I can find room for all of it. It's piled all over in cupboards, and I don't want to miss anything.

Regardless, Tesco were late. They were significantly late. The driver said that there was a mix up in the depot and sounded incredibly fed up. I commiserated as these things happen. I managed to get the chilled and frozen stuff away, frantically aware that Morrisons were notoriously early on Mondays. And I was just in time because, yes, they were. The vans of the two supermarkets missed each other by fifteen minutes. I had a vision of a comic duel between the vans, though they would probably have just laughed and grumbled about their jobs. 

Normally Morrisons come on Mondays, because DH likes their salad, and Tesco come on Fridays, because he likes their cooked ham. I should have just booked Tesco in for Wednesday or something for the extra gluten free stuff. Mind you, I've got a Tesco delivery booked for Friday, with the ham and bargain gluten free stuff, and I'm not sure where I'm going to put it all. It's pennies on each item, but I'll be saving at least enough to cover the water bill for the month, and I'm happy with that. 

Speaking of supermarkets, I saw that Lidl had revamped their reward scheme, and I really need to call in to have a look. They seem to have some great deals. Besides, I love their latest advert. Does anyone remember Liberty X?

For once, it's an advert that genuinely made me chuckle. If you watch, put on subtitles. The original, back in the day, is here if you're interested. 

Supermarkets seem to branch out into all sorts of social media. Tesco have recipes on YouTube here, non of which I've tried. I considered the dal that they posted, but it called for a lot of ingredients that I don't normally use, so I wasn't sure if it was worth it. I don't want to have a load of stuff left over. 

Writing stuff - I've missed out this week's chapter of The Guest and I've apologised here. It should be back to normal service next week, but I swear that sorting out the White Hart stuff is driving me nuts!

Hugs and good health to all.