Last shopping day before Christmas. Not technically, but very nearly. Tesco walking distance, or in Jane’s case mobility scooter distance. Weather at the dividing line between mist and rain, but still not cold.
Tesco crazy busy. Almost impossible to manoeuvre a shopping trolley, though it helps that there are four of us to head off in different directions with a short list that runs from cranberries to cognac. The latter boasting a much better discount than we ever see in Canada. Quite a few special reductions. Our best acquisition a packet of very nice looking streaky bacon for 88p ($1.55 CAD). Oddest markdown a plant based protein advent calendar for £1.89 ($3.24). Taking into account that this is December 23, and considering the dubiously seasonal nature of the treats, I think that £1.89 is rather a lot. Discover later that such calendars regularly sell for £40! Coffee at Tesco café, which is surprisingly unbusy, and happily allows the worst of the queues to shorten.
Bill and Jane have acquired an electric soup maker, which turns the broth and leftover bits from Friday’s kleftiko into a puréed soup - boils, blends, etc. Interesting appliance. Grandson James (son of Tony and Mandy) comes over in the afternoon.