“We’re keeping our doors closed to save money and stay warm” - except we’re not. Used to find it quite shocking that London shops left the door open all winter because it encouraged business and that outweighed any losses from the cost of heating, even with charity shops like the one in the photo. Of course London temperatures are more temperate than many Canadian ones - mid-afternoon ones now about seventeen and we haven’t turned the heat on in the flat. we’re staying in. And winter may see more shop doors closed - already most are. Rising energy prices have been a serious concern here. They’re also almost impossible to compare internationally. As indeed they are across Canada.
Price comparisons are interesting, though. Other than accommodation, we could live more cheaply in London than in Sioux Lookout, and with a far greater variety of products. But this would not be true in a village in the north of England and we would find life different in Toronto, though it doesn’t tempt us. So we enjoy each place as it is.
Pick up shampoo at the Pound shop. Pound now equal to $1.87 CAD. Not that pound shops sell everything for a pound any more than dollar stores sell everything for a dollar, though the shampoo was a pound.
Supper is a happy combination of the maqloub that Jenny kindly sent us home with on Sunday and the last of the rotisserie chicken, along with a French Malbec - which is indeed, at £4.69, less than it would be in Canada, despite Brexit.
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