It’s almost that time of year when we start to think about our big Christmas shop. One year we got my parents to have Boo and we were gone two whole hours. We needed a lie down when we got home. Two hours in Sainsbury’s! Last year Boo came with us and we did…
Recently we had to say goodbye to the afternoon nap and it seems at three-and-a half, we are on a roll of saying goodbye to routines and activities which at one time were as regular as brushing teeth or asking for juice in the morning. The latest bereavement is the little seat in the supermarket…
I am really pleased that the Queen’s speech has announced that supermarkets will have to start charging customers 5p for plastic bags to help reduce waste. As a society, I do think we rely far too heavily on plastic. Living on a farm, we are on the receiving end of plastic bag recklessness a lot of…
When my eldest was about two months old, we were at the checkout in our local Sainsbury’s waiting to pay. I was bagging up shopping. That week, I had read a story in the newspaper about a super market worker finding a scorpion in a box of bananas. As I but some bananas in my trolley, I…
