It's the little things...

[wiseheart]

... that can make you or break you.

I had to make a food run today. Just some basic stuff, as the fridge was half-empty again. Plus I needed to fill up our depleted ginger ale and mineral water supplies. We drink more than usual in this frigging heat.

I've got a very practical little plastic frame for a six-pack of 1,5l water bottles that I always take with me when I have to buy drinks. I'm beyond the age when I'd be able to haul home those six-packs in their original package, which is the reason why I only buy 4 each time and put them into my practical little frame. Guess what happened today? Lidl didn't have the 1,5l bottles, just the 2l ones. Which don't fit into the frame; they're too thick. So I had to drag them home in a shopping bag; only 2 of them, because I couldn't carry more.

Yes, I know it isn't the end of the world. It's still annoying when you can't use a practical little gizmo that would make your life easier.

Comments

[meathiel]

Haven't you got a trolley, one if those old people shopping things?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Nah, I can't navigate those; always drag them over my foot.

[aeris444.livejournal.com]

I feel you... I tend to be annoyed by little things like that too! It doesn't last for days but still...

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

We don't buy mineral water, because we try to avoid plastic bottles. We could buy mineral water sold in glass bottles, but I had my share on broken glass with my children, so a soda stream is the solution to this problem. No mineral water, but good enough. Would a shopping trolley solve your problem?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I used to have one when I was much, much younger. After the umpteenth almost-broken toe I gave up on them.

As for the PET bottles, we crush them and put them into the selective recycling bin — and hope that the'd get, in fact, recycled.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

{{{{hugs}}}}

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Those bottles are heavy. I buy milk in 2ltr cartons and I can only haul one at a time from my local shop. I've taken to buying the filtered variety and getting it delivered with my groceries, because it will last for about two weeks.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's getting old for you. *sigh*
A few years ago I could haul home a six-pack of 1,5l bottles in one hand and another 3 or 4 bottles in a bag in the other hand. But those times are over.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason you prefer mineral water over tap?