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A busy morning with limited success
Jun. 22nd, 2022 05:55 pmToday I decided to bring my (fairly thin) winter blanket to the lady who does small sewing jobs for an acceptable price. She had to move when the market next to our building was sold and has been closed ever since. (I wonder what the new owner will do with the place; I hope it won't be another huge office building that will then stand empty for decades; that's the current tendency.)
Fortunately, the new sewing workshop is only three tram stops away, so I packed the blanket into a big shopping bag, plus the fabric I wanted to be used to repair it and marched off... only to find a note on the workshop door that they are closed this week because of holidays. Grrr!
I had a bit of luck, though, as I got a bus that took me directly to the Savoy Park shopping centre. There I visited the craft shops (where I found nothing worth acquiring) and then went to the Auchan supermarket for the supposedly cheap(er) apricots. They were almost 50% cheaper than everywhere else indeed, but other people apparently got the same idea as I and when I got there, less than a kilo was left. I cruised a bit all over the supermarket, hoping that they'd bring out more - they didn't. So I bought all sorts of things that were for a semi-acceptable price (like milk and margarine), and on my way home I stopped at the fruit vendor (accidentally a former student of mine) and bought another kilo of apricots - for the full price. I still saved some money that way, although not as much as I had hoped. Which means tomorrow more apricot jam will be made. Yum!
It was beyond noon when I got home, and I was hot and tired. So I sat down in front of the telly, watching scripted cop shows in German and sewing a bit. Another Big Fish(TM) hot finished - five more to go.
At least I didn't have to cook much today. We still had some mini pizzas from the party, plus some leftover Bratkartoffeln from yesteday (stupid potatoes were getting soft, so I had to fry them in a hurry), and I made a mixed salad for vitamins' sake. I can't bless enough the genius who came up with the idea of kitchen-ready mixed salad in bags. They make life so much easier, even if I have to chop everything into microscopic pieces, so that Mum can eat them, too. We also finished the leftover apple compote and ate some of the cherry tart we still have from the party.
Leftovers are the best!
Fortunately, the new sewing workshop is only three tram stops away, so I packed the blanket into a big shopping bag, plus the fabric I wanted to be used to repair it and marched off... only to find a note on the workshop door that they are closed this week because of holidays. Grrr!
I had a bit of luck, though, as I got a bus that took me directly to the Savoy Park shopping centre. There I visited the craft shops (where I found nothing worth acquiring) and then went to the Auchan supermarket for the supposedly cheap(er) apricots. They were almost 50% cheaper than everywhere else indeed, but other people apparently got the same idea as I and when I got there, less than a kilo was left. I cruised a bit all over the supermarket, hoping that they'd bring out more - they didn't. So I bought all sorts of things that were for a semi-acceptable price (like milk and margarine), and on my way home I stopped at the fruit vendor (accidentally a former student of mine) and bought another kilo of apricots - for the full price. I still saved some money that way, although not as much as I had hoped. Which means tomorrow more apricot jam will be made. Yum!
It was beyond noon when I got home, and I was hot and tired. So I sat down in front of the telly, watching scripted cop shows in German and sewing a bit. Another Big Fish(TM) hot finished - five more to go.
At least I didn't have to cook much today. We still had some mini pizzas from the party, plus some leftover Bratkartoffeln from yesteday (stupid potatoes were getting soft, so I had to fry them in a hurry), and I made a mixed salad for vitamins' sake. I can't bless enough the genius who came up with the idea of kitchen-ready mixed salad in bags. They make life so much easier, even if I have to chop everything into microscopic pieces, so that Mum can eat them, too. We also finished the leftover apple compote and ate some of the cherry tart we still have from the party.
Leftovers are the best!
