Today's shopping list for Mrs T was created through the use of a very detailed picture dictionary that we went through together in her living room and which very helpfully translated from her own language the various items that she wanted into English - albeit at times we did resort to a form of fruit and vegetable charades when we got to the next level of detail over herbs and potatoes...thankfully Green Tea appears to inhabit its own universal language.

Today's run title was the unintended punchline to the (innocent) question about a new item on Ms L's shopping list - "Ah Pancakes, and what do they look like?".

Once we'd both stopped laughing, I went and did the shopping.

A collection of the usual favourites on Ms L's list today, until I reached "pars x 2" - "Is that parsley or parsnip" I innocently enquired..."Two pears!" she said, commenting that I was the one wearing the glasses...doh.

Of course after all that the only item that Sainsbury's didn't have on the shelves today were a pair of pears (or in fact any poker hand combination), so it was then a quick trip to the nearby Waitrose, where they were selling them in bags of five...that'll be a win then.