When I got back with Mr T's shopping this afternoon, he was deep in conversation at the door with his local councillor who was leafletting and canvassing in advance of the local elections.

Of course this then prompted a lengthy conversation with Mr T on the topic of both local and national politics (isn't that a topic best avoided in polite company...?). Somehow this then lead onto criminal justice, and a few other items in between, before we finally headed onto more familiar turf (literally...he'd had a good week), and the ongoing story of the curtains for which IKEA appears to be the winner...more next week I'm sure.

A mission that was exactly as described on the tin - 4 pints of whole milk from a local supermarket of my choosing for the extremely grateful Mr R.

Strangely (at least to me, but probably not to her), Mrs S's list today consisted of items mostly ending in O - I don't think she planned it that way (although one can never be sure), but at least it gave me the chance to discover what a Radicchio looks (and feels) like...