As I ran through the very familiar list, Mr T stopped me and said "Mushrooms"...I wasn't too sure what to make of this interjection, but he then explained he had great plans to make an omelette that evening, and the additional ingredient would make a difference - with this late addition to the list it was off to the usual haunts, which seemed quiet for a Friday afternoon - the threat of rain was keeping people indoors perhaps...

Ms J's flat was on the 19th floor, so was glad the lift was working - pretty sure this is the highest I've gone for a shopping mission, although sadly I didn't get to enjoy the view. She asked if I'd mind going to the Lidl near Clapham Junction which was fine - she'd marked most of the items on her list by weight, which made choosing the right products so much easier, and was glad I'd bought my backpack for the heavy lifting. I was soon back with full bag in hand with all that she'd requested - Ms J was very grateful for the assistance.

Mrs S had clearly done her (Waitrose based) research this week in readiness for my visit, as it was clear she was on the hunt for the 2 for 1's or multi buy discounts on many of her items - the irony of her asking if two boxes of Scotts Porage Oats (the one with the sturdy looking shot putting scotsman on the box) would be too heavy to carry was not lost on me...

Once Brenda and I had discovered that the arms of Mr A's large-ish sofa folded down flat, the task of manoeuvring it out of his living room and front door became a little easier...albeit we still needed to negotiate 4 flights of stairs for it to reach ground level - thankfully Gravity had also joined us as the third member for this task, and so with a bit of caution as everything was quite narrow, we slowly allowed the sofa to make its way down each flight with a human brake at one end, and we soon had it out of the front door and parked behind the communal bins as requested.