A return visit to Mr R's to build a(nother) table for him - this time onto which he could position his DVD player. He showed me the box, and where he wanted the table, and I prepared myself for a bit of construction - however the key bag of fittings/screws that were needed to attach the table top to the folding legs was nowhere to be found either in the box or on the floor of his living room, and after explaining this to Mr R, he called Amazon who agreed to give him a full refund (and not require him to return the table).

Mr R subsequently ordered a new table online, which hopefully will arrive with all the necessary parts in the next few days, and a new mission will then need to be set up to get this new table built. He then asked me to take the existing (not quite a) table down to the bin store to dispose of it.

This evening's shop for Ms S proved to be something of a mixed bag in more ways than one as her dictated over the phone list consisted of a specific Tesco ready meal, own brand antibacterial gel, Oral B 24 hr mouthwash, 3.5 strength reading glasses, replacement wipes for a Flash mop and a particular brand of socks.

Knowing that the glasses were high on the priority list, I diverted to my nearest Poundland (success!) before heading south of the river to Ms S's to try and find the rest of the items - unfortunately the ready meal and socks were nowhere to be seen in Tesco (just about every other type of sock was available...), but I managed to track down everything else, and it was good to be able to hand deliver the bag to Ms S, who, as always, was extremely grateful.