Desperately needed to do grocery shopping, so up we went to the supermarket. After getting a trolley and walking in, my 4yr old spotted a pink/purple wheelbarrow, bucket, spade etc. kit. So I made a deal with her to be on her best behaviour and not ask for anything else (usually its anything between women's magazines with freebies, giant blocks of chocolate that supermarkets like displaying throughout the entire shop, big brand cereals that I never buy and anything else she knows I'll say no to.) I must admit I only had to threaten once to return the wheelbarrow kit. A couple behind us at the checkout got an earful about her fairy garden and the new kit which she proudly showed off. No shame my child.
So my groceries, which never includes anything too extravagant, came to $320. We are a family of 4 but what the... Take $15 off for the garden kit and still it's just ridiculous. I'm big on home cooked meals as you will soon see (both my Facebook and Instagram are filled with my food pictures, wont be long and this will be too). But I rarely buy red meat anymore because apparently the cows are fed gold leaf or something; $30 a kilo, really?! Lamb, well I remember as a kid we had that alot cause it was poor mans meat. Now, lambshanks are one of the most expensive. I dont know, chicken and seafood are big hits in my household, but who doesn't want a big fat juicy steak every now and then. Thats why I so enjoy going to Dads place for dinner, the steak king. Oh and dont get me started on the veggie section. Well ok. $8 a kilo for tomatoes, wishing my plants didn't die. It's currently mango season and we are overflowing with farms up here yet the supermarkets ship up southern mangoes then charge $5 each. Well thank goodness there's enough hanging over fences to pick eh. I guess I can bitch and complain all I like, but the prices are only going to keep increasing.
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| My prawn and avocado salad |
The day got even better when my other half came home from work with a ute load of cow shite. Now I know not too many girls would get excited over receiving a tonne of cow dung as a surprise present, but if you knew me, you'd know I was ecstatic and almost rolled in it. Ha ha, not really but you get the picture. All my plants, potted and in the garden beds will thrive from it, just add some nitrogen rich rain. Plus now I can finish off the fairy garden without having to buy more potting mix or compost. Tomorrow is going to be a good day, so I shall finish up here and go to bed. Fairy garden updates coming...
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| Huge pile of cow shite on my driveway |
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Prawn and avocado salad
Huge pile of cow shit
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