romantic home: What we bought, spent and ate this week

الجمعة، 22 مارس 2019

What we bought, spent and ate this week

Hello Dear Reader,

Last Friday, we had our new water tanks installed and then it started to rain and rain and rain and rain! We had a huge storm cell move very slowly over us for what seemed like hours. As LH was super busy all day helping out with the installation he was unable to do the grocery shopping like he usually does, only managing to pick up 2 items from Coles before the storm arrived. Late in the afternoon, about 5.30pm there was a small break in the storm cells and I dashed out to Aldi to try and finish the shopping, as I really hate shopping on a Saturday as it seems to take all day.

It took me about 30 minutes from leaving the house to driving back in the drive way, Aldi was empty with only a few people braving the wet and windy conditions. We didn't bother about going out to the Northside Discount Fruit Barn either and made do with fresh produce from Aldi and Coles. I did eventually do the rest of the shopping at Coles on Saturday, but it was okay as I only needed a little bit from there anyway. I am trying to buy produce without plastic packaging and I find Aldi sells a lot of fresh produce in pre-packed plastic containers (Mushrooms and Kiwi's) and plastic bags (Potatoes, Asian Greens).

Unfortunately there are still some things like the Basil and the Spinach, pictured below, which are still packaged in plastic, but I try my hardest to buy plastic free produce.

What we bought