After we'd wished each other a happy new year, Ms D sat me down to run through her (longer than usual) list, with me taking particular note of her only wanting the non organic chicken wings (which I couldn't find last time), and her favourite brand of coffee (but only if it was on special offer). Once again she'd also set me the challenge of finding the "colombia mix", but with clearer instruction as to which shelf I should be searching...

The Edgware Road branch of the world's politest supermarket came up trumps with everything that Ms D was looking for and I breathed a sigh of relief when I reached the poultry section to discover there was choice on the chicken wings this week. The long list was soon whittled down, helped by familiarity with the aisles and it being pleasantly quiet, and glad of having two bags to carry all the treasure home, I was soon back at Ms D's door. After a quick catch up on the ways of the world I left her to sort and shelve.