Shopping Challenge November 2nd shopping

Took a little longer to do the shopping today, around 20 minutes, but it is the weekend.

Spent 115,07€ that included a jar of piment d'espelette which was incidentally the most expensive item on the list at 12,65€!

Here's what we will be cooking and eating this weekend and early next week:

Beef Bourguignon ( made earlier this week for tonight)

Magret de Canard En Saumure, Roti au Miel ( duck breast with honey)

Carrot, Tomato & Feta Soup

Home-made Pizzas

Roast Chicken with vegetables ( going to the market Sunday morning)

Chocolate Creams

Apple & Pear Cake ( to use up the fruit the children have not eaté from last week) 

*bought some artisanale (craft) sausage meat too for a meal to cook and freeze for next week.

Kitchen

1970's green kitchen with highly glossed walls

I used to kind of like green, but since living here with this kitchen, I've changed my mind. We have got green doors, a green mosaic worktop and splash-back and up until Saturday we had this colour on the opposite side of the room where the cupboards once stood, ten doors painted green, making our 18m2 kitchen look much smaller than it really is.

The cupboards were here, now we just have a very dirty wall and two self-portraits of Oliver and Charlotte from when they were in nursery school.

We bought this buffet on Saturday to take it's place. When we do the kitchen (very soon) I'll probably paint it, well that's if I keep to a neutral colour scheme for the walls, but if I go for a strong colour, I'll just leave it as it is.

Lunch was great and as for the *tart, there was just not enough for second helpings, so much for the diet.

Never got to the tip, nor did the laundry, but got Alexis' hair cut, and Charlotte's coat, that's where it should have stopped, but Gaby came shopping too, so she got a coat too, and some jeans and a top, then Charlotte some shorts, yes shorts in this weather...Ending up spending 200 euros instead of 34 euros for a coat in the sales!

Freezing cold today, - 6°c.

*lemons were used, couldn't find organic limes.