
Run that by me again…. WHY did I need a bath.
Rolling around in the MUD….
Barmy Brexit or down to a few inclement weather days in Spain. For whatever the reason, many of Britain’s supermarkets have quite a few gaps on the shelves these days and what products are there has become way more expensive.
This week I was plodding around our local store, a store that was looking even more barren than usual. Hardly any gluten free cereal, no cough medicine, hardly any fresh veg, no eggs, no ……
That kinda thing.
But I was ok, humming away to the store’s choice of music this fine day. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Al Stewart. If stuff isn’t there then chill out. We have soup. We have chocolate. We have crisps. We have sausages.
Then it all changed.
Mood darkened.
Then it was definitely NOT OK.
Remember The Simpsons Movie and what finally set off the urban powder keg.
We’re OUT OF COFFEE…..
I was stood in the coffee isle. It was an empty as my so called football teams trophy cabinet. The only pods they had for my coffee machine was Chocolate and Ovaltine…. Come on the secret is in the product name, it’s a COFFEE MACHINE. George Clooney certainly won’t be happy as well as his brand’s section was was completely empty. I heard one equally desperate shopper ask a manager who reassuringly informed him that there had been no coffee stock in the delivery lorries in over a week now. So even going caffeine old school isn’t looking good as well. A few jars of cheap decaf on the shelves and that was it. Definitely NO ESPRESSO. My Blood Caffeine levels are already dropping dangerously low.
We’re OUT OF COFFEE……
Suddenly the store blasting out the Beach Boys is seriously the last thing I want to hear. The only ‘good vibrations’ here is me rapidly entering cold coffee turkey.
I know coffee isn’t good for me. I felt much healthier when I gave the stuff up for 6 months. But currently it’s helping me keep going on not enough sleep. Let’s get Hawklad through his exams and the stress levels should subside. Maybe then I can come off the caffeine but NOT right now. So until Amazon delivers emergency supplies then it’s plan b. Shed loads of chocolate. Thankfully the store had plenty of Cadbury products to load up the trolley with.
Needs must….
No coffee in the grocery store???!! YIKES!
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Apparently they got some in yesterday but it sold out almost straight away.
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Accept my consolation….
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Thank you 😊
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And, to answer your doggie’s question–you need a bath because it makes you look SO cute!!!!
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It’s funny. He is a quarter of the size when wet.
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No coffee??? Time for a road trip to discover where it’s hiding!! Omg 😱 I can’t imagine!!
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Amazon saved the day
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Yay!!!!
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❤️
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That sounds very dire, Gary! Good thing you have the chocolate eggs. You may need to snort them instead of ingesting them for added kick. Good luck and hope that Amazon delivery arrives soon!
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I thinking snorting of chocolate may be needed at this rate 😊
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I can only imagine. I only drink coffee when off work. I take tea at work. I did have a patient’s mother who couldn’t even hear the report on her son without coffee, so I know the seriousness of your dilemma.
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I must get myself of the coffee again. Funny thing is my parents never drunk coffee, just tea.
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Awww he is like why!!!! but I bet he feels better .🙂
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He is dirty again ❤️
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Hahaha if course he’s a boy ❤️
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Where a house of boys now. It shows 😂😂😂❤️
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Hahaha I bet it does❤️
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No coffee…..shudder!! Thinking back to one of your earlier posts, maybe tomato soup would work in the interim 😆
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Yes not tried the red stuff yet
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Choclate does have caffeine in it, so there’s that. May Amazon be swift and your coffee strong. Best of luck, you’re both in my prayers. Hugs
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Amazon did the trick but wow it was expensive. Hope you are hanging in there ❤️
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I am hanging in there. As you know my daughter-in-law was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in July of 2021 so I tend to spend a lot of time over at their place when I don’t have to work. Hence my intermittent presence here.
Amazon can be pricey!!!!
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No coffee. Wow. No fresh veggies… Have you thought of starting a garden? Too busy?
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Funny thing, started in that today.
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Excellent.
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We haven’t had any problem like that in our stores in the part of Canada where I live, but I always buy my coffee (and many other products) online from iHerb. They ship to almost any country in the world. Maybe you should try there?
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Thankfully Amazon have sent an emergency coffee supply.
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*Smiling* Oh no! Not the coffee. I’m glad chocolate filled the emergency bill. Stay out of the rain superdad. ❤❤
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