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Hanneke Oct 2023 3:50pm, 17 Oct 2023 112,970 posts	0 Hanneke I like food shopping as I like food and cooking. I particularly like markets!
Garfield Oct 2023 3:50pm, 17 Oct 2023 17,536 posts	0 Garfield I food shop whenever I feel like it...though it usually is Thursday or Friday afternoons, or on weekends early in the day.
Hanneke Oct 2023 3:51pm, 17 Oct 2023 112,972 posts	0 Hanneke I shop when the fridge is empty... And usually combine the trip into town with other things so it is very random!
Sigh Oct 2023 3:56pm, 17 Oct 2023 22,943 posts	0 Sigh We are enjoying avoiding the shops on a Saturday afternoon now, which used to be when we'd try and get it done. I get most in the local Morrison's on a Monday morning after dropping Sian at school; then we head out of town for the things we can't get locally (which usually involves a trip up to Stoke)
3M Oct 2023 4:05pm, 17 Oct 2023 22,362 posts	0 3M You're all making me jealous. Stop it!
TROSaracen Oct 2023 4:10pm, 17 Oct 2023 27,051 posts	0 TROSaracen I’m in Hawaii atm, watched the Ironman a couple od days ago. 3 more days here, then a mainland US road trip main stops Zion NP, Las Vegas, Sequoia NP, Yosemite NP. Retirement’s properly awful 🤣🤣🤣🤣
alpenrose Oct 2023 4:16pm, 17 Oct 2023 61,314 posts	0 alpenrose My local Sainsbury's opens more checkouts on a Friday specially for all the old folk shopping then before the weekend kicks off.
Johnny Blaze Oct 2023 4:43pm, 17 Oct 2023 31,085 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Yosemite is on my bucket list. Or would be if I had one, which I don’t.
Johnny Blaze Oct 2023 4:47pm, 17 Oct 2023 31,086 posts	0 Johnny Blaze ION and before I get too depressed: went for my Old Fart AAA screening yesterday and I passed. small cheer
Lip Gloss Oct 2023 4:58pm, 17 Oct 2023 71,749 posts	0 Lip Gloss 18 years service today so I took in a cake We shop on a Sunday but I will be keen to change that when I stop working. Got more paperwork in today which is gobbledygook to me so will phone my FA tomorrow and see what I’m supposed to be filling in. Thought this was going to be simple.

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