Did we buy?


Yes and no. The sweaters my DIL saw on line weren’t in the store... I think I have found this before but she wasn’t too fussed. Like MTL they are tea addicts so we bought lots of Earl Grey to take back to France. Now was the time to try out the M&S £10 meal for two comprising main dish, side dish, dessert and a bottle of wine. We found it confusing but a helpful member of staff talked us through it and we opted for beef roulades stuffed with spinach and buffalo ricotta with sweet vine ripened tomato sauce. Roasted vegetables were the side dish, the wine Chilean red and dessert Bramley apple pie. The chaps enjoyed it and thought it excellent value. I had tastings and wished we had an M&S in Minehead.


It was a surprise to discover there are now no TV shops in Taunton. After a visit to Starbuck’s we headed out of town to a complex which housed Comet, PC World and Curry’s. I had already done some research and although not au fait with the latest modern technology I knew we didn’t want plasma, we did want digital and – if possible HD. I also learned that it wasn’t vital to have Sony. Everyone was very helpful even setting up a DVD/HDD Recorder to make sure it didn’t hum too much.


I had got prices already from our local shop which I preferred to use if possible. We came home, had lunch (what bliss to have a chauffeur) and then walked to the local shop. I said we should play good cop and bad cop. No prizes for who played whom. In the end it wasn’t necessary we got a discount which would more than cover delivery and setting it up and moving my mother’s old Sony plus all the accessories upstairs and by next Friday all should be finished. Such a relief!


Sorry if this is beyond tedious but you might as well have the whole picture:-
Samsung LCD TV
Samsung DVD/HDD Recorder
Optimum Vision Stand


And he has agreed to remove the two defunct ones for free. I’m feeling buoyant – I have a visitor at 2pm who may be available to help with the housework and we are taking M to dinner at the Dragon House tonight. Have a good week-end.