Since the discovery of a Marks and Spencer 'Simply Food' located in a large petrol station on the outskirts of Wickford, it has become a bit of a weekly habit to just pop in there to get a few tasty treats. Their low-fat plain yogurt is wonderful and, at the same price as the one in the Co-op, pretty good value too. Their whole chickens are from a local Suffolk farm and are not horrible battery-raised cr*p. Granted, at £6.29 for a small chicken they are nowhere near the 'three chickens for a tenner' offers that you can find in other supermarkets but P and I are a bit fussy about where our meat has come from so we like to pay a bit extra and eat something that has had a reasonably pleasant life. I try and make the chicken do us for three meals - one roast, one curry and one stir-fry - so it ends up not being too expensive in the end.
The one slight problem is that I never seem to have a bag with me when we end up in M&S and as they quite rightly charge 5p per plastic bag it was getting a bit of an expensive ommission.
Yesterday, I made myself another shopping bag upcycled from a vintage pillowcase. The print is incredibly 1970's flower power - not sure I'd want to sleep on such a pillowcase but it makes a lovely cheerful tote.
I've got one very similar that I keep in the shopping trolley and I'm always amazed just how much I can cram in there and how sturdy the whole thing is. As they fold up really small when not in use, this one can be stored in the car's glove compartment for when we next happen to be passing M&S and just can't resist calling in, and this time I won't be spending an extra 5p on a plastic bag that I really don't want.
I love this bag. Fabulous design. I'm always on the lookout for vintage pillowslips and bedding for that matter. I've struck lucky with candystripe recently.
Posted by: Loo from jumbles and pompoms | 03/13/2011 at 05:28 PM