"Baz" wrote in message
...
harry wrote in
:

The answer is simple. You do your shopping a week early and don't go
near the place around Christmas. Can't understand these people who
leave it all to the last minute. Are they stupid or just got short
memories?


Unfortunatly it's not that simple, at least not this year as milk(even
uht), bread etc.and even petrol/diesel have been very hard to get due to
the snow, so we have had to take any opportunity to get these items.
The day I was trapped in the Tesco car park I was getting these articles
as
we were simply desperate for petrol.
Our shopping does not alter for Christmas otherwise I WOULD do it early,
but yes I take your point.

Baz

We were only 'snowed in' for a couple of days with regards to getting the
car out, but we have a small Co-op Mini Market within walking distance if
required. However we could easily go a week without needing to shop at a
supermarket. For most people Bread and Milk are the biggest problem, but the
former can be baked. With milk, we always have some four pinters in the
freezer and we get uht from the cash and carry and store it under the
stairs, 'the junk cupboard'. Petrol? depends what we are doing. we have
'gone into Christmas' with 100 miles in the tank according to the computer
on board.

We were ready for Christmas 48 hours before it arrived, at least 48 hours
:-))

Mike

--

....................................
Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
....................................