My delivery window was between four and five and the driver was here at four on the dot! I never thought that they would actually bring stuff to my door and was not looking forward to many, many, many trips up and down that scary staircase. But the guy did bring everything right to me! WOW. And I thought I’d have to go to Halifax on a bus. This was so fantastic and I didn’t even have to pay a delivery cost! The order was perfect and exactly to the penny what my estimate was. There’s lots of fresh meat, but no produce because my host left me a week’s worth of stuff!

I am depressed by how much this all cost when compared to a similar shop at a proper supermarket in Moose Jaw. This would have been about a 200CAD shop back home taking into account comparable deals. It was an 80CAD shop here. I get that people in the UK are suffering economically and housing costs are absurd, but I’m in yet another country where I can thoughtlessly buy products like cheese, never mind prepared sauces and other convenience foods, that I have to seriously think about purchasing back home. Stop it with the excuses. Canadian grocery prices are unreasonable and inexcusable. And don’t give me that bull about us being a huge country. I totally get why northern grocery prices are high. I even get why I pay more in Assiniboia than in Moose Jaw. I’m talking about prices in the populated part of our country where there is a lot of supply and demand. *sighs*

Well, I won’t starve here. Now, time to decide what I’m doing for dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs? Curried chicken and rice? Maybe just a bowl of soup? Or how about bangers and mash? Hmm…

BTW, my driver asked if I’m Canadian or American and when I said Canadian, he asked, “Where from, Saskatchewan?” I was SHOCKED. Most people over here don’t even know Saskatchewan is a thing. As it turned out, his friend and wife moved to a small town near Moose Jaw. Yeah, it’s my Yorkshire neighbours back at Haven. I can’t make this stuff up.

Post edited in May of 2017 to add: My neighbour Charles at Haven said that he told our English neighbour P about the Tesco delivery guy and, without hesitation, he said that the guy is a friend of his ex-wife’s!!!