Life is like . . .

A box of Gordon Ramsay chocolates!  I went grocery shopping this morning at Waitrose, which is the closest grocery store to our flat (there is a Tesco express across the street with a lot of great food offerings, but it's pretty small).  Of course, it was windy and raining and I didn't have an umbrella, but I couldn't have carried groceries back and carried an umbrella at the same time, so it didn't matter anyway.  My look after that could be accurately described as "bedraggled," but I think I've dried out now.

Anyhoo, Waitrose is running a promotion right now where you can buy an entire dinner for two people, including entree, side, dessert and wine, for only £10.  Considering just an entree at most restaurants around here costs well over 10 pounds, this is a great deal.  And the prepared meals over here are far superior to most prepared meals I've had from U.S. grocery stores (even the prepared lasagna from the Tesco Express was fantastic--you can't get that quality of food from any U.S. minimart!).

I selected the beef and chianti lasagna, the Greek side salad, and the winter puddings.  The only wine they had available with the promotion was white, which we don't drink a lot of, so I took advantage of the option to select a box of chocolates in lieu of wine.  I hope the Gordon Ramsay label lives up to the hype.  :)

All of the food items added up to about £16 before the promotion, so really it was like getting the chocolates for free, because they alone cost 6 pounds.  Free chocolate = happy me.