Tag Archives: Tesco

The Christmas Card Tuesday (and a secret plan update)

Posted on December 12, 2024 by thepogblog

Tuesday this week started a little fraught..and mostly continued that way. Mum had dressed in a pair of trousers and a jumper…over her PJs, and insisted that was fine and that she was wearing underwear.  (She wasn’t).  It’s hard to … Continue reading →

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The start of The Secret Plan Tuesday

Posted on November 14, 2024 by thepogblog

It’s been a few weeks, what with galavanting off to America, and it was a bit like Mum had a holiday too (from me!).  She was nice  🙂 . She didn’t sulk once and she did huge amounts more than … Continue reading →

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The ‘I didn’t even need Mum for the chaos this week’ Tuesday

Posted on September 19, 2024 by thepogblog

You know how I said last Tuesday that Tesco lacked some of the usual excitement on my own?  Well, I really need to watch what I say. I left home a tiny bit late as I had quite a few … Continue reading →

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The poke in the eye Tuesday

Posted on June 6, 2024 by thepogblog

This is the Tuesday where Mum had to open the Humbugs while we queued to pay in Tesco as we were there so long she got hungry (we were in the longest queue but she wouldn’t contemplate joining any others … Continue reading →

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The cheese monster Tuesday

Posted on May 9, 2024 by thepogblog

This Tuesday Mum was channelling her inner grumpy toddler.  It took a while to remove the grump and find the happy, but it wasn’t permanent and there seemed to be a bit of a battle between the small grumpy child … Continue reading →

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Revolutions and revelations

Posted on October 11, 2012 by thepogblog

My Tesco trips have been revolutionised. Revolutionised I tell you! I know they have been around forever but ‘my’ Tesco has just introduced those scanning thingys  so you can scan as you shop and miss out on that really irritating … Continue reading →

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Fruit Loop Alert

Posted on June 23, 2011 by thepogblog

Ok, so the postman thinks I have a sock fetish (he’s not said it, but he does raise his eyebrows when he hands me the parcels of over the knee socks that are delivered with increasing frequency)… All the staff at … Continue reading →

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Cat arse-imal of the Week

Posted on April 21, 2011 by thepogblog

I went to Tesco tonight (well, it is a Thursday and Thursday night is Tesco night).  There’s a small part in the fridge cabinets that is dedicated to bargains at the end of the day and it’s like bees round … Continue reading →

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