As part of our new weekly schedule, we each go to a movie while the other watches the baby. Today was Carrie's turn and she went to the cinema near Canary Wharf which is one of our favourite places to go because there are plenty of places to eat, a Waterstones bookstore (which we treat like our own personal reference library), a Waitrose (large supermarket) and tons of underground mall space (when it rains, which is often) and above ground grassy spots (when it's not raining which is rare) for Gryffin to run and run and run. So we met up with Carrie afterwards for dinner at Wagamama, then stopped by Waterstones and finally Waitrose for half a week's shopping. The great thing about food here in London is it's 99% high fructose free and mostly preservative free. On the flip side, with a college dorm-sized refrigerator with no workable freezer, having to live like Europeans and buy groceries that will only stay fresh for about three days poses a problem when you have a 2 yr old and don't have a car. Besides occasionally shopping here, we do an online delivery order and shop at a local small grocer every week. And it's whatever we can carry on the stroller, then up the 2 ½ flights of stairs to our flat. There's only one online grocer that will carry the bags up our stairs for us, so that's the only one we order from. So food here is a constant negotiation. We get meat and breads from our local shop because when you order them online you get the ones that are best used by the next day. There is a local farmers market once a week, but it's a 40 minute walk and we just haven't made it. I'm scheduled to cook tomorrow's dinner so I decided on lamb burgers with Kale and possibly a salad. The lamb looks really good so we'll see. By taking turns cooking, so far (although yes, it's only been three days), I've actually been excited to come up with my next meal for us instead of the “whaddawegonnaeat” go around that ends with a phone call to Thai or Indian delivery.
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