Picard

Picard is a frozen food shop which I drive past almost every day. I assumed it was a bit like Iceland (not that there is anything wrong with Iceland of course) and so had never been in. Until someone told me yesterday it has M&S style ready-meals, and it does!!!!! I am ridiculously excited about this. I spent over 100 euros in there this morning filling a little trolley with frozen snails with garlic butter. ready-to-eat Chinese and curry, chocolate puddings and creme brulee, fab vegetables and all manner of other exciting stuff.

AND - I have succesfully navigated another piece of French admin and am now in the child benefit system, and am owed lots of euros, the kids are off enjoying centre de loisirs so I have lots of time to get things done and I'm really starting to feel more at home here (probably won't last, but still....) and am even joining a book club. And the weather is now (generally) better it's the holidays for another month and a half. Hooray!!!!!!