just the basics

Well, it's nice to be in our own place. And even nicer that it comes furnished (bed, sofa, table, etc.) There was no kitchen stuff, though (we've ordered some from Amazon). So here's what our fridge looked like this week:
Yes, pre-packaged meals from Sainsbury's - an English tradition. All the major supermarket chains (Tesco's, M & S) do a lot of business in store-brand ready-meals. I generally try to avoid them - but with no pots and pans for cooking...

Meanwhile some (but not yet all) of the boxes we shipped from the US arrived. It was nice to see these familiar things:

In fact I think I'll be taking those bags out to the Farmer's Market this morning, keeping my fingers crossed that the pots and pans will arrive soon!