CURLY AND CANDID

When the lovely and talented Rosie froom Rosie Scribble said she just happened to have a £15 voucher going begging for ClothingAtTesco I nearly bit her arm off for it (don’t worry, I didn’t actually bite her arm off – she was too quick!).

Kieran (5yrs) is tall and skinny, this does not make getting him clothes easy! The only school trousers that fit him are the Tesco ones with the adjustable waist so first on the agenda was an extra pair and some more polo shirts.

Then, because it’s winter now apparently some new PJs were in order because sleeping in bed shorts just isn’t cozy enough. Finding Toy Story 3 ones for just £5 was brilliant luck as Kieran is a big fan.

Shopping online isn’t very difficult, you point, click, scroll, click, pay and wait for someone to bring everything to your door, but I like to pretend it’s ever so stressful so I can treat myself to something, such as these lovely new slippers.

The total…. £20, (the delivery £0 as Tesco were running an offer for stocking up on uniform which included free P&P, which has now expired).

You really can’t go wrong with all of of that for £20, which was actually £5 after I used my code (Thanks Rosie!). ClothingAtTesco have a huge range of items with prices to suit everyone so why not treat yourself. It’s our first point of call for all things kid-related and nice for the odd treat or two for the grown up wardrobe too.

Getting my veggies delivered is something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I just didn’t get around to it (just call me the Queen of Procrastination). There has been a lot of talk of home grown food and autumn soups on Twitter recently and seeing as the only thing I can grow are weeds I figured it was time to look into it.

As a veg box virgin the first thing I did was my research. I bypassed Google and went to the font of all knowledge, Twitter. By and large the positive comments far outweighed the negatives for having a box delivered and Riverford seemed well known and respected so to the Riverford website I went.

The site is very easy to navigate and by entering my postcode I could see where my local delivery came from, who would bring it and most importantly, what was in each box!

Riverford offer a range of seasonal boxes of different sizes and with different contents. Being new to the veg box game I ordered a small vegetable box.

This is what was delivered:

I have to say that the pic doesn’t do the box justice but needless to say I was very impressed.

As this was my first delivery, the friendly delivery man brought me a starter pack and explained how it all worked. Is it sad to say I was very excited? Probably, but not needlessly, the quality of the veg we received was outstanding!

Will we be ordering again? I already have, this time I’ve made my own box up rather than going for a set one, (I like to try everything out and see what works best for us) and I’m looking forward to the next delivery.

Would we as a family recommend Riverford? Absolutely! Expect to see some healthy and hopefully yummy autumn & winter recipes using our box contents soon.

** I haven’t been contacted by Riverford and asked to review. These are our findings as a family after venturing in to veg box world for the first time 🙂

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