Beetroot juice and red wine in the shopping trolley. The adventures of Absent Husband at home

Absent Husband (who by the way is now no longer absent) is on a red thingy diet.  After reading an article in the paper about health for men over a certain age, he now drinks beetroot juice in the morning(yep you read it right). In the evening, red wine takes over the red rule.  I am beginning to think he is a vampire.

Now I don't have a problem per se with this whole beetroot thing.  But it does mean that we all live in fear of a spillage and it has made the weekly shop more expensive.  Talking of the weekly shop, Absent Husband came along with me the other day (I told you he was around at the moment). Now that was an illuminating experience.  Along with said beetroot juice, many other exotic and unusual things were added to the basket and of course, the levels of wine bottle purchased made the weekly shop a good 30% higher than normal.

But the purchasing doesn't just stop at food. Absent Husband has also managed to buy a shredder for his office.  Noisy.  A hedge trimmer for the garden.  Noisy.  And a cordless vacuum to make life easier?)  Noisy.  

Lucky for me I can go into the shed.