I too am so sorry that you have been having such a tough time of it all VF. Its no wonder that food prices have soared in the shops if things are scarce and very expensive. I was out shopping with my friend yesterday, and I was telling her that a year or so ago, I used to do a fortnightly shop of Lidls, then one supermarket for my meat (it came from local farms) then a bigger supermarket for all the rest. I would spend around 150€ for the lot if I was careful. Nowadays, I can spend that in one shop alone. If I did the three, it would be around 250€ Im sure. Its quite worrying, especially as we are on a fixed income.
Anyway, its going to be lovely tomorrow, and we are having our first BBQ. We bought an electric rotisserie thingy to go on it, so Ill be doing a chicken. Hopefully it will be warm enough tomorrow morning for us to have our breakfast on the decking. We are then having a day in the garden. Loads to plant and loads of weeding to do after all that rain!!!!