Thursday, 17 September 2026

#BlogLife1136 - Treats for my sweet (tooth)

I'm shopping for the essentials, grocery wise but if offers come up, where I'll save money anyway on a premium product..

Why not get it? I don't think I've tried Solero berry bliss, mix of ice cream and a lolly, 3x £2.75..

I think I tried an orangey version and it was a love/hate. I didn't think it was ice cream and it was on the bitter side. Hopefully this is sweeter..

Scrap that I don't think it was the Solero brand but J20. Maybe I've not tried them then...

I don't buy ice cream that often, lollies quench the thirst better but beggars can't be choosers..

It wasn't my first choice, there are limited frozen options and Iceland doesn't seem to be restocking, which is bizarre, wouldn't customers go somewhere else..?

Anyway with this crazy humidity and sun, I wanted something chilled or frozen.

It turns out there was a discount 2x £4 and the other thing was the Nando's chilli jam. I finished it already ha, so good.

The real price of that is £2.50 so the proper price is £5.25 altogether but only paying £4 so why not.

The other new thing is the Hill Biscuits mini pack, for a £1. This seems fun, if you get everything.

Apparently, 3x in every pack, who knows how tiny they are or if they taste good?

Coconut, ginger, shorties (shortbread I guess), and then custard, orange and chocolate creams.

I mean that's pretty extensive as a range. I'll try to take pictures.

Also there was a 2x pack of steak and cheese bakes for £2. It looked interesting, I prefer chicken and maybe without cheese but it's new so we'll see.

The other thing was the Majestics almond ice cream lollies 4x £2 and as a Magnum knock off, that's superb value.

I don't recall if I've tried it. It's been mainly pure lollies for years. The last thing I saw..

I don't know if it's exclusive to Iceland but I was waiting until my free hair products ran out..

Xpel argan oil conditioner £1, for a 300ml tube, that's very cheap.

I've been dying to try it out and now I can. All this is stock dependent, so unlike other stores that say, oops, not available..

With Iceland you take a risk or get another brand just in case.. Ahh now I get it..

This time Iceland's tracking said Out for delivery but the map didn't come up...

No queue number and no name. Then I got a text, having difficulties but will still deliver today..

Well it was supposed to be 8-10am and it's 9.40am but at least I was just called and at least they didn't cancel.

The representative said, the driver didn't turn up, so they've got another person to fill in and it could be another hour.

I appreciate the call. I forgot to mention that I'm struggling with the bending and would they consider, my shopping bagged?

Oh well.. As predicted around the 11am mark, Iceland showed, did apologise, which was respectful.

Considering they are short staffed. I was expecting to wait longer.

And only helped towards the end, some ouchy back twinges but the bins are out, the shopping is unpacked.

There are photos on twitter for the conditioner and biscuits. My appetite hasn't surfaced yet.

I just wrote another #Things series, which was fun. It's so funny how certain items look so fancy and you're only paying a pound.

You'd expect the biscuits and conditioner to be really pricey for the amount included.

I do love my bargains. I could have slept more :(