Disappointed

 Last summer, we drove 30 minutes to a shopping mall that we usually don't shop at because there was a shop selling British tea. I managed to get a box, which made me very happy. I was at the same store in January of this year and noticed that they had two different brands of British tea, but as I'm the only one who drinks tea, I still had a lot of tea bags left, so I didn't buy any. This week I noticed I was running low on tea, so today I asked David to drive me to the mall to buy some more.

There was no British tea at all!  There was one brand that claimed to be English tea, but I had never heard of that brand, and it was very expensive. Never mind, I wanted some Caijun spice; this is an import shop, so I thought that they would have that, but no.

In the end, I bought some vinegar!

Malt Vinegar.

This is hard to find in Japan. Vinegar here is usually rice vinegar. I buy apple cider vinegar and some type of black vinegar, but malt vinegar is only available at food import stores.

I also managed to get some nice broccoli and mushrooms. Small things, but that made me happy.

I planned to do a little bit in the garden today, but it's been raining on and off all day, we even had a thunderstorm this afternoon. Not too bad, but I don't like thunderstorms. I really hope we don't have another summer like last year with these crazy storms. This is a post from last July, Jackie's Japan Journal: Thunderstorms

I still have to make dinner, but not sure what to make! Better see what I have.