This was kindly donated by Lou, who lives in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria.
I had to ask who or what San P. was. I had the idea it was an abbreviation for some Saint! Lou set me straight. Let’s see how many of you immediately know what this shopper needed.
And, look Susie … wine! 🙂
Thank you, Lou, for keeping your eyes open on our behalf.
Hello World 
Ciao Yvonne,
To be completely honest I don’t know what I like most about this post …the post itself or all the replies! This has been a terrific laugh and quite the enlightening post!
What an interesting bunch you have!. 😉
xxx
Bridget
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Hi, Bridget. Same here, I always look forward to what folks will have to say in the comments. We sometimes wander down unexpected paths, and that’s good.
I hope you folks are in rude good health. xx
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I always write a detailed shopping list and then head to town. When I get to the supermarket I always remember that the shopping list is still on the kitchen bench. 🙂
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That’s my boy! 😁
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My money’s on the San Pellegrino. That’s definitely a capital ‘P’. And there’s no neural relationship for jogging the memory of the other suggestion, (I just made that up to sound intelligent) which these days would be just listed as “pads”. In any case, my memory of the monthly visitor was that is was so painful I wouldn’t have been contemplating a DIY project on top of it!
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Oh, G.G., My apologies, I just found your highly intelligent comment.
It is far too long ago for me to have many memories about how I would have noted them on my list. And, San Pellegrino was totally unknown to me, ‘way back then.
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That’s an intriguing combination – Coles and Bunnings I’d say. I wonder what project was going on at home.
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Hi, et. I like this concise list, with a couple of mysteries tossed in. I always hope the owners will stumble across their lists on the blog, and enlighten us.
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Wine, yay! I immediately thought San Pellegrino. Perhaps the intent is to make a spritz bianco?
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I think I am leaning toward San Pellegrino, because it was listed with the wine. We’ll never know, eh? ❤
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One of life’s great mysteries! 😻
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Even I got sanitary pads
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And I had to ask Lou! How are you and the Chief of most things?
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Not bad. The second knee is much easier that the first, so I have been rather more able to be of some use, and Jackie hasn’t had to do so much for me. Thanks for asking.
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First thing that came into my head was Sanitary Pads. For some reason it used to be unmentionable, therefore makes sense not to write it full. 🙂
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Yes, no way would I write out the whole thing, all those decades ago! Our government has just recently taken the GST (10 % goods and services tax) off sanitary needs. It was gratifying to hear some of the stuffed shirt politicians say “tampons” on the news.
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Hugs to you, regardless. 🙂
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Sand Paper for the paint project?!
If I had to do a paint project, I’d want some wine AND some tortilla chips and guac to help me survive! 😉 😀 Ha! Actually, I enjoy paint projects!
I hope they remembered to pick up the shirts! I’d probably get home with everything but the shirts and then go, “Oh, sh*t, I forgot the shirts!” 😉 😛
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Oh, now you’ve tossed another plausible possibilities into the cauldron.
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With a shopping list that size I wonder why they’d bother writing it, perhaps the writer is going senile like me says he as he wanders back to his kitchen
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Heck, I can go in to get 2 items and forget what it was I had gone for, as I wander back to my kitchen!
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hope you can find it 😛
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You know me too well, M’Lord.
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:bear:i
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I was brought up sheltered among flowers and lute music so Lou’s explanation is way above my head – as is San Pelligrino (which is presumably some sort of dishwashing liquid or something akin). My explanation of the SAN P is this: it is written after TOSTITOS, and there is a variety of tostitos that uses porcine enzymes. The SAN P is written with a different pen, so presumably someone added after TOSTITOS not to get the pork variety: SAN P = SANS PORCINE ENZYMES. (Glad to be of help).
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I may figure out all all this stuff by about this time tomorrow, BA. Thanks for contributing to my brain fog. 😊
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Actually, that was a very astute observation, my Kiwi friend.
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Porcine enzymes keep me going my pig pills. Creon!
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What in heck is Creon?
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My Pills that I take with food, the porcine enzymes do the work that my stomach used to do, I don’t know if Capt Kirk brought them back on the good ship Enterprise, when he made that trip back in time
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Aha, I should have known.
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Oy. Sanitary Pads. Long gone from my shopping list, thank goodness.
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No wonder I never thought of that being on a shopping list! It’s more like Depends, these days!
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By God I think she’s got it!
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San Pelligrino?
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Read earlier comment replies, Darlene. I’m swaying back and forth here!
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Agree with Victoria—San Pellegrino–my one true pleasure of cost 🙂
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I’ll have to discuss this with Lou, she had quite a different idea. (See my reply to Victoria.)
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I did—but my money is on San pelleginos 🤩
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I’m swaying back and forth here!
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San Pellegrino of course!
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That was my thought too, Victoria (hey, a stately name, and I’m just doing a short course about Queen Victoria!). I’ll paste what Lou said to me : ” I imagine half the population, prior to menopause might know. You and I might struggle to remember.” So, that led me onto a different path of thought!
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Just to say that I live on Victoria’s Island (the Isle of Wight UK) where she and Albert built their family home (a really lovely place to visit and a real family home, full of photographs and memories of the children). Should you need any information, give me a shout.
And, I vote for San Pelligrino.
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Hi, Mari. I’ll mention what you said to our course leader. She is one of a group of world wide experts on Victoria who are planning the same celebrations for the 200th anniversary of her birth.
The beauty of the lists is that we can make of them whatever we want!
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San Pellegrino?
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Hi, Caroline, are you in your beautiful new place now?
I thought of San Pelligrino, also, but here’s what Lou had to say ” I imagine half the population, prior to menopause might know. You and I might struggle to remember.” She was right about the struggle to recall! ❤
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Aha! Now I get it. I read yesterday there is to be a new emoji for that but I won’t use one because a) it’s not out until March and b) i don’t know how to do them anyway!
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Sand paper or Sauvignon Blanc. I think sand paper as paint brushes and dusters are on the list as well. Perhaps both, with wine quaffing after the paint job.
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Good ideas, Gerard. Get Helvi to read the reply to Caroline, above, and you can discuss the pros and cons of Lou’s thoughts on the matter.
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I did show Helvi. However, I had solved the mystery already, but I still remember it well. Good for the GST to have been removed, finally.
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And, I just read my title quickly, running the 2 words together, it makes sense that way, too! 🙂
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