On Sunday 12th August at approximately 5pm, after returning home with 3 newly purchased storage boxes and a small bag of shopping, I rested my shopping bag on the stairs while closing my front door, thinking of the risotto i was going to make and the chilled glass of M & S special offer (£5.33) Argentinian white wine I would enjoy while stirring. In a less than a second everything changed.

In a freak accident my shopping bag toppled and the bottle of M & S Argentinian White wine tumbled to the tiled floor of my hallway and shattered on contact. I absolutely NEVER pay more than £5 for a bottle of wine, and I’d made this exception as, a)a glass was required as a cooking ingredient which made it somehow seem less extravangant, and b) I’m home alone while my daughter (Bethany 18) is on holiday in Cyprus with her Dad and I fancied a treat.

That treat won’t happen now.

And I‘ve had to make my risotto with Red wine.