Storage success (or, why L. might seem a little jittery lately)

Tired of dealing with lumpy sugar and soggy flour, I've been looking for airtight storage options. Fortunately, I have found a solution that is free, thanks to L.'s fondness for coffee. The preferred brand comes in jars like this:

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Stripped of its label, the jar looks rather like the £8 storage jars I've been admiring at Habitat.

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Having encouraged L.'s caffeine consumption, I now have a nice collection.

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While the lentils are pretty distinct, cornflour, self-rising flour and standard flour look fairly similar, which could pretty easily spell cooking catastrophe. I'm sure those who consume our cooking will be pleased to learn that a solution has presented itself in the form of an accidental discovery - it seems the plastic seal pops off with the careful application of a blunt knife.

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Half an hour later...

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And we now have jars that are as informative as they are cheap, and I'm a happy cook.

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a new light

Not so long ago, the light in the kitchen looked like this:

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It must have been put in when the former owners redid the kitchen, and, since we had other things to spend the money on, L. and I decided to re-install it when we replaced the wiring.

However, it mysteriously stopped working one cold, dark night. Sean-the-electrician confirmed that it had blown its internal fuse due to its faulty design. So, for a few weeks we had this:

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I am happy to report that as of last week, the light in the kitchen looks like this:

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And I am perhaps a little too happy that it now matches the spot lights in the living room (which look like this:

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)