Mr T is still feeling a little under the weather, so his was a short list today, but he also asked me to get him some cough medicine and vitamins to try and get him back to good health - an easy walk to Boots and then down to Holland & Barrett and back up to Lidl for the rest. It was only as I got back to his flat with all the treasure did he mention he'd forgotten to add milk to his list so it was just a quick dash back downstairs with the remaining change, and he's well stocked for another week.

David and I were (strangely) hoping that the TV that Mrs N wanted removing would be a real old school big box CRT version (possibly even black and white...), that would probably weigh a tonne...it wasn't, but it was clearly an early edition flat screen model (built 2006 according to the label on the back) which still weighed at least half a tonne...thank goodness technology has advanced in the intervening c20 years.

Fortunately we didn't have far to go with it, and with the help of Mrs N's friendly neighbour, we navigated our way outside the building, and left the TV visible from the street ready for an arranged collection. Mrs N was delighted to be rid of this particular dust collecting item of semi-antique furniture!

Mrs M has certainly got the routine perfected - she greeted me warmly when I arrived this morning morning bright and early, handed me the Waitrose bag and beckoned me to the now familiar seat at the kitchen table to take dictation.

Not for the first time today's list took me in new directions and in search of items I've certainly never bought before - Himalayan salt featured highly, both in crisp form and as a seasoning - but it was her description of the Scotts Porage Oats that made me smile. Apart from a slightly leaking bag of wholemeal flour, everything was safely secured, and she was delighted when the box with the man in a kilt appeared from the bag.

Never a truer word spoken, but the packaging on the two outdoor storage/seating items that Ms S wanted built today had "Quick and Easy" flashed across it, so she was confident I'd be able to get them built today with no trouble at all.

The constructing part wasn't actually too difficult, requiring only the use of a screwdriver to lock everything together once a bit of force had been applied to push the various plastic lugs in place, and for once the instructions actually made sense and weren't in minuscule print.

The challenge was finding enough floor space in Ms S's patio to build the items - but once we'd overcome that challenge, the units took shape as expected, and provide Ms S with a significant amount of extra weatherproof outdoor storage space, and a place to sit too.

Ms D admitted that this week's list was a bit "all over the place", but she said she'd knew I'd work it out (eventually). At first glance all looked familiar and in order until I got to "Ad Vacades - bag", for which I needed the teacher's assistance. One full basket, and subsequently one very full Waitrose recyclable bag, later, I was back at her door with almost all of this week's treasure from her artistic list - strangely the world's politest supermarket hasn't been able to catch any haddock for a few weeks now, or at least the lesser found breaded variety.