Oh Lord, the expense of it all

I've been musing over the pickling and the sheer cost of it.

We of course had only two or three jam jars, so had to obtain more receptacles. Luckily, Wilkinson's had a sale on and we were able to pick up some Kilner jars at a cheap price. What a fine object is a Kilner jar, there's something deeply satisfying about holding one in your hand.

Then, as mentioned before, there was the driving about to find pickling onions and all the petrol that entailed. Not to mention carbon footprints, I suppose. And the vinegar, salt and pickling spices.

It might have been cheaper to go online and order a jar of Fortnum and Masons best (I'll be fashionable here and not include an apostrophe).

But (and there had to be a but, didn't there?) I would have missed out on the sheer satisfaction of achieving something.