Household tip: Spice jars from M&S

Marks & Spencer’s food department is a huge weakness of mine and I always end up leaving the store having spent a lot more money than I should have. They have great ingredients, spices, canned foods and a pretty wide variety of fabulous wines, too. I went there yesterday to see if they had peppermint extract (they didn’t and neither do any other stores – it’s like it has all dropped off the face of the earth) and ended up leaving with three jars of spices. I wasn’t planning to, but the jars looked similar to the ones I already have from H&M Home and I thought I’d see how well they’d go together with the labels removed. They matched perfectly, as you can see! So, a great household tip: for around 2.50€/piece you get spices or herbs and a pretty looking jar! Getting the labels (and the glue underneath) off was a son of a b, though…

// Marks & Spenceri toiduosakond on üks mu suuri nõrkusi ja ma lahkun sealt alati oluliselt kergema kukruga, kui sisenedes. Neil on igasugu vahvaid toiduaineid, vürtse, hoidiseid ja üsna lai valik häid veine. Käisin seal eile uurimas, kas neil piparmündiekstrakti on (ei olnud ja üheski teises poes ka ei ole – see oleks nagu maamuna pealt haihtunud) ja lahkusin hoopis kolme purgitäie maitseainetega. See polnud mul üldse plaanis, aga purgid meenutasid kangesti neid H&M Home’ist pärit purke, mis mu köögiriiulil juba ilutsesid. Mõtlesin vaadata, kui hästi nad kokku sobivad ja kae nalja – imehästi! Niisiis, tore väike sisekujundusnipp: umbes 2.50€ tükihinnaga saad vürtsid/ürdid ja lisaks ka kena purgikese! Tuleb muidugi tunnistada, et silte (ja nende all peidus olnud liimi) oli ilgem nuhtlus maha nühkida…