OK, so I recently forgot to get my mum a present for mothers day. Unforgivable obviously so I did the whole panic thing and bolted to the nearest store. I was in Newtownards at the time of remembering and Rosevale Spar was on my way. Chocolates. And flowers. Can't lose with getting chocolates and flowers!
If only it had been as easy as that. It being mothers day, there wasn't a big selection of flowers left and what there were, weren't looking so great. So, ok. No flowers then. It'll have to be chocolates then. (And this is where my review starts....) I find the chocolates, of which there wasn't a big selection and to my complete horror I find the boxes covered in dust. Not a good impression, but hey, I can dust them off. Then I check the use by date. Not just days out of date, not just a month : EIGHT months OUT OF DATE. A quick inspection found that this was not just one random box. The vast majority of the chocolate gift boxes were out of date!
Needless to say, I did not purchase flowers, nor chocolates from the store! I did however get a fantastic bunch of flowers somewhere else and my mother still loves me so all's well that ends well! read more