Get a grip woman!

shangaijimmy

I suspect you're all right, but I'll carry on regardless!!

Baileys_Babe

shangaijimmy said:

I suspect you're all right, but I'll carry on regardless!!

Just as Mrs SJ would like you to

Suffolk_lass

£7.35 left in DH's bank account until his occupational pension arrives next week. This is what happens when he does the shopping three weeks running. I tried to raise the subject by suggesting that when I write treats on the list - to me it translates as "if there is something on offer that we would not normally buy, like milk chocolate for example, you might pick a bit up" - rather than - Ohh, I like kit-kats, and I like crunchies, and, and - I will get one of each (£2.00 for 9, not on offer).

Apparently he thought I said we would buy vegetable for DS too - I actually said, I am cutting this large joint of meat in half once it has defrosted and he can get his own vegetables to do a roast dinner for him and his housemates. So that is why two bags of carrots and 5K of potatoes came home.

How come you have this till spit suggesting I register for a Morrisonns More Card, didn't you use ours? - "No, nobody asked me for it and I forgot". It seemed prudent to just drop the subject at this point. Defensive does not come close. 

My larder is extremely well stocked with biscuits... and I had four cartons of milk...

On the upside, my large sack of strong white bread flour (Italian) arrived. I confess I accidentally bought 25 kilos instead of my normal 16kg, and from a different provider. I have 6 kilos going to others in the Village and broke out the stash of traditional sweet jars from the garage that DH bought as storage jars while teaching - 6 have been deployed - they hold over 2.5k each and the rest is in the paper sack, in a large plastic sack in my ceramic bread bin, with the rest of the wholemeal flour I have. No shortage of flour here. Just money until next week

Busy_Mee

Yep there has been some gentle feedback in our house too around some of the purchases being made when Mr Mee goes shopping. He is also stockpiling chocolate, by the look of his chocolate stash.
I wouldn't mind but we always did the supermarket shop together. He clearly wasn't taking much notice.

themadvix

Can’t comment on the husband’s shopping as mine is pretty good (I’m more likely to buy a treat), but that’s a lot of flour SL. Wish I could risk buying that much, but we just don’t have space to store it safely. I read somewhere though that it’s not a shortage of flour per se, but the inability to package it in retail sized quantities for home consumption - it’s good to know you’ve got a way around that!

shangaijimmy

I equally can't comment, as I'm forbidden to go food shopping...

Suffolk_lass

shangaijimmy said:

I equally can't comment, as I'm forbidden to go food shopping...

You can't just leave that one hanging. Please do elaborate (we will keep your secret  )

greent

Haha! My DH buys industrial sized quantities of treats - you might think that's not too bad with 6 of us here - however, he eats the vast majority of these himself - and VERY quickly. He's type 2 diabetic, but has a brilliant (from his pov) tablet as part of his meds that keeps his blood sugar in an low-enough range, as it essentially means he fairly quickly pees out (sorry!) the vast majority of the sugar he consumes.... I keep saying that if he ate better he could reduce his meds... sigh......

I've managed to split my 16kg bag of white bread flour into large T*pperware oval tubs, with perhaps around 2.5k left in the sack - am happy enough with that, as that will get used quite quickly - as well as the white loaves and soft rolls the family are demanding iced buns..... more sugar!!! I quite fancy cinnamon rolls, but only myself and DS1 like them, so I shall hold off on those until I can easily distribute them elsewhere

shangaijimmy

Suffolk_lass said:

shangaijimmy said:

I equally can't comment, as I'm forbidden to go food shopping...

You can't just leave that one hanging. Please do elaborate (we will keep your secret  )

Only the usual blame game...you pick the trolley with the wonkey wheel, you squash the bread, you by the wrong banana's and so on! Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining and am happy to relinquish control of purchasing!

trix-a-belle

I dread to think what my parents have now got in (yes they were meant to be staying in the house ), my dad just had to go collect a new clutch for the lawnmower  & while out had to pop & fill up the petrol cans  & had to pop into A1di as there was no queue  (no he would not have had to drive past or be within sight of A1di to get petrol ).
He had been going shopping before so is versed but 5/6 weeks of isolation when i've been doing their shopping I suspect will have gone to his head despite me getting all treat items requested. I'm contemplating removing the car keys again