Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Nellie35

curl_girl wrote: »

I received an email before the World Cup started a while ago saying that I had drawn England and any game that they won I would receive a prize. Check your old emails, I don't normally read them from COS.

Morning peeps.

Thanks for the info. I don't remember receiving an email and can't find an old one but I'm not complaing :beer:

Good morning everyone :wave:

hornetgirl

Morning all

Freewheeling

mhoc wrote: »

Savvybuyer I feel your pain as I have similar issues here.
I keep saying to them just because it was something bought with a glitch, RTC or a cashback freebie it does not mean you can cram as much of it into your face in the fastest possible time. Just because it has not cost much or anything it has still cost time and effort to source, buy and bring home.
Far better to spread whatever it is out, relish eating something really nice and enjoy over a few days or even weeks - so then I get accused of being a bully.
And its annoying not being able to arrange things nicely in the fridge without having to hide the good stuff in a dark corner.
Its very uplifting going into the fridge and finding the fruits of your labour neatly arranged, all of the Mullers and Fages in date and type order...
Satsumas - I just don't buy them as they are too easy to peel and they would just be scoffed and probably not last more than a couple of days. I buy oranges and even then he eats 2 at a time which I don't moan about because at least its fruit and its the only fruit he eats with no prompting from me. I only buy bananas as I need them at the moment as they turn too quick so its just the odd one or 2 with each shop. Apples require work to eat so he wont unless I cut them into bite sized chunks. Odd times we get very small melons which he cuts up, I have some and the rest he will eat up himself - but at least its a melon.

8 Mullers - that has to be a world record!

The constant snacking gets very tiresome - my OH between finishing work and bedtime is munching through Jakemans sweets or treacle toffee, bowls of muesli, bowls of crispy cereal, bowls of cornflakes, entire 200g bags of peanuts and raisons ... and usually several of these in one day
With the Holland& Barrette order I got a couple of packs of 175g of ginger gems for OH as I know they are his favourite. He opened the order with me and spotted one of the ginger gems packs and went off with it. That was eaten in one sitting, all 175g of it of which 30% is sugar :eek:
What exactly is wrong with having 6 or 10 pieces and saving the rest for another day or another week.
So the other pack is hidden away for now, might have to resort to dividing it up into 3 or 6 mini bags.
Another time I got Green & Blacks salted chocolate on RTC - my absolute favourite. It comes in 8 big squares and if you suck the chocolate rather than munching it then the salt comes out, delicious. You also get the full chocolate hit so you only need a couple of squares. I give OH 2 squares and myself and the rest went back into the fridge for another time.
That's fine but later OH is back in the fridge and he comes back with the rest of the bar my chocolate - essentially it is "my chocolate" but I would always share. I say "what are you doing, we don't have to eat the entire bar all at once, its a luxury treat and you don't have to eat it all in one sitting" He says he is stressed but I say that is no excuse and then he has a full blown paddy ...

Yes I am not without sin and I realise now that I just cant have crisps in the house and I need to go cold turkey, I did manage to go a month without before so that's what I need to do again ... that is unless they come up on the cashback lists

Mhoc and Savvy, that all sounds very frustrating. It's a horrible feeling! I'm very lucky in that my husband is scrupulously fair with food, and neither of us would ever eat more than our half of anything. If you both know that the other won't, then it's much more relaxing. I think we're also lucky in that neither of us turn to food if we're stressed, or other emotional reasons.



Although this does mean that getting through the 'treats' such as Christmas and Easter chocolate takes a very long time!


I didn't mean this post to come through as being all smug.....but I just wanted to sympathise at the dispair of watching your food disappear!

mhoc

Freewheeling wrote: »

Mhoc and Savvy, that all sounds very frustrating. It's a horrible feeling! I'm very lucky in that my husband is scrupulously fair with food, and neither of us would ever eat more than our half of anything. If you both know that the other won't, then it's much more relaxing. I think we're also lucky in that neither of us turn to food if we're stressed, or other emotional reasons.



Although this does mean that getting through the 'treats' such as Christmas and Easter chocolate takes a very long time!


I didn't mean this post to come through as being all smug.....but I just wanted to sympathise at the dispair of watching your food disappear!

I think what Savvy was saying - about the senseless and mindless greed, that's what is beyond annoying - the sense of entitlement, its there so I am going to have it, there is no tomorrow, someone else will restock it.

Most of OHs snack food I wont eat or very rarely eat - empty calories, sugar riddled or very fatty things - all his. I wont even put them on the shopping list but he tends to come shopping with me and he then pulls a guilt trip if I protest when there are unplanned extras in the trolley at the end - I know in certain shops he will get certain things so I make sure I shop there on my own.

My apples and 70% chocolate, muesli and crisps I willingly share but he is less keen on them so normally he wont even ask (mind you he does not see the difference between my 70% chocolate and his cheap mass produced white bar he will eat in one sitting, all sugar and fat and very little cocoa). I've got marzipan chocolate in the fridge now that I got on Saturday that I will share, which might come out on Sunday night as we are expecting a stress Sunday. But if OH remembers it or finds it on one of his forays I will have to defend it!

To me if you have reasonably well balanced meals most of the time then there is very little need for snacking - maybe something to fill a hunger gap if dinner is going to be later or a mug of tea and an odd biscuit (not a packet) mid-afternoon or mid evening or suchlike.

braveheart60uk

Friday
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mhoc

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tbw

Freewheeling wrote: »

Mhoc and Savvy, that all sounds very frustrating. It's a horrible feeling! I'm very lucky in that my husband is scrupulously fair with food, and neither of us would ever eat more than our half of anything. If you both know that the other won't, then it's much more relaxing. I think we're also lucky in that neither of us turn to food if we're stressed, or other emotional reasons.



Although this does mean that getting through the 'treats' such as Christmas and Easter chocolate takes a very long time!


I didn't mean this post to come through as being all smug.....but I just wanted to sympathise at the dispair of watching your food disappear!

I have the opposite problem in that my DH NEVER helps himself to anything at all ! He only ever eats stuff I give him or ask him' would you like/do you fancy ...?'. I have a shelf full of his favourite Mullers (got especially for him and flavours that I don't much like) but he never thinks to have one unless I suggest it. Asking him what he fancies for dinner is a waste of time as he just says he doesn't mind. Its odd because he really enjoys his food, loves chocolate, cheddars etc with his whisky, cakes etc and is really easy to cook for- I think he has just got so used to being waited on hand foot and finger that he would starve if I wasn't here !

mhoc

tbw wrote: »

I have the opposite problem in that my DH NEVER helps himself to anything at all ! He only ever eats stuff I give him or ask him' would you like/do you fancy ...?'. I have a shelf full of his favourite Mullers (got especially for him and flavours that I don't much like) but he never thinks to have one unless I suggest it. Asking him what he fancies for dinner is a waste of time as he just says he doesn't mind. Its odd because he really enjoys his food, loves chocolate, cheddars etc with his whisky, cakes etc and is really easy to cook for- I think he has just got so used to being waited on hand foot and finger that he would starve if I wasn't here !

Its slightly worrying isn't it, having to always prompt them.

Eldest child has this issue, she makes sure the fridge is stocked so when she is away her OH can fed himself, nice simple things that require minimum preparation and cooking and things he likes eating. When she gets back they are still there in the fridge and uneaten and out of date - frustrating. She objects to having to leave him detailed notes and having to message him and text to remind him what he is supposed to be eating - she says she is not his mother! She says she feels she is doing all of the work, even when she is away working and he is too apathetic and wont even help himself
I've also had this happen this previous year when we have been away and Errant son has been home alone - I've made sure the fridge and freezer are well stocked, a checklist on the freezer and I've shown him as well what there is - nothing out of bounds except wine and chocolate. He left home years ago and he has fended for himself, shopped, cooked and managed to not starve or poison himself so I know he is more than capable. When we come back the fridge is full of out of date yogurt and fruit going soft, nothing from the freezer used - I check the recycling and bins to see if there is any evidence - I have no idea what he does eat when we are away.
Maddening insist it