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Enjoy your bank holiday BC!!

OMG yes, the pink shrimps vs chocolate would be a deal breaker for me too!  My DH came back with dark chocolate buttons today without realising and I can't stand dark chocolate!  

MissRikkiC

Blackcats said:

thanks loveactually.  If the weather is yucky on Monday I'm going to make a pot of tea and spend the afternoon watching a film.  

Spent some money today.  OH went to the shop with a list and a clear explanation of everything on the list and came back with some bizarre variations to the list.  For example bunch of flowers as a thank you gift translated into 2 hanging baskets and a chilli plant 🤷‍♀️.  Chocolate for the grandkids turned into bubble blowing wand 😂. Chocolate for me equals a packet of pink shrimp sweets 😱

he did redeem himself with a few yellow stickered bargains.  

This made me LOL. I think they think theyre being clever...  but theyre just not!

QueenJess

Oh yikes. That shop would have properly stressed me out! I don't think DH would dare come back with different things from the list these days 🤣

Blackcats

Yes indeed!  The shop left me feeling a mixture of perplexed and irritated.  Even worse was to come when I investigated the foamy shrimps and found that they weren't even full sized shrimps - they were teeny, tiny toddler shrimps.  

We had a conversation yesterday about having lots of eggs to use up and decided to make a crustless quiche tomorrow.  We went to the butchers today and I had to wrench half a dozen eggs from OH's hands - he said the box looked nice 😏.

Interestingly though he never buys "stuff" - his clothes last forever and he uses things up, repairs and re-purposes things.  I think it's just the food shopping where he goes a bit wonky.  

I had a lovely 9 day bank holiday Monday today.  Went for a walk to a beautiful place with a flask and a sandwich.  Gets some chores done and settled down for an episode of Midsummer Murders.  

I need to check bank account tomorrow - all the direct debits for the month should have gone out now and I want to see if what's left in the account is similar to what I think should be there.  

Sun_Addict

Many years ago I sent Mr SA to do the big shop on his own when we’d unfortunately been burgled and I had to stay home to wait for the police. I gave him a list, he couldn’t find most of the things on it and came back with mostly beer, chocolate and peanuts. Needless to say he was never asked to shop again 😐

CRANKY40

I like pink shrimps so I would have been happy. The late MrC was alright at shopping as long as the list was quite specific. The packing let him down though - he was strangely proud of using the least number of carrier bags possible which was ok if there wasn't anything particularly squashy bought. I quickly learned not to add bread to the list if he was shopping....

Blackcats

SA. Beer, peanuts and chocolate 🤣.  Cranky - I've eaten the pink shrimps - they were in the car and I got stuck for 2 hours on the London orbital motorway of doom.  

No money spent today.  I've got some items in my amaz*n basket that I'll have a further think about before I press buy.
still working through the freezer for at least one meal per week.  Will use some frugal recipes next week from my recipe folder.

savingholmes

At least the shrimps weren't wasted then...

Blackcats

Yes indeed -  no food waste from the foamy shrimps.

tough week here - my mum is in the last phase of her life.  She has been poorly for a while but is rapidly deteriorating.  It's desperately hard to see her slipping away.  She doesn't appear to be in any pain which is a blessing.

so it's been very haphazard food wise for me - got home late one night and had fish and chips, sausage sandwich yesterday.  I did make a nice salad tonight as was getting slightly worried about scurvy 🥺.  I've been kind to myself and done an online Ocado shop for food.  I was aware of the higher cost of items but I can overlook that at the moment.  Tried to put a mixture of healthy stuff as well as quick and easy options.

Sun_Addict

So sorry to hear about your mum. It’s an awful time, been there myself. Take care of yourself, it will be a tough time.