It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

luvchocolate

I've had a lovely morning getting things for Grandchildren Easter gifts. 
Parents request no chocolate eggs so got books and crafts etc from Home Bargains 
They also had lovely Easter cards for 29p

EssexHebridean

I assume Moonpig are trading on their big name now and assuming that a lot of their customers will simply be using account credit and not noticing the individual costs.  

@luvchocolate your post made me giggle - the parents might well request no chocolate eggs - I bet the children would disagree though! 

elsien

EssexHebridean said:

I assume Moonpig are trading on their big name now and assuming that a lot of their customers will simply be using account credit and not noticing the individual costs.  

@luvchocolate your post made me giggle - the parents might well request no chocolate eggs - I bet the children would disagree though! 

For reasons I won’t go into myself and siblings were in the newspaper when we were children. Which led to large numbers of Easter eggs being sent to us, far too many for us to eat. Which was fine by my parents because they ended up troughing most of them.
Is that not the the rule for surplus chocolate, it goes to the parents?

Bluegreen143

See, I’m the opposite, I’d rather the kids get loads of chocolate which will eventually get eaten or used in baking, as otherwise their playroom gets bursting with toys (art supplies are also a favourite here as again they get used up!). 

I know a lot of parents prefer to avoid chocolate though. Very good of you to comply with the parents’ wishes! 

Today is my ninth wedding anniversary, which I’d forgotten and so had DH 😅 however his aunt & uncle kindly sent us a card with £20 in which reminded us! So he spent the cash on Yo Sushi stuff from the supermarket. 

We always used to make homemade sushi as a tradition either on Valentine’s or for our anniversary, but we don’t have the time for that mid week with work and the kids to deal with. And we’ve gotten a Japanese takeaway in some previous years but I find we always spend at least £40 and we’d discounted doing that this year. So it’s nice we can keep the tradition going with the gift but not be out of pocket ☺️ (yes, ok, we could have saved the £20 but they sent it to us wanting us to get a wee treat not for the purpose of boosting our emergency fund).

ladyholly

Bluegreen143   Enjoy the sushi.Happy anniversary.

luvchocolate

EssexHebridean said:

I assume Moonpig are trading on their big name now and assuming that a lot of their customers will simply be using account credit and not noticing the individual costs.  

@luvchocolate your post made me giggle - the parents might well request no chocolate eggs - I bet the children would disagree though! 

They are very strict about "treats "
Children are 5 and 3 ..I usually get away with a tiny chocolate bunny in the bag 
I remember when my son was little I used to break the eggs into pieces and put in a bowl in fridge. 
Everytime I opened fridge I pinched some...I definitely ate more than he did

EssexHebridean

Happy anniversary BlueGreen!

Doom_and_Gloom

EssexHebridean said:

@luvchocolate your post made me giggle - the parents might well request no chocolate eggs - I bet the children would disagree though! 

Depends on the child. I wasn't a big chocolate eater as a child and I'm still not - I have chocolate from Yule still and probably won't finish it until May or June and wasn't gifted a lot of it.
My parents would get me a cheap game for my PS or a book I was after instead for Easter. It lasted longer than chocolate.
My parents put the message out not to get me chocolate. I got gift cards, for places they knew I went to, instead from aunts/uncles and grandparents while my chocoholic sister got chocolate still. 
My sister would have been the kind of child not to take kindly to a no chocolate request 🤣.

sarahj1986

EssexHebridean said:

I assume Moonpig are trading on their big name now and assuming that a lot of their customers will simply be using account credit and not noticing the individual costs.  

@luvchocolate your post made me giggle - the parents might well request no chocolate eggs - I bet the children would disagree though! 

Certainly seems so with Moonpig. I’ve been using them for years, as I say on and off when I’ve needed. The prices have been creeping up but this time it’s the final straw. 

Floss

diystarter7 said:

Hi

Oh dear - we are on our last unsalted butter block.  We got ten from Tesco online a few weeks ago at 1 quid each as opposed to the norm for the last few months of 2 quid per all brands

I paid £1.30ish last night at Farmfoods