Despair

angelatgraceland

I went to tesco today and promptly left DH in the car to guard it hahaha. got 6 Dr Oetker pizzas for 2.60! The guy on the till sort of looked at the totl in wonded! They are bogof at the mo and I have 50p vouchers for them also so I used 6 vouchers plus another 50p voucher for something I didnt buy and paid only the£2.60. I had 4 "lots2 of shopping on the belt-all with a coupon for 50p added to them for something I wasnt buying!

Austin_Allegro

It's not purely a man thing, as I'm of the male persuasion and am a fairly canny shopper. I've seen just as many women suffering from what I'd call the 'Sheba* Syndrome' - ie buying overpriced rubbish for the illusion of a 'quality lifestyle' it gives them.

*named after the hilarious overpriced 'luxury' catfood.

Perhaps one way to convince your hubbies is to engender a distrust of supermarkets. Men love conspiracy theories. Isn't there a book which tells all the psychological tricks supermarkets use to rip us off? He could read this then pretend he's on a special covert mission or something.

jazzyjustlaw

Have gone into next months budget. OH said we needed stuff a few bits. I said I only have a tenner (not allotted for groceries) he said I will get it and you pay me back. I said no and to take the £10.00 and warned him that it was from next months budget. I said can you get potatoes please. He got everything he wanted and no potatoes and spent nearly the whole amount. I have told him I am not doing dinner tonight and hes sulking.

Gingham_Ribbon

Wow, if he keeps that up, he'll be eating beans on toast every night next month! Maybe you could get him hooked on MSE. If it doesn't teach him money saving, he might spend enough time on here that it'll cut back on his spending time! x

You could always do him the meal you were going to make and serve it without the potatoes. Maybe he'll get the message?

angelatgraceland

Well I can always save you a tenner and send you off to Brewsters for tea instead! Go to their homepage for the coupons.

AnnaV

Hy hubby never gets much of a chance to go food shopping as I do it all online! The only things he can get are bread and milk and fresh veg from the market.

Oh, and ice-cream for me at 11pm when I feel like it.... I'm a lucky woman!

Rave

As MATH says, it's not a man thing, it's a non-MSE thing. My wife is a great one for wondering round the supermarket blithely grabbing anything that grabs her eye. She's also a total sucker for expensive branded 'diet' products etc., and won't buy the argument that you're paying more money for less nutrition. Hopefully by going round the supermarket with her and supervising I'll be able to drum it into her, though it's a huge and ongoing struggle- she's very set in her ways:rolleyes: