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For the first time ever DH & DS went off to do the xmas food shop......I am still laughing...

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:06

...his parting words
"don't look worried Mrs MLV...I got this"

he spent almost £300

he bought amoungst other things
12 pack of kitchen roll
24 luxury toilet rolls- the type that are about 12 tog and will block up our feeble pipes
A partridge
8 different olives
Masses and masses of lemon jelly???
Premier Champagne (he's teetotal) I drink Cava
Popcorn (with sour cream and chives Heresy
the whole biscuit aisle
a farking Heston Blumenthrill cake (£25!!!???)
a crate of festive cheeses
8lb gammon
salmon
bike helmet
fancy bubble bath
posh candles (that smell)

Please share with me tales of bizarre shopping to take off the edge..Grin

PS.. I am still laughing every time I open up the fridge...(which has hardly anything in it)

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DrinkFeckArseGirls · 24/12/2012 22:13

I chocked on my wine reading your last post! Shock

Does he know your, erm, true feelings about this?!

AmIGoingMad · 24/12/2012 22:00

I'm off to be Santa now but have been so amused by this thread! No- that's an understatement- it's been hysterical!
Have a fantastic Christmas! X

Plomino · 24/12/2012 22:00

Thank you ! You have truly truly made my Christmas Eve such a giggle. Next year can I borrow your DH to do my shopping for the entertainment value ?

I hope your DC's love their stockings , and you all have a fantastic Christmas .

FryOneFatChristmasTurkey · 24/12/2012 21:54

road, not raod Hmm must be the rum

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:54

post it notes..
DD will wee!

The end.
have a wonderful less-sodium filled xmas than me beautiful Mumsnetters XX

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FryOneFatChristmasTurkey · 24/12/2012 21:53

Marshmallo fluff, an american idea. My american friend who lives down the raod has told me she gets some, spreads it on biscuits (eg digestive, etc) sticks another on top and microwaves to make a sweet snack.

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:53

snow globes
and finally
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:52

Yes, please do come and join us- I have enough salty ham, salty olives and erm salty salmon to sink the Bismark.....

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:49

correction. what looks like a jar of liquid marshmallows called "FLUFF" WTF???

For a 5 year old girl.. a 6 pack of those party pirate things you blow and they make a noise and it unravels like a big air filled party willy...them things..
what are they called...Pirates theme...v. xmassy

Glow stticks

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FestiveOrganisoid · 24/12/2012 21:47

Yeah i used to love writing 58008 and 77345 on my calculator. Feel like we are going to be missing out on some fun tomorrow morning now Sad

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:45

am looking over his shoulder as he wraps and tittering at your posts....chocs in the shapes of little bottles..

"those will be liquer chocs sweetheart, I'll take those"
packet of marshamallows

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GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 24/12/2012 21:42

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ImpatientOne · 24/12/2012 21:37

Love it Xmas Grin

I wish our fridge wasn't full of such sensible stuff now, yours sounds so much more fun!

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:23

I wish I could like posts on here :-)

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Ermagherd · 24/12/2012 21:22

Puts my dh's purchase of 400 sprouts and two large tubs of bread sauce and one packet of make your own bread sauce, into perspective

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:17

Festive- do you mean BOOBS???Grin

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FestiveOrganisoid · 24/12/2012 21:14

I so wish FC was bringing calculators here!

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:11

next stocking filler a Terry's chocolate orange (I see a theme emerging)

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:10

next stocking filler a satsuma...(wow , normal)

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:10

cockbollocks and philly

not a sentence |I ever imagined typed to be fair....

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CockBollocks · 24/12/2012 21:09

Cream cheese AND creamy cheese?

Hilarious!!

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:06

Oh I am literally aching with laughter

dh showed me there first stocking pressy in a really coquettish way...

"a jumbo calculator each and tomorrow i will show them how to write BOOBS"
My daughter is 5

Seriously this man has a rather sensible hardcore job in the city????/

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nkf · 24/12/2012 21:06

You're a lovely looking family and Christmas lunch is going to be a lot of fun at your house.

NuclearStandoff · 24/12/2012 21:03

hilarious.

My DH is a bit like this.

he cannot visit a supermarket without buying dishwasher salt. "in case we are running low'

ffs

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 21:00

Coco I love that he bought shampoo too....he was giddy...I think they mustve have had PCP in the mince pie samples they were handing out.

Naice dude we are both forrin...I am of mixed Spanish/Portugese/French heritage, dh is afro Indian...so kids a beautiful St Tropex mix...I am not so gorge...passable with make up (that pic was taken 10 years ago!)

Dh says you cannot polish a turd and I tell him you can roll it in glitter...kabish....booooom!

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