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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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EarthMotherImNot · 24/12/2012 14:10

I must confess I did an online shop which arrived yesterday and Dh and I have had a slight falling out because I bought what I thought was 2 swede and it turned out to be 2 kilos of the buggersBlush.

Can he let it go? oh no, not him pfffffft

TrillsCarolsOutOfTune · 24/12/2012 14:00

DP and I went yesterday - I asked him "aren't you glad that I normally do this online?".

8 different kinds of olives sounds great though.

BluelightsAndSirens · 24/12/2012 14:00

Ah bless him, he must have got super market fever!

Glad you will just get on with it though and I can't wait to hear what the missed essentials Will be Grin

laurenamium · 24/12/2012 13:53

Marking place to see what essentials he gets Xmas Grin

MrsHoarder · 24/12/2012 13:51

Rather hoping the last minute essentials include the pear tree Xmas Grin

wannabedomesticgoddess · 24/12/2012 13:51

How big of a crate of cheese are we talking?

DumSpiroSperHoHoHo · 24/12/2012 13:50

Yep, he got everything - wasn't too bad once they actually let the crowds in.

The daft thing is, he's a chef and had already ordered the stuff from his supplier at work but forgotten to bring it home!

At least we'll have loads of goodies for New Year too!

TessGoesDirectToBethlehem · 24/12/2012 13:49

Meggle please report back on what his intentions for the truckload of lemon jelly are.

Xmas Grin
aftereight · 24/12/2012 13:42

'"last minute essentials"

MammaTJ · 24/12/2012 13:42

I went shopping for the first time in ages, not unsupervised, but with DP. I suggested something and the reply was 'That is why you are not allowed to do the shopping'.

I have done the classic male thing of being perceived at being useless at a task so the other one takes over and does it. Grin

aftereight · 24/12/2012 13:41

Oh thanks OP, I am crying laughing here Grin

Please come and tell us what he classes as last 'minute essentials' when he arrives home Xmas Smile

SPsFanjoIsSantasLittleHoHoHo · 24/12/2012 13:41

I'd mix the champagne with the Lemon Jelly.

Wear the bike helmet and make a bike from the roll of toilet paper.

Eat the biscuits while in the bath with the bubble bath and candles.

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:35

I'm thinking he went off to get some TurkeyTwizzlers? and came back to the wrong trolley but was too shy to wrestle the Henry VIII lookylikey who had our very boring trolley full of basics...

Just athought

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ZenNudist · 24/12/2012 13:35

Made me laugh. Loving the non controlling 'just go with it' attitude you got. You gotta laugh...

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:31

Dumspiro- did he get what he wanted or did he give up?

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:30

Dorset knob...I think it's tiny hahahah
I love cauliflower though and butterbut sqaush- he bough 4 of those.

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:29

Grendel- he doesn't drink Grin

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DumSpiroSperHoHoHo · 24/12/2012 13:29

My DH is not too bad on the getting useful stuff front, but last night he decided to go the the supermarket at midnight to pick up some last minute stuff (he doesn't normally get involved with Christmas food shopping).

I went Hmm and he said "There'll be no-one there than time of night."

Cue much laughter on my part when he phone at 11.55pm to tell me:

"There's a queue to get into the shop!!!"

I think "No shit Sherlock," may have been my reply. Xmas Grin

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:28

GingerbreadMac...it was one that looks like a christmas pudding but it says choc cake on it. (i iwll not google it) Not like I can even have some.

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DorsetKnobwithJingleBellsOn · 24/12/2012 13:28

Whats he going to eat when you eat the partridge as it will only feed one.

GrendelsMum · 24/12/2012 13:26

I think that sounds brilliant - you're going to have such fun with all that wieird and wonderful food. One of my happiest memories from childhood Christmasses is my dad going into all the posh shops at 5pm on Christmas Eve when they did their mark downs and coming back with totally random food which we'd then eat all Christmas.

Light the candles and snuggle down with the popcorn and the wonderful champagne.

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Megglevache · 24/12/2012 13:26

We've had such an awful awful few months that I am glad we are all healthy and happy and I've never eaten phesant.

Like I said, weirdly my dad used to do this kind of caper (trying to help) and my mum would screetch the whole festive season...it was stressful...

I will....ummm just drink Miso soup and try Port for the first time (yes that was on the list too)

PS- he never eats jelly

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Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 24/12/2012 13:24

So erm where's the food? :o

Startail · 24/12/2012 13:24

I frequently write and NO BISCUITS on lists as DH automatically adds biscuits, beer and doughnuts to all shopping trips.

Beer lasts for ages, doughnuts I can resist, but biscuits we don't need. Everyone is silly and eats far too many.

Sparklingbrook · 24/12/2012 13:23

It sounds like a very strange bag they would produce on Ready Steady Cook. Grin I hope he comes back with something resembling the ingredients for an actual meal.

DH likes to buy the whole contents of the bakery on his outings.