Disclaimer- bloody love my in-laws. They are fab. I love having them to stay from overseas. But I don’t want to spew negative energy in real life so I’m doing it here. They are the type of people where the desperately don’t want to be too much trouble to the point where they can cause trouble.
for the past 4 weeks since I booked the online shop slot I have asked if there are any ingredients they need for their traditional dishes. ‘Nothing special’ was the response. DH obviously knows the basics so shoved it in the basket and sorted it out. I asked again if they needed anything or would like anything, and the response is no. Said ‘I have X, Y, Z….do we need anything else?’ - the response is no.
Obviously, they get here and the ‘nice to haves’ (things like aromatics, seasonings and extra onions) are missing so mad dash to the shop. Also, there are breakfast foods that they wanted immediately which I could have added to my shop, but they didn’t want to cause a fuss- so we get those too.
on the 23rd December, the day before our Christmas (we celebrate on Xmas eve) MORE STUFF IS MISSING.
We have been in 4-5 supermarkets for top up shops and picking up the other missing stuff over the past week. I want to chill with DC and watch nigella, but we are bloody piling in the car again and going to another supermarket. It’s not stuff that you can Tesco Express.
Again- love them, see them infrequently so we will do it with good grace to get this vital spice, but oh my Christ. I will be making it clear next time I do this ‘no, FIL- what do you want for breakfast, tell me exactly’ ‘MIL, send me the recipes and I’ll buy everything….no, it’s not too much trouble!’
aghhhh- come 3pm I’ll have a baileys in hand and NO MORE BLOODY SUPERMARKETS.