I just went to the deli to pick up my Christmas cheese order.

[BootMaker]

And guess how much it cost?

I need a lie- down...

Hahaha! I bought my hubby a cheese platter from Aldi as a special treat for Christmas. About 6 different cheeses already cut into cubes. He'll love it! Think it was £4.99 😂

The most bougie thread I have ever read on Mumsnet.

Got mine today and spent around the same amount- I love my local cheese shop and am happy to support them as well as lots of producers in Yorkshire 💙

Thanks for the thread @BootMaker, sorry so many people have felt the need to be so negative just because you don’t do exactly what they feel you should do 🤷🏻‍♀️

We aren’t in the same tax bracket clearly 😂 £120 on cheese

@notionpotion it would be awful to lose the proper cheesemakers of the UK so all we are left with is factory Conglomerates. Enjoy your lovingly produced with TLC for months cheese ❤️

Crazy. I love cheese but no

This genuinely made me LOL.

And I love how you classified hot chocolate as cheese (sort of).

I bought DP a cheese selection from Waitrose which cist £8.50 and I was a bit miffed about that 🙂

YABU for not having a Black Bomber in there.

I host every year and my lovely SIL lives in Cumbria near the Appleby Creamery and always brings a shipping order of cheese - I think I’m the only one who has any concept of how much this costs her. I’m always very grateful and the cheese is superb. I’m always flabbergasted by how expensive good cheese is. Love eating it though ☺️

Have you tried their RockStar

It's not Christmas without blue cheese on a cracker with a glass of red wine.

Cheese can be very expensive. If it's well-made I think it's worth it, but I only buy a fairly small amount.

The courtyard dairy? (Yes I know there’s others, but it’s the only place I’ve managed to spend 3 figures on cheese!)

Bloody love it though!

To all those saying this is ridiculous and they spend £3.25 in Lidl on cheese...

• @BootMaker spent the money (clearly) in an independent specialist shop of the kind surely we all wish there were more of. Like local small pubs or town centre indie bookshops. That's a good thing yes?
• I bet lots of you spend a similar amount or close to it on something at Christmas time. I deffo spent more than than on booze (I love my wine) – inc the aforementioned £28 port. Maybe you post 50 Christmas cards (that would cost you close to £100 if sent first class).

Just allow them the joy of their cheese. I am not a fan but clearly they are and I applaud their enthusiasm.

Just seen not - but to others on the post - worth a visit. Not sure I would dare the week before Xmas though!!!

I dont understand how you order without knowing how much it will cost?

Gosh this is a bargain! I’m down on the south coast, be lucky to get 3 cheeses for that here 🤪

I just spent £60 on cheese 😳

I do love alp blossom

£250,000. But don't like to boast

😂😂😂

I paid around £15 for 500g of cheddar and 200g of crumbly Lancashire earlier! In fact, I took out £120 to buy a turkey, fruit &veg, cheese, crusty cobs and a cake and some steak mince, ham hock snd half a kilo of bacon and I have about £25 left. It’s so expensive these days!!

I haven't seen the total yet, but what you listed must be at least six or seven pounds of cheese, guessing at the weights not listed. How many are you feeding - the five thousand??!

It's a lot for one type of food! You're generous, OP. Many would have given their guests three triangles of Laughing Cows each and bulked it out with crackers! 🤣

I'm amazed at how much people spend on Christmas food on here. I was puzzled about all these expensive turkeys, so I went onto the Sainsbury's website and found you can get one for 15-20 pounds. And veg is cheap. Christmas food only costs a fortune if you want it to.