Mum, DS and I went shopping today at Sainsbury's. I queued up to pay whilst mum said she would go and change DS. Included in my shopping were the following items: three travel packs of baby wipes, two nappy reels, a pack of nappy sacks, a pack of six tea spoons, baby cough syrup, Lemsip powders, an iron, a book, chicken breasts and some veg.
Guess which item I wasn't allowed to buy because I was under 25?
To top that off, the Nector Card we used in the cafe within the hour was rejected at the till because it had been blocked - because it had been used in more than one store. So the £13 that was on it as points to almost pay entirely for the iron had to be covered in cash. Of course we can call the helpline to talk about the issue and resolve the blocking, but its an 0800 number.
And I was charged three pounds extra for the book.
The item I wasn't allowed to buy because I was under 25?
The teaspoons.
Not a kitchen set containing knives or sisscors, which I could have understood. But a pack of six teaspoons.
The cashiers suggestion was that it was to prevent underage heroin addicts accessing equiptment 
and the security gaurd who was walking past at the time asked me if I was planning on spooning anyone to death .