Can I justify this take away?

[Currywurstmitpommes]

So DH is away for the weekend (happens rather less than once in a blue moon). He hates chinese food so if we have takeaway (very rare treat) then we get Indian. Tonight though I promised myself a chinese takeaway.

I’ve just found out that their minimum spend for delivery is £17! It’s only for me (toddler DCs have already eaten...). So do I: a) abandon my plans and have something else, b) put kids in the buggy in their PJs and take them with me to collect, or c) say sod it and order in a feast just for me? (and ignore the fact I’m suposed to be on a diet?)

WWYD?

Order it, and enough for tomorrow! My local has a £23 minimum order unless you go in there. It's too far to walk so if we get Chinese it's at least 2 days worth!

Order it, eat the leftovers the next day or two (be careful about reheating any rice, though).

Order it! One of my favourite bits of when DP is away for work is something I really fancy to eat and to flub out eating a takeaway and watching telly on my own!

Go for it!

Do it OP, life is very short, enjoy yr feast!

FEAST FEAST FEAST!

Get kids in beds first before you order so you can properly enjoy it and don't have to share.

Another one who is now gagging for a Chinese. Teenage DD has abandoned me. I might just do it; that'll learn her.

I thought an £8 minimum at one of ours was bad enough (typically most meals with rice come in at around £7.50 max so I think that's why they set it there).

Definitely get crispy duck, having a munchy box from our local one tonight, if they do anything like that then they're usually pricier but have all the yummy appetisers together.

It depends on how serious you are about losing weight.

Won't you regret the food and the money in the morning?

Op freeze it if you don't want too much to waste.

Friends of ours run a Chinese takeaway...every time we visit we bring a couple of pork in black beans back and stick them in the freezer. Just make sure you heat it really well when you eat it.

I love The sound of a munchy box.

Get 1/2 a crispy duck and eat in wraps tomorrow

I always order a takeaway when DP works away. Minimum spend at my favourite place is £20, but that's enough food to do dinner for me and lunch for me and dd3 the next day.

Starter, meal and duck plus maybe some soft drinks and you’ll be at £17 no problem. I know it’s not soup weather but I really want a chicken sweet corn soup now with prawn crackers 😩

I love when DH works away and I get take away just for me, its food I want and I don't have to share. Plus I get enough so there is chinese for breakfast and lunch too, but then I am really greedy.

Buy the feast and enjoy it, sure it wont go to waste.

Get it delivered! Life is too short and you deserve a treat :)

Buy yourself something online that's non food related with the money...top, summer dress, make up etc...you'll feel better about yourself and have something lovely arriving in the post soon.

formerbabe, why should OP feel bad about herself for ordering food?

The sooner we (in general) manage to divorce food from morality, especially for women, the better (and the easier I think people will find it to lose weight).

Are you on a diet or not?

If so collect it, you'll overeat and undo what you've managed to achieve.

Now I want Chinese

Deffo order and have lunch leftovers tomorow with kids saves thinking about lunch

This is the worst thing about being newly single! I can’t justify a takeaway anymore because you have to order huge amounts of food to meet their minimum delivery.

Why does OP have to consider her diet? It’s HER diet, if she wants to break it for a night it’s up to HER!

formerbabe, why should OP feel bad about herself for ordering food?

Because it's a lot of money for something which doesn't last long...plus, she herself said she's on a diet.

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Get it delivered, bonus of having dinner all ready for tomorrow, or something tasty as a treat in the freezer.

I reeeeeeeeally want Chinese now!