To have bought some clothes from Tesco to cheer myself up?

[paradisefalls]

Went to Tesco this morning to do the food shopping, it's the first time I've been out other than going to work in two weeks. Whilst I was there I thought I'd grab myself some clothes because with all this warm weather we've had I don't own any summer clothes and sandals. I picked up quite a bit (£180 worth) for myself and got a couple of dresses for DD's aswell. People were giving me some right weird looks and the lady behind me at the check out kept tutting. The cashier was admiring the clothes and saying that she needed to grab some bits for her Dd before she left work today. Aibu to think there's nothing wrong with picking up other essentials while your already there anyway? Aren't clothes essentials? I haven't ordered anything online since this all started because I don't want to add pressure to delivery drivers. I'm a key worker myself (royal mail) and know how worrying it is to still be working under these circumstances. After years of being a stay at home mum in a financially abusive relationship, buying clothes makes me happy because for years I've had nothing. Buying those bits today has really lifted my mood aibu?

Wtf is wrong with that? I hate that people ar being made to feel guilty for stuff like that. Shop away!! I've been shopping online and in store to cheer myself up for ages now. Dont feel guilty xx

God do you not know your supposed to flagellate twice a day and only buy pasta bread and milk?

Where in crisis don’t you know - act miserable!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

People need to wind their necks in.

Not at all, I was planning to visit the baby and kids isle next time I'm in. I might actually get the sizes I want for a change.

Nothing wrong at all. If the shops are selling them, and you didn't go in there just to buy them (unless you were in dire need of them!) then you're perfectly entitled to buy them, whether it's a single pair of pants of a wardrobe's worth.

Ignore the Officious Twat Brigade with their own interpretation of The RULES!!!1; they're probably only in the supermarket in the first place as a break from ensuring that Marjory up the road only goes out once a day.

Someone will be along in a minute to say you are unreasonable and that people are dying to keep those supply chains going etc but I don’t see anything wrong in what you’ve done. You’ve not made a special trip out or a special order. Just think of it as supporting the economy.

There is nothing wrong with that AT ALL.

I did smile when I went to M&S earlier this week. Most of the shop is closed off, obviously, and it's really just the food hall open. But there is a small section of clothes with big signs everywhere telling us that these clothes are ESSENTIAL PURCHASES.

Ummmm....

But, anyway, OP, the government have made it completely clear that if the shop is allowed to be open, you are allowed to buy any of the things it sells.

People were giving me some right weird looks and the lady behind me at the check out kept tutting.

Be realistic.

No-one gives a shiny shit what you're buying. All they want to do is get their stuff packed and paid for so they can head home.

I can't help thinking all this weird looks and tutting going on all over Mumsnet, is more to do with how the person feels at the time.

What's the saying again? "We would worry less about what others think of us, if we realised how seldom they do."

Are you sure you're not imagining people tutting and giving you weird looks. Everyone is stressed and things are odd at the moment but I don't think the majority of people are going to care about a one off trip to buy some clothes while you're food shopping anyway.

If the clothes section is open then they’re available to buy. I’d hesitate to touch too much, spend much time browsing and wouldn’t try things on but if you need clothes...
It’s a tough one at the moment. Tutty woman probably wanted to leave quickly and it sounds like you had quite a few items going through the till so would have held her up a bit maybe.

It’s aisle not isle! So many people put isle! That’s a small island, not in a supermarket!

I might not want to spend all that in Tesco when you could buy other things elsewhere, but I get the psychological need to do it.
Whatever makes you feel better and doesn't harm anyone.

Absolutely nothing wrong with buying clothes. The world hasn't stopped turning, if it's available in the shops you can buy it.

Yanbu. I would have bought myself some bras the other day had I not already been in a long queue and I couldn't be bothered leaving it to get them. Plus they might not have had my size so would have been a waste.

I really want to go to Tesco for clothes 😭😭 got my shopping being delivered on Monday so won’t be this week...

@WhyCantIThinkOfAGoodOne she was definitely tutting. Hugging and puffing too.

@Lweji Tesco's clothes are my favourite atm so I'd spend that much in there on a normal day lol.

Huffing not hugging

I got quite a bit of children's clothing in Morrison's yesterday, best of all most of it was half price in their sale.

When I started reading your post, I was thinking "how can you have no Summer clothes", but then I got to the end.
Just wanted to say well done on escaping it and having a job. Enjoy your clothes and your freedom.

@swampytiggaa they've got some really nice bits in there atm, I'm so chuffed with my purchases

Thank you @Lweji best decision I have ever made

@paradisefalls husband works there so I get hefty discount 🙂 can’t trust him to shop my spring/summer wardrobe tho 😭😭

Of course you can buy clothes. Clothes are definitely essential items. We're not supposed to be wandering round naked or in rags.

Some people have the misguided impression that we need to be in miserable penury for the virus to die. The virus doesn't care if you buy champagne or sacks of lentils with your weekly shop. It doesn't discriminate. The point is to stay home as often as possible, but when you're out on a shop, buy whatever is on sale. You still have your freedom despite what some oppressive people want you to believe.

Just ask the next person who tutts if they would preferred for you to go shopping naked? because you sure won’t go in winter clothes, and you daughter doesn’t fit. and btw, anything in their trolley besides porridge, plain pasta and rice is unnecessary as well
ok, don’t say it. just ignore idiots

@Summersunandoranges Hahaha! Your comment made my day, thank you :-D