Crispgate

I had quite a busy morning with my grandson this morning. Up and down the stairs (that he has recently discovered), racing around the kitchen trying to ensure he doesn't tip over the dog's water bowl (as he did last week getting soaked through) and in and out of the conservatory (now he can get up and down that step too)

So when he crashed at about 1-ish I breathed a sigh of relief and settled down for a nice lunch without interruption.........or so I thought ........

So when it happened - the interruption was more a mental one of sheer frustration than anything else.

I went to get myself a packet of crisps ....... not a major event, I am sure you will agree.... and not one that should cause a rise in blood pressure ............ BUT IT DID !!

We get our shopping delivered to our house most of the time these days .... not the daily stuff but the main weekly bits n bobs and monthly freezer goods.  The delivery came last night - just after 7pm.

Within this delivery I had ordered a pack of 12 Hula Hoops and 6 McCoys. 

There are only 3 of us at home now and I thought this order was ample for the week ... especially as I had ordered lots of other "snacky" foods ... biscuits, chocolate bite size crunch, crackers etc.

So you can imagine my dismay ....... no incredulity .....when I realised that in just the ONE night .... 4 packets of Hula Hoops and 1 packet of McCoys had already disappeared !!!!

I was so incensed that I facebooked my shocked status .... blaming both my Delinquent Annoying Hubby and my son .... and in fact my suspicions leaned more to the side of accusing hubby, as this is one of his habits .... he NEVER has just one pack of crisps or one biscuit .... he will go through a whole packet of biccies in one hit !!!

When the children were younger I had to budget BIG TIME. When I was just receiving Widowed Mothers Allowance it was a very limited amount - £100 a week, so with literally just that and Child Benefit I shopped on good ole Sainsburys basics for as many goods as possible to keep bills down.

I also taught the kids to enjoy their treats in small measures ..... only ever one packet of crisps at a time and 3 or 4 biscuits was plenty (3 or 4 each would nearly go through a whole packet anyway).

They were very good kids too .... I used to put the treats (mini sized cadbury treats) in a box and they would put 5p in nearly each time they took one .... I know that may sound harsh ... that I charged them .... but it did teach them that treats cost and they would budget from their pocket money (and quite often I would turn a blind eye if they hadn't got any pennies left !)

So I was pretty sure that Dan may have had a packet but that it was really DAH at fault.

You can imagine the thoughts going round my head ..... and no ..... my lunch was not too badly interrupted !!!

THEN ... my son came home ..... and my Danny confessed ...... to the lot .... all 5 packets !!!

Just before I was about to go apocalyptic at him and gob-smacked that it was him ...... he blurted out that; 

I hadn't cooked dinner for him last night !!!!!!           HE IS 19 !!!!

He said it with another of those huge grins on his face!

However, he let me know that actually David had one packet and he did take one to work today so it was only 3 from last night ......... but still ..........I couldn't come back ...... even though he hadn't let me know if he was gonna be home or not (to cook for him) ...... even though he is capable of cooking his own dinner  ..... HE JUST KEPT GRINNING !

Nope ..... Chalk another one to DAN !!!!          (Oh .... and an apology to my DAH)