That's it... you're done!

He's the only person I know who goes to a salad bar, and comes back with not one green thing on his plate. 

Heh heh. My DH for dinner tonight just requested broccoli pasta with a pear and rocket salad on the side!!!

Heh heh. My DH for dinner tonight just requested broccoli pasta with a pear and rocket salad on the side!!!

That sounds really good!

Oh, good lord.  Don't let them do the shopping!  If I make James a list I have to include things like if they don't have xxx, buy yyy but do NOT buy zzz. or I have to describe it like it's in a blue box.  Don't buy a red box  He's hopeless.  He won't remember bread or washing powder but he'll buy three different multipacks of Crisps. 

That is my father, to a tee.  Except instead of crisps, it's apple juice, cream soda, little smokies sausage links, and cheese.

DH, on the other hand, is a meticulous list maker.  I'll give him a list with something like "bread, juice, chicken breasts, asparagus, cheese" on it and when he gets home I'll find the list in the bag along with little annotations he's made somewhere along the way: "bread (kingsmill medium white), juice (sainsbury sicilian lemonade), chicken breasts (boneless, skinless), asparagus (thin is best!), cheese (red leicester or double gloucester)."  He might make lots of notes, but he's a very good grocery shopper! 

My husband rarely did the shopping in the US, but he's gotten really good at it since moving over here.  Just goes to show an old dog can learn new tricks!  I make the list, but he gets everything on it in just the right brands/size/expiration date etc.  He occasionally remembers to grab stuff I've forgotten to put on the list, and always buys some little special treat for me.   

My boyfriend tries, but he gets lost in the market. He's learning some things though. He feels like meals are not complete unless there is a veggie somewhere on the plate. That's taken some getting used to for me!

He feels like meals are not complete unless there is a veggie somewhere on the plate.

Yeah, I grew up thinking "meat and two veg" meant "meat and two veg, of which one is some form of potato" whereas DH would eat 15-a-day if left to his own devices.  It's not that I don't like eating veg, it's just that cooking four things instead of three makes so many extra dishes to wash! 

I do the same thing HG does. I do the first pass on our online shop and when I am done, DH logs in and adds his stuff. That way I can make sure that we'll have something in the house besides Kronenburg and Walker's.

Yeah, I grew up thinking "meat and two veg" meant "meat and two veg, of which one is some form of potato" whereas DH would eat 15-a-day if left to his own devices.  It's not that I don't like eating veg, it's just that cooking four things instead of three makes so many extra dishes to wash! 

I'm getting better about it, but I'm more of a fruit fan than vegetable fan. My boyfriend is ok as long as he gets a veg with his dinner, otherwise he moans and groans about not having enough vegetables in his diet. One night of pizza with the tomato sauce as the veg isn't going to kill him! 

My hubby is terrible, that is why I do most of the shopping with my FIL plus it gets him out in public and he usually finds someone to have a yarn with.  FIL  and I have specific things that we both get.  I took hubby to the store a few weeks ago and I put him in the cereal aisle and told him to pick one, I went and got everything else on the list (which wasn't a short list) and I came back and he STILL hadn't picked a stupid cereal!!

dh usually does our shopping, as he tends to get out of work earlier than me, and friday night is our big-shop night (i know--we're sad). we'll compile a list together throughout the week.

DH, on the other hand, is a meticulous list maker.  I'll give him a list with something like "bread, juice, chicken breasts, asparagus, cheese" on it and when he gets home I'll find the list in the bag along with little annotations he's made somewhere along the way: "bread (kingsmill medium white), juice (sainsbury sicilian lemonade), chicken breasts (boneless, skinless), asparagus (thin is best!), cheese (red leicester or double gloucester)."  He might make lots of notes, but he's a very good grocery shopper! 

Very cute Meg!!

My dh is actually not completely unable to do a proper shop, but guaranteed he will end up forgetting at least one thing (usually something absolutely critical to whatever we're having that night) and adding beer and snacks. And while he's good at finding a bargain, sometimes he buys reduced price stuff that we just really don't need and then I have to figure out how to use it up....

I find it far safer to do it myself!!

I'm happy if mine picks up some beers...........!! 

Very cute Meg!!

 

And while he's good at finding a bargain, sometimes he buys reduced price stuff that we just really don't need and then I have to figure out how to use it up....

YES.  Especially reduced-price cakes.

One night of pizza with the tomato sauce as the veg isn't going to kill him! 

DH is exactly the same way - he has actually been known to wake up in a panic because he forgot to eat his daily banana!     It really makes me wonder about the ruthless efficiency of that governmental 5-a-day campaign....

I pretty much handle the big shop, but, I compile the list online with DH's help.  He will cook a few times, so, I have to check with him to see what ingredients he needs.  He also packs a different lunch than I do so I have to make sure that I get that stuff as well.  We don't buy crisps and beer at all. DH does drink and I rarely do.  We just prefer not to keep crisps and other junk in the house.  And, he is definitely a veggie eater, as am I.

Thankfully, I can send him to the store (like yesterday) and he comes back with everything we need.  And he got a little treat for me yesterday, Cadbury Drinking Chocolate, which I have never had.  It was delicious!