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Eating out - is it a waste of money

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overthehill Mon 02-Jun-14 22:56:22

We find the expectation of a nice meal out somewhere, is hope over experience.

Case in point, Sunday we thought we'd treat ourselves to Sunday Lunch for a treat. Went to a local pub which was part of a chain, but always used to be very good. Now taken over by C&B and the meal was edible but didn't warrant the £24.49 it cost us for two.

We both had meat pie. I had two lumps of gristle and hubby had four, you needed a search warrant for the meat and when you found it, it was chewy. Mainly gravy with a pie crust sitting on top that disintegrated once pierced with a fork. The best bit of the meal for me was the glass of rosa wine which was very nice. Won't be going back there.

When I think of all the meals we have out, most of them only rate at about 5 out of 10.

The exception for good value is WS pubs, were at least they don't fleece you and the food is quite good.

I must say the best meals out we have had are generally in little county pubs that cook their own food. We are Londoners and although you could get every type of food known to man, good English grub is hard to come by.

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numberplease Fri 06-Jun-14 17:46:51

Oh, and Tegan as well, of course!

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Purpledaffodil Sat 07-Jun-14 12:26:40

Thanks for that annodomini. I got as far as looking for local groups and then chickened out. When I was a member back in the day we were all pretty much 30 somethings with young families. I should hate to go and be the old person with little in common with the rest. Am I worrying unnecessarily? Should I perhaps check out the WI or the Mothers Union? confused

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jinglbellsfrocks Sat 07-Jun-14 13:05:13

Townswomen' s Guild?

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annsixty Sat 07-Jun-14 13:12:13

My recently widowed friend was persuaded by a neighbour to go along to a meeting of the Townswomens's Guild. She reported back that she didn't think she would join as they were all "old ladies". My friend is nearly 78!! I don't know if this is typical of them.Do younger women join organisations now in the way that we might have done?

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NanKate Sat 07-Jun-14 18:35:09

At our WI we go from late 50s to 90s and from my experience it is the attitude of the person not their age that shows how much fun they are.

I am 67 and up for a laugh. My friend Sheila is 83 she goes circuit training. Is joined to two WIs, the U3A. Does the VAT for 3 sons. Provides a taxi service for her numerous grandchildren and hardly has a day when she isn't doing something productive. She even runs a video club on a Sunday for widows who are lonely.

So tell your friend not to be put off by age. You can usually attend 2 or 3 meetings before committing yourself.

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