Can anyone see the logic in this.....??

I think one of my reasons for having supplies always in is that I have worked shifts for years, and I dread the thought of finishing work late, and then having to find a shop to buy essentials. The other reason is that I'm notoriously thrifty. If I see something that I know I will use and its on offer, i'll buy a few.

my mother suffered a lot of bad health when we were small so her larder was always well stocked meaning it was just a trip to the local vans for fresh stuff,the butcher,fishmonger and baker all came to the street daily and parked outside our door....very handy.The mobile fish and chip shop came weekly and that was great ,the smell would waft over from streets away ,meaning a queue had formed before he got to us.Strangely I had a mobile fish van outside here a few weeks ago with an astonishing selection of lovely fresh fish ,he says he'll try to make it regular but he covers a large area

I was out the other day, when I received photos on my phone of the inside of my fridge and garage.
My daughter messaged that she had come to do her shopping. Much easier than going to the supermarket, she said .
I think the stockpiling stems from my childhood, when my parents could hardly afford to feed us and the cupboards were always bare. I have this fear that one day I may end up in that situation again.

I tend to stockpile stuff, but things like coffee, soap powder, toilet rolls.
I have a huge cupboard in my hall, and my family referred to it as 'the shop'.

I’m not from Scotland , but I think we Yorkshire Tykes are at least as canny ! Lots of stuff will freeze , and my dh has also mastered thrift , inspite of hailing from Dorset .( Mind you , he has been up here since 1965 ... )

Yes I know exactly what you mean really struggled to avoid buying lovely puff pastry mince pies but wasn't able to resist Christmas cake bar or galaxy selection box diet starts next week

I think birds rarely knock back the rum or brandy, though rats may well do.
Tbh we were very surprised, left the bits if pud out for a few days and then cleared it away.
We don’t have starlings here ( which may have eaten it) just the small colourful birds and a few blackbirds.
They were keener to eat the seeds and fatballs and peanuts, maybe we spoil them too much!

Really lemongrove? Perhaps they're doing dry January .

*Viennetta

PPS I put our Christmas cake and pudding in the freezer - and found a Vienetta in there!

I'm married to one too. We've got a lot of stuff uneaten because of the lurgy striking us down, but he's back up on his feet again and has come home with mince pies - 50p, mini Battenburgs - 30p, toffee crisp 4 pack, full size trifle, 8 x 2l bottles of Coke Zero (that won't go to waste tbh), and other things that I can't remember right now. He tells me it's all to go by Monday because he wants to start eating healthy foods again. I can't see the kitchen worktops or the floor in the back room. And we only have a small house.

And the irony of all this? We print out a shopping list of what we need for the week to stop us overspending on things we don't need.

PS I'm just humouring him though because he's looked after me so well since Boxing Day when the lurgy arrived.

Asda yesterday had shelves full of mince pies for just 22p and they had hardly been touched by shoppers,I di get 4 x nicely boxes mint selection chocolates from Aldi with long dates on them and am using them for birthday presents over the next 2 months all for 99p a box.We also have a massive stock of Bold and Lenor all bought when on offer,my hubby can't help himself and I only wash twice a week.

Christine not so much about will power, but those things don’t appeal much once Christmas is over.
Now, if we were talking about Thorntons brazil nut toffee, it would be another matter entirely.
Do you know RockNanny I would have thought so too, except the luxury pud we put out for them was completely ignored....by anything! Even a passing rat took no interest in it.Unbelievable.

Loving this conversation, even though laughing is making me cough (damn flu!). You know, the birds would just LOVE those surplus Christmas puds !

We'd starve if we waited for DH to buy food. Everytime I ask him what he would like for lunch/dinner he says' let's make do'. With what I cry!!!

Oh lemon grove would that I had your will power. I can eat mince pies and choc at any time.( Except breakfast)

Yes lemon storage is an issue. This house is already full of 'stuff'

I must say Katy I have no desire for chocs or mince pies at any price now that Christmas has gone, but if I see anything else reduced that I could use I would snap it up.
I don’t want whole rooms full of kitchen rolls though, and storage is an issue.

An interesting post Bathsheba and I know somebody like this too (sat near me at the moment?) he has now decided that only certain items suit him ( after never caring before) so it must be an age thing.
My pet theory is that it gives them an element of control.
What do you think?

It's me who is the guilty party in this house. We have unopened chocolates, biscuits etc left. Yesterday I heard someone say that Asda were selling boxes of Heroes for 10p. I had to stop myself from trooping off to the nearest Asda and snapping them up I did resist the temptation though.

My DH does this with coffee, breakfast cereal and toilet rolls, all of which have to be of a particular brand. Time was when I just bought a jar of coffee and he drank it, or picked up a variety of breakfast cereals and he picked one each morning, or wiped his bum with any old loo paper. But now, oh no, it HAS to be only this particular brand of coffee, or that specific brand of granola. And loo rolls can only be bought in Asda. And all these are consequently stockpiled when on offer.
I always recall my family laughing at an elderly relative who would only buy a particular brand of sausage and scorned every other brand - she unwittingly became a household joke which we still roll out today, many years after she departed this world!
Why does age do this to some people?

It’s me who can’t resist the bargains. I buy toilet rolls in bulk and stock up on things we don’t always use. The coconut oil is one of them. NYR is not to do it but today I am off out to the shops and will probably come back with some bargains. That’s life.

Phew - thought it was just mine! He has 21 boxes of his favourite cereal because “you can’t always get it, & I always buy it when it’s reduced” about 15 jars of coffee, numerous loo rolls, washing powder, liquid soap etc etc all bought whenever reduced. I recently told him he was certifiable! ?

Greyduster, what a brilliant idea! That man is a genius and I’m stealing his idea. Please thank him!

greyduster.... reduced Christmas puddings are one of DH’s particular favourites. He produces them at various points during the year with “Christmas”
scored out on the label and “Summer Solstice” or “Autumn Equinox Pudding” written on them in felt tip instead! We had (still have) 180 pouches of cat food wedged in the cupboard over the holidays as he’d found big boxes of 60 at a bargain price. Poor cats are looking at the packs with that “oh please no, not that again” expression.