these people are bordering on being criminally insane.Christ on a bike!. Since when has opening a bag of cheese and onion to accompany your quiche made it ‘gastro’. The mind boggles.
It’s difficult to write this comment because of the context of these two being weird as per - but ignoring them I’d disagree with this? I grew up poor af and only had new books when my Nan bought me them on the two or three occasions she came to England… I don’t think a book needs to be new for a child to engage with it or to encourage them to be an avid reader, and even though my child is growing up privileged we’ll still make use of our local library and second hand books (she already has a few) as it doesn’t matter at the end of the day it’s the #content and experiences kids engage with not price tags. I used to love looking at all the borrowed dates stamped on the front (doubt they still do this?) and as I got older requesting books in and feeling like a Queen when they came in it’s something I really look back on fondly despite a pretty tit childhood. Reading isn’t and should never be something that is limited to kids whose parents have a disposable income or are aware or willing to invest in books for them.
This sums them up! I always thought Chris must freelance and do other jobs whilst working for Alex on the side, but I don’t actually think that is the case. Despite Alex’s protestations about how overworked she is, they’re both cruising on easy street.
Oh 10000% on this. I was thinking about it as I cleaned the kitchen tonight lol and I thought maybe posho kids having second hand stuff would be a good thing for poor kids cos it normalises it? But it won’t, it’ll just mean their parents have even more money to spend on the superficial bits that widens the gulf. Like the money saved on books or gift bags will just go on Instagrammable Meri Meri tat.
It really won’t normalise reading secondhand books. The parents of Peggy’s MC party guests won’t suddenly see the light to visit a charity store or library. They either already do or they’ll feel shamed and irritated by Alex’s virtue signalling.
I think it’s a really good way of lowering the expectations around how much parents should spend on things like party bags though, realistically adding a tenner book from an indie bookshop is just unattainable for most parents. One that costs a quid and helps a charity is a really good idea to me.
And does it really need to be on the planner every day
and then on Saturday we go WILD and have a ham & cheese omelette 
Surprised she didn’t write gastropub ham and cheese sandwich because it’s being served with PringlesThe meal plan, WTAF. Does the husband need to be told what to eat for every meal maybe? So weird and the weirdest part is that some lunches are ‘ham & cheese sandwiches’ and some are ‘ham & cheese toasties’
That is permitted but only if you firmly cross out out ham & cheese sandwich and write in ham & cheese toastieBut what if you fancy a ham & cheese toastie rather than a hand and cheese sandwich?
Don’t forget to write in ‘+ spring onions’ if you are having those.Yeah it’s so weird - is the ham packaged because most cold meats it says eat within two days. Maybe they have unopened packets but it’s so odd and just writing it down and showing the internet is so insanely weird.
If it’s not in the gifted oddbox im guessing they dont have it. They do sometimes go wild and have spring onion though
