I sent dh out to get party food

[gibbinator]

For ds2's family birthday party today.

He came home with 12 mini cupcakes :/
There will be at least 6 adults and 2 kids here. MINI CUPCAKES! Nothing else! Lol

Remind me to never leave dh in charge of hosting anything other than boys night in the future.

I can't decide if I should play hookie from work to bake cookies or something, or if I should send him back to town.

[Deleted]

Yeah my husband cant be trusted without a list. He would come home with ribs and super spicy BBQ sauce. For the baby.

Send him back.

[simpsongal]

My husband would have called me fifty times from the store and still come home with @this 's husband's beef jerky & pickles.

[londoncalling]

I was going to say, I'm surprised that there isn't Doritos and pizza rolls in your house now.

Send him back with a detailed list. 12 mini cupcakes for 8 people - LOL.

[robyn]

Yep, same as londoncalling here. DH would take that as an opportunity to buy the Sam's Club size box of pizza rolls, bagel bites and Doritos. And some frozen pizzas. And probably a Costco cake.

[dcn]

Lol. I would send him back, with a list.

[gibbinator]

Aug 28, 2015 8:27:30 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

My husband would have called me fifty times from the store and still come home with @this 's husband's beef jerky & pickles.

He did call me too! To ask "did you want a cake or cupcakes, because ds1 found birthday cupcakes with sprinkles"

I was like "oooh, cupcakes are a great idea", you know, picturing a dozen normal cupcakes. He's justifying it because it's just a drop-in, casual, 2pm thing and people can just have a (mini!) cupcake and a glass of milk.

[Deleted]

I just want to defend husbands and say mine would have plenty of food and a plan of what to do with it whereas I would have come back with a bounce house, a tub of jelly beans and plans to make a party mix of songs. I have planning ADD.

[gibbinator]

Aug 28, 2015 8:32:44 GMT -5 robyn said:

Yep, same as londoncalling here. DH would take that as an opportunity to buy the Sam's Club size box of pizza rolls, bagel bites and Doritos. And some frozen pizzas. And probably a Costco cake.

At least the people wouldn't starve! Lol

[halfpint]

You're lucky he didn't come back with three lemons.

[jeaniebueller]

When it comes to junk food, my H would actually do very well and probably come back with like 2 cakes, a gallon of ice cream and 5 huge bags of gummy bears. Actually, that is what he would come home with in general if I asked him to grocery shop.

[ECB]

Aug 28, 2015 8:34:21 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I just want to defend husbands and say mine would have plenty of food and a plan of what to do with it whereas I would have come back with a bounce house, a tub of jelly beans and plans to make a party mix of songs. I have planning ADD.

While my DH would be the one to ALSO come home w/ a bounce house, he would also do a better job of me in the food department.  He's very good at entertaining and planning for parties.

[Ashley&Scott]

So I can sort of see just buying cupcakes...but MINI cupcakes, no way dude. 

Send him back to the store with a list. 

[humpforfree]

Aug 28, 2015 8:36:22 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

When it comes to junk food, my H would actually do very well and probably come back with like 2 cakes, a gallon of ice cream and 5 huge bags of gummy bears. Actually, that is what he would come home with in general if I asked him to grocery shop.

This is mine too- Oreos, a billion bags of chips, probably 4 12-packs of various sodas, hot dogs & buns (though they are all already in the freezer), 3 dozen bakery cupcakes, 3 gallons of ice cream.... No fruits or vegetables though. Lol.

[heygrey]

H would take the opportunity to buy everything HE loves and buy it in triplicate. his biggest fear is running out of food while hosting.

[boxerdog]

Aug 28, 2015 8:27:30 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

My husband would have called me fifty times from the store and still come home with @this 's husband's beef jerky & pickles.

Yes, this. Even if I sent him with a DETAILED list (which is the only way I would ever let him be in charge of shopping), he would still call me 85 times.

"Do you want extra crunchy or regular pickles? What aisle is the beef jerky on??"

[hermione]

My husband would never have undertaken this task without a list. Never. He'd refuse.

In his defense, he'd do a great job with the list and likely clean the house while I cook.

[MadamePresident]

My husband would probably buy a bag or two of chips. Several $7.50 each 4 pack bottles of root beer and steak for everyone. Meanwhile I'd have couponed and made the decorations by hand to save money.

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 28, 2015 9:08:16 GMT -5 hermione said:

My husband would never have undertaken this task without a list. Never. He'd refuse.

In his defense, he'd do a great job with the list and likely clean the house while I cook.

Exactly this.  If I sent my H to buy "chips and salsa" he would call me from the store to confirm what size, mild or hot, scoops or flat chips.

[felicity]

My H would have come home with a mountain of fruit. It's his favorite thing ever and he loves serving it to people. Then he probably would have come up with some elaborate meal that would be way too hard to execute for a group. He always acts like it's odd that my family celebrates every birthday with birthday cake, so there would have been no dessert bought. He'd probably ask me to make a flan or something.

I'd be the one coming home with Totinos and cupcakes lol.

[dancingirl21]

My H would have never even left the house without knowing what I wanted. Also if he did somehow make it to the store without a list, he would most definitely call 13,000 times while there. It's not worth it to send him.

[robyn]

Aug 28, 2015 8:34:56 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

Aug 28, 2015 8:32:44 GMT -5 robyn said:

Yep, same as londoncalling here. DH would take that as an opportunity to buy the Sam's Club size box of pizza rolls, bagel bites and Doritos. And some frozen pizzas. And probably a Costco cake.

At least the people wouldn't starve! Lol

So true! Now that I think about it, he actually wouldn't do badly in terms of having enough food. There would be a ton. He would use it as the perfect reason to buy all of his favorite junk foods. And soda. The man is obsessed with soda. We don't keep it in the house, so I"m sure at least 3-4 12 packs would show up. For 8 people

[gibbinator]

I got more information out of him, apparently he failed to tell me that 3 people cancelled last minute so it's just us and his grandparents. Still, those cupcakes are too small to hold the #1 candle I bought :s

He's off to town to buy normal sized cupcakes and some specific finger foods.

[lilles]

Aug 28, 2015 9:11:14 GMT -5 felicity said:

My H would have come home with a mountain of fruit. It's his favorite thing ever and he loves serving it to people. Then he probably would have come up with some elaborate meal that would be way too hard to execute for a group. He always acts like it's odd that my family celebrates every birthday with birthday cake, so there would have been no dessert bought. He'd probably ask me to make a flan or something.

I'd be the one coming home with Totinos and cupcakes lol.

There is nothing wrong with flan. And now I want some.

[Muddled]

You can do a daycare theme. Snack time!