I realised recently that it is the multipacks and BOGOF offers in supermarkets that makes shopping take ten times longer than originally planned, and it’s not because I want the offers.

When I want a single item that is only sold in multi packs or offered on a BOGOF basis it doesn’t matter too much if I end up with extra toilet rolls or cereal that will get used at some point. However when I fancy one packet of crisps, one piece of cake, a fresh baked cookie or a can of my favourite fizzy pop, I don’t want the rest sitting temptingly in the kitchen cupboards!

Either I have to do without, buy them and resist temptation until the family eats or drinks them or buy them when I am meeting a friend/friends so that I can share them out.

This means I don’t end up buying the treats I really like because I have to ensure that others will like them because if they don’t then I will end up eating or drinking them!

It must be murder to be living alone because you can’t even buy stuff you quite like, knowing that others will polish it off.

Some enterprising soul needs to start a single portion supermarket where you just get money off single items - in the old days it was called a bargain.