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  • cyberkat
    cyberkat Posts: 1 Newbie
    does anyone know the location/name of the hostel that was dark wood inside? Thanks :)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2,714 Forumite
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    cyberkat wrote: »
    does anyone know the location/name of the hostel that was dark wood inside? Thanks :)

    Hartington Hall Youth Hostel I believe.

    I am watching this weeks episode and am still aghast at the family spending £382 a week on food!! :eek:
  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    All those takeaways! Can't remember when I last had one...
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • [Deleted User]
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    bossymoo wrote: »
    All those takeaways! Can't remember when I last had one...

    We do have them or eat out now and again as a treat but even then our weekly food bill is never anywhere near £382. I can't see how it would be possible to spend that much even if you ate takeaway every day!
  • miss_emmajane
    miss_emmajane Posts: 663 Forumite
    I can't believe the main family, I spend half of the chocolate budget on a full shop for two of us!

    Also, I think their soup looked awful - I love lentils, but I am not sure what they had done there. You could have much nicer meals on a budget which would be more incentive to carry on with a budget rather than making yourself eat something you don't like. I'd prefer beans on toast over that!
  • asparagus1968
    asparagus1968 Posts: 1,787 Forumite
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    oooh am enjoying tonights episode!
    was it on last week? or was that the one with the parents doing the DIY kids party?

    (holidays-lose all track of time!)
    LIVE SIMPLY * GIVE MORE * EXPECT LESS * BE THANKFUL

  • Blue_Elephant
    Blue_Elephant Posts: 318 Forumite
    edited 20 January 2013 at 4:52PM
    Just flicked onto it today, and they'd made a mountain out of supermarket food, takeaways etc in the garden to show the family how much they're "wasting" every week on food. Surely a better use of the time, food and money would be to show them how many people that amount of money could feed in say, a homeless shelter, every week?

    Hypocrites much? Showing people that they're wasting money by... wasting money!!!
  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    It's the first time I've watched it tbh, it's very like "spendaholics" I used to like that. Even sounds like the same VoiceOver fella. But got bored after half an hour. The button rings were, erm, interesting, lol.
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • Dazi
    Dazi Posts: 1,354 Forumite
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    no wonder the family are not liking the meals, just what was that mince and dumpling thing? To my mind light and fluffy dumplings should be floating in the mince, that looked like a very heavy suet crust on top of burnt mince, yuk
    whoever said laughter was the best medicine has clearly never tasted wine

    Stopped smoking 20:30 28/09/11 :D
  • Lozzy88
    Lozzy88 Posts: 780 Forumite
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    lol theres more take-aways then people in middlesbrough :rotfl:
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