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  • Lily_The_Legend
    Lily_The_Legend Posts: 16,274 Forumite
    I'm not sure I'll watch again next week, as far as I'm concerned they haven't helped a family who are actually in the real world yet!!! Tonight's family are living on a redundancy package of £3,000 A MONTH for god's sake!
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    candygirl wrote: »
    I might catch it up on 4OD tomoz.OH is watching footy:mad::mad:

    my DH watching the footy too , ive sky+ it :D
    quintwins wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    mine would just get broke anyway, money boxes don't last long in this house

    ditto , wouldnt last 5 mins in our house
  • raphanius
    raphanius Posts: 1,338 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    i'm enjoying the prog but i find it hard to relate to the £100k+ earners they use as examples of spenders. i like the decoupage tray idea.
    Wins: 2008: £606.10 2009: £806.24 2010: £713.47 2011: 328.32
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Post of the Month
    OMG This was even worse than last week!
    Found out that Mrs Monepenny writes a column for the Financial Times (Frugalista)
    Give me Martin anyday at least he doesn't look down on people that he is trying to help. :happyhear ( Sorry Mrs Martin but he is a hero to many of us :D)

    Will still watch just to pull it apart IYSWIM :rotfl:
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • Rage_in_Eden
    Rage_in_Eden Posts: 995 Forumite
    I didn't see it last week as I forgot (in much the same way as I forgot to tape Spiral on Saturday) but I have to say I was mostly disappointed. As one of my friends has just said to me over the ether "do people not know how much they're overspending by what they've got left?" and what a surprise the children liked the HM goodies (although they looked a bit confused at the concept of a savings jar). I liked the "proper" MSE tips but to be quite honest they were few and far between....and introducing the concept of a shopping list, that was priceless. She'd had probably fainted at a menu plan :rotfl:
    But I'm going to say this once, and once only, Gene. Stay out of Camberwick Green :D
  • Rage_in_Eden
    Rage_in_Eden Posts: 995 Forumite
    raphanius wrote: »
    i'm enjoying the prog but i find it hard to relate to the £100k+ earners they use as examples of spenders. i like the decoupage tray idea.

    I thought it would have looked nice just really cleaned.....but then I'm not a big fan of decoupage anyway...
    But I'm going to say this once, and once only, Gene. Stay out of Camberwick Green :D
  • I have a feeling that this programme is being taken over by under cover conservative 'frugal' people who wouldnt know how to live on the minimum wage if it bit them on the btm!
    I hope someone tells the lady to put her raw meat on the bottom shelf of her fridge before she gives them all food poisoning!
    BTW, I only put a couple of spoons of porridge in my mince NOT A WHOLE PACKET!!!!
    Save £12k in 2012 no.49 £10,250/£12,000
    Save £12k in 2013 no.34 £11,800/£12,000
    'How much can you save' thread = £7,050
    Total=£29,100
    Mfi3 no. 88: Balance Jan '06 = £63,000. :mad:
    Balance 23.11.09 = £nil. :)
  • yorkiepud_2
    yorkiepud_2 Posts: 43 Forumite
    I thought it would have looked nice just really cleaned.....but then I'm not a big fan of decoupage anyway...

    True MSE - polish it up and stick it on EBay:money::money:
  • my daughter is disgusted that they turned their noses up at the 'minimum wage pocket money' of £5+ per week...she said 'we get WAY less than that! lol!
    Save £12k in 2012 no.49 £10,250/£12,000
    Save £12k in 2013 no.34 £11,800/£12,000
    'How much can you save' thread = £7,050
    Total=£29,100
    Mfi3 no. 88: Balance Jan '06 = £63,000. :mad:
    Balance 23.11.09 = £nil. :)
  • dreamyd
    dreamyd Posts: 255 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Both DH and I were hooting at the TV over this one. The combination of 'Lady Muck' andMrs Moneypenny drove me around the bend.
    And why are the ordinary moneysavers all of a certain age? They're being represented as eccentric oldies, not sensible people, especially with that bl--y music and presentation of their segments.

    I also miss Alvin Hall - I wish he was still doing financial programmes.
    Surviving the ups and downs of life with DH
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