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  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    edited 11 May 2011 at 3:49PM
    bargainbird wrote: »
    Can we have straw poll please i need to think of a name for my business, providing cakes :o

    1 - Have your cake and eat it
    2 - The Village Bakehouse
    3 - Homemade Treats
    4 - Home baked Treats
    5 - Family Favorites ????? bit rubbish

    Can't think of anymore :o

    Sweet Treats :D

    although I do reaaaallllllllllllllllyyy like Have Your Cake and Eat It :D

    How did this come about? I used to make celebration cakes as a wee sideline, and have recently been asked if I fancy supplying fancy cakes and pastries and sweeties to a couple of businesses, and am not sure what to do.....I have a vague recollection of you saying something about baking for a shop? :o
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • bargainbird
    bargainbird Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    Our village has just opened a Community shop "run by the community" all profits go back into the community, people have shares in it and get a say as to what the money is spent on etc....
    Anyway people are encouraged to supply things jams, honey, chutney, surplus GYO veg, cakes etc...No-one does cakes so i'm hoping to take the baton ;), you get the ingredients from the shop for free and a credit with the shop for making them phew!!

    You have to registar the business with your local council Environmental health who will come and check your "premises".

    Thats it :D
    You know your getting old when you
    go to the pub sit outside
    and admire the hanging basket :cool:
    Is officially 48% tight :D
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bargainbird wrote: »
    Can we have straw poll please i need to think of a name for my business, providing cakes :o

    1 - Have your cake and eat it
    2 - The Village Bakehouse
    3 - Homemade Treats
    4 - Home baked Treats
    5 - Family Favorites ????? bit rubbish

    Can't think of anymore :o

    I have visions of a little paper bag, printed with "let them eat cake" and a mini pic of Marie Antoinette's head popping off a guilottine (sp?) although to be fair she never actually said that (but why facts get in the way of good marketing ;)). Do you think a decapitation will put the punters off :rotfl::rotfl:
    OK OK serious head on now.......I like the first one but I also like the second 2, sort of homey, quintessentially English IYSWIM.
    Will go and have a think about any more......

    Skirt number 3 has been made for DD.......... :) Going to tackle a dress next time :eek:
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Oh, Bitsy wins!!!!! Let them Eat Cake is fabulous and if you don't use it, I will! :rotfl:

    It sounds fabulous bargainbird, what a great idea!
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • Loulou2010
    Loulou2010 Posts: 13,245 Forumite
    *RANT ALERT* :mad:

    hubby came home about 8.30ish last night. i have just found down the side of the sofa two hoodies, a pair of jeans, two pairs of shorts and t-shirt from the stag do he went a couple of yrs ago?!! seriously he is taking the p!ss :mad:

    ARGH!!!!!!!!
    "I have learnt that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one"
    "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
    Maya Angelou
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Fold them up and put them in the drawers with his clean clothes, and don't mention them.
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • Loulou2010
    Loulou2010 Posts: 13,245 Forumite
    jackieglasgow wrote: »
    Fold them up and put them in the drawers with his clean clothes, and don't mention them.

    i have put them in a bag and put them in the cupboard under the stairs. i'm evil :o
    "I have learnt that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one"
    "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
    Maya Angelou
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    jackieglasgow wrote: »
    Fold them up and put them in the drawers with his clean clothes, and don't mention them.

    I vote for this too. Not your job to pick up and wash after him :)
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    bargainbird wrote: »
    Can we have straw poll please i need to think of a name for my business, providing cakes :o

    1 - Have your cake and eat it
    2 - The Village Bakehouse
    3 - Homemade Treats
    4 - Home baked Treats
    5 - Family Favorites ????? bit rubbish

    Can't think of anymore :o
    The Village Bakehouse would be most likely to tempt me to try the goods.:o
    "Treats" in the name implies I can go without if I try, and anything with "Family" in puts me off, but that's for totally personal reasons.
    I do like Let Them Eat Cake, though.:rotfl:
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
  • candygirl
    candygirl Posts: 29,455 Forumite
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    I love the "let em eat cake " idea:D:D:D:D
    "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"

    (Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D
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