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in_need_of_direction

My life is that sad.

rtandon27

edinburgher wrote: »

Is anyone else watching 'fat stupid people waste money on food'?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Aye!

Amazed they need 'experts' to figure out how to save money!

gallygirl

Only caught the end. Did they say £240 A WEEK :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

edinburgher

Think it was at least that, yes. Highlights included a family of 4 eating 6-7 loaves of bread, 4 packs of sausages and 4 litres of fruit juice a week... They also had a grand of brand name crap in their cupboards... :rotfl:

A big week for the two of us is a £45 spend, £30 is average.

Busymumofthreeplusdog

I've got it recorded. Is it not worth watching then?

judi24

I watched it!!! £1000 of food in the house!!!! What is that about! and no matter how rich I was I would never spend £240 on food for the week!!! there was only 2 adults and 2 not very big kids too! - pre MSE days and when my ex and I were together I would maybe spend £120 for 3-4 adults and 2 kids (plus a dog and a cat!) and now I have ditched my ex and got a bit more savvy I have got down to around £75 a week and probably could get lower if I really felt motivated (£18 this week!)


In terms of baby 'stuff' they don't need as much as you think and you will get so many gifts you will have disposable clothes for a while if you wanted to - In the first few weeks/ months simple is best - baby grows vests etc - all these little outfits with headbands and tights and socks and shoes etc are gorgeous but faffy and only on for 5 mins before they puke, wee or poo all over them!!! so take tiny stuff back and get sensible sizes for when Baby Edd is a little bigger and less likely to leak body fluids as soon as you move her!!


I have had 4 and took me to number 4 to work all this out!!! (PS wouldn't be without them!!!)

edinburgher

Still in shock over their spend. Thinking about it in terms of FI - if they could go down to our spending level for 4 years they would have enough money saved to establish a perpetuity that means they would *never* have to find grocery money again :eek:

In the first few weeks/ months simple is best

Thanks for the tip, funnily enough a work colleague said the same thing last week

Arkers

Good Morning Ed.....re the food debate, I was just wondering how much of that was not necessarily on food, but on other liquid refreshment - beer, wine etc. I got the impression that they both enjoyed a beverage. Having nearly finished dry Jan, it is amazing how that extra for booze adds up.

in_need_of_direction

The sausages weren't a particularly nice brand as demonstrated by the show. I can get people spending money if they want to use local suppliers of really good food but it wasn't.

Karmacat

Wow - it sounds vile :eek: I watched two iplayer programmes last night - the first ep of the new series of Top Gear, where Richard falls off his bike in St Petersburg, and Homes Under The Hammer I used to record that all the time to watch later.