Did anyone watch 'Shop Well for Less'?

Pollycat

lessonlearned wrote: »

30 minutes of showering, primping and preening to get ready for the school run.......a new jacket for work when even his wife pointed out that he worked from home:rotfl:

You are joking......?

If I'd seen that snippet, I would have still been laughing now.
I'm pretty creative when 'justifying' why I 'need' something new, but even I wouldn't have tried that one on the OH. :rotfl:

What a plonker!

lessonlearned

No, not joking. I fell about laughing at that one.....

He was like a child in a sweet shop......no self control - just me, me, me. I need this, I need that.......:rotfl:

I know the wife has come in for some stick but I actually thought he as just as bad, very immature.

What kind of a parent goes out with the express purpose of buying warm coats for their children, blow over £400 on unnecessary stuff and come away without the warm coats they said their children needed........

Farway

reading the comments on here have convinced me not to watch the recording I made of the programme, I will only finish up yelling at the TV

Delete button here I come

VfM4meplse

Farway wrote: »

reading the comments on here have convinced me not to watch the recording I made of the programme, I will only finish up yelling at the TV

Delete button here I come

Probably very wise. I tried to watch it on the iPlayer (twice ) and ended up falling asleep on both occasions. I wouldn't have been able to cope with an hour of it. I feel like we've been here before and this is an inferior format. Anyone remember the briilliant Spendaholics with Jay Hunt and Benjamin Fry? I picked up loads of good tips because Jay encouraged substitution - whereas I'd been denying myself loads of things in a state of austerity that I could have been enjoying, albeit frugally.

JackieO wrote: »

And why would a six year old have an Ipad for goodness sake

I can see a case for this. Many children have a real aptitude for technology and if an older generation iPad is to be disposed of, I'd rather someone got approprite use from it. I assume that these children had their own bought as gifts?

sammyjammy

catwoman73 wrote: »

i'm curious as to what bathroom facilities they actually had in that house. Presumably they hadn't lived for months on end with no shower and toilet at all?

They had an ensuite in their bedroom - not great with two boys and a baby!!

catwoman73

sammyjammy wrote: »

They had an ensuite in their bedroom - not great with two boys and a baby!!

Ah, yes, I hadn't thought of the ensuite. I don't really know anyone who has one so 'one bathroom per household' is more normal to me.

flipper_72

What we found unrealistic was swapping the kids ipads for kindle fires. I agree that the kindle fire is more than good enough but if they already have ipads how is buying kindle fires saving money? If the parents had been about to buy tablets for their kids it might have made sense but surely the money has already been spent?!

MoaningMyrtle

They gave the baby a bath in a plastic baby bath in the designer living room. There was a beige ensuite where the mother tried the Aldi shampoo.

Was not keen on this, they both infuriated me, the boys were quite sweet though. They didn't care that their coats were from Primark.

I used to love Spendaholics, it was interesting, I can remember one episode where they stacked hundreds of takeaway coffee cups in someones kitchen to demonstrate how many were bought by one person who was no doubt in debt. They also tried to analyse why the person wanted to spend.

blu3sky

flipper_72 wrote: »

I agree that the kindle fire is more than good enough but if they already have ipads how is buying kindle fires saving money?

I think they already had both!!!! The mum said something like "how do you feel about just having your Kindle fires for a while?"

ScotinLondon

BrassicWoman wrote: »

find a mate with a costco card, their own brand Kirkland shampoo and conditioner is cheap as, and free of both

Thanks - i know someone who has a cost-co card.

SIL