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March 2008 Grocery Challenge
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Hi all been looking at this challenge for few months and am going to join and see how i get on think will aim for £250 need to save money im getting good thanks to all on here but man thinks nothing of grabbing things from corner shop
not very money saving at all, spending a fortune on food at mo so hope this will help me get on track and reduce it love a challenge 
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are you a southen girl MrsMc? it's me laugh how we live in such a small country but the names for things from part to part. my friend in the south didn't have a clue once when i said i was of to the out door (off license) mind you i did tell her that all northeners still had out side loo's, wore cloth caps and owned whippet dogs and she fell for it :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: no wonder she never want's to come up hearMRSMCAWBER wrote: »Hi Mumzy...
Come on now.... which are "barmcakes" .. cobs??
P.S isn't a barm soft and a cob hard
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southerners don't know what "cobs" are either I thought they were something to do with corn on the cob - till my yorkshire friend explained :rolleyes: working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?0
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MRSM LMAO u make me laugh, hehe barmcakes? Have you never heard of them? I only know them as barmcakes so il describe them...its bread but made in to a round circle and you cut them in half when you make a sandwhich? LOL maybe called rolls?Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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welcome, shelley29. you need to train your OH in to not using the corner shop so much (they can be trained with persistent [STRIKE]nagging[/STRIKE] guidance. my corner shop is cheaper for milk and some times has the odd good deal on, like t-bags i drink loads of the stuff.Hi all been looking at this challenge for few months and am going to join and see how i get on think will aim for £250 need to save money im getting good thanks to all on here but man thinks nothing of grabbing things from corner shop not very money saving at all, spending a fortune on food at mo so hope this will help me get on track and reduce it love a challenge Back on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/1400 -
Im originally from Nottinghamshire
The 1st time i asked my "now hubby" if he wanted a cob -he looked at me totally confused :rotfl: mind when i went home with him -to bedford and his brother asked me if i would like a roll i nearly choked on my tea
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I don't know why but i always think of barm as being like a teacake
so a barm then is like a "bap" where i come from...a big flat soft cob ..i think ....
i will dig out a recipe for you
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Thankyou MRSM your a star ive made loads today but my pizza dough i rolled out but it kept going smaller LOL so i gave up and stuck dough in freezer for another day lolSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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I've been cancelled :mad: . Off to the shops I go.......:eek:0
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MrsMc- yes a "bap" (not to confused with baps, sorry couldn't help myself) is a big flat soft cob. can i just say, well done withthe weight loss, you are doing it the right way slow and steady :T :T :T it stays of better that wayBack on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/1400
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hi mumzy, how are you babe? are you making the dough by hand or in a BM?Thankyou MRSM your a star ive made loads today but my pizza dough i rolled out but it kept going smaller LOL so i gave up and stuck dough in freezer for another day lolBack on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/1400
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