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March 2008 Grocery Challenge

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  • Shelly_29
    Shelly_29 Posts: 26 Forumite
    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 :o 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 :D
  • fallen_angel_shelley
    fallen_angel_shelley Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    MRSMCAWBER wrote: »
    Hi Mumzy...

    Come on now.... which are "barmcakes" :o .. cobs??
    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 hear

    P.S isn't a barm soft and a cob hard :confused:
    Back on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/140
  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    southerners don't know what "cobs" are either :o 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?
  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    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 £650.07
    Debts: 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 £490.32
  • fallen_angel_shelley
    fallen_angel_shelley Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    Shelly_29 wrote: »
    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 :o 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 :D
    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.
    Back on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/140
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    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 :p ..

    I don't know why but i always think of barm as being like a teacake :confused:

    so a barm then is like a "bap" where i come from...a big flat soft cob ..i think :p ....
    i will dig out a recipe for you ;)
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    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 lol
    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 £650.07
    Debts: 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 £490.32
  • lainz
    lainz Posts: 400 Forumite
    I've been cancelled :mad: . Off to the shops I go.......:eek:
  • fallen_angel_shelley
    fallen_angel_shelley Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    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 way
    Back on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/140
  • fallen_angel_shelley
    fallen_angel_shelley Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    mumzyof2 wrote: »
    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 lol
    hi mumzy, how are you babe? are you making the dough by hand or in a BM?
    Back on MSE again! to take control of my finances and not let it control me. :T May grocery challenge £41.96/140
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