COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

On the way home, we bought

a bottle of Orangina
a loaf of bread
Cassoulet for 4 (Quick & easy dinner)
Toilet rolls
Pains of chocolat

Total cost about £14 - You win! (I blame the exchange rate; last year it would have been about £11 )

Here the pain au chocolat doesn't contain any chocolate, or you have to hunt for the speck.
But they're only 7 pence each.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Blimey!
I've got to pop out and buy another potato!
What on Earth does wifey do with 'em all!

Buy two

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Buy two

I got three, but they were really heavy.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

The falling pound and euro might help the dollar?
We need the help.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

The falling pound and euro might help the dollar?
We need the help.

I think everyone does, just now.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Everyone needs more to live the same way.
Sad.
Another reason why retirement has me half scared to death.
Does wifey's pension have a cost of living adjustment or is it fixed?

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

Hello, and a jolly good day to you, Linhdan!

Hello ! i'm at work and am 50 cents short for a bag of chips i could use my card, but i prefer not to.

 

[Lyn W]

About 2 seconds before I crashed to the ground in a seriously injured heap ?
How much you offering ?

Would I get a refund if you only managed 2 secs on the unicycle?

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

Bought:
1 litre Coca Cola
1 litre Sprite.
1 litre Poms (sparkling apple drink, but non-alcoholic)
Seven prickly pear fruits.
3 potatoes (this better last the rest of the month)
2 tomatoes (one as a treat for Tidgy, one for wifey).
4 screw fitment light bulbs (one in the chandelier popped last night).
3 cartons of milk
1 litre vegetable cooking oil
Half a kilo of lemons. (not for Tidgy).
Half a kilo of rice.
Think that was all.
Total cost, less the refund I get for the bottles, about £7.

I thought all you needed were potatoes !! When i take my boyfriend grocery shopping, I usually make a list of what we need. but this man has eyes set for more and we always come out with more than i wanted to buy

 

[Lyn W]

Here the pain au chocolat doesn't contain any chocolate, or you have to hunt for the speck.
But they're only 7 pence each.

More pain sans chocolat then.

 

[Lyn W]

Hello ! i'm at work and am 50 cents short for a bag of chips i could use my card, but i prefer not to.

if I would closer I'd give you the 50 cents but don't know what the exchange rate on that is.

 

[JoesMum]

Everyone needs more to live the same way.
Sad.
Another reason why retirement has me half scared to death.
Does wifey's pension have a cost of living adjustment or is it fixed?

It will have a cost of living adjustment, but won't adjust for the value of the pound plummeting.

The pension is British. They live in Morocco. My uncle has the same problem he lives in Spain.

 

[jaizei]

I thought all you needed were potatoes !! When i take my boyfriend grocery shopping, I usually make a list of what we need. but this man has eyes set for more and we always come out with more than i wanted to buy

That's why I speed shop. Less time in the sote, less I can spend.

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

if I would closer I'd give you the 50 cents but don't know what the exchange rate on that is.

Thank you! such kind words in a moment of need ! 50 cents is half a dollar. I'm not sure what the exchange rate of that is either, or if there is one.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Everyone needs more to live the same way.
Sad.
Another reason why retirement has me half scared to death.
Does wifey's pension have a cost of living adjustment or is it fixed?

Fixed in pound sterling, so is affected by the strength of the pound against the Moroccan Dirham.
But her pension doesn't change, will be the same until she passes away.
At it's highest we got 17Dh for £1, now it's at it's lowest in 11 years, just 12.5Dh to a pound and looks likely to sink further.

 

[jaizei]

I got three, but they were really heavy.

And if she's been good, you can surprise her with a purple potato.

This is entirely your fault.

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

That's why I speed shop. Less time in the sote, less I can spend.

I speed shop on my own, usually. I try to take him shpping with me so we can super speed shop. and it works, until he sees something yummy...
and sometimes i leave him at home..

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello ! i'm at work and am 50 cents short for a bag of chips i could use my card, but i prefer not to.

Yes, seems a bit excessive using a card for a packet of crisps.
I would buy you a pack if I were there!
Oh, well, unless you can borrow half a dollar you'll have to go hungry.
They're about 5 US cents a packet here.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Would I get a refund if you only managed 2 secs on the unicycle?

No.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I thought all you needed were potatoes !! When i take my boyfriend grocery shopping, I usually make a list of what we need. but this man has eyes set for more and we always come out with more than i wanted to buy

Yep, this was the list we prepared.
I almost never buy extra.
wifey always goes wild at the supermarket, partly why i don't go.
She has to carry everything herself!