Shall we have a weekender then?

sallyx

Louise that is so funny about DS. They have a magic way of putting things at that age don't they. I can remember my work experience like it was yesterday...on the switchboard in a busy hospital and hated every min of it, so I can completely understand where your DS is coming from!

LouiseJ

sallyx wrote: »

Ok advise needed....Off on holiday week on Saturday. Just to a friends house in Devon whilst they are on a nice holiday for 3 weeks in France. So won't have any actual costs of paying for a holiday but how much do you think I should budget for the week for us to spend on doing things?? I want to make it free wherever possible but as this is our first so called holiday for 3 years I would like to budget in a few days when we can do something nice. I currently have £1500 in the debt savings account ready to pay off our HSBC overdraft so I have some funds but don't want DH to think he has free reigns to go mad so want to tell him we have X amount.

Gosh that was a long waffle, sorry, so what do you think?

It really does depend on what type of nice things you are planning but for a weeks holiday last year I took about £400 that was for food aswell as we were self catering that was for 4 of us we had a few days and meals out but didnt do theme parks or really expensive things.

jinky67

LouiseJ wrote: »

DS1 is doing work experience this week and next but finishes at 1.30pm today so I am picking him up and having to bring him back to work with me as I wont have time to drop him off at home, he is over the moon about that ............not:rotfl: he said "Mam, No randoms had better speak to me or I am out of there"...by "randoms" he means me fellow college lecturers:rolleyes:

Poor bairn (Age15 but will always be my baby) is hating the placement he has been given and he said that if he ever had to really do a job like that he would "Die from the inside out":rotfl: he has a funny way of putting things.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
that sounds exactly like my little darling:D


Sally I wouldnt tell him an amount at all;)
Just you hold the purse strings and treat when you think it is necessary:D

LouiseJ

I had better get myself ready for work as my hair currently looks like Rod Stewarts on a bad day..........See you all later and I expect a full on Friday night party later.

Have a good day.

LouiseJ

jinky67 wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
that sounds exactly like my little darling:D


Sally I wouldnt tell him an amount at all;)
Just you hold the purse strings and treat when you think it is necessary:D

I agree you have to keep control of them:rolleyes: :rotfl: ...aint that right Jinks:D

jinky67

LouiseJ wrote: »

I had better get myself ready for work as my hair currently looks like Rod Stewarts on a bad day..........See you all later and I expect a full on Friday night party later.

Have a good day.

I am sooooooo up for a party tonight:T :T :T :T :T

sallyx

Thanks, I have already £50 in the food budget for the week plus I will get CB while we are away of £70 odd (can never remember the exact figure) so I guess if I had in my mind £150 I think we could do lots with a total of £270. I had planned that we could go to the beach (taking sandwiches etc) on a couple of days (rain or shine!) and then see what else there is around for DD to do.

Are there any websites that list days out or free things?

sallyx

jinky67 wrote: »

I am sooooooo up for a party tonight:T :T :T :T :T

Aren't you always Jinks :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I must get in the shower now, and then go and post some ebay parcels

jinky67

Sally try here....
http://dofreestuff.com/
http://www.afreedayout.co.uk/
http://www.allkids.co.uk/days_out.shtml

sallyx

Thanks Jinky!