Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

Firegirl

I loved eddie the eagle- have to go and see this!!!

newgirly

You won't be disappointed, I even had a leaky eye at one point

GG £1 is fantastic roadkill, £20 is however in a different league you are right

Oops, dh has just informed me it was his parents GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY last week :eek::eek: we saw them and they didn't even mention it! I have wasted whole evening looking for meal deals online and trying to get his brothers to come to us for a family party (too busy!) dh does not seem bothered as they wont be fussed.

The budget is squeaky this month, but a 50th anniversary is not an every day occourance, so the options are:

Pay for a meal out for 7 or possibly 8 -eek!

Do a Spanish themed buffet at our house - mil is Spanish and fil loves Spain, mil would enjoy but fil would not appreciate to be honest! Won't want to drive over etc.

Go to their house and take a cake / ballons etc. get a takeaway

Try and get them somewhere different and splash out a bit , maybe a meal up town - drawbacks possibly being embarrassed by fil in a nice restaurant. (Please don't judge, I am not being unkind, it is a fact!) mil would enjoy

Local tapas restaurant - the boys not keen on Spanish food

Urgh, don't know what to do, I have barely started the tight budget and already am thinking about spending loads on this. But mil is 76, fil is very careful with money so they don't do much, should we be seizing the moment?

greent

Could just you and hubby take them out for a meal (eg: local tapas place)? - boys (and DD) are old enough to stay by themselves whilst you're out.


I agree that spending money on a tight budget is hard - but also agree that a 50th anniversary is a special event and should be marked in some way.


Do a cake and spray it with edible gold lustre? to have after a takeaway?


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Muser1

Why not pay for just them to go out if they don't do much? You can always be taxi to save fil driving. Or try and find them a keepsake from 1966 newspaper etc.

CathT

gallygirl wrote: »

I found a one pound coin on the airport tarmac on Friday, not in your league though ladies :rotfl:

The lengths you will go to Gally! :rotfl:

greent

Afternoon tea just for them? (or maybe the 4 of you?) There's usually some fab deals on Groupon!
x

newgirly

Oops deleted a long post

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I think it will end up being a curry at ours or me cooking or just them and dh and I going for lunch somewhere reasonable.

I bought a nice cake and a plant from m and s tonight and some banners and ballons too

smallholdingsister

Hope the party goes well.
You are so kind, NG.

gallygirl

CathT wrote: »

The lengths you will go to Gally! :rotfl:

I was walking across the Tarmac to the plane, needed to stop to stick my coat in the case and spotted the coin as I put case down :T

NG I think you're just a frustrated party planner :rotfl:

newgirly

Ha ha maybe GG I get to exercise my party planning dreams today too, dd is throwing a tea party for a friends birthday and inviting a few others, I have bought lovely rainbow coloured sparkly cupcakes from mr t , Buck's Fizz , and we are making posh sarnies. Today's theme is pink polka dot from the £1 shop :rotfl:

Builders cracking on very well, patio slabs going down today as its all levelled off with black stuff (don't know what!) laid everywhere

House is a filthy tip and I need to do 1000 loads of washing today, find clothes for the cruise , and gather what we need to take. Not organised at all.