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beanielou

Happy hollibobs

brizzledfw

Have a wonderful time, it's a great area to visit

OrangeFairy

Hi all,

Thanks for your messages.

We had a lovely relaxing holiday though back to reality now!

Holiday summary and money log

Monday

Landed at 1pm, trip to Yvoire and 5 sense gardens on lake Geneva, large food shop and get to holiday park

Lunch 17
Sweets tin 11
Macarons 10
Food shop 73
Gardens 31
Toll 4

Tuesday

Lazy morning, walk round park to investigate, small food shop, swimming , meal out in the evening and walk round Annecy

Food 23
Meal 65
Parking 3

Spent over a third of our money but we have had our main meal out and have a fridge full of food!

Wednesday

Visit to Grenoble, rode the cable cars to the Bastille above the city for the most amazing views and a picnic. Back to site for a swim and lounge in the sun

Food 3
Toll 9
Nate top 5
Cable car 25

Thursday

Walk round Annecy picnic in the park , boat trip around the lake for 2 hours and a late afternoon swim

Parking 6
Boat trip 62
Abbie 10
Lunch 11
Drinks 8
Ice cream 12

Friday

Visited nearby waterfall and caves for a guided tour. Small shop for dinner, visit to swim in lake then back to swim in the pool

Waterfall and caves 28
Bakery 13
Food 20
Parking 1

Saturday

Loooong drive up the mountain until we felt like we were on top of the world. Found a metal toboggan ride which was a lot of fun, drove around the entire lake, last ship for some presents and meal out

Bakery 4
Toboggan 27
Last shop 21
Parking 1
Food 68
Ice cream 5

Sunday

Flew home

Plane drinks 15
Toll 9

Left over- 10 euros

Fuel on card £38

If we could have found a fuel station which wasn't card only we would have used the last 25 euros and would have only gone over by about £20 so not bad at all!

OF x

OrangeFairy

Right a home update....this is hard month as we are trying to be a frugal as possible to get hubby's card paid.

It was 1265.

Hubby had £220 of expenses and £145 to Invoice a client so we had £900 to find. I have paid £400 which leaves him £500. I expect he will pay £400 and the we will see what we can scrape together.

Money I ssues this month are my mums 50th meal on Saturday and trying not to go mad on presents. A wedding to go to and a broken shower.

Need to work on some free/inexpensive activities for the kids so they don't feel like they are missing out this month!

So our debt total stands at £1577 at the moment until hubby confirms what he has paid off.

Off to update signature.....

OF x

mummytogirls

Sounds like you've had a lovely break OF, sounded all very positive xx

OrangeFairy

Thanks MTG- it was lovely

Well today hubby paid £800 off cc1 leaving the £65 which we will pay when his statement comes through.

However the flip side is he said he has £90 on cc3 which was holiday related things and I just spent £179 on flights up to Manchester

While the latter is annoying we have still decreased our debt this week by £930.... Only £1047 to go!! x

OrangeFairy

Morning all,

Today we carry on with 'Frugal June'

Small plans for the day...

Breakfast at work
Lunch from stores
Dinner- beans and egg on toast
Reconcile banking
Check on any Bay of e bits to sell
Start planning when I can fit swimming in to my mornings
Choose a bargain shower to buy.
Go through remaining spends for the month
Meal plan

I need to be properly back on slimming world and need to snap out of holiday mode! I'm also not being productive enough at work as I'm just not back in the swing of things!

OF x

abba1772

Glad you had a lovely holiday xx

Laura2014

Just wanted to pop in and say hi after reading your diary. Xx

Your holiday sounds amazing. I love the way that you plan the months events and unexpected/unusual expenses xx

OrangeFairy

Hi Laura- thanks for your post and for popping on to my diary

I try and plan any issues in advance so I can feel in control and try and set aside money beforehand

Well good and bad points....I have gone all out and spent more on my mum than I was expecting but she is my lovely Mumsy and I like to spoil her!

It is her birthday meal tomorrow and my sister is coming back from Uni to surprise her!

Other bad point is that hubby bought a trampoline from a friend for £40 (shd says its 8 foot and in great condition as only a year old. Doesn't fit with frugal June and our garden is so small it can't be a permanent fixture however it might get DD2 off her ipod and outdoors a little more! So I'll consider it a healthy investment!

Good points- my uncle finally fave hubby details of his free parking space we can use near to our work. This saves us £8 a week in parking costs which is great.

We also have a lot of meals in the freezer which us great- I didn't get to meal plan the other day but I will do tomorrow. I just used a pack of mince to make 2 birthdays, a meatball dinner for hubby and I and then two small dinners for my self. Packed the mince out with some grated carrot and grated onion as well as spring onions and spicy Italian seasoning- yummy!
Tomorrow I will be decorating cakes, wrapping presents, collecting sis from train, food shop and then meal out...hopefully won't spend too much!

OF x