Simple living in the country - back to basics

Cheery_Daff

OK, just adding up spending for the trip...

Flights = £351.76
Airport parking = £75
Insurance = £39.79
Tickets (gig, stupid boat trip) = £124.25
Airport food/coffee etc = £50.01
Gifts for hosts =£14.95
Eating out/beer = £72.55
Trains/buses = £18.16
Misc cash (taxis, chemist, milk & fruit at supermarket) = £58.17

= £804.64

£466.55 was flights/parking/insurance, meaning we spent £338.09 between us while we were there.

I don't think that's too bad at all, although it sounds like a lot and clearly we could have cut back, particularly on Airport food, and boats trips we didn't even go on 🙄 I hadn't realised the gig would be quite so expensive either when I first agreed to it 🙈

Still, we had a cheerful time, and the money was there in the holiday pot 😊

FD card worked perfectly the whole time we were there 😊 Mr Cheery got cold feet and exchanged some cash at the airport, incurring a fee (included in the misc cost above), and he also used the wrong card for one of the train tickets, incurring another 9p fee, but I'll let him off that one 😂

So, onwards to filling the holiday pot for the next adventure 😊 

Cheery_Daff

And now I'm back, a list for tomorrow! I do still want to take it relatively easy, still a bit wiped out from being so ill before we went.

* set up 2 DDs on the next bank account to be due a switch
* meal plan for the week
* possible trip to Mr A for supplies
* birthday present for mum
* bit of batch cooking for work dinners and post-work tea
* gentle workout
* bit of flute practice
* unpack and get some washing on

That'll probably do as a gentle reintroduction to life 😂

Tescodealqueen

I think most people would think a major hangover on £72.55 (discounting the food) was quite the achievement give what alcohol costs these days

Karmacat

Oh Cheery!  I hope you enjoyed it - there's certainly some different experiences there!  Hoping German patisseries are still as good as they ever were ... and their coffees.

Cheery_Daff

Tescodealqueen said:

I think most people would think a major hangover on £72.55 (discounting the food) was quite the achievement give what alcohol costs these days

😂😂😂 Yep, definitely an achievement! (Helped by me not partaking in every round, and the bartender giving free shots as we were leaving 🙄)

Cheery_Daff

Well, I have had a solo cafe trip for some plotting and scheming, made a meal plan, visited a rather busy Mr A for a stock up, and put some washing on. Just making us a cuppa.

Next jobs are putting the shopping away, and setting up the DDs. Then perhaps an hour of scything!

beanielou

Surely it’s too cold to scythe 🥶

greenbee

beanielou said:

Surely it’s too cold to scythe 🥶

It won't be once she gets going 🤣

themadvix

Imagine it warms you up, Beanie! 😁

Cheery_Daff

Ha, well, it would have warmed me up, but I've not actually made it back outside 🙄

Washing is hung up though, kitchen cleaned and tidied, and shopping out away, so all good. Started unpacking from the trip. 

Ooh, and my cashback arrived from opening the FD account! 😃 It hadn't tracked, so I was all ready to put in a support ticket, but I had an email this morning that it was ready to claim, so I did. So that's another £45 to add to the pot 😊😊