Oops I did it again, I played with my cards!

Kittencat you are more than welcome, I'm going to go in search of your diary now (if you have one), our house has been a money pit over the years but we have finally got it to the point that I am not mortified when anyone drops by. In fact last Christmas we had our work Christmas meal at my house, so may be I can say it has been money saving really :rotfl:

Cumbria lass welcome along at least I'll know I'm not talking to myself now.

Tallulah today was not so money saving

As expected it had rained all morning, this afternoon we had a walk into town, I had some sugared cashews £2, they were delicious so I don't feel bad
I then had to buy my DS some walking trousers as the ones I'd packed were so tight he could barely bend his legs, these were £15, however this can come out of the children's clothes budget.

There has been a consensus that tonight we should eat out. If it was just us we wouldn't be but as its an extended family holiday we did expect to eat out once. The rest of the week will have to be spent cooking in though!!

Right now I'm going to indulge in a little afternoon nap, my DS is helping to bath my brothers dog, which she thinks is the greatest thing ever and my DS is off to look at this new plop trumps cards he has just brought himself :rotfl:

No post for a couple of days as we've been so busy, as soon as I've sat down to update I've fallen asleep :rotfl:

Wednesday we went canoeing which was great fun, we took a picnic and spent a couple of hours on an island on the lake, the children and DH went swimming and exploring, it was pure bliss and definitely my favourite day. Hiring the boats cost us £25 which was a bargain with our voucher and we had a voucher for free tea or coffee so we had these afterwards, I did spent £12 on cake for me, soup for DH and and ice cream each for the children. Dinner was a bbq because it was so nice and managed to buy the meat etc out of the remaining money in the kitty.

Yesterday we went for another 7 mile walk, everywhere we go is just the most beautiful views, I am in love more than ever with the lakes!
We took a picnic and then got home and had a chippy tea : DH paid so yesterday was a NSD for me.

Today was a happy surprise of my dad putting £121 into my account because we had a couple of extra family members who stayed and our children had to sleep in our room, which was more than big enough as it had 2 day beds in it, but he had charged everyone a percentage of the weekly cost per night so we were reimbursed by £121 :j
My DD was desperate to go swimming ever since we had walked past a leisure centre a couple of days ago so we took them this morning this cost £17 for the 4 of us and was surprisingly fun, normally I would sit and watch but they begged me to go in the water and I'm glad I did. We then walked into town so she could buy a souvenir with some money my MIL had given her, I did buy a coffee and a couple of cakes which was £7 I feel a bit bad about that as we had things in the house and I should have thrown a few bits in the bag before we left.

I'm going to have a read of a few other diaries now and then start to pack clothes up, as we are going home tomorrow I brought washing powder and conditioner with us and everyone has been laughing because I've been washing clothes as we go, but all being well I should have only one or two loads to do when we get home and I've saved money on my electricity bill.