A little home to call my own

newgirly · 13 February 2018 at 8:04PM

We did the planet Hollywood deal after the theatre Friday night, it does state service charge payable on top so I expected to pay that on the whole bill including voucher as that's what often happens, but they just charged service charge on the extra glass of red we had each :beer:

Just being nosey but do you have any plans for while you are in london?

JAMIEDODGER · 14 February 2018 at 7:43AM

NG - Will bear the service charge in mind, thanks:) No I haven't got any plans as yet, but will be looking for free/cheap things to do, any suggestions gratefully received:)

43p TT this morning!:T Happy Valentines to all:)

Had a lovely lunch with DSD1 and DGC yesterday, although a tad blown about in the wind and rain getting there. DS3 enjoyed seeing his sister, nephew and niece too!

Plan on going into town this morning and doing all those jobs that have been hanging around on my list for days. Ex is round this afternoon to see DD, then I am off out with BF for dinner

So far it has been a busy holiday, but I am truly looking forward to a proper rest up from tomorrow:D

newgirly · 15 February 2018 at 10:30AM

I'm no expert JD, might be worth posting on the uk holiday board for suggestions. Personally the national gallery is one of my favourites along with the natural history museum, both free obviously

JAMIEDODGER · 16 February 2018 at 8:28AM

Morning:)

Came down with a horrible virus thingy on valentines afternoon which meant I had to cancel our meal out and my friend coming round last night too:( Can't be helped. BF bought me a lovely card and red roses though! Feeling on the mend now finally.

TT small amounts over the past two days plus sent another £100 to savings. Total so far stands at £1826.76:T Just £173.24 to reach my target:j

Looking into doing a trip with my BF and younger two next year in the summer.:idea: Budget backpacking style, Croatia and Bosnia down to Montenegro:D I am currently working out a budget and seeing roughly how much I would need to save. DS3 will be 18 then, and DD would be 15 and I think it will probably be the last time I could get them to do a decent trip with us.

I will have to do a lot of number crunching, but I am thinking it could be done with some effort into extra bargain hunting and all the usual tactics. I wouldn't want to save any less towards my other goals (pension and house fund) so it would mean earning the extra. This is going to take some pondering :think:

I have managed to cross a fair bit off my to do list this week, however ironing still evades me (or I it?) :rotfl:

Ongoing list:

Collect pet meds
Finalise pension transfer
Ironing
Wrap mums gift
Take mum present over

Off to do some more adventure planning:D

newgirly · 16 February 2018 at 9:22AM

I love a good challenge

do you have an idea of how much you need or how you will do it? It sounds like a great idea!

JAMIEDODGER · 16 February 2018 at 10:32AM

NG - Trying to put together a rough budget. I am thinking that we will need around £30 a day each (which I think will be way more than we need) On top of that the cost of flights out to Croatia and back from Montenegro, plus the kids will need new passports and backpacks. I am guessing that the total for the three of us (BF will pay for himself) will be about £2600 and that will include absolutely everything, but for three weeks, three people, all in I think that is pretty reasonable:)

Edited to say: We will be staying in cheap airbnb places, eating local food, cooking some of the time, budget airline, trains and buses and cheap and free sightseeing. Oh and I am the only drinker in the group, and I don't drink much either:D

beanielou · 16 February 2018 at 3:58PM

Hope you are on the mend soon.

JAMIEDODGER · 16 February 2018 at 4:48PM

Thanks Beanie x

JAMIEDODGER · 17 February 2018 at 7:59AM

Feel much better this morning than I have in days:) Popping to my parents this afternoon to give my mum her birthday present as she will be away for her birthday and I want her to have it to open while she is away:)

89p TT today:T

I have now decided to aim to save £2500 into the travel fund for next years adventure, this will be in addition to the £650 per month I am aiming for in my house fund:) It is a big challenge, but one that I feel with hard work, I can do.

The plan is to increase my normal budgeted £625 to £650 which will be sent to my IF ISA in £100 increments over the month, I think this is doable if I reduce my grocery budget from £450 to £425 per month (I have come in way under this the last few months:j).

Then, I plan on sending all extra money earned/TT/coupons/bank bonuses/ebay etc to the travel fund. I am changing the total needed to £2500 as I will not be including the children's passport renewals, as this is something I have been budgeting for separately, nor will it include the kids backpacks which I will also need to buy.

The total needed will include all:

Transportation
Food
Accomodation
Fun (activities & tours)

This roughly equates to an extra £150 needed per month between now and next summer :eek:

I am adding an extra line to my signature to track my progress:D Wish me luck because I think I'm going to need it :eek::rotfl:

A_Frayed_Knot · 17 February 2018 at 8:50AM

[FONT=&quot] Wish me luck because I think I'm going to need it [/FONT]:eek::rotfl:

Good Luck - you will do it, its amazing when you focus just how much you can achieve

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