Not too bad today, although not NSD as it was the day for the weekly shop. Came in at £40 as we're still using up freezer/cupboard stuff. Took £50 out of bank - £30 to pay for dd2's afterschool activity, other £20 for miscellaneous.
Planning our "free" city trip, which is next weekend:
Food - Breakfasts provided at the hotel. As we're taking the car (petrol paid by dh's employer), I'm putting in cool bags, flasks and ingredients for packed lunches. We've budgeted to eat out for the 2 dinners.
Entertainment - will take girls to the zoo, which we pay to get into but should take up most of a day. Packed lunches and our own drinks from home, and if they want stuff from the shops they can use their own money. Ditto for the sweets and fizzy drinks that they always clamour for when we're out. Haven't worked out the other things we'll do yet, but will prioritise the cheaper ones!
Transport - the place where we always eat (non-negotiable!) is far out from the centre and we usually get a taxi, but this time we're getting the bus or driving. Rest of it is walkable.
Also need to budget for two other trips away this year, with flights involved, for family reasons. I'd prefer not to, with all this debt, but it really can't be avoided. So I've taken to Ebaying everything that isn't nailed down
. Unfortunately we don't have designer stuff or collectables, but I did find various bits of old computery stuff in a forgotten cupboard this morning, and according to dh's investigations it should make us about £30. A start is a start... 