No fire engine full of firemen fitting the smoke alarms here, disappointingly it was a middle aged man in a van employed by the fire service to do home safety assessments!
Having more stress with dd over school 
. It's been an emotionally draining week so far but fairly frugal.
Need to send renewal forms off today for dc's passports. Hope I haven't left it too late, we go away in 8 weeks. Going to change bank accounts today to one which charges a monthly fee but includes worldwide family travel insurance, mobile phone insurance, extended warranties for any new electrical appliances and breakdown cover (inc Europe). Set against what we already pay for a couple of those things, it is a significant saving.
Have just booked rail travel and accommodation for going to London in August to get ds' chest braces fitted. I've done as well as I could, accommodation near the clinic as we have to be there at 0900 on the day. Self catering rather than hotel to keep costs down as then we won't need to eat out and we've opted for 2 nights accommodation as the train fare was much cheaper that way and it gives us a treat day out in London before the brace(s) is(are) fitted. Need to look for an insulated back pack now so that we can take food out with us and keep it (relatively) cool. Dh and I have managed between us to have the whole week off work afterwards as they have warned us that for the first few days it will be extremely painful for ds so need to make sure he stays positive and gets established with it.