School Holidays and a 16th birthday

Hello readers as you can probably tell from my absence the last few days all 3 of my boys are now on summer holidays. As a result my blogging may be a little sporadic as I intend to spend every spare minute enjoying their company and doing as many frugal activities with them as possible.

Friday was Brads 16th birthday he had a smashing day and loved all of his presents.....

 

I used newspaper as wrapping paper and used a black and green ribbon to coordinate with the newspaper I think it looks pretty good.

 

 

The fun part is always the unwrapping

 

A kindle fire HD (on offer in Tesco at the moment for £99.99 plus you can double your club card points in the club card boost promotion and use theses towards the cost).

 

Lynx shower gel and deodorant XL packs and on offer in Tesco 2 for £6. He usually has the value brands so this is a real treat for him.

 

A kindle case reduced to £2.50 in Tesco

 

5 pairs of value socks £2.50, and a shirt reduced from £16 to £7 in the sale.

 

A huge box of maltesers £3.25

 

 

Opening his birthday cards

 

 

 

Brad spent half the day with me and Lee and the rest of the weekend with his dad and step mum. He is due home tomorrow when I will be taking him for a belated birthday meal to Frankie and Benny's (Brads choice). I have a 20% off voucher which will keep costs down. On Tuesday he will be going to the cinema with a few friends. Tuesdays is cheap day at £5 a ticket so I have said I will give him £20 for him and his 3 friends tickets, they all have free bus passes due to their autism, and Brad will be using some of his birthday money for snacks and drinks for him and his friends.

 

 

 

 

Today I went yellow sticker shopping (sorry no picture but the boys have their kindles with them so I am without a camera). Here's what I got.....

 

6 x Boxes of 2 chocolate éclairs 9p a box

2 x Melon duo snack packs 9p a box

Pack of 2 fresh cream doughnuts 9p

2 x Boxes of 6 mini buns 9p a box

3 x Chicken and bacon baguettes 39p each

3 x Apple snack packs 5p a bag

2 x Packs of quorn ham 9p a pack

3 x Prawn sandwiches 19p each

1 Tuna and cucumber sandwich 25p

2 x Small loafs of bakery bread 9p a loaf

 

In total I paid £2.64 for this little lot thanks to a saving of 85p in pre promotions on top of the yellow sticker reductions :)

 

 

How do you deal with birthdays on a budget ?

 

Much Love

Claire xx xx xx