Hope everyone has had a fun filled frugal Sunday. I wanted to share a little of what we do for entertainment here at the frugal fun dome.
Did you know that your local Odeon cinema offers a kids club on the weekends and every day during the school holidays ? I did and as a family we make full use of this. For £2.50 each you can go watch a kids/family film with your little ones. Take your own drinks and snacks from home and it makes the trip even more frugal.
A note to those with disabled kids like me, you can get a free carer in with each disabled person that attends kids club. They don't have to be an adult either. Middle son is registered with young carers and Spurgeons so is a bonafide carer and therefore qualify's for the offer also. Simply inform the staff when buying your tickets of the number of disabled people and the number of registered carers and you will receive the discount.
On Friday myself and the 3 boys went to watch Pete's Dragon. OMG Readers this film was amazing I cried like a baby when Pete had to say goodbye to Elliot which all 3 boys found highly amusing lol. Here's how the costing worked out.....
Transport = £3.50 (youngest and eldest son have disabled bus passes and eldest sons gets a carer on for free so I only had to pay for middle son)
Tickets = £5 (1 disabled adult, 1 disabled child, 1 adult carer, 1 young carer)
Food and Drinks = £0 We took food and drinks from home that we already had in the house
Total cost for a family of 4 to visit the cinema was £8.50
On Saturday we had a movie day at home. We popped to the library and each chose a film we wanted to watch free of charge. Due to my meniere's disease I have a special account with them where as long as its not a new release I can borrow DVD's for free. I also don't have to pay late fees on any items I borrow from them. If you have an ongoing illness or disability ask your local library if they have accounts similar to this it really is a big help when your unable to get out to return an item due to being ill.
Costing for our movie day.....
Movies = Free from the local library
Food and Drinks = Free we popped some corn we already had at home
Total cost for our movie day £0
Today was not an entertainment day but was a frugal day. When things are tight you have to do everything you can to get through it. Not only does that mean cutting back and leading a frugal lifestyle but it also means earning extra pennies here and there when you can. Today I did 2 hours cleaning for a friend of mine which I do occasionally when things get on top of her. It helps her out and it gives me a few extra pennies in my pocket. I would like to point out that despite having Meniere's disease I do not claim any disability benefits for myself. The occasional as and when work that I do is done for friends who allow me to take youngest son with me. If I suffer an attack whilst I am working its no big deal I just stop what I am doing lay down and wait for the attack to pass then once the dizziness/vertigo has passed I just get back up and carry on with my work.Today I earned £14 which was perfect as I had no money left in my purse and I wanted to go yellow sticker hunting.
What is yellow sticker hunting ? Have you ever noticed that a few hours before a supermarket closes they start reducing any of there stock that has that days sell by date on ? If you time it right you can make some substantial savings. I always go to my local supermarket on a Sunday at 3pm yellow sticker hunting. I have become quite good at it and a few of my friends and relatives refer to me as the yellow sticker queen lol. Today I did rather well.....
Total cost £2.01
Doing this once a week helps supplement my monthly shop and keep costs low. I always do my meal planner for the week on a Sunday evening so that I can work any yellow stickers I have managed to get into the planner. Dinner tonight was hot and spicy chicken drumsticks, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, sweetcorn, and gravy for the boys and I just had a steak pie. The costing for tonight's dinner was as follows.....
6 Hot and spicy chicken drumsticks 9p (yellow sticker)
Roast potatoes 30p (yellow sticker)
Yorkshire pudding 15p (Tesco everyday value)
Sweetcorn 35p (Morrison's savers)
Gravy 5p (Tesco everyday value)
Steak pie 9p (yellow sticker)
Total cost to feed my family of 4 was £1.03 Sorry I didn't take a picture of dinner but the boys had it whipped away before I could take one lol.
I will back tomorrow with how we do Halloween on a budget.
Until Next Time
Much Love
Maria xxx
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