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Summer holiday activities | Budget friendly

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With the summer holidays fast approaching its that time of year where I create an activities envelope to keep the kids (and me) entertained with some fun things to do. This year we have a different location to explore with the move late last year. I am going to share 15 free / budget friendly ideas with you that can help keep the boredom at bay. Rock painting, then go and hide them Park days / beach days Den building using sheets and pegs Baking Lego challenges The arcades (£5 budget) An indoor scavenger hunt The summer reading challenge with your local library Icecream sundae station with movie Slime play, make your own ( Cloud dough recipe ) Look out for free local events Go swimming Natural tie dye Go on a nature walk Make and decorate paper airplanes to fly somewhere. And finally make a memory jar filled with treasures from your adventures such as shells so you can look back together. We really enjoy the summer holidays and I always make a little montage of our summer u...
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A wedding for under 2.5k | Wedding cost breakdown

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 Me and Liam recently tied the knot and we didn't want to break the bank but didn't want to comprimise on the day itself. We have been waiting for a very long time to get married and I wanted it to be a day I will never forget. Firstly my Dad did help with the cost of the main venue and reception, he randomly messaged me one day after me making a silly remark that its mine and Liams turn. Liams Mum also helped with the cost of the catering in the way of a wedding gift to us.  Registry office - £570  Reception venue - £350 Catering - £675 (£15 pp) Notice of servie - £84 Dress and shoes - £35 (temu) Suit, tie and shoes - £90 Cake - £110 two tier cake Photography - £28 Gather and group QR code, £13.50 for QR cards (etsy) No photographer DJ - Free, a family member did the music as a gift Bridesmaid dresses and shoes - £35 (dresses shein, shoes asda) Flowers - £15 (temu) Invites - £33.50 (vistaprints) Wedding favours - £20.50 (Ebay) Rings - £58 (Warren James) Hotel - £140 (Tra...
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Currently reading | This could change everything | Jill Mansell

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Book 7, and I am not going to lie this one has been a lot harder to get into. This could change everything is a book filled with romance, friendship and finding yourself after disaster. This story starts with Essie, a young women who finally feels like she has fallen on her feet, this all comes crashing down after someone presses SEND on a email never intended to be seen. This turns her world upside down and now she has to work her way back up. We also meet Zillah, a women who is later in life and seems to know what to do a when to do it. Connor, the person who lives in the same building as her who is great with a camera and Lucas, her new boss who Essie struggles to work with. I am finally feeling the vibe off the book and definitely want to find out where this story goes but unlike previous Jill Mansell books I had read in the past I havent been sucked into the story as well, its taken a third of the book to get hang of the characters. Victoria 
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May recap | 2026

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May, what can I say? You were a blast and I wish we could live it over again! The month started with a trip to the travelling fun fair, the girls have never been to one before but they had an amazing time.  We also celebrated May day the only way people for our area know, with Jack in the green and the May day bike run, this honestly sets the month off in such a lovely way, everyone seems happy and its just so much fun.  Most of the month we have been finalising the plans for mine and Liams wedding, we have been crafting, organising and just generally getting ready. I took a day off work to enjoy some time with him, we had lunch together and had a mooch around our local town. The weekend before we got married I went and got my nails done, and then I got to celebrate one of my friends hen do's. We went for a bottomless brunch of pizza and prosecco, it was honestly such a blast with some amazing people.  The day before the wedding I found a baby bird which had f...
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We got married!!

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This is just a little post, one that I cannot believe I am writing. This week me and Liam finally became husband and wife in what I will call a day to remember.  Liam and I have been together 18 years and engaged 17 years so it really has been a long time coming. We have been through so much over the years and I am forever grateful for him and everyone that has helped us get to where we are. I plan on writing more about our wedding in a future post but wanted to share this as soon as possible. Victoria x
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Currently reading | Johnny's girl

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CONTAINS SPOILERS Book 6! I actually cannot believe that I am over half way through my target of 10 reads this year. This one is the final book in the series of Johnny be good. Johnny's girl is a novella which ties the story together, there are also a few chapters from the story that come off from this series which follows his daughter.  The story starts about a year on from the last story and gives you a insight to how Johnny and Meg are getting on as a family, they also introduce there new addition to the family.  After restarting there LA life everything comes crashing down and we meet a new arrival, a daughter he never knew about which leads on to a new book series. The novella is quite a short on but I loved being able to see where there story goes, I really have enjoyed the emotion and twists that Paige has managed to bring into her stories.  If you have read the first two books then I would highly recommend finishing with this one.  Victoria 
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Knockhatch | A great family day out

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 For olivia's birthday we decided to take a trip over to Knockhatch adventure park in Hailsham, this is a theme park aimed for children with many different things to do such rides, softplay and animals too. On entering the park we were immediantly welcomed by animals, including rabbits, birds and a walk around with goats and wallabies too. we then took a slow walk around the animal areas, you can buy a pot of feed from the gift shop to make it interactive for all the family. The animals enclosures are  good size, are clean and the animals look happy and well looked after. Olivia even got to stroke some very little lambs. After this Olivia went on the quadapillar, a ride which consists of a gaud pulling some barrel carriages behind, its takes you on a little ride around some of the animals and runds for certain times through the day. After we found the froggy soft play area and cafe, this was great, it is a large space with a good size soft play, plenty ...
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