Leap Year Weekend Spends

I may be jumping the gun, but I’ll assume that Leap Year isn’t as major event to you as it is to me . . . being that the 29th February is actually my birthday, I like to take some time to wollow in the glory of my special day 🙂

My birthday is a special day to me, I just like it, it’s the one day in the year that I feel comfortable making demands and spending money on myself.

So . . . what have I spent on this glorious weekend?

Friday:
Train – £14.50
Breakfast – £2.75
Lunch – FREE (a colleague bought it)
3 x coffees – £4.19
1 x Subway – £1.99
Drinks – £8.50
Takeaway – £18.50
Total – £48.44

Saturday:
New jacket – £20.00
New jeans – £18.00
Mothers Day Gift for Wife from Kids – £19.50
Hair stuff – £2.99
Total – £60.49

Sunday (Mothers Day – Parents & Nan for Dinner)
Supermarket* – £40.18
– Baguettes
– Paper
– Wine
– Biscuits
– Milk
– Gift for Nan
– Nappies
– Formula
– Other stuff (I’ve forgotten)
Total – £40.18

*Why is it that EVERY time i go to Tesco I always spend over £40.00. There are some very clever marketing peeps at that company. They know exactly how to make you spend your money!!!

Total Weekend Spend – £149.11

Daily Spends – Mothers Day Special

Its Mothers Day on Sunday. I have three Mothers to sort for this year:

1 – My Mum
2 – My Mother in Law
3 – My Wife (from my 2 kids, dog, and unborn)

In short, it could be an expensive one! However, I’m lucky enough to have thought ahead and got a few things in over the January sales so each lucky Mother has got a nice cheap (but orginally expensive) Mothers Day gift bag including:

– Bath smellys
– A cool little cake shaped trinket
– A beautiful handmade card
– Some perfume
– Some nice little silk flowers

Total Original Price – £42.39 per bag (x 3 = £127.17)

Total Price ACTUALLY Paid – £14.50 per bag (x 3 = £43.50)

Cash saved by thinking ahead = £83.67