out and about

We did manage to get out and about  during breaks in the rain last week. We were on the hunt for acorns, chestnuts  and conkers for some craft activities I had planed. Unfortunately the very wet weather this year seems to have had an adverse effect on the nuts and the few that we did find were already nibbled by the birds and squirrels. So that put paid to that idea. However, the children had fun running around and exploring the new play area....until Tinkerbell slipped and cut her lip open. Quick cuddle and everything was fine again....once it stopped bleeding. We did find lots of fungi though.....more than  I had seen for a while actually....the girls loved looking for them and pointing out the different types. If only we knew which ones could be safely eaten we could have come home with a veritable feast of fungi. (I do have photos when hubby gives me his phone to upload them).

We have also done a fair bit of visiting family and friends. Munch's friends are off to Romania again soon so we have been cramming in weekly visits before they go again .....it is not too far but a 45km round trip is rather expensive in fuel when we are on a restricted budget at the moment. We can't exactly have them round ours at the moment either with the chaos of packing etc that surrounds us still at present. Hopefully by the time they come back for christmas we will have finally moved and things will be a bit more settled.

We have also discovered a new board game that my hubby remembered playing from his childhood. http://www.hasbro.com/games/en_US/game-of-life/The Game of Life is similar to monopoly in that there is money involved but lots can happen along the way. Kept everybody amused for hours even the baby was joining in spinning the dial and moving counters. A rather pleasant way to spend a rainy afternoon...and not bad for a charity shop find.

We are really loving some of our local charity shops and jumble sales recently......not least as we are experimenting with living on £1 a day per person. Mostly because we have to at present and partly as an experiment to see just how much money we were wasting on things unnecessarily.