Holiday Fun For free

So ok,  I always get given a hard time because i loovvee having my kids home for the holidays. I love having them around, I love sleeping in and hearing them slowly get out of bed and play, i love making my own plans and i love doing fun stuff with them. The only problem is there isn't many things to do without spending a little money. Movies = money, mini golf = money, the town pool = money, a take away lunch = money, a local fair these days often  = entry fee money!.One of my New Years resolutions is to try to not spent money everyday. Yes Yes i know this sounds silly but between paying bills, groceries, petrol, stuff here things there i noticed that there isn't many days i go without spending a little money.Take a picnic for example, a picnic you would think wouldn't cost a lot of money, but it could, and most of the time i do spend money on picnics on things i can go with out, like fizzy drinks, lollies, expansive salad things (fancy kinds of veggies), maybe a bbq chicken and chips from the corner shop, paper plates, snacks,  hmmm what else, i don't know just STUFF!. On the other hand if you use your head and think outside the box a picnic really can be quite inexpensive.

A beautiful day only means one thing to me....A day outside, Yes a picnic at the beach!. My family and i just came back from our Christmas holiday with my parents a few days ago. And i don't know about you but i like to clean out the fridge and have my House sorted before i go. Oh i leave some things in the fridge, say if its only for a week and a half like i went for i left a few veggies that don't perish fast ie carrots and potatoes, i use powdered milk so its only a matter of making some up etc etc. I always save a little cash for when im home to get immediate things like bread and cheese. Although this year we came back late Saturday and we don't shop on a Sunday so i had to make bread : ( (i love making bread but not out of necessity silly i know). So my point is i didn't really have anything but mainly food storage stuff to pull together a picnic feast, and when trying to stick to a budget and pay day looming in on a few days from now,  i thought..... All the things i normally take on a picnic or variations of the same kind of menu were already at home. A day at the beach can be low cost food and all. And this is how We do it.
New Years resolution broken yes...but not by much.