Ben and I never went on a honeymoon. Boo-hoo I hear you cry! We didn’t do the traditional wedding thing at all really. I always dreaded the thought of walking down an aisle having everyone stare at me and having to say vows in front of a huge audience, so instead we did our own much more relaxed style wedding. We had a Wedfest in our own garden! Continue reading “My top 10 honeymoon destinations”
2019 is going to be a somewhat limited travelling year for us. I am in the middle of saving an emergency fund and I have decided to give it a big push in 2019 and hopefully reach my target of £10,000 by the end of the year. This means we won’t be going on any big holidays in 2019, unless I suddenly discover a lot of extra cash or my workload goes through the roof! I’m self-employed and so earnings are always a worry and something I feel anxious about constantly. To ease this anxiety I want to have a substantial emergency fund saved up that will cover my household contributions for several months should work dry up for me or I need to spend time finding employment.
It’s also to cover unexpected bills, such as our Mazda Bongo camper repair bills! I fear we purchased a money pit having already spent £400 on a new turbo and it now being back in the garage for over one week already with an engine problem that will cost us £1200 providing they don’t find anything else wrong in there…
Arg! Continue reading “Our 2019 family travel, events and days out bucket list”
One of my biggest regrets of my twenties and pre-kid life is not travelling the world. When I left school it wasn’t something that interested me or that I had a passion for. I worked the same job for nine years before I had my first daughter and I liked the security of it so didn’t want to ever leave it to go travelling. Now I really wish I had! In my thirties and with two kids and a mortgage, I now, rather annoyingly, have the thirst to travel! Only now I can’t just save up and zip off round the world for a year or so as I have responsibilities. Why, oh, why did I not have this passion and desire in my twenties or late teens when anything was possible?! Continue reading “Victoria’s ultimate travel bucket list”
