I was recently tagged by the gorgeous Helen from Beautifully Superfluous to enter the Budget Bucket List competition by Money Supermarket. I never normally enter these kind of things here on the blog but this seemed interesting and of course, the prize would be quite handy if I was to win too! Redundancy and saving for a wedding/home don’t really mix all to well, especially when bringing up a young baby! If you’re interested in entering the competition yourself, you can find out more details here.
You have to pick two things from your bucket list: something budget and something a little more extravagant and explain why you want to do them and what is stopping you. Shouldn’t be too hard then.. or so you’d think!
Budget
This probably sounds really selfish considering I’m engaged and have a child but what I would really love is to go on a night out with my girls. If its anything like the good old days, I can also do it pretty cheaply. It doesn’t have to be anywhere fab, just down the local on a Friday would be great, because I could catch up with some much missed friends – what with silly working hours, Jack and various other commitments – I barely see any of my friends anymore and I need to change that!
Extravagant
I didn’t have to think too much about what my extravagant bucket list item would be – getting married. The wedding pot is basically empty apart from a few measly pounds and although I am writing a weekly series about wedding planning, I seem to have a bit of a wall as it is very hard to plan a wedding when funds just aren’t there and obstacles are at every turn instead. I am under no illusion that weddings are cheap and plan to do as much as possible myself to cut costs but it is a little disheartening when the funds just aren’t there to start with and likely won’t be for a while!
I tag the lovely Shona, Louise and Sarah to take part – good luck everyone!
Cute post. Even though you have a baby and you're engaged, it doesn't mean that you're selfish wanting a girls night out – mums need a break every now and then. My extravagant item would be getting married too – it costs sooo much more than I ever thought it would and even then we're doing it all on a budget.
xx
http://www.forevermissvanity.com
Thanks hun x
I don't think wanting a night out is at all selfish!
Thank you x
I don't think your selfish at all Bex for wanting a girls-night out.
And I truly hope you can save enough to get married soon, it's so fun (as you probably know) to plan a wedding! I loved my wedding and all of the planning, though at times it could be very stressful. X
Alex
http://www.Bump-to-Baby.com
UK based Lifestyle & Parenting Blog
Thanks Alex!
Good luck on filling your money jar for your wedding! The marriage part is the important part. You'd be surprised how romantic/intimate you can make it with small funds. I wasn't able to wait! I has £1500 and I just did it. It would have taken years and years to save for a wedding. We got married and now we can use that money for our other dreams. I don't regret a thing!
Great to hear 🙂
Such a sweet post Bex 🙂 Love reading your "behind the blog" kind of posts 🙂 Great way to get to know a blogger better. 🙂
btw: Thanks for participating in our weekly Friendly Bunch Blog Hop:
http://luchessa.org/the-friendly-bunch-blog-hop-21/
Hope you had fun hopping & see you next week if you like.
xo,
Luchessa.org
Thanks Luchessa!
i hope you manage to achieve both! 🙂
anna (intheplayroom)
Thanks Anna!x
Nothing wrong with wanting a girls night out! I often wish I had friends around me so I could have a night out or even in – I miss it so much :).
I shall try and get my tag up soon thank you for tagging me! EEKKK!
Sarah xx
DO IT!