Archive for the ‘Unexpected Expenses’ Category

We’re back on the road!

It may have taken 4 weeks, but our little Peugeot 206 is back on the road! So why the change of heart? Well, it turned out that the car was not in as bad shape as the first garage had made out. I replaced the radiator, and the front brake discs and brake pads for [...]

Frugal Failure – A White Wedding

Here we are justĀ  days into the new year, and I’ve just been hit by my first unexpected expense. My cousin up in Aberdeen is getting married, and we’ve been invited to her Wedding ceremony and reception party It is to take place in a Scottish Castle just outside of Aberdeen, and with my extended [...]