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Night with the girls without spending a fortune

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Once you’ve had children, those regular nights out with the girls become few and far between. For one thing, being a mum you’ll have less energy than you used to and probably the idea of flopping on the sofa after the kids’ bedtime sounds like more of a treat than getting dressed up and hitting the town.

For another, money has to go a lot further than when you were a singleton or one half of a couple. With other mouths to feed in the house, money spent on self-indulgent fun becomes more of a luxury than it used to seem.

But it’s important to stay in touch with your friends and keep some of your social life up and running if you can. Not only will it give you a break from ‘being Mum’ but you’ll probably have friends who haven’t made that leap to motherhood yet who might appreciate spending time with just you, rather than you and the kids.

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If this sounds like you, then fear not, nights out don’t need to be that expensive and it’s perfectly possible to reserve some time for you and your friends without feeling that you’re being selfish. The only thing you might have to do differently is to plan further in advance than you used to, in order to secure a babysitter, or a willing partner to stay in with the kids.

As for what do on those nights with the girls, here are a few suggestions.

Stay in and play bingo

Online bingo has really taken off in recent years and now that you can play on a mobile as easily as on a computer, it’s really easy to organise an at home bingo night. Just get your friends to come over with their mobiles, all log in to the same bingo site and buy tickets for the same games. The games on sites such as Gala Bingo, Mirror Bingo and 888 bingo start from pennies at a time and there are often some amazing prizes to be won. For example, every first Saturday of the month at Mirror Bingo, there’s the Bingo Linx Hour with 10 games with £1,000 to play for and the £10,000 Bingo Linx game that takes place at 10.30pm. Imagine how exciting it would be if one of you won when you were all playing together!

Go out clubbing, but dine in first

Often the cost of a night out depends on how much you do when you’re out. If you want to have a meal and then go on somewhere else why not gather at one person’s house to eat first, and then head to the club or pub afterwards. You’ll save a fortune this way, and there’s something nice about preparing a meal together too.

Make it a DIY pamper night

Going out is all well and good, but it’s sometimes more fun to stay in and have a pamper night. You can all bring a skill to the party – whether you’re good at hairstyles, doing manicures or make-up. Share your pampering abilities with your friends, watch some feel-good movies and chill together. Just as much fun as a night on the town and often a lot more relaxing!

It doesn’t really matter what you get up to when you’re spending time with the girls, it’s more important to make time for each other even though you all lead busy lives.

Gina

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