We need a bigger car!!!

Following my last post on the amount a child costs, I must add expenses that occur as a result of having a baby - rather than the baby itself. Last week we went on a long weekend with some friends and their two girls to Derbyshire; staying in a converted chapel. We had fantastic weather and a brilliant time and hopefully Paul really enjoyed his birthday!! This was the first time we had left our house and actually gone somewhere other than friends houses. And the village we stayed in didn't have any shops (it did have 2 pubs!!) However, this meant the need to ensure we had everything packed and we soon realised our car is not quite big enough to fit everything in. We had wanted to take the heavy duty buggy but after the travel cot, our suitcase (medium size and containing toys as well as clothes) and a box of Jamies clothes and bedding, there was only just space for our cheap alternative in the boot. A box of food sat precariously on the front seat all the way there - with my large pizza on the floor - and I was squashed up to Jamie (in his new front fitting seat) with his change bag, a bag of toiletries and another bag of 'goodies' at my feet. We nearly didn't have room for the booze!!