Caitríona Redmond: Pizza and cake for budget-friendly kids' birthdays

"It all comes back to that discretionary income; the money we have left over after paying the bills. There is less of it to go around these days, so I have had to become more inventive with our parties."

Caitríona Redmond: "I’m in charge of feeding the masses with pizza and cake - something I am very comfortable doing, let me tell you!"

Birthday parties around here became a little more ‘extra’ after several Covid lockdowns. 

I’m confident we weren’t the only ones who bargained our kids out of a funk in the height of it.