Grocery Challenge
Economy
Well, my 20 euros for 20 days was a COMPLETE success! I had money to spare! I then proceeded to spend all of my Decembers food allowance on my holiday menu. Now I’ll begin to “rebuild” my food budget surplus. Last month I ended up getting 5€ less than I had thought because our […]
20 Euros for 20 days part 2
Balance: 20€
Money spent:
11/28/08- zero
11/29/08- zero
11/30/08- zero
12/1/08- toilet paper 1,05€
12/2/08-zero
12/3/08-zero
12/4/08-chicken bouillon, 3,85€
12/4/08-lettuce, 1 kilo of tangerines, 1,80€
12/5/08-zero
12/6/08-zero
12/7/08-zero
12/8/08-zero
Well there you have it! I have spent 6,70€ to get us by with 13,30€ left to spend the next 10 days. We continue to eat well and frugally.
We did spend money on some Spanish ham, manchego cheese and holiday […]
20 EUROS for 20 days-Part 1
Here we go again! You probably wonder why I challenge myself this way. Good question!
In order to attain my goals in other areas, I have to work with the resources that I have. This time, my goal is to save most of my December grocery money until Dec.18th when our kids, Anita and Neil […]
10 Ways I am saving money.
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In these interesting and challenging days, I guess we are all looking for ways to save. Here are 10 of my “moves” […]
Saving Money…
The Garden:
I wanted to tell you that my garden is growing very well. So far, we are eating radishes (well, I am, John doesn’t care for them) and all of our salads are coming from the lettuce I grow. I snip off just enough each day to make our salad. Did you know that radish […]
I’m still looking for ways to save and reduce…
There has been some good sales on produce here and I’ve taken advantage of some of them. Here are some examples:
Pineapple: I bought 5 lovely pineapples for .69 euros cents a kilo and I have made, 3 kinds of jam, pineapple salsa and canned pineapple.
It’s a lot of fun for me and a nice […]
A new month with new challenges
Thank you for your prayers for us! Aren’t these interesting times? We feel sometimes that we have so many challenges & trials but even in the midst of those, we know that in the Lord there is always hope. I continue to find ways to save on the ‘ol grocery budget. Some budget items have […]
Our food budget and saving anyway I can!
My blessings for this week: I am so humbled by the Lords goodness and generosity in my life!
Between the high cost of European living, the bad exchange rate, the expenses of our ministry, and upcoming commitments I am looking for ways to make every cent count. I depend on the Lord to inspire me and […]
Back in Madrid again!
We arrived back to Madrid to a whirlwind of activities and news. One of the ladies in our church had 2 of her sisters die in one week. Then the news of Evelyn who died from ovarian cancer at the age of 33. Apparently she didn’t know she had it and when she finally […]
Pizza Dough Recipe
Here is the pizza dough recipe that was asked for. It is actually the PIZZA HUT recipe that I got from a book about copying restaurant food.
* If you want it to really taste like Pizza Hut dough, you should make it in the morning and refrigerate (with plastic wrap over it) make sure to […]
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