Our Thanksgiving

We scrimped and saved for this meal to share with our friends and it was worth it! Here are some photos below. It was an American Thanksgiving with a few splashes of Spain added. 15 of our best-est Spanish & Brazilian buddies came to the house.



Day 19 My Grocery Saving Plan

Day 19: Today I spent: $0 on groceries Total spent these last 19 days: 70,35€ Average per day: 3,70€ We called about a turkey at another market and got a better price: 3,95€ kilo!   That’s better than the 5,40€ from the poultry store here in Loeches. Anyway, we ordered two 5 kilo birds because those [...]



Day # 8 my Grocery Savings Plan

Day #8 and I’ve only spent 5,48€. I like it.  John called the butcher to see about the price of turkeys per kilo and try to order one, so my efforts to save $ for a turkey are paying off in my frugality (comments below) Today the menu is: Dinner at 2: 1st plate: a [...]



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 [...]