What I miss in 2012...

I miss just going in the grocery store with no list or a worry if the money o have is enough...
I miss food that is not on special!
Tonight I was missing Kaseri cheese.
I miss going to the gaz station and saying " filler up" I know 20 euros won't be enough to last my whole week.
I miss paying my bills on time! Yup. You read right , I miss that!
I miss my dancing class I had to quit!!
I also miss my once a week coffee out!
I miss my once a month outing for drinks, it's the only time a mom of 3 doesn't serve or pick or fill glasses!
I miss my cable tv, at least I could watch a movie when home or daughter some cartoons.
I miss the rush if going to shop clothes, or even small things like panty hose .
I miss junk food , and diet coke ...
In Greece 2012 started bad, and I'm afraid it will finish even worse!!!
I miss my nagging about my work being to much work...
I miss nagging to hubby about working too much.
I miss the life I had 5 years ago, then I thought we had problems.. But who could imagine 2012 Greece. I miss the everyday little things that made us happy!
Thank god we still have an Internet Conection !
So I can write my thoughts!
Troika go to hell on my behalf!
Stop killing the Greek people!
Go away you are making things wrong for us!
Because in my world , things were working great before you came!!!
I know our leaders did mistakes!
Ask them for the money , not us the people.
While the people of Greece are suffering the government is eating at very very expensive stores!
Flying in private jets , and so on !
If you read this leave your comment and send a few friends over so they can comment too...
At some point I know our voices and thoughts will be heard loud and clear!
If I'm missing so much in life what is mr papandreo or mitsotaki missing!
Probably nothing!!!

My shopping today at the grocery store galaxias

I thought the cashier was going to have a stroke!
Why you ask?
Here is the answer !
I bought lots of goodies,
The Greek frugal smart way!!!
With my lovely coupons!!!
I really love my coupons ( new at couponing just started in 2012 )
I found my favorite product on sale,,,
Fairy tabs for only 4.50 euros!!! I had 6 coupons that were 3 euros off each pack.
Yes that is right !!!!
I only paid 1.50 each pack of fairy tabs!
I also bought Gillette gel proglide for 1.38 a can with coupons , I got 3 of those.
I also got lenor fabric softener for 1.81 !!
I got 10 if those with my coupons!!
2 skip the small bottles for 3.63 each!!!
Regular price is 8 something a bottle.
And 10 shampoos for 1.30 each... Not store brand but wella pro !!!
The regular store price for that is somewhere around 4 ...
Yes 4 euros a bottle!!!
Bought groceries worth about 150 for 75 and some change...
My stock pile is growing slowly...
It started out as a ( let me try this). To a this is major money saving!
So even if I spend some extra time looking for my specials or even printing my coupons , it is worth it ...
You might think , what on earth will I do with 15-20 shampoos? The answer is easy ! We are a family of 5 , we go throw shampoo and soap for dishes fast. We also eat allot since we are a big family !!!
But we are all very thin!!!
So if you try hard enough I'm sure you will find ways to cut your expenses ....

Dept free

What is that????
In Greece at this point it is impossible !
As I'm writing this my dept is over 100,000 !!!
4 loans are what I thought 4 years ago I can pay in 15 years!!!!
How stupid of me!!!
Who thought that troika would take 99% of our money from our pockets!
How did that happen ???
Easy !!!
I have a pizza store or you can call it a fast food store in a tiny village!
People don't have money to eat out anymore !!!
So my job is dead!!!
My husband is an construction worker!!!
His job has gone down the drane!
No new houses are being built!
So that is how troika took 99% of my money...
People were working and getting paid!!
They would shop and spend!!!
I had a few economics saved for hard times. But they have finished now!!!
If my work isn't giving me money for food and little everyday things ! How do they expect us to pay off our loans???

Tip of the day!!!

If you can walk some were ,,,
Why drive!!!
Saving fuel and exercising at the same time!!!
If you do need to drive some were do the smart thing !!!
What I do !!!
When I have to run errands I go super market shopping the same day!!!
I park my car in front of the market, ( that is were the heavy stuff is for me)
I grab my bag and run my errands!!! Mostly banks and mail office !!! Then I walk to my car put one bag in grab my shopping bag with my coupons and go market shopping !!
So I only drove to the market not making circles around and around !!!
I also get some exercising in !!! I used my iPod a few times and found out I walked 4 kilometers!
That is money , time and fuel saved!!
I saved time because I don't need to park myself, I just enter were ever I want to go!!!

They will kill us in a weekend

I'm scared of weekends!
I'm afraid Greece will go bankrupt on a weekend !
Why you ask!!
I have no idea!!
Maybe I do!!! Think about it this way!
Banks will be closed ! So we can't remove our money if we have any left!

No major riots will break out, because most people in Athens will be at there village or small town ..
We won't be able too extreme stock the home with food , supermarkets are closed on weekends!!!!
Weekends are my nightmares these few past weeks!!!
I'm afraid of the future !!!
What will happen to us!!!
They are taxing us like nuts !!!
Minimum wage is very low .
450 euros a month,,, get real...
We can't live on that much...
Bread costs 2 euros ,, store brand spaghetti costs 0.59
Most of us have loans..
I was happy paying them till last year,
2011 was an ok year , well the most of it! But what will happen to us now !!! Most people are having a hard time paying . Some are loosing there homes . Some don't have food in there table .
Stop killing Greece.
We had enough if troika!
Let us do it the greek way!!!
No thank you troika your just killing us slowly ...
Wake up Greeks !!!
We need to fight for our rights to life !!

Tip of the day!!!

Dye your own hair!!!
I used to have blond hair ,
But now I'm dyeing it a little darker than my natural color ...
My natural color is brown .
But I got too many gray!
So with the dye I got 2 days ago. I dyed them last night ! Lovely hair color for less than 4 euros !!!
The hair salon would charge me 50 euros plus 10 euros in fuel to go...
So I saved 56 euros !!!
Now that is a great deal!!!!
In the 4 euros is the dye the shampoo and the water!!! And think of all the time saved too...
No waiting in lines , and doing a few easy chores at the same time the dye was on my hair....
Time and money saved!!!
Now that is a great tip!!!!

I am bad too

Yes it's like you read it!!!
I'm bad too...
I'm not always frugal,
I go on shopping spreas ,
I'm a smoker,
I love and drink tons of coffee,
I love my iPod
I have Internet service at home,
I shop clothes,
I go shopping without a list !!!
I also go out here and there sometimes for a drink of tsipouro or raki!
I eat junk food, I also buy sodas!!!
But I'm only human...
But I don't do this everyday !!!
At some times it over my head!!!
But with making stupid decisions it helps you learn !!!!
After the shopping or the drinking , I sit and think, did I really need that, and why did I go overboard like that...
But a human will be a human!!!
And on somedays I will do stupid things!!! But the rest 30 days of the month I will be on track....

Tip of the day

Today the tip is kind of funny!!!
Do you know roli!
Yes the powder!!!
It costs 1.07 euros a bottle!!!
With the coupon 0.50 that epithemies had you get it for 0.57 !
Get 5-6 coupons and buy it!
Use it everywhere !!!
From toilettes to sinks!!!
To scrubbing the tiles on the porch , in the bathtub!
Also use it to wash the shower!!!
The good news you save tons of money ... The bad news, you have to scrub!!! Paying less means 5 minutes more work! But why would I pay a product that costs 5.00 euros to get things done in a minute... When I can pay 0.57 and get things done 5 minutes later ! Now that is money saved and earned !!!
And that is an other thing I learned in January !!!
Like I said 2012 will be a year of saving and learning new things for me !

Tip of the day!

It is the weekend!
If you are staying home all weekend and no one coming over, why get out of your pjs...
When I come home on Friday night ,
I put pjs on my daughter the same ! Sunday afternoon we take a shower change our underclothes and wear our pjs again!!! No clothes washing on the weekend.
Less energy spent , more time left, more money in my pocket too!!!
Doesn't work for everyone !
But it might work for you!

This will save me tons of money!!!

Yes it's like you read it....
My house is so hot we had to open windows to cool it off!!! We needed 2400 euros each winter in fuel... But with the economic crisis and both of us out of work or almost out of work ( my husband at least ) I decided to buy the wood heater to save some fuel!!! Boy was I wrong, I closed the fuel heater and my house is a lot warmer with this heater! Right now as I'm writing the house has a temputer of 28 celcuis. ,,, too hot.