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 !!

Tsiknopemti. And I feel awful!!!

Tsiknopemti is a day when most Greeks eat grilled or BBQ meat...
This year my daughters school is having a tsiknopemti party...
It costs 15 euros a head !!!
Would love to go but!!!!
Four people by 15 is way out of budget for me...
Years ago before the crisis I would go out to dinner like most Greeks!
But this year its different !
Most of us are broke...
Too many unemployed !
Too many loosing there homes!
Too many not having food on the table!
At least we still have food!!!
Not what we want to eat , but what we can afford !
Like every human I will go out this month or next for a raki or tsipouro.
For hubby and me and the 2 little ones it will cost around 25-35.
But I need to go out... To see people , to hear people talking, to watch them eat drink or nible!
I live a bit far from the village! I live beside the sea!!!
In summer I see people walking on the road in front of my house .
But that is only for two months !
The rest of the ten I'm alone ... Not even a neighbor !
I like the peace and quite I have!!!
But I need to go out!!
If I don't I think I will go mad...
Would love to go out for dinner but it costs too much!!!
So a tsipouro is the right thing for me!
They bring you the drink for two euros and a small dish to nibble on... My two little ones nibble the dishes with every tsipouro me and hubby order... And we order one or two dishes with actual servings.
After two drinks I'm happy!
After three even more happy!
After four a little drunk!!!
After five I don't smoke and need lots if water to drink and a good nap to get undrunk!!! Hahahaha!
But it is ok !!!
I makes my brain think that it went out to have fun!!!!
Gym is way too far away to go and very expensive !!!
The coffee shop we have here charges 3 for each coffee and 2 euros a soda!!!
There is no resterant too eat !!
No fast food stores !!!
I do nothing during the winter months than to be a full time 24 hours a day mom!!! I don't go to other peoples homes for coffee! So I think a drink
Every 5-7 weeks is a must for me!!!
Thinking of it , I'll tell hubby to go out in Saturday ... Maybe we can afford it by then !! If not I'll make it a get happy drunk day on Sunday ! And cook side dishes and drink a few at home and pretend I'm out !!!
The bad news is after the nap you wake up and see the dishes , and the pans!
Ohhhhh what the h--l...
At least it will be a lot cheaper than going out !!!

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....