We went out only to buy groceries. Date Night became carry-out and delivery. We got used to using the Uber Eats app. Schools began teaching online, with classes via Zoom -- an online meeting app that would become way too familiar for everyone in the months to come. Work meetings, ...
In the Algarve, it’s possible to eat out for as little as €5-7. That often includes the ‘couvert’ starter, a main, a desert, wine, and coffee. Groceries are also cheap, and often cheaper if you shop at the market. Portimão’s market is one of the best in the Algarve, so...
So whether you’re choosing what clothing to wear or which groceries to buy, it’s important to focus on selecting quality over quantity. This can help you live rich on a small budget. Just a few years ago, I used to shop every weekend. Since making the choice to transition to a more...
For some of my friends, intermittent fasting, which refers to having meals spread among 8 hours a day and letting the body rest for food intake for the remaining 16 hours, worksreallywell to keep them healthy, fit, and happy. For me, it doesn’t work so well, as I get so hungry in...
Another passed by,and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s ___ and said, “Sir, would you ___ giving me a ride to the other side?”___ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old ...
Besides that, Mom needed my help. Back in the 1970’s virtually no groceries were bagged in plastic. You came to the supermarket with a shopping cart and the check out girls would pack your groceries in double bagged paper. Each bag was filled half-full with groceries and then another bag...
Groceries are nearly ten percent more expensive than a year ago, while the European average has risen only by 6.4 percent. Only a year ago consumers in Finland felt relief that food costs were rising far slower than in the rest of Europe. Now costs have leapt by 9.5 percent. The rising ...
"Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store," Mrs Wilson said. "Help me check (检查) the prices." The Wilsons were not wealthy (富有的) and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries(杂货) in the...
In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price—five dollars—was far beyond Reuben Earle's means. Five dollars would buy almost a week'sgroceries(杂货,食品)for his family. Reuben couldn't ask his father for the money. Everything ...
shop would be helpful. The other challenge mentioned early last spring is building a camp chair and that is another one I’ll need to make excuses for. After the possible box challenge, see earlier post, we are all game to get creative but time has a way of running out with life’s ...