Even trying to survive without money, I still need some small things each day costing me money. Here is the list of my daily priorities:
Even getting good food each morning from Mother Theresa, I still want to eat something during evening period. Usually it’s a 220-240g French baguette. You can take bread with you from a daily meal but usually its several days old and I prefer fresh bread which is much tastier. The price of baguette in Spain varies a much from a location. Here in Barcelona the cheapest one is in Lidl costing 35 cents, other supermarkets have prices between 49-79 cents. Problem day is the Sunday when supermarkets are closed. Never use OpenCor, which is owned by Les Ingels Corteis and is most expensive superstore, where the pan will cost over one euro. Every small boutique like Forn de Pa will sell it to you for 80 cents and sometimes give you free coffee when you start to eat it inside.
Tobacco Papers is my next priority. Having them will be much more hygienic to collect recyclable tobacco from the streets than using half used cigarettes directly. My favorite is blue “Smoking” which is right size thin paper, costing from 55 cents in the tobacco shop at old town calle Hospital to 60-65 cents. ItŽs somehow more expensive than in UK; where green Rizzla was only 20 pence.
Vine is my third priority as it gives taste to the bread, gets your stomach feel good and makes you good sleep. One liter of boxed vine will cost 59 cents in most of the supermarkets. I will write about vine tasting in some future post. In Sundays there is a possibility to buy Don Simon (most favorite drunker brand) for 1 Euro in every Alimentations instead going to Spar Express.
Having your own tobacco instead of recycled one is a big day even it’s so cheap here in Spain. My favorite is red Ziggy costing 1.50 per 36 gram, however for 1 euro you can buy 30 gram of red Ducados or 25 gram Virgia Brand called Djembre. As my need is only 10 grams per day, this will last several days.
Having a cheese or ham with your bread makes life worth living again. You can get French brie from Lidl below 1 Euro, 400 gram Pork Sausage will cost 89 cents; Salami was little bit over a Euro. And if you spare 10-20 cents, you can get one tomato.
Chocolate is something that I sometimes miss and there is no such kind 500gram Dark Chocolate for cooking packages as it was in France. However in Bon Area was cheapest place to get it for 60 cents per 150 gram.
Having all those will make my life worth of living.