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@irenedavo3768

Жыл бұрын

Watching January 2023

There was a 2 year period of time my husband lived in a hotel in other town working (job paid) we frequently visited and got to enjoy the free breakfasts and pool but made it work financially by bringing a crockpot, an electric skillet, and using the hotel bbq pit to cook meals. It was such a fun time we all look back fondly at.

The people criticising your food choices - sometimes you have to do what you have to do and that really is ok

Loaded baked potatoes. Potatoes u can bake in the microwave and add a can of chilli.

@pamelacherokeeflower4554

5 жыл бұрын

Jane Ulness that sounds yummy.i been cooking TV dinners & noodle cups.that sounds new.thank u

If there's a coffee maker, use the cups they supply as your bowl.

I get your excitement over finding an Aldi.

You can bring a skillet to plug in and be able to do actual cooking when you travel.

@amandahunter6722

4 жыл бұрын

I figured the would get when at the thrift store

This was perfect timing for me. We are leaving for New Jersey from California tomorrow for my son's college graduation. I just checked and there is an Aldi just around the corner from our hotel. Thanks so much for the great ideas!

Spoons and forks at the thrift store. A couple of plates or bowls.

@wahinepaddler4

7 жыл бұрын

Jane Ulness thats a great idea

Hope BJ is feeling better soon. That's what we always do when traveling - breakfast and lunch always, and dinner sometimes. We traveled across country before microwaves doing that. My mom packed an electric coffee pot and a toaster. We had cereal and toast every morning, sandwiches on the road for lunch. Way cheaper than eating out. When I was traveling a few years back I made a minipantry in the back of my van out of plastic drawers - it was perfect!

@lisamcquarie1916

7 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your idea of a mini-pantry out of plastic drawers. It would keep everything organized and clean. Plus, with the new cars nowadays, many have electrical outlets in them. I'm thinking that one could plug in an electric skillet or a hotplate and you can cook food while at a rest area (if it didn't draw too much electricity. I suppose you could find this out before leaving home).

We traveled for a month and ate motel breakfast when it was included in price. Otherwise used our coffee maker to make cream of wheat when there wasn't a microwave. Also had instant grits, instant rice, canned soups and meats. Had walnuts, dried fruits and our splurge was v8 for when we couldn't get veggies. Ate out lunch, sharing a subway sandwich loaded with veggies. Brought bowls, spoons, forks, one 2 cup glass measuring cup and so important, ceramic mugs. Coffee tastes so much better in a mug. Carried small ice chest for carrots, string cheese and apples.

Small things like a can of soup, can be heated in a coffee pot :)

That was fun. Enjoyed going shopping with you guys. You should do more videos out at stores like this.

we bring a cutting board/knife/can opener/paper towels when we travel, so enjoyed knowing others do an Aldi run the first night of vacation! We love getting a thing of tortillas, salsa, corn and black beans (cheese IF we can afford it) for a meal

You guys are so smart the way you save and buy food ! I did look online for the purse but I didn't find the exact purse! I really care about all of you!

Missed you Monday but Jill and Dave did a great job. BJ is in my prayers. Safe travels home.

Beautiful friendship between you and your daughter.

So smart guys :) You've saved a tonne of money! Thank you for sharing this, it was really fun getting to see you out and about getting great deals. Really pleased to see your smiley faces despite it being a hard time. Keeping BJ and all of you in my prayers.

I take my own knock off keurig when I travel and a cheap $8 rice cooker. It's amazing what you can cook in a rice cooker!

we where (at the same time as your family) at Mayo hospital, Rochester, Minnesota my son has nose cancer from the burn pits in Iraq. My son went to Mayo clinic because the VA at Minnesota were all wrong about doing treatment and wanted to pull some of his front teeths, for a U.S Marine. Thanks for the Mayo clinic, Hope your son is doing well. Be praying for your family.

Loved this! We have an Aldi and I need to check it out again. I especially love using those multi-colored carrots when I make pot roasts... no peeling! Carrots are also so great roasted and added to pasta, too!

Great seeing you! Poor BJ! Hope he feels better soon! I just love Aldi! Best wishes!

I went to aldi today. Love that store. I spent 130 for a family of 5. Also, I have a Vera bradly purse that I think Elle would like. I got it at the ark here where I live.

We lived at a hotel in central Florida for a couple months, very close to an Aldi! We did this weekly there, luggage cart and all!

First meal is a noodle bowl - heat for 5 minutes. I usually carry a spoon in my purse. Then i can have salad or any other meal in said bowl.

Wow, that Aldi was easily twice as big as my local store here in Australia. Funny to see that they have lots of the same products too! Hope BJs treatment is going well.

Aldi does have bags! You do have to pay for them (5-10 cents each) and they're usually tucked in a hard-to-spot cubby under the conveyor belt at the register, but the plastic ones are sturdier than normal grocery bags and can be reused several times! But grabbing boxes is a great free option, too!

@totoroben

Жыл бұрын

Produce boxes are especially useful to load and carry which are usually fully recyclable btw

When I travel with my family I bring the George foreman grill and my instant pot, then look for a supermarket so I understand 💪🏾

So glad we got to see you! Try to go out and enjoy a few meals while your away. You could all use a little splurging!

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

Don't worrry we will. :-)

This is a oldie Goldie for me 🎉

Yea!! I love Aldis, my favorite store, too bad our is about 20 miles away, but Im gonna go tomorrow...Get well B.J. Our prayers are with you honey....Jeannine

I love, love that store. We are on a right budget

@bubbles11397

7 жыл бұрын

Tight

wow Tawra you all did great,,,, eating out for 4 people is crazy expensive,, there is 3 of us and we just dont do it anymore unless its a treat :))) Hope all goes well with BJ

That's cheap for that Irish butter. It's like five dollars here in ma.

Loved that vlog, you guys are fun to follow around and it's lovely to see the US. I loved seeing the Aldi there, it's got different products from what we get in the UK and France

Hello there! Ok, so I Googled that backpack, just for fun, in Swedish and the first thing that came up was that backpack! lol It was sold on Tradera (it said it was a present from USA) so can't get to it but with a little searching I got the name of the bag and it's called Crazy Horse by Liz Claiborne Company. I Googled it a little and had a hard time finding something out but now you know the brand at least! Maybe you get lucky! 😁 Hugs from Sweden! 💝💖💗💜

Love aldi favourite shop go there every week here in uk ! X

That's great for lunches but what will you eat for dinner?

I will lose my mind if I didn't have a aldis

@christyculver6567

7 жыл бұрын

Apple tini I agree. I couldn't cope

Enjoyed this video. I never have seen such a large Aldi store. We shop at Aldi a lot.

Bless you Elly

Greetings from Ireland where Aldi is EVERYWHERE!!! I hope the clinic helps BJ. Enjoy the Kerrygold. It's yummy but pricey.

they have some German food that I ate growing up in Germany

Living in a hotel room temporarily. I did after a surgery once. My ideas: The ready made potato salad, pasta salads,, shredded cheese or cheese sticks, pretzels (My go to salty crunchy food), instant mashed potatoes (easy to eat after surgery and possible in a microwave), eggs (you can do in the microwave, check out youtube!). Handy to bring with is a hotplate or hot water kettle. We usually drove and bring one pan, one microwavable plate, bowl, cup and then disposables. Packing light is hard when you are frugal:) THAT'S my excuse, lol:)

Wonderful grocery haul

You guys did great!

If you hop on the busy road by you hotel to the right you will eventually see an area that has a closed CI Cis pizza. A goodwill is tucked into the side road. It is my favorite thrift store and you may find a new backpack;) The water is nasty in Rochester lol!!!! Tastes and smells like chlorine.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all! May the Lord bless BJ with Healing!

Wow Tawra you did really good! I went shopping today and Tesco's were selling Irish tea!!!

You'll have to try Abernethy butter from Ireland. THE best ever either salted, smoked or dulse added, hand churned, I think they export.

Thanks for all the tips on food when traveling. Good luck to BJ. How do I send a package to you for EJ while you are there?

@jillcooper172

7 жыл бұрын

You can send it to: Living on a Dime PO Box 193 Mead, CO 80542 That is so sweet of you to think of him, thank you

We shopped Aldi yesterday. It is the best. Quality food and low prices. Seedless grapes for 89 cents a pound!!!! ORGANIC mixed greens, 16 ounces for $3.49!!!! Five ounces of mixed organic greens is that same price at Walmart. You get 3 times for the same money and the quality is better than my Walmart.And too much more to list here (or bore you with). Give it a chance if you tried it once and didn't like it. I did, years ago; but my mom loved it and I decided to give it a second chance and I am SO glad I did. They guarantee their products to be as good or better than name brands and if you are unhappy with any product they will 1. replace it and 2. refund your money!! You get another product plus your money back!! No other retailer I know of does this. There is no risk. I keep a quarter in my car and bags in my trunk. If you forget your bags, you can find some empty cartons in the store or buy bags for pennies, and they are NICE. Or just push your groceries to your car and put them in the trunk until you get home, then bag them in the trunk and carry them in if you have a lot. I love that they make you put a quarter in to get a cart. Most people won't walk away from a quarter and that means no buggies left in the parking lot and no way for them to hit your parked card b/c they are chained tog by the front door.

I enjoyed your video and recently found you on you tube and found you to be very informative your daughter is so sweet I have an Aldi in my town have not been to it but I'm going next week to check it out

Ahhhh!!! I live an hour and half away from Rochester! Are you guys doing a meet up at all?!??

left a couple links for backpack purse

That backpack purse is looking like a Spice bag to me, at least that will give you an idea of where to look, I love my Aldi's too, I call it my budget buster lol. Thanks for sharing and praying for your son.

@sonjahicks4783

7 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Haughn fg

We have Aldi and love it.

When I have been traveling by myself I would do a bowled Caesar salad from Aldi, sometimes for both lunch and dinner. Was in Holland and one store had a prepacked with smoked chicken with pear with a quality plastic spork. When travelling to Queensland we chose hotels with free buffet all you could eat breakfasts. We filled up with that and we were all good until 3pm snack time! And then dinner. I have heard of an Australian family back in the 90s who were going to Disneyland. They pretty much packed heaps of the Maggi noodles in their luggage and they ate that and peanut butter sandwiches for the week out of the hotel.

Great food haul! I always find Kerrygold butter to be really salty - did you like it?

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was pretty good.

I know this was a year ago. Just wondering if Ellie ever found a new backpack type purse? I enjoy thrifting and waiting for the right thing I'm looking for. ; )

@LivingOnADime

6 жыл бұрын

She did!

I love our ALDI. Considering you were limited to a small refrigerator and a microwave you didn't do bad. I'm sure if you had a better cooking facility the cost would have been way less. You do pay more for convince foods.

oh it was so great to see y'all O thinkbyall did great at Aldi 🙏

I love this... Any suggestions on saving money on a hotel when traveling for a couple of days?

Great video! We are going on a business trip with my husband's job. They will give him $50 a day for food! That's crazy! But because I am going and we are frugal, I am packing some food and will buy when I get there. I hope they have an Aldi! We will be 90 miles from Rochester.

great deal on the food

very good.

Savers! We love our Savers & Aldi's here in Kansas! We know how to shop!

My husband and I lived in South Beach Miami in a hotel for two weeks with no refrigerator,but a cooler. Ice was free. Purchase a cheap toaster for ten dollars and a way we go.

You can cook dried rice, dried pasta, veggie meats like quorn and the linda mccartney etc, you can cook fish, fishfingers, veggie fingers, vegetables and I mean the traditional stuff that you'd typically do in the oven or on the hob/hotplate. Not the microwavable stuff.

Also have to say good job tawra many would have just forked out and eaten out.you saved loads 😊👍

Minnesota is awesome! I live five hours north of Rochester!

I don't get it. It's not that difficult to buy food in a motel where you often have a fridge and microwave. Aside from not using an oven or store, it's not that different from home unless you really were a cook. On the road it's easy....cereal (hot or cold) for breakfast or yogurt and fruit, and for lunches/dinners you can easily make sandwiches, salads, and soups. If you are really lazy, you can do TV dinners as well.

Pretty hotel 💙

Have you had the chance to visit one of the Remodeled Aldi Stores? If you like a regular store, then you'll be blown away by one of the remodeled ones...!

I love your daughters hair!

good to see you all

Well done

Just curious if you're allowed to use a crockpot in a hotel room. I've heard of people doing that. I wish we had Aldi in Canada. Looks like you got some great deals. Do they sell rotisserie chickens? That might be handy.

@sandyseibelhager7131

7 жыл бұрын

No they don't sell rotisserie chickens

@zochbuppet448

7 жыл бұрын

No new discounts stores coming to Canada any time soon. Walmart cant even compete in the grocery business in Canada. Sams Club was a big disaster ,. Target came, flopped and bombed and now goes down as a historical disaster in retail business . Not enough people in Canada

Good job 🙌🙌🙌

just another thought. for the water. how about a britta water pitcher? take along empty bottles to fill or just keep it filled and drink that instead of bottled water.

i was wondering how you peeled that cucumber

It's sort of like what we have here - Save-A-Lot. No grocery bags, cheap prices. I so miss my save-a-lot after I moved.

we were stationed there when I was younger

I'd like to have a few small electric cooking gadgets, like skillet, rice cooker, maybe even electric kettle, pack them in a cooler. Have a study back inside to transfer your kitchen stuff over, and then on the way to the hotel hit up the grocery store and pack the cooler, then when you get to hotel, visit ice machine and put ice in your cooler. Now you're good for a week.

I grew up shopping at aldi in Germany. my mom shopped there an I did when I grew up.

Am so proud of you

was the hotel a better deal than airbnb?

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a lot better in this case.

You guys are so cute. Great tips!

thanks for finally a short video. My family is cheap, and we would something like this But I think you would get thrown out of anything above the cheapest motel if you tried doing that in Canada. Wheeling it through the front doors and no one said anything

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

In this city people are there long term for medical treatment so all the hotels allow it.

OMG I am at Aldi right now.which ione? north or south Roch?

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

No way!!!!! I was there yesterday. We are going to try to do a get together so hopefully we can meet up!

@practicallyheidi8505

7 жыл бұрын

for some reason I can't email you back. I thought your video was live.

Oh, an elevator! Where I work, they load the cart, push it inside the building and then find out there is no elevator and their room is upstairs. :P

Hey guys! There are a few Hy-Vee stores in Rochester as well. If you go to one of those, check out there super discounted store brand "That's Smart"....I buy that brand there and the rest of my groceries at Aldi.

How did you cut the cucumber?

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

A plastic knife worked fine.

It's the only butter I use! YUM!

Good job Tawra...great meal ideas for hotel living with minimum space. By the way, did you bring your electric kettle so you could boil water for tea? I'm praying BJ get's some good news and gets to feeling better soon. Loved your Mom & Dave's show Monday with y'all chiming in. Looking forward to tonight's episode. Have a Blessed day.

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't because they have a microwave here.

@margaretbedwell58

7 жыл бұрын

I never thought about boiling it in the microwave....I knew you were going to do that for the noodles. This old lady is not too bright. HaHa. Hope y'all had a good day.

I found some really cute and awesome backpack purses at Ross. I love mine! My favorite brand is called MultiSac. Check it out.

yeah, you could've found a few bowls cheap at the thrift store, and saved. you can wash them really good in hot water. :)

Bravo! Good Momma 🌞

We have Aldi and a Lidi in edinburgh we get our bread and biscuits and other stuff at lidi

I wish my Aldi was that big!!!!

@LivingOnADime

7 жыл бұрын

I know! It was huge!