A New Batch of Vegetables - How Meals Will They Make?

I went to a local Expat market to get 1 cucumber and came home with 9 vegetables.

How many meals will they make?

Day One:

Quick pickles
Cucumber water with cucumber slices
Cucumber and Apple salad with yogurt
MW Baked potato topped with beans and cream cheese
Sliced up lime and froze for use in various drinks

Day Two:

Baked Apples
Vegetable Soup with potatoes
Sliced up Bell peppers and froze for future recipe

FYI: The cost for the 9 vegetables was $62MX. This was an Expat market, so I assume the prices are higher than at a local market.

$62MX = $3.30US (based on $18.77 exchange rate for 1$ on this day.)

I looked at an American Grocery flyer (I do not have a car, so I choose a store near my home that I can reach by bus) online and came up with this cost comparison:

Apples $1.79 - 2.49 a pound
Potatoes $3.50 for a 24oz bag or 3.99 for a 5lb bag
Peppers and/or Cucumbers 3 for $5
.10 or .25 for a lime, a Key lime or a Persian Lime

Estimated cost:

1.79 - 2.49 Apples
1.25 Potatoes
5.00 Peppers and Cucumbers
0.10 Lime
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$8.14 - $8.84US

Pennies Matter

Quick Post:

One of the takeaways from The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn is pay attention to the pennies, they add up.

Inflation is happening all the time and everywhere.

As an example, these are recent changes in size and price of four rolls of toilet paper:

Date / Price / Number of Sheets:

10/2019 24.53 / 350
5/2019   24.50 / 400


Note: It is a common practice for manufacturers to change the size / volume of products and to keep the price the same or to increase price.

 

Partial List of Residencias Adultos Mayores (Senior Care Residences), Merida, Yucatan

The following is a partial list of residential facilities for seniors.
Adultos Mayores Residencias
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Information presented is based on visits in 2016 arranged by Adventures-Mexico (https://www.adventures-mexico.com/) to the following facilities. List is not inclusive. There are other private and governmental adultos mayores facilities and services in the Yucatan.

2016 costs range from $11,000 to 20,000MXN a month. Some facilities require a deposit. These costs are a guide and do not represent current costs.

Resident is responsible for several costs including wifi and cable, medical services and medicines, and other services.

Some require additional electricity fees during summer months.

List does not cover all information regarding facilities.

Most of the facilities have waiting lists.

Descriptions of what facilities may provide or not provide are only a guide. Changes in what facilities provide or do not provide may have changed.


1. Josefina Montes Molina
Hogar para Mujeres
C21 x 20 y 22
Mexico Oriente

Multi-story building includes an elevator.
Garden areas.
Community rooms.

Includes:
Private room
Linen
Housecleaning
Fitness room
Game room
Reception desk with mail service
First Aid

Does not include:
Laundry services, laundry machines in building
Wifi or Cable
Rooms are not furnished
Medical services or medicines


2. Golden Age Services
La Edad Dorado
C 30 #255 x 75 y 73
Colonia Montes de Ame
Merida, Yucatan 97115
https://www.goldenagemerida.com/

Lots of open and garden spaces.

Dr. Luis Martinez
999 199 1138
999 287 4073

Includes:
Accommodations, dormitory rooms, private with shared bathroom
3 meals, collations
Laundry
Game room
24 hour nursing assistant
Surveillance and medicine control
Physiotherapy/Occupational therapy
Air-conditioning
Low cost laboratory services
 
Does not Include:
Medical services and medicines


3. Mis Queridos Viejos
C 38 #125 x 29 y 31
Colonia Buenavista, Merida, Yucatan
Harold Esquiviel
http://www.misqueridosviejos.com/

999 927 9381

Private home

Includes:
shared accommodations
3 meals
Laundry
Room cleaning
Surveillance and medicine control
Doctor visit
Fans

Does not Include:
Special meal requirements
Medical services and medicines
No activities


4. Residencia Para Mayores “Casa Aurea, A.C.”
C 18 x 31 y 16
Colonia Mexico
Irma Martinez Gonzales
999 926 1183
999 366 8234
999 253 7966

Includes:
Accommodations, shared or private (Furnished or Unfurnished)
3 meals and 2 collations
Fan or Air conditioning
Private Bath
Bell for assistance
Nursing assistance
Excursions
Classes
Linen changes 2x a week

Does not Include:
Laundry services
Medical services and medicines


5. Refugio Mendoza
C 12 #249 x45
Colonia Leandro Valle, 97143
(Near Macroplaza)
http://www.residenciarefugiomendoza.com/

999 212 0626

Includes:
Accommodations, single or shared
3 meals, 2 collations
Nursing assistance
CCTV cameras
Bell for assistance
1 doctor visit a month

Does not Include:
Laundry
Medical services, medicines, doctor visits
Limited Fan and A/C use

Estética de Belleza Princess - Beauty Salon

Estética de Belleza Princess

C 41 x 66 y 64
Centro, Mérida, México

99 923 37 74 telephone

Just got my usual Pedicure with a French Gel nail polish for $280.00 Mx.