Baguette and Croissant Fund

I have a tea biscuit tin, a gift from DD1's English friend, the biscuits inside have long been enjoyed. It seems a great place to throw change in for vacation expenses. If you've been reading my blog, you know I get a huge amount of pleasure on the planning, some might say adnauseum, the little details of my trips. Still, I won't deny myself this pleasure. I like to assign little challenges  with meaning. I've decided to use the tea biscuit change as my source for "free" baguettes and croissants while we are in Paris. Of course they are not really free, but the change being thrown in the can is not missed, so it will feel like we are not even tapping into the vacation budget. As I write this, the exchange rate is 1.23  Dollars = 1 Euro. I have $14.27 in the canister, which converted to 11.34 Euros. Not one to miss a detail, I found this article, 5 Best Croissants in Paris  and each price the delicious pastry at between 1 and 1.2 Euros. My change so far will yield each member of my family two of the flaky treats each.

Not from France, but a French style baguette-from Walmart.

Baguette's might help my canister fund go even farther. Typically, I've researched, a boulangerie will sell a fresh baked baguette for around 1 Euro. Two of these hard crusty loaves, soft and delicious in the inside, will easily do for our family of five, particularly if we have  a jar of jam and a pot of coffee and carafe of orange juice. We'll be set for breakfast for the first five days of our trip. All of us are fresh bread fiends, so I can see us popping in and grabbing a few just as a mid morning snack. I'll give an update once a month and see how many carbs we can guilt free, at least in terms of money, incorporate into our days.