My wife and I are "Espanophiles." We don't eat or drink out, don't do cinema, theatres or concerts. But we work our backsides to pay for 4 holidays a year (6 weeks in total) on the Costa Del Sol, where we eat, sleep, sunbathe, drink lots of San Miguel, and do nothing more strenuous than read and walk. Last holiday was 2 weeks in May, next is 2 weeks in October.
The price is (all kids left home and have their own families) working lots and lots between the holidays. I am currently on a 12 day stint of 11 hour days without any time off. But we think its worth it.