your on a roll Angela, great start to 2015
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your on a roll Angela, great start to 2015
Ciel glad the baking soda helped
Inquring Minds want to know!!!
With gas prices going down :top: in most provinces.....
are you putting the difference between your original budgeted amount and the new gas prices in savings, buying more groceries, tax free savings account, vacation, anything goes. There Could be no difference
hope that makes some sense....all is all what are you doing with the extra savings :shrug: if anything different??
Angela-glad you are able to work despite your all day nausea! J and C- I must admit I don't have a set amount allocated to each category so don't know where we are spending the extra gas money-I just have a general budget target each month which I try not to exceed.
Congrats Angela, keep getting those hours to make mat leave stress free! i hope the morning sickness is waning a bit for you.
Nancy, I don't set aside gas in my budget under it's own category, I drive very little now that my son has his license, if we go out of town it is usually with my husband and he has mileage he has to record for his job when he is working, so a lot of his is a write off. A lot of times if I have an appointment in Calgary or Edmonton he will arrange to see a client while I am at the doctors so we can kill two birds with one stone, sometimes it works sometimes not.
Well I am embarrassed to admit but I am still going through Christmas stuff and organizing things in the basement, slow going for sure!!
I really want to get some sewing of summer clothes done for myself next week, we may be going to Hawaii to a conference in May, at one point we were going to bring the whole family on our Avion miles but when I had my heart issues it was put on hold because I may not be able to get travel insurance so soon after I had the procedure and 2 of our kids had to book their holidays in January.I don't see the cardiologist until February so I will find out then if I get the go ahead to travel.I'm fine either way, my husband will go with our one daughter who will just be finishing up at college and be available, the trip is all expense paid in a 5 star resort so there is no way I am holding him back from going!!
Gas Savings- Right now I am just carrying the money ahead to the next period but the amount is getting high lol. So will give myself an extra $100 (to cover extra travelling in the future) and then I think I'm going to plunk the excess in my TFSA.
I have to say I have the most wonderful sister. Not only did she watch my oldest so he didn't have to be dragged out of town for a hockey tournament (nice pool and eating out isn't fun??) she bought him and his brother new shoes (she messaged me saying it was a sale and my oldest didn't want 2 pairs so asked what size for his brother- got the next size up so they will be good for his next growth spurt) She also gave me a $75 GC for Kelsey's/Swiss Chalet etc. She redeemed all her Airmiles long ago for GC and treats us well! So will have to save it for a nice dinner out with the boys :)
Can we rename the thread to “just freezing my @$$ off in January”. OMG it’s so cold. Should have been a frugal day as I am working at home but the pup has damaged his paw, so 160.00 later. I was a nice mom today and picked both boys up from their schools, at least the sun is shining.
LOL @ Lilo.. yep. its going to be balmy by the weekend though.
ive gone through an two boxes of cake decorating items, we're selling. holy crap. it was alot.
next is the christmas items. dh and i are going through 10 boxes. (rubbermaid containers worth). yikes.
its all getting posted.
im really REALLY hoping once i start posting/clearing the space and making the $ dh will be like. sell SELL! LOL
our main reason for doing this is because if we need to we want to be able to pack up our home in one week.
its a bit of a long story behind it all. but for the most part, if i have to pack up the house by myself.
less is way more.
its crazy the amount of crap we have when we start going through it all.
SO
If I EVER suggest im going to a garage/rummage/church sale. STOP me. PLEASE.
no really.. LOL.
lilo what happened to the puppy, poor thing
FBM lucky indeed your sister sounds like a real sweetheart, enjoy your treat out when it works for all your schedules (no hockey lol)
CL-when something like that happens to me I just call 1-800-shoppers and they credit the missing points. My Mum is doing well after her cataract surgery - she has been keeping me a bit busy today with rides, eye drops, cups of tea etc. For dinner tonight we tried the pizza special at Co-op-2 long, hot, fresh baked pizzas for $10 -pretty good and a bit more than the 4 of us could eat.
well went to dentist and told her i still have a few flareups a month -my mouth drys out(i use biotene ) and the gum swells she said - may have to take the prescription rinse the rest of my life -but still get better in time
-anyway went the library and seen a presentation from a blogger -Kerry taylor -google her
-she talked about unconventional ways to save
-like using the k-cup refillable cup with your own coffee-which I do most days
save one dollar at a time
- I dont think she cared for loyalty programs as she had stated "did you get your free socks"but I wasnt there to debate just listen-mind you she did state in our c loset we should have 85% used-15% new in clothing which I firmly believe
a quote from Kerry "its not about how much you make -its about how much you dont spend -true true-very interesting presentation
-my son called me "ashlyn" weight 23 pounds now -she got a needle today didnt grow much In height