Love the Savings Feburary - 2015 Frugal chatter

[jasperandchar]

thriftygranny great deals on the clothing, sounds like jaden will be set for a while. PS how is his foot doing?

[thriftygranny]

He is pretty much back to normal, thanks for asking Nancy!! he is driving and he finished physio last week and has the ahead to snowboard again but I think he is going to wait til next season just to be on the safe side. Workers comp will access him in two years and have him see a gait specialist and if he has any issues there may be a payout. Time will tell! It has pretty much been six months since the accident and he is happy to be free, he will be handing out some resumes soon for a part time job.

[lizzie bargain]

Okay, either some of you mothers are way too nice doing your son's laundry and/or hanging it up for them or I am way too mean as my 15 year old daughter does her own-lol.

[jasperandchar]

He is pretty much back to normal, thanks for asking Nancy!! he is driving and he finished physio last week and has the ahead to snowboard again but I think he is going to wait til next season just to be on the safe side. Workers comp will access him in two years and have him see a gait specialist and if he has any issues there may be a payout. Time will tell! It has pretty much been six months since the accident and he is happy to be free, he will be handing out some resumes soon for a part time job.

glad to hear that

[jasperandchar]

Okay, either some of you mothers are way too nice doing your son's laundry and/or hanging it up for them or I am way too mean as my 15 year old daughter does her own-lol.

a bit of both lizzie , my son does some laundry BUT I do like FBM and put his uniform clothes back in his drawer and he's non-the wiser REALLY I shouldn't say that as he knows I do it BUT it makes a point that unless he spills something on his clothes it's really not dirty unless it's gym clothes and can be worn atleast 2 times EACH.

LAUNDRY IS definitely a skill that needs to be learned as it's a life skill and with practice they learn and get to judge what takes priority

[thriftygranny]

Jay does some laundry but he has other jobs, grass cutting, snow shoveling, lawn cigar detail(2 dogs) and he has to keep the basement vacuumed and his bathroom cleaned, and when he was working he had to do his work clothes. It is so nice to have him walking again without crutches or the boot, I was getting tired of doing his chores. I find he wears a lot of sweaters and I do them with his dads and block them to keep their shape!!

[MrsSunshine]

omg I literally LOL at your comment Nancy. about the uniforms. i've done that a few times with a few items of clothing.
jeans. heavy coats. etc.
kids aren't any wiser like you said.
im really hesitant to let my kids near my W & D. they are only a few months old. i need to break my babies in first. LOL

finally working on another project. its called a 'corner to corner' afghan. so much fun and easy. LUV the way its coming out.
heh did you all know its Thursday. lol. yep im having one of them weeks.

[lizzie bargain]

Thanks for any car feedback you have given/are giving-we are leaning towards the Mazda 3 as it is well reviewed online and we both liked the test drive.

[jasperandchar]

Thanks for any car feedback you have given/are giving-we are leaning towards the Mazda 3 as it is well reviewed online and we both liked the test drive.

It's a much nicer car lizzie, I guess you test driving is leading to a new to you purchase , what color, I am being nosy

[jasperandchar]

I need some swagbuck guidance, I know there is a thread but I don't always get the clarity that I require

so can my frugal friends shed some light..... I'm in swag buck training and you are my teacher/guidance counsellors

I only started about 1 week ago yep I'm behind in the times, slowly catching up with all you folks (in time).

so here are my questions....

1. There are daily goals and yes most often I reach the 80sb

BUT THEN

2. A 2nd goal appears??? Sometimes I make that goal but not very often, so why the 2nd goal? Can it be removed by me to not stress me out .

3. I know many people cash out and select e-gift cards but my printer is not the most reliable so I'm hesitant to consider this when I can cash out. If it doesn't print out I'm guessing your sh*t out of luck, right? as there is no way to really prove you didn't use the e-gift print out coupons or perhaps I'm not understanding the e-gift card theory???.

I'm not concerned about the ones to amazon because you can enter the codes online on amazon, right?

Like I said I'm only 1 week old at doing (I'm just a baby) so any tips or feedback are greatly appreciated

[lizzie bargain]

J and C-blue

[macw1960]

I was told that was only if you wanted the money directly taken from your bank account, but not possible by credit card.


Sweet Sparrow

That's weird because mine comes off my PC MC automatically monthly.

[macw1960]

I need some swagbuck guidance, I know there is a thread but I don't always get the clarity that I require

so can my frugal friends shed some light..... I'm in swag buck training and you are my teacher/guidance counsellors

I only started about 1 week ago yep I'm behind in the times, slowly catching up with all you folks (in time).

so here are my questions....

1. There are daily goals and yes most often I reach the 80sb

BUT THEN

2. A 2nd goal appears??? Sometimes I make that goal but not very often, so why the 2nd goal? Can it be removed by me to not stress me out .

3. I know many people cash out and select e-gift cards but my printer is not the most reliable so I'm hesitant to consider this when I can cash out. If it doesn't print out I'm guessing your sh*t out of luck, right? as there is no way to really prove you didn't use the e-gift print out coupons or perhaps I'm not understanding the e-gift card theory???.

I'm not concerned about the ones to amazon because you can enter the codes online on amazon, right?

Like I said I'm only 1 week old at doing (I'm just a baby) so any tips or feedback are greatly appreciated

1. & 2. You don't have to worry about the second goal at all...if you get it then you just get a bigger SB bonus. I only ever worry about the first one. Sorry, you can't remove it but you can ignore it.

3. I can't help you with this one as I have never done it.

4. Correct.

[avoncallingu]

Does anyone have a Mazda 3 or Chevy Sonic or Cruze-if so do you like it/recommend it as we are car shopping. Thanks

Hi Lizzie! We went through a whole adventure with leasing a Mazda 3 this spring. Loved it, but I have back problems and sitting so low triggered my chronic issues. We switched to a Mazda 5 and love it. Most of the same features in both. We get a lot of compliments about our car (I wanted a red one as I never have had a "flashy" car.) The Mazda dealer was fantastic with us in solving the issues of getting out of one lease and into another.
Good gas mileage. rides well. If you have any other questions, you could pm me.

[avoncallingu]

well. headed downtown to pick up some free yarn. if i dont' make it back its been nice knowing you all

WHAT????? Are you receiving "Hot" yarn????