January 2019 Frugal Chatter thread (New Year, new calendars)

[flemeth]

Well I went to RCSS to check out there Christmas deals but not the price I want. But it was not a waste trip because I found some of the new coupons on the board was kind a surprised All was not gone.
Having a cup of tea now then off to walk my fur baby Thor before DH comes home. I will be helping in the kitchen. It will be a vegetable Lasagna for both DDs and Fish with something else for my self and DH he does not eat Pasta so he will figure what else to make.

[lizzie bargain]

Lilo-thanks for your comments about your boys and your situation. It sounds like they are picking up some of your frugal habits which is great! Of course DD has some frugal habits but we would like to see more and sooner rather than later-I guess we will need to be patient and not provide so much that there is no motivation to be frugal. She has been covering quite a few of her expenses for awhile too. I guess teens are still learning. DD just went to a friends on NYE so that was a frugal choice!

Flemeth-thanks for your commnets too about your two daughters-you both remind me that kids really differ in how good they are at saving. I hope your older daughter figures out what she wants to do workwise. I also appreciate everyones thoughts on estate planning and inheritances as obviously this is an important topic as we and our kids get older.

[lilo0003]

I worked at home today trying to ease back into work. Then tonight I did a double batch of banana muffins and a batch of what I call egg roll in a bowl, I froze it in lunch sized portions so I have lunch ready for a week. I added it my my lunch set of the freezer, it’s such a money saver.

[flemeth]

Good morning all .
I did all the couch blankets and the are hang drying.
This week sale at Food Basic Bear Paws are $0.99 if you have the new $0.50 coupons it will make them $0.49 making a great deal
Today will be a little cleaning at my house. Sorted all the exp coupons from insert and tear pads and it’s all recycled.
Well off to clean the drive way with the little snow that we have

[Giseledta]

morning all. i am dragging today. wehave snow.... not alot, but its snow.
my tea is ready, and i am getting in the grove of the day

i think today will be a go with the flow kinda day. the last of the new daycare toys came yesterday. i have a few other items on my want list ... but i will wait on those i think. i like cash flowing them with my swagbuck/ earn ect money i get from clicking, and i need to rebuild that stash.

i am hoping the weather gets nicer, its rather grey and gloomy out right now. that certainly is not helping my mood at all.
i should do some menu planning, and figure things out a bit.
hope everyone has a wonderful day.

[coupon girl]

morning all - I slept from 6.00 pm to 8 last night ,then 10.00 til 4.30 then 4.30 til 7 so I feel great today wow a 5 year old takes a lot out of you for 24 hours but it was still nice her and I painting ,colouring and playing barbies ,making milkshakes and banana muffins

I have lost 4 pounds over the past month ,so this is my new year goal take better care of myself and begin this journey

I so need groceries -sobeys has a few wonderfull deals so may go there ,but sassy I want to get more fruit and veggies also in my life ,I don't think we eat out as much or get takeout maybe 3 times a month . I called swiss chalet yesterday as the whole meal with Ashlyn was not up to par -only her sundae was awesome The girl told me their French fry machine broke so they had to cut the fries by hand (hense why we had small nibs of fries)chicken was very overcooked I hate complaining but we spent $33(Ashlyn large sundae was free from CAA )so the lovely girl said a credit will be with my name next time I go in $25.00 so I thanked her

[Frugalbigmama]

Im having a hard time getting out of bed this morning! Ugh. So much i wanted to get done today. Will take some meat out of freezer since i need to cook up a feast with leftovers so there is good in fridge for kids. Tossing my hair in a big bun and getting at it!

[Angela273]

Our twins are on the mend, but now the rest of us are on antibiotics. Hopefully we are all healthy before we leave next week.

I’ve started trading some coupons on a couple Facebook groups. Very few people are trading on SC, so I finally decided to try out the alternatives. I posted a variety of HV and FPC coupons for trade.

[Frugalbigmama]

Finally found my motivation. Made breakfast. Cooked pasta and have chicken baking in oven. Kitchen is clean. Dinner will be put in fridge for easy heat up tonight. Dishwasher is ready to run after 7pm. Put away all clean laundry. Tidied bedroom and unpacked from being away New years eve. Put a load o laundry in washer including what i was wearing lol. Will jump in shower soon and go get some groceries.

[flemeth]

Everyone not sure if you have the coupons or not but Freshco has Laughing cow cheese for $2.00 there is a $1.50 or $1.00 coupon and Ch51 is giving back $1.00 limit of 2

[coupon girl]

well out I went today even thou I wanted to rest as I babysit Friday both girls and Sat my grandson in Toronto but I really needed a few items
spent 90.00 at sobeys and 12 at seniors day at shoppers got a scop at sobeys for 7.98 my 2 bags of popcorn

[Angela273]

We had spaghetti and meat sauce for supper tonight. Used my last bag of pasta sauce from the freeer. Finished the tomato sauce last month. Last container of frozen swisschard is currently thawing in the fridge.

I need to carefully meal and grocery olan for the next week. I don’t want to leave food to rot in the fridge when we leave to Cuba. I already know that yogurt tubes and baby oranges are on the menu. I was disappointed with the little oranges that I bought from Sobeys a couple days ago.

[Giseledta]

i am hoping for a better day then yesterday. it should be.
one of my new toys broke.. less then 24 hrs old. company was contacted, they are sending out a new toy.. you dont say in your ad durable and will last for years, .. and it breaks less then 24 hours in... by a child who is usually very gental and has never broken a toy. she was so upset. i contcted the company.

i am ready for the weekend. totally ready. however we return our child to collage on sunday. already tearing up over that. tomorrow we ae going to have a family game night, and apps. ... it will be nice.

[flemeth]

Good morning all.
Not much going on here might go to the store to grab a few fresh fruits for my DD. And some of the Laughing cow cheese for 2.00 -1.50 coupon= .$0.50 @Giseledta We will be taking back My younger DD to university on Monday and it is also always hard on me.

[flemeth]

Good morning all.
Not much going on here might go to the store to grab a few fresh fruits for my DD. And some of the Laughing cow cheese for 2.00 -1.50 coupon= .$0.50 @Giseledta We will be taking back My younger DD to university on Monday and it is also always hard on me.