April 2019 Frugal Chatter Thread (spring, is that you?)

[Frugalbigmama]

Enjoying a night away at casino hotel. Sold tickets for show tonight and tomorrow night. Got a free room for my friend for tomorrow night. I won $480 as soon as i got here. So i came to room and went to pool and hot tub while waiting for my guy to get here. He is on call this weekend and had to leave but will be back soon then we will go have a nice free dinner.
I plan on stopping at Costco tomorrow. Bag of dog food for sure. And will stock us up at SDM with 20x the points.

Have a good night

[Giseledta]

morning all. happy Earth day!!!

i am hoping to go t a farmers market this am . i have a love of farmers markets.......
i also need to go to dollerama... and shoppers... 20x sale. easy peasy.

we leave at 3 for a trip to middle childs school. pick up thier extra stuff.
do a last grocery trip for them.... and take them out for supper.....
i am looking forward to seeing them.

[coupon girl]

morning was up at 5.00 a.m and out the door at 7.00 a.m -lol first stop shoppers 20 times ,the sobeys for the 2.99 Heinz ketchup -.50=2.49 and of course the chapmans 1.99 (I had no coupons so sad ,I even messaged them a few months ago)

got the turkey in the oven at 9.00 a.m as not sure when daughter her family wish to drive back to Toronto so may eat around 3.00

[greentires4me]

I saw beef tenderloin in the superstore flyer and get 15,000 points when you buy one at 9.39$/lb last time I got beef tenderloin there I paid 38$ and my mom got the 15,000 pts. I want I want. I also need bottles of water my water has lead and cholorine in it. I don’t have the money for one right now but maybe I can talk my mother into buying one because I get paid on Wednesday.

Yesterday I hurt so bad today not so much. I even went to the hospital and this new woman doctor told me “to help you help yourself you need to distract and distract” I said “I am in fing pain where I cannot distract no more that’s why I am here!” Then she said “we don’t give anything for chronic pain!” I said “ but you allow people with dementia and Alzheimer’s in here with chronic pain and you help them...but you call me strapping young lady of 34 who shouldn’t be in pain...right that is the most misguided thing I have ever heard from a doctor before.” Then they paid for a taxi home for me as I was waiting I gave a granola bar to someone from my purse who said they had been waiting for 6-9 hours for someone else to see a doctor.


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[Ciel]

Thursday night, I returned to the library (heard that someone I don't like was due to visit Friday and I was too upset). Then afterward went to McDonald's for an order of French fries and noticed how dark part of Wilson St. W. (power outage; Walmart parking lot was dark but store had lighting due to generator). On walk home, the streetlights and traffic lights were out too. Interesting.

Managed to avoid visitor mostly yesterday but sibling said something I noticed-he's been considering a move to Oakville to shorten his commute. Given his longer work days and sometimes daily work, he's find the drive home tiring and he's nodded off too. Wish he had done that a few years ago, so we'd have avoided all of his "used cars" and his stuff would have gone. So I did recall asking Mom two months ago if she knew if sibling would continue to live at home and did not get a clear answer. I found myself mentally compiling a list of things he purchased that are in use at home that potentially will follow him when he decides where he'll be. That means Mom has to get on-board with property matters and routine maintenance or tools or she may as well put the place up for sale, despite wanting to stay on. Will find out when I bring the list of things she and I will have to consider going with sibling. I suspect summer or fall will be the most likely time for a move, if he's serious.

The hyacinth bulbs got put into the garden with the soil and I pulled out some of the bulbils and what I call air carrots. Plan to leave just a clump of bulbils in one corner and get one with planting only the seeds I purchased. I'll leave Dad's seeds for Mom to decide what to do with-I won't be planting them (though I was seriously in the mood to toss them all into the green cart or another corner of the garden and let Mother Nature work on them).

Another wet and windy day here-ideal for quick bread or muffins and tea. Must make something later to warm up with.
Happy holidays to everyone celebrating this weekend!

[SassyAshley]

Good Evening Everyone,
Thank you to everyone who commented about Gallbladder issues. After meeting with the surgeon I have decided to go ahead with the surgery. There are a number of things she cannot 100% say are my Gallbladder but after what felt like a long discussion we decided this is my best option. The surgeon is a wonderful, even thought she was running behind and had a waiting room full of people she took the time to answer all of my questions and concerns and really allowed me to make the decision.

With that being said it does turn out there might be one small complication. One of my liver-ducts shows signs that a stone may have passed, the hope is that is has fully passed but there is a chance it is still in the duct. So I have had some blood tests done and depending on what they show I might need a surgery before my surgery. I think this surgery is just a scope but do not have a lot of details as the surgeon taking out my Gallbladder does not do this surgery and would have to send me to someone else.

As of right now my surgery is booked for June and I aiming to take off 3 days but with that being said I actually mean working from home. I am pretty sure the day of surgery I will be out but hoping the next 2 days I can work from home or at least process what needs immediate attention. They do have me on cancellation list and have said if they can they would like to move my surgery to May but we will see. I am trying not to focus on the surgery too much right now as I know if I do I will loose my mind.

The last few days have been bad days, I am not sleeping and honestly right now I feel like my body is so tired. Turns out I am not having "attacks" but instead it is what they call constant. Pretty much most nights my gallbladder is waking me with pain and depending on the day it can go through the day. Turns out this constant cramp in my side I keep trying to rub out is my gallbladder. Right now I am trying different things to try to find more good days to get through the next month.

I am a little freaked out as I have a ton going on for work and not being at my best will be hard. Not to mention as of right now I will be taking a few trips which will means nights alone in a hotel and right now being alone is freaking me out. What if I have an attack and am alone, most are saying do not worry you aren't having attacks but it is now in the back of my mind.

I am also a little concerned for after surgery. I was trying to get an idea of some foods that maybe I should avoid (really trying for some good nights, my body needs the sleep) but all I kept coming across were after surgery diets and people saying all the things they now cannot eat. I must admit I started to find that a bit over whelming, I mean I try to eat well but sometimes especially when I travel for work, it is what it is. Plus the idea that some foods could just be completely off limits is a little overwhelming.

Well off to lay on the couch for a bit and see if I can stay awake until at least 8 pm, when I have a bad night it is a challenge. Have a great night everyone.

[coupon girl]

Well the kids are gone we ate supper at 4.30 so daughter/hubby and Sebastian could get home at a reasonable time for easter bunny to come ,wow it sure is tiring having all 3 together toys everywhere ,3 under age 5 is a lot of kids getting into stuff running around etc

I am just chilling right now and I will on sunday too

[lilo0003]

Younger son has lacrosse Sunday so older son and I will make the trip to my moms for Easter lunch. I made cupcakes and cookies as we are doing potluck and desserts are always my thing. Hopefully the rain stops because I could us some sunshine. Spent today purging and just doing some spring cleaning but I really want to get outside and start working in the yard.

[Frugalbigmama]

We watched the Winipeg game tonight. Poor Winipeg! Had a wonderful bottle of wine has been so long! Looking forward to a productive day tomorrow. Will make a nice dinner to eat during the Leaf game when they won tomorrow night

[wendymac]

@SassyAshley I am sure you are doing the right thing by having the surgery. But, wow, it would frighten and shake me as well, even though you seem to have wonderful doctors. Just remember that it will be over soon, and a memory.

[flemeth]

We watched the Winipeg game tonight. Poor Winipeg! Had a wonderful bottle of wine has been so long! Looking forward to a productive day tomorrow. Will make a nice dinner to eat during the Leaf game when they won tomorrow night

Good morning @Frugalbigmama . I am with you about the Leafs Game it’s an afternoon game Also rooting for a win we will have lots of fun at my house because My DH is one of Leafs biggest fan. I will be making some snacks to eat while watching the game.

Well good morning all
My DD is completely moved. Didn’t realized how much stuff she had. Now my Guess room has all her stuff until it’s put away which will be tomorrow.
Hope you all are enjoying your Easter weekend.

Also did my 20x shop at SDM yesterday . I used all the FPC from the Pepsi promo booklet , 1 uncle Bens Bistro FPC and 4/$1.00 coupon for the Royale toilet paper. And the 2 Free Scrubbing bubbles coupon from the toilet paper. I end up making $3.30 after Points was factoring in. Still missing some points so will have to make an inquiry. I was very happy yesterday with my Shop.
Also finish off my Mega miles shop for my card. DH was done a long time.

[Giseledta]

morning all...
flemeth- we dont even have a third of middle childs stuff... i am not sure where i am going to put i all.
i need to empty the bins and they will be going back with hubby when he gets them on Sunday.

Sassy- you made a good choice withthe surgery, i know it is scary, but i am so glad the surgeon really listening to your concerns.


i am takingmy mom to church this am . Hubby has the game tonight at 3 pm. i am not sure what i am doing for supper.. but i have a few ideas. laundry is on track for today. i will be happy when i can hang stuff out.
i ay do a hour or so on the yards.... i would really love to .. but i suspect evrything is just so wet.....


ok. did shoppers points yesterday - total.27100 so i am happy with that. cashing out mu co51.

middle child and i figured out... that over 15 weeks ( a semester...) they spent under 140 .00 in actual money on groceries, the rest was points... that amount was just under 900.00 in points. so , i am pretty impressed.

[coupon girl]

morning all happy easter

I woke up at 3.00 a.m(then went back to sleep til 8.00 a.m ) so ran the dish washer again ,had a bit of white turkey meat left over so gave some to son and son-in-law to take home ,the blueberry pie got burnt around edges (hey I am not pefect ) as I was playing with grandkids ,hense why I needed the heating pad last night for my lower back always down on their small level

doing a load of laundry right now ,not sure if I can hang it out a its still damp out,not going anywhere today as we are heading off to Toronto to watch Sebastian on Monday morning ,hopefully we can take him to a playground and have pizza for late lunch


sassy -glad you came to your decision for your gallbladder

everyone enjoy your day -I may even start a puzzle today ,so relaxing to me

[greentires4me]

Today I am cooking a meal for 40-45ppl. It’s bone in ham, garlic mashed potatoes, frozen vegetables, buns, and coleslaw. All the things were on sale at superstore.


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[lilo0003]

Today I am cooking a meal for 40-45ppl. It’s bone in ham, garlic mashed potatoes, frozen vegetables, buns, and coleslaw. All the things were on sale at superstore.


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Yum, I love garlic mashed potatoes.