February Frugal Chatter 2022

[coupon girl]

Got out this morning first went to "once upon a child " got $84.00 for my son .

Then went in to tender toosties got sketchers for 29.99 reg 80.00 for me .I may wear as slippers in the house.

Then went to winners and hit some 70% off sales
2 pairs of girls socks 1.00 heavy winter ones
a top for me 3/4 sleeve 5.00 reg 19.99
jockey underwear 19.99 on for 5.00
3 small white storage bins for my bathroom since to put my oils and face stuff in 3.00 reg 10.00
almond peanut butter chocolates 2.00 all natural .lol
raw cashews not on sale but 5.99

used a $25.00 gift card from my credit card promo so only paid 2.25

[Ciel21]

Quick HELLO to all on the forum! Second day of time at library but am left with 2min. I miss this entire forum!
Might be next week before I'm online due to coming weather mess.
Take care and have fun!

[cath007]

@Ciel21 : that is so nice to see you posting my friend.Take care xxx

[cath007]

Good earlier evening everyone!!!
Since it is wednesday dont forgot to push yours pc offers if you have good ones..me sadly no
I spend my 5$ reward at metro .I bought milk and a few others things.
I am waiting a call for my mouth protesis this week..cannot wait.Altrought the first days my mouth will need to adjust...
With life project at the break we got coffee,hot chocolate and cookies.from a local organism.It was nice and I even got a stainless steel water bottle.!!!

Dinner probably a meal salad with protein.

Have a good evening and night

[SassyAshley]

@Ceil21, nice to hear from you

[harbie]

I resisted the urge to hit up Starbucks since it was double star day. It was really hard, I don’t normally drink coffee that much anymore but I needed a pick me up in the worst way but I didn’t .

I have a shorter day tomorrow so I’m planning on finishing up my taxes….. I mean it this time .

After the laundry is finished I’ll figure dinner out………

[flemeth]

Quick HELLO to all on the forum! Second day of time at library but am left with 2min. I miss this entire forum!
Might be next week before I'm online due to coming weather mess.
Take care and have fun!

@Ciel21 glad that you drop in to say hi . You take care and stay safe

[HermanH]

We majorly stocked up on unico beans& lentils yesterday. Freshco had them for 97c so we got 7 flats of 12 each.

For future reference, I was just snooping in my basement and remembered that I stocked up on beans 22-01-22 during the RCSS sale. I got a whole swack of 4lb Suraj dry beans from RCSS for $3 each. That works out to $0.75/lb.

I find it difficult to compare prices between canned goods and dry, due to their different units of measure. The cans are usually found in 540ml size, while dry beans are in pounds/kilos. I tried to weigh a 540mL / 19 fl.oz. can of beans and found it approximately 1 pounds. So, as a personal rule of thumb, I guesstimate that a can is about 1 pound. I know that there is water/liquid included along with the weight of the can, which likely means that you get less product weight from canned goods.

Anyone have a better calculation for comparison between dry and wet goods?

[Angela273]

I haven’t taught in the last 4 days. Now suddenly I’m booked for the next two days. Tomorrow I’ll be teaching at a large school that I’ve never taught at before. I’ll arrive early so that I can learn my way around some.

[cath007]

I took a 1 hour nap after dinner lol
I watched the new flyers ...sure a few items on sale we can use but no extraordinary sales
I watched a tv show at rdi in french about the prices increase ..wow ...

[lilo0003]

Ugh, back to not being able to like posts from my iPad. @Ciel21 thank you for checking in if even for a moment.
I had a nice surprise today when I looked at my air Miles. I earned 400 miles from the bonus boom at Christmas. I was not sure if I used enough offers and I find the selection is so limited now it’s harder to earn. So I will happily take whatever I can get.
It’s likely too late to remind most of us to save your PCO. I had so few decent offers last week I had nothing to save.

[harbie]

For future reference, I was just snooping in my basement and remembered that I stocked up on beans 22-01-22 during the RCSS sale. I got a whole swack of 4lb Suraj dry beans from RCSS for $3 each. That works out to $0.75/lb.

I find it difficult to compare prices between canned goods and dry, due to their different units of measure. The cans are usually found in 540ml size, while dry beans are in pounds/kilos. I tried to weigh a 540mL / 19 fl.oz. can of beans and found it approximately 1 pounds. So, as a personal rule of thumb, I guesstimate that a can is about 1 pound. I know that there is water/liquid included along with the weight of the can, which likely means that you get less product weight from canned goods.

Anyone have a better calculation for comparison between dry and wet goods?

I have several bags of dried beans in my pantry as well. I like the quick convenience of the canned ones for when I need a quick complete protein to add to our dinners.

[Skippy]

Quick HELLO to all on the forum! Second day of time at library but am left with 2min. I miss this entire forum!
Might be next week before I'm online due to coming weather mess.
Take care and have fun!

Great to see your online presence! Although you may not be on here as often, you are still remembered by many. We’re here for you!

[barbis9]

@Ciel21 great to hear from you! We all miss your posts and hope you are doing ok.

Yesterday I got covid rapid test kit at my Food Basics (no pharmacy), the express cashier was handing them out. Only issue I have is the explanation sheet is only in French, the other side is blank.

We are anticipating a snowstorm tomorrow, so today I return an item and go to my pool class at the Y.

[Skippy]

Good day fellow thread dwellers. We’ll see how long this post lasts as already having technical difficulties with “liking posts” and I am in low power mode on phone. That said I want to post as it’s been awhile and creeping posts isn’t the same!
In the life of frugalness I see beef is yet again on sale. Is there a reason why? as everything else is costing more(inflation 5% and change last month but gas prices factored in). Speaking of which my oil bill is big bucks but I no longer wish to be frugal and frozen(unless thatÂ’s something good on sale).
Weather is my world as donÂ’t want to fall down outside. So earlier this week finally warm enough and
much melted only to be getting another round(end of rant).
Question if you pleaseÂ…with Optimum points does anyone use them to buy anything thatÂ’s not on sale?
They often add a good bang for your buck when you get a bonus $10/$15 or more for redemption but does that make up for the higher prices at Shoppers? Thank you for any and all input!
Everyone keep safe and well from the oncoming storm and take life one day/hour/minute at a time. Whatever works best for you! Bloody my friends!