August 2022 Frugal Chatter: All about gardening and saving month!!!!

[Ciel21]

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[Frugalbigmama]

Good Morning! Nice sunny day here today.
DS works tonight so will drop him off and then do a bit of running around. Will dress for a walk down by the water.

Dinner last night was really good. I splurged and stopped at a local deli for their famous pasta salad. It should have been $10 but I had a discount on my card (their promo card) so my total was only $4! The pasta salad went wonderfully with our burgers DS ate the leftovers after dinner...

Was able to get the Annie's Mac and shells at SDM and have 1 of 3 spend $15 done. If butter is on sale this weekend I will do another shop (saved the personal offer on butter just now on my card so it will all line up!)

Have a wonderful day!

[Angela273]

We’re at swimming lessons and I was just going over my grocery receipt. The teller completely missed a $3 coupon. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get that fixed.

No Frills trip went well, except for that missed $3 coupon.
$95.30oop
$24.99 in coupons
21,200 in points earned
$2.75 in rebates

Stocked up on some Royale tp, crackers, Kellogg’s cereal, Purina cat chow.

[Frugalbigmama]

Feeling in cleaning/declutter mode- So will drop DS off at work and then go back home.
I have 3 boxes. Will decide where to start and then sort stuff- To keep and deal with, to donate/sell, to toss.
I seem to work better when I do it this way. Think I will start with my dresser. It has started a collection. I know there are some Costco returns on it. So that will be put in a bag and in my vehicle so it is there when I go to Costco next.

The top of the upright freezer needs to be cleaned as well. I started it last night and dealt with lots of it but need to finish the job and then wipe it nice an clean.

Goal- To collect $100 cash by August 31st from "crap sales" I am on a mission!

[Angela273]

I checked my work email yet again. My principal answered my questions from Monday. All teachers are getting new work computers. I now know who to send my list of office supplies to. I also know who will be joining me at the new teacher’s meeting a 2wks time.

The cyber principal said I now have access to the online resources that I’ve been waiting on since June. I’ve never used Moodle before, so I have to figure that out. Hopefully he gave me access to all 4 science courses. I’ll tackle that after lunch. I’m hoping to figure it out and not feel like an idiot. I’ll watch some instructional videos, etc.

I just found a free event in town. It has a bbq supper, scavenger hunt, etc. I’ll work hard this afternoon and then we can do that for supper tonight.

[coupon girl]

I popped over to cleos as my sister-in-law told me they had tops 9.99 to 19.99 reg 45-50.So i got a dressy tank top ,very pretty $14.99 reg 44.95

Then went into dollar tree got cepacol losenges 1.25 reg 6.00 in shoppers ,plus a few paint brushes .

Then went into walmart again and bought another sunlight soap big jug 8.97,so i now have 3 .
Decided to buy cherrios not on sale as due to supply chain i can never find the regular one when on sale i paid 6.47 plus will get mable labels for one of the grankids free.
Also got a bag of cherries $2.00 on the reduced rackand they are sooo good .

[Angela273]

I have access! I have access! I have access! Science units, handouts, everything useful! Yay!

[cath007]

Since it is wednesday again dont forget to save your 4 favorites pc offers that you dont plan using today.!!! I just did mine

[cath007]

Uniprix QC,the sale finish today and it is on the flyer it is this manner I noticed and we were running low on laundry soap so I stocked and no they did not have limit
6 x 40 loads of artic power laundry detergent @2,50$ each reg:7,99$(would never paid this price)
Seems the best price in a while

[lilo0003]

Son is all ready for residence. We were Home Depot tonight as we needed a new light switch and DH found a fridge. We feel buying makes more sense than renting. It was slightly less than Costco and so we decided to pick it up rather than wait until our return. So I imagine my excitement when it rang up at 170.00 rather than 299.00.
I am no where near packed but all the laundry is done so that’s a plus. I have sort of started and I really done need a lot at we will do laundry at my brothers.
I did pick up a few new shirts last week at Marks. Lots of good deals and I needed a few tanks to go under a couple of my garage sale blouses I found. Not to mention I spend my days in tshirts and I really feel I need to get back to at least trying to dress for work even if only on the top half.

[Angela273]

I routinely shop at my local Sobeys. Smuckers jam is a staple in my house, but I haven’t been able to stock up on it in months and the kids are out of their favourite raspberry jam. The 500ml jar had a $7.99 price tag in the shelf. The other varieties of the same size are $5.79 a jar. I had a BBpersonal offer for 7AM on a jar, which I could combine with a $1 coupon. I just traded for a bunch of $1 Smuckers jam coupons, but jumping $2.20/jar for raspberry jam is ridiculous! I did not buy the jam.

[coupon girl]

Wow angela i buy smuckers all the time ,mind you i havent bought it in awhile .I justy starting using my stockpile ,as my neighbour gave me 4 jars of homemade jam which i used up first.
I would not pay that price also .

Darn it all forgot to save my p.c offers ,i had a coffee one i wanted to save .

[Frugalbigmama]

Good Morning! Looks like it will be another beautiful day here today.

RCSS is clearing out summer stuff. I picked up tennis balls for $2.44 (good brand) I am so happy with this score as they are not cheap at Canadian Tire.
I am planning a day in our town with DS next week. So now I have decided a game of tennis then lunch at the deli (he wants to try their mile high sandwiches with pasta salad of course) and then a walk down at the town dock. I will offer him ice cream but I doubt he will want it.

Dinner last night was rice with veggies topped with garlic shrimp. I made sure to make a container for my lunch today. Going forward I guess I should make 2 pots of rice since DS really loves it. I added an organic frozen cauliflower/carrot/onion mix from Walmart. I want to stock us up on it since I love it. It works so well with this dish. I also added fresh onions and peppers from the fridge and celery from the freezer.

Have a wonderful day!

[Angela273]

I looked up my new local link agreement for the school division I’ll be teaching in. I already plan on running the after school craft program. These volunteer hours count at a rate of 25hrs = 0.5 EDO, which I can use or get paid out for at a substitute teacher pay rate. I can also work lunch hour supervision, which is about $15/lunch break, before taxes. Alternatively 9hrs = 0.5 EDO. Signing up for these things is part of the back to school meetings at the end of August. It’s another way that I can earn more during the week, without having to spend extra days away from our children.

[coupon girl]

Just ordered free labels for ashlyn for school from my cherrios box will come in 4 -6 weeks,hey gotta love free anything .

Just went thru my summer tops removed 3 (one tank is just way too hot the material ) and 2 t-shirts .I will give to hubby's sister when i see her.