It is August already,time to start another frugal thread
Wow time sure goes fast.!!! :shock::shock::shock:
For me August is the return with life project month...And you???
What are yours plans .goals and hollidays plans???
For me it is to stay more on budget..really ..I need to stay more on budget
Cheers to another saving month,and fresh products too.Hope for those you have a garden than it is productive!!! :):flowers::lol:
happy August.
i have 2 projects i need to work on crochet wise...
continue to work through my house on the decluttering... i have a few things i want to list for sale.
garden wise... sigh.. its pretty much a bust. so disappointing. i need a bunch of rain.. and a few cooler days
i need to make a list of goals... i have a few things i want to achive
Sunday night on a long weekend is the best time to go shopping!
Dh and I went to WM and RCSS since they both have underground parking and are right next to each other. Just needed a few things to finish my pantry reorganization so we grabbed some garlic pills, corn, sun dried tomatoes,artichokes and olives. Saw they had McCain hash browns on sale so I grabbed 2 and 1 bag on non name fries.
Our pantry is completely done and it took us 3 hours! Everything was removed out of the room, racking cleaned, floors vacuumed and washed and everything organized perfectly. Great part was there was literally nothing that needed to be thrown out which I’m
proud of.
Thank you fir starting the new thread.
July savings total $242.90
Coupons - $84.53
10% off Tuesday @ Sobeys - $8.27
PC Optimum - No Frills - $50
Air Miles - $60
Amazon gc - Swagbucks - $20
Garden - $20
Money found - $0.10
ty @cath007 for starting the new thread up, my plans atm are not very exciting. Turning the NHL wall calendar over to a new page.....why hello Mitch Marner!
I was admiring the savings that you listed @Angela273 , regular redeeming values for me come from AM and PC Optimum points. There is the odd FPC, but coupons for the most part are not on my radar much anymore.
Your 3 hour effort ( @harbie ) getting your pantry restocked was quite impressive, reminding me that I should clear out a few packaged/dry items from our stockroom, some that DD left here when she moved out and I know I'll probably never use.
Thanks cath for starting august thread .
Yesterday i went to local zarkys and bought buns ,luncheon meat ,of course we had ashlyn sleep over and she wanted cookies so a splurge .We were suppose to go to a conservation park today for lunch with a variety of my daughter-in-laws family and now it is cancelled as cara has a fever (i swear that little one gets sick so much ).
My son thinks she picked it up during day camp which she was in 3 days last week (why do people or kids go places sick uggg)No civid as they tested her but she just got over medication for an infection ,so maybe her immune system was a little down.
So relaxing til we take ashlyn home later ,my girlfriend dropped in yesterday for a visit .I gave her a small wooden patio set for her son (was daughter's and we didnt need it) and a few nice used clothing from cara and sebastian for her grandkids.
Angela it amazes me when you said you buy everything used for your kids,what a saver in life.I grew up on thrift stores(hense why i love thrift shopping ) and my mom sewed a lot of clothing for me to make ends meet as my dad was sick and not working.
I truly wish my daughter-in-law would spend less on clothing for the girls,then it would free up a bit more money.I got a new top for ashlyn from old navy for $1.53 last month cant beat that price .
Everone have a good day.
I’m optimistic that the new high dose medication is working. I took the antihistamine at 8am yesterday. I also took the new medication when I ate breakfast. I usually need the second antihistamine dose in the afternoon. I think the new medication is working. Some of the spots aren’t looking so red this morning. It is promising.
@coupon girl I try to buy all clothing for our family second hand. It’s harder to buy used winter clothes, winter boots, gymnastics body suits, etc. I was happy when I managed to buy shorts for myself, jeans and a nice shirt for dh, along with kids clothes on the same shopping trip for a grand total of $15. I even bought the new to us popcorn maker for $8. I picked up free towels and a blender from two different people in town.
Good late afternoon!!! :)
Phew so hot in the school no ac...grrr And seems covid is still present..1 case in our class....still take measures and wash my hand often...no cafeteria at the school..it is a dyi zone in reno...at least i lunch at home..sigh
Noticed my Oasis Good Morning Smooties 3 bottles mango passion fruits are not good bad taste..they where opened and altrought the bb dates is still ok..more than 10 days they where open so ....to the garbages...what a lost..grr
So plan B at the break ..made a smooties with frozen strawberries and bluberries but it was so tick..to many yogurt..well...it was drinkable at least...now I will know how to make it for tomorrow morning.lol...
Dad car..update...he called several garage only one was willing to check his car..so it will be repaired in max 3 days..yay but no yay on unplanned cost...
Dinner ,,.,dad defrosted some salmon so with that a rice and salad..happy to have a full freezer for those case
Bread and milk...at least we have a conveniance store near
Have a good evening and night ,stay cool.
good afternoon all.
worked on my day planner a bit. have a few things orgaised in it. I love being able to add to it when i think if things before they flitter out of my head.
we have rain forecast for soon. hopefully it comes . we need a good rain. :)
supper is sloppy joes. and salad.
this week is going to be rough. i know it. was hoping it wouldnt be ... but today has already shown me it will be rough. i have a plan for the week. working my plan. next week will be better. And i am putting steps in to save my mental health.
tonight.. crochet and relax. load of laundry to washer. i will hang it in the am
wow on the savings !!!! :) @Angela273 : wish I found and have that many coupons,very hard to find coupons always cleared tear pad and I try to find them in french less hazzle with maxi and cie who now accepting just in french or bilingual..hope bilingual are ok tought.
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The only coupon pad I saw was in the tea/coffee aisle. 1860 or something branded item. Did not collect it.
Did spot a battery recycling bin at the east entrance of Fortinos! It keeps appearing and disappearing. I have batteries to dispose but it might be easier to do that at Lowes as I intend to visit GT and Value Village this week one evening.
It's finally raining (regular rain) right now! YAY.
@Ciel21 : thanks for the many suggestions about a day planner or agenda.Will definetely check Dollorama or Staples or Winners when dad will have his car back,maybe this week end!!! :)
@Angela273 glad that the medication is working. Hopefully the itching will resolve itself quickly.Quote:
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@cath007 I buy Brownline page-a-day daytimers from Costco - usually a 2 pack for $10. Last year I sold the second daytimer for $5 on Facebook.Quote:
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Dollarama has calendars but I don't know when they start carrying 2023 calendars.
I trade for some of my coupons. Many people will trade tear pad coupons for postage stamps.Quote:
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Happy to walk past a sampling of Coffee mate flavoured coffee creamers at Fortinos. I tried the coffee crisp one, and got a free coupon (value $5.69) and I grabbed one for my best friend. Rarely find free product coupons in-store.
We just had rain but the heat/humidity continues. I have started drinking Hyralite electrolyte powder. Easy to use and it really helps with dizziness and nausea from this heat. I love summer but I hate this humidity.
Tomorrow is 10% off Tuesday at Sobeys. I’m going shopping before Dh leaves fir work in the morning, that way I won’t have to rush out the door late in the evening after Dh gets home. I’m also more likely to find what I’m looking for in stock at the store. It will likely be the last 10% Tuesday that I can shop until the new year, since I’ll be teaching and living in that small town during the week. Some months I might organize a 10% Tuesday shop for Dh to do in my absence. He likes my coupons and uses Air Miles, but we acknowledge that I’m better at it.
oh wow an fpc in store!!!!Quote:
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Thank you @cath007 for starting the thread
Lots to do today . Will start off with laundry
Good Day! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We had sunshine all weekend and the rain only came last evening. A gloomy day today.
Spent the day at my sister's pool on Saturday. She had to take my niece and friend to a mani appointment so I went to her local Zehrs.
They had the samples of coffee creamer and the FPC as well and I got 11 :) What a great find!
Checked out the waterfront festival and got our steps in. So many people!
Took a walk through Independent on my way to pick up DS on Sunday. They had a bunch of markdowns/clearance. .94 cents for pasta sauce, pasta and canned veggies. (I picked up sauce and pasta) $4.94 for a large bag of Basmatti rice!! All had expiry dates in 2023/2024.
I will make sure to make this a weekly routine since I have been finding deals the past few weeks there.
Dinner last night. I made garlic shrimp shrimp and served it on top of a rice/veggie mixture (I added the leftover coleslaw to the rice and it was really good!)
I made leftovers for my lunch today but forgot about it when I made my lunch today to bring in to the office lol. (I had made egg salad yesterday) so I made my bento container with an egg salad sandwich with cherries and watermelon. I brought a cream of wheat with almond milk and fresh blueberries for breakfast.
The fridge is stuffed. So many fresh things to enjoy (I bought 7 packages of blueberries! $1.66 compared to $4.99 at RCSS where I pm'd) and bonus PC PTS!!
The watermelon is good and I will buy another on Thursday (No Frills under $3) .88 cucumbers GT (I pm'd and had 300 pts per $1 in pc pts) Tonight I will clean out the fridge and try and organize it a bit. I have upped my healthy eating and prepping is what helps me.
Hoping to go to the beach after work tomorrow night and will bring a nice dinner in my bento container :)
So this weeks plan is to get through work. Tidy the house. Get posting stuff for sale so I can build my "crap sold" fund.
Prep the spare room for paint. This room can finally be empty so I am thinking of moving my office in there. (It is spiderman blue at the moment lol)
Keep up on laundry. Go for a walk tonight before bed everynight
Have a wonderful day everyone!
I redeemed $50 in Air Miles. Used $39.28 in coupons. Earned 140 Air Miles. Saved $20.38 from 10% off Tuesday. This is the highest dollar amount that I’ve spent on 10% Tuesday in 2022.
I picked up 4 175g packs of turkey bacon for $1.27 each. They were short dated, so I put 3 into the freezer.
I also picked up 3 whole chickens for $1.70/lb each, because they were short dated. One is tonight’s supper, the other 2 are already in the freezer. Each chicken had a $3 off coupon.
I also picked up corn chips for 50% off.
wow angela you did great i just went to sobeys and got few deals bonsterra 6.99-2.00 cpn=4.99 for 24 single rolls plus 20 airmiles when you buy 2 .
Dropped ashlyn off after 2 days ,cara still has a fever poor little one (no covid) as my daughter and sebastian are on their way to our house from montreal for 4 days .
Today I dont feel good...
I vomitted in class and do a big crisis of panick.I am home,we cannot miss with this program...I wrothe to the person on charge for explaning the situation and just hope for the best...
Dad will pick up his car this afternoon.
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3 days left of this work week. yes i am counting. love doing swimming lessons... but they are a time sucker.
after quiet time took the kids for a walk. and a play at the skateboard park . they love it
suppper is egg roll in a bowl and chicken balls. I buy the noname one at rcss. they are pretty good.
all in all a pretty decent day. got lots of little things done. tonight.. good supper , and crochet.
tomorrow will be very hot. and humid.. is what it is . might do some water play in the afternoon.... hmm.
My kids started their swimming lessons today. We’ve been taking them swimming every weekend for the past few weeks, to help them be prepared. I’m not overly optimistic that our twins will pass. They’ll have to work hard and we’ll take them swimming again on the weekend. They have 9 1/2hr classes over two weeks.
I bought an adapter so that I can hook up an extra monitor for my work laptop computer. Glad that I remembered to use the $25gc that we won a couple years ago. It covered most of the cost. So far none of the promised resources from my new school division or teaching friends have been sent to me electronically. There is a sale on TeacherPayTeacher today and tomorrow. Unfortunately I’m not sure exactly what I’m looking for…will have to see.
I took the kids with me for a short trip to No Frills to picked up some deals. Used $40 in points and $8.49 in coupons. Earned 1,600 points.
Cooked a nice roast chicken dinner for supper. Choice of chicken buns or wraps with tossed salad for supper tomorrow.
Finally spent an hour transplanting all the small plants that were taking over the kitchen. Two medium/large sized pots outside. Some medium and small pots in the kitchen. No cheap plastic seedling pots. The soil cost more than the actual plants.