October 2022 Frugal Chatter: All about Fall and Halloween!!!

[lilo0003]

We are back. What a wonderful get away. Chicago is an amazing city. The weather was gorgeous by the end. Now I have one day to get everything done before I head into a crazy week of work. But it’s sunny and warm and I am sitting on my deck avoiding any of my today list.

[Giseledta]

hi all.
we found out earlier in the week that my husbands uncle passed away. he will be sorely missed. such a amazing man. they did a special visitaion for family so to spread teh numbers of visitors out we went to that viewing. the funeral was Saturday. church, graveside and legion.
i am very thank ful we just got our last covid booster. and it was so very nice to see that side of the family.

also .. one of my DC families has covid. so they were off last week, i got the message last night that the child tested positive. they will be off for the week. none of the other families have it .


we did a quick ... was to be small... but somehow was 187 .00 grocery on friday. saved ... 8.00 on bacon... 4 on cheese. 13 400 in pc points. cheese went to the freezer for pizzas. i did pick up lunch meat. i ususally dont as it is so expensive. but i thought it would be good for a easy meal after the funeral. and i was right. it was the perfect thing to do .

also did a quick 2 item trip to walmart to get the yarn to finish my crochet project. Yarn has gone up in price. i am not impressed.

any hoo. thats it from me. just chugging along. i am hoping next week will be ... easier.

working on the meal plan for the week.

[SassyAshley]

@Giseledta so sorry for your family's loss *HUGS*

I know it is not what people want to hear but Covid is not over. We recently had to close a location as everyone but one person tested positive and we are seeing more positive cases across all our locations. Just talking to people everyone seems to know someone who has Covid.

[SassyAshley]

Pasta Sauce simmered on the stove all morning. I ended up using our stockpot since I used a whole family package of Ground Beef.

I packed the sauce full of veggies. I am still overrun with Celery I used 4 stalks plus 2 carrots and a bunch of mushrooms. Plus when we use the sauce we will probably add more veggies depending on what we have on hand at the time.

Well working on the sauce, well the veggies and meat cooked, I did the hand dishes.

Still, lots to get done but not sure I want to tackle anything too big so think I will just tidy up and see where I get.

Dinner will be Lasagna using some of my Sauce, with Garlic Bread and Caesar Salad.

[cath007]

Good afternoon,
I did my grocery 100$ oop,I try to spend less..But noticed maxi and cie have more limit on products...that suck if you want more you have to return another time of pay the full price;...I wanted blueberries and raspberries and the limit was 4....in total,not 4 of each...
Fridge need a good clean and rotate the stuff....I putted the task away last week but now I have no choice.So will kind of find that ambition.

Have a good day and a good week

[Ciel21]

@cath007 So good to read that you have the winter apparel purchased for this year! Is it possible to sell the older coat online or through a consignment store?
@lilo0 07
The fall weather has been quite good recently-enjoying the deck is a priority. I make myself go out into the yard for short walks and I looked up at one tree with yellow leaves-a few are turning crimson now.

[Ciel21]

@Giseledta (((Hugs))) on the loss of your relative. Hope that it's possible to keep ties going with that part of family branch if DH can. Glad for you that you were comfortable with how visitation was conducted.

Yes, the price of groceries...EYEBROWS up. I have seen reports that California drought has impacted tomato prices.

[Ciel21]

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[flemeth]

@Giseledta so sorry for the loss of your love one. ((((HUGS))))


Yes the price of groceries is very high . I try to look for sales and PM .

[Ciel21]

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[coupon girl]

Giseleda-so sorry about the loss of your husbands uncle

[cath007]

@Ciel21 : thank you No because the other coat is really finish only kept it for emergency coat
Oh wow fridge is clean and purged ,toss away the expired stuff unfortunnatly...I hate that part...but I can start new and fresh now
Garbages and recycling have been put away too
So that annoy me it is the same wasting always,a few veggies,end of smooties and yogurt....sigh...

[cath007]

@Giseledta : so sorry for your lost.hugs

[SassyAshley]

The kitchen is clean after dinner except for the lasagna pan, it is soaking a little.

Built my new laptop table. The verdict is still out on it. It is higher than my old table and not sure if this is going to work. I am worried that since it is higher it might bother my neck and shoulders but I will try it for a couple of days and see what happens.

The old Laptop Table and all the packaging for the new Laptop table have been taken out. Keeping the old laptop table is not an option, it is falling apart and the side table is bent. I think maybe if I just use one of the side bolts and lower the new table I can make it work if the higher height does not work for me.

I am not ready for it to be Monday yet. But ready or not, it is coming. So before bed tonight I will go over my to-do list for the week and see what needs to be scheduled this week.