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Busy week so far and a busy day today too.
I did 5 century workouts ( ride, strength, stretching, walk and lastly running). Even got a shout out from my UK instructor :shock:.
Only had time and energy for a couple of laundry loads and a quick trip to get some “milk” and some small stuff.
2 Cliff bars @ 1.69ea - $1WUB2
3 Silk products -3/$1 coupons
a couple of gas coupons for $2.47 total.
Now to get ready for work tomorrow.
TGIF!! It's the weekend! Woohoo!
Was considering heading out of town to visit family tonight but they are calling for not nice weather so thinking best to stay close to home.
Probably a good day tomorrow to get stuff done around the house.
Picked up a MCD coffee on the way to work. A nice change. Cash only- they had no wifi so couldn't use other payments. Could have been lured in for an egg mcmuffin but resisted the temptation.
Brought my lunch (veggies and chicken) so I won't starve.
Now to get this work day behind me!
Have a wonderful day!
Terrible PC offers - I have only 4,000 points but have an offer if I redeem 10,000 I get back 30% in points? makes no sense. Fortinos is so overpriced, I now spend the bulk of my shopping at Food Basics, and even there I have cut back considerably. Had Kirkland broccoli and cheddar soup that went bad of the two that came in the pack - doubt I will buy that again.
Looking for a free tax program to do taxes online, as I am low income. Does anyone know if Ufile still is free if you are below a certain point?
Busy Friday, helping a friend this morning, than home to clean up for afternoon guests. I find it harder to get things done. I need to get structure back into my days.
Have a great Friday everyone.
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Hamilton hosts the Around the Bay Race on Sunday, so expect some road closures or restrictions late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
Scene+ to expand into Quebec as of yesterday and Grocery Gateway (by Longos) customers will be moved to the Voila.ca platform this summer:
https://forum.smartcanucks.ca/437431...3/#post7234178
Note: Sobeys and Voila.ca in February sent out notices to customers to provide 2-factor id to use their services. That puts me out of ability to order online as I don't Internet at home where the landline is (and I've no cellphone #/device). So--I will see if Longos.com still allows orders online w/o 2 factor id. That way I may still be able to do some spring orders before the service transfers platforms this summer.
Good earlier afternoon, :)
I slept in
Yes we have sunshine :) Yesterday was just rainy all day
Yes I will ask for the Scene Card Sunday at my IGA
TGIF !!! :) It is a holliday here in school in QC,but that change nothing have to work super hard on my book because exam is next wednesday,for custumer service,
Doctor appointement tonight too...Have a bunch of things to talk.
Got paid wednesday night...but I will have to review spending,still very overbudget
But I expect to not spend so much in grocery this week
Dad started but he is slow to ''work'' on my taxes papers...
Have a good day :)
Was glancing through the digital Longos flyer and noticed a different Neighbour in Need bag offer-the usual bag is $11.99 (dinner) but there's a new Breakfast bag for $8.99. Can buy bag in-store or order online when placing a grocery order. Last year, there was a Baby bag offered. Good to know!
Campaign runs from March 27 to April 9 (stores are closed on April 9 but online orders likely still work on website).
Anyone shopping for Becel Oil this weekend-Shoppers Flyer shows it for $6.99. If you have the expiring $1.25 off any Becel coupon or the newer $1.50 any Becel coupon, this is a good buy!
Good Afternoon,
Oh what a week, it was not my best but trying to move past it. I will admit, I felt a little deflated earlier this week. Since our upgrade is now a week away that has been my focus but there were some questions about why I was not giving other things more attention. It left me feeling a little overwhelmed and honestly, I just wanted to shut down. I am already working 12 to 14 hours days and weekends to try to make sure everything goes smoothly, so I kind of sat here thinking when do you want me to do this?
Today is a new day and I am moving forward. I had to head into one of our locations as a few remotes worker came in for me to set up our new links for the upgrade. Plus my boss asked to talk to me about some ongoing "issues" with the upgrade since I dealing more with the IT company since I can walk them through our issues.
I decided to shop my way home, I went to RCSS and No Frills and tried to Price Match as much as I could. Honestly, I could have gone to pretty much every store and there are some things I did not get so I may pick up a few more things next week. But for the weekend we are good. This is what I picked up:
RCSS:
3 x Peppers $1.99/lb
1 x Asparagus $1.99/lb
1 Cherry Tomato $5.00 + 1000 pts
3 x Zucchini $1.29/lb (PM Metro)
1 x Hot Dog Buns 12-pack $1.99
1 x Ribs $2.49/lb + 100 pt/$
1 x Knorr No Salt Garlic $6.49 (PM Metro)
1 x Knorr No Salt Chicken $6.49 (PM Metro)
1 x Knorr No Salt Beef $6.49 (PM Metro)
2 x Whipping Cream 473 ml $2.29 (Cheaper than Costco, I wanted 4 but they only had 2 left)
I grabbed the Knorr No Salt to try, the regular price at RCSS was $10.49 and Loblaws in advertising them for $11.99. I have wanted to try Noodle Cups where you make Homemade Noodle Cups using Chinese Noodles and various veggies but all recipes call for bouillon to flavour them. We do not buy bouillon due to the salt content so excited to try these.
The ribs are a treat for Mom, a few times she has seen them on sale and mentioned they would be a nice treat and $2.49/lb is the cheapest I have seen and the packages are not huge. No Frills had them on sale last month but the packages were huge and still $30 or more, I got 2 racks which will make 2 or more meals for us for just under $14.
No Frills:
2 x Raspberries $1.55
1 x 2-pack Romaine $2.77
1 x Limes
1 x Naturally Imperfect Apples 6lb $6
1 x Naturally Imperfect Limes $7 (eek, there was no sign and I meant to have them check the price and got distracted, will make sure these get used)
6 x Beef Broth $1.44 = 200 pt/$
1 x Dare Breakfast Crackers $2.44
4 x Classico Pasta Sauce $1.99 - Personal Offer with a limit of 4
2 x No Name Fries $2.49 + 400 each
I was going to grab the Breakfast Crackers from Metro to try as they were 2/$6 so I could not price match them but turns out No Frills was cheaper. Those Limes, oh my cannot believe I missed that, I am noticing more and more things in my No Frills do not have prices but normally I remember to Price check them at cash, 100% on me. I would have just grabbed a couple of loose ones which were $0.88 each.
I wanted some grapes which are on sale for $1.77/lb but they only had 3 bags and they did not look good. So maybe I will check for those next week or see if I can Price Match at Freshco.
I did spend a bit more than I had planned because of the Ribs and the Knorr no Salt, did I need all 3 no but I really want to try them and they are good until I think 2024 and they are the 640g jars, they will last a long time.
I may still go to Walmart and get Mushrooms and Freshco for Sugar next week.
All and all I am happy with my shop. Now to write my to-do list for the weekend.
Good earlier evening everyone :)
I am back from my doctor appoitement .I took 25 minutes,+ I went by walking,still backpain but fresh air and sun is so good for the soul and stress.
So I will resee my doctor april 21 at 6:00 pm another Friday.We chatted a lot and I had a lots of questions. For the program to loose weight no news so I will recontact them.
Regarding my itchy red spots on arms,nothing can be done apart trying to manage more my stress ,the cream the pharmacist sugges me and I continue to apply and reactine
Regarding school She find the school very restrictive with me..she wanted to writhe a paper but that will change nothing unfortunnatly.
Regarding my 2 bigs toes nails..she saw them and she said the bottom is ok very white and in heath it is the yellow that color is normal for 1 year to stay yuck..
So no treatment to add...
Regarding my big headache no special pilss just need to h ave a good sleep and less stress + good eating habits
The psychatrist diagnostic is social phobia...so ...dont know what to think of this
She did a request for me for seeing a psychologist in public at CLSC(like outside the hospital)
I change my medication.More and more and another one change for more..very ...deceived..but it is what I need..will do it steps by steps.
Overall a good needed appoitement
Thanks for reading this ,have a good night.Off to dinner and writhe my grocery shopping list and work in my book .Forgot to said I managed to do 3 loads of laundry this afternoon...done yes
We survived the 5 day week. My next two teaching weeks are only 4 days long. I’m staying at the rental house this weekend to work. I’m trying to meal plan and figure out what to pull from the freezer. I’ll go to the coop tomorrow and see what deals I can find. The store is closed on Sundays, so I believe I’m more likely to find deals on Saturdays. I didn’t find meal inspiration…I’ll hopefully figure out more tomorrow and cook on Sunday. I plan on going home next weekend, which is 3 days long for me.
@Ciel21 hard to believe it’s already time for Around the Bay. I have run this a few times back when I was running. I still remember that brutal hill at the end. @barbis9 I am also having better luck with food basics and with 3 really crappy offers I doubt No Frill will see me this week.
DS2 works at RCSS now, he does not yet have a licence which is frustrating but I used it to my advantage today and checked Flashfood at least 4 times and picked up a cheap bag of salad and some cupcakes.
There is almost nothing we need in the flyers so I think groceries will be cheaper this week.
Good Morning Everyone,
Woke up early this morning but took me some time to get out of bed.
I was feeling so behind last night on my personal stuff. I had wanted to catch up/finalize my budget Wednesday, did not happen, tried again Thursday, but nope so I was frustrated with that. I knew we were under budget but I wanted to get it all on paper to see exactly where we were. I did not get it all done last night. But at least got started.
Not much Prep to be done this week, mostly just some chopping. I wrote a meal plan last night but did not include many new recipes to try, not quite sure how this week is going to play out with work. But did add a few. Last night we just had Hot Dogs as my foot was bugging me (dang Planterfasactis) and Mom was having a bad day.
We have some leftovers in the fridge to use up, we have some Baked Potatoes (I do not know why I made 4 instead of just 2) and cooked Rice so will use those up. Think I will see if Mom wants to make the Ribs tomorrow night with the Baked Potatoes and some of the Asparagus I bought.
Ugh, I see Costco has Ground Pork on Sale this weekend only, that is on my watch list and works out to $2.42/lb the best price I have seen in stores lately is $3.99/lb. But I do not want to risk the drive with the weather that is supposed to come today. It is supposed to start right as Costco would open. Maybe tomorrow.
I noticed yesterday at No Frills that the 30-pack of eggs which used to be $8.99 is now $9.29. Need to check Costco's price.
As many mention Taxes, I remembered to drop mine off yesterday. I have meant to drop them off the week before when I was working in production as our plant is like 5 minutes away but I forgot one of my slips. Yesterday I had everything together and dropped it off on my way in. That is done.
Trying to find my ambition but honestly, I do not have much, I can tell the weather is coming in as I have a weather headache and my whole body is saying let's just curl up on the couch and watch Movies.
Happy Saturday
Right on schedule, the freezing rain is here. I was working in the kitchen and could hear it pinging off the window.
Super happy I did not try to make it to Costco.
Good morning everyone,
In QC we have sun and -3 degres,super happy about that
Might do a few errands this morning
Have a good day :)
Good Morning!
Dropped DS off at work. Went to the laundry mat and washed/dried King bedding. Went for a walk while the stuff was in the washer.
Ordered a $5 Flashfood box since it had the lemons and limes I need for food prep this weekend (Box has 1 mango, 3 avocados, 4 limes, 2 lemons, 26 clementines and 9 apples!) Pretty good haul I think.
Stopped at RCSS to pick up Flashfood box and asparagus $1.99LB and cilantro .99 cents.
Back home now and made sure to park back in the garage. The freezing rain started here while I was in the RCSS and is still pretty heavy.
I took BLSL chicken breast out of the freezer for dinner tonight. Thinking grilled chicken with avocado, asparagus and something else once I decide.
I watched a youtube meal prep video the other day and I am making it all tomorrow. Lime Cilantro Rice. Lemon Garlic Green Beans. Chicken Meatballs. And Shrimp (tons of seasoning etc it looked so good!!) He also make steak strips with a sauce but I think I shouldn't make too much this round. I can only eat so much lol
Well off to make the bed with fresh bedding. Left the window open the past 2 hours so the room is probably an icebox!
Stay safe today!
And they had reduced the salt/ice melter. Picked up a bag for $2.84. Now we have 3 sealed bags ready to start the 2023/2024 season.
@sassyashly- I noticed the same price increase on the eggs at my RCSS this morning.
oh and the cantalope are $4.99 this week ($1.88 last week!!!) Crazy (Glad I bought 2 on the last day on Wednesday)
If any one uses the Food Basics app. Frozen turkey is 20.00 off this week. So for 17.00 I have a turkey that will make a number of meals, and I found some new to me coupons and was able to use 6.00 in coupons. So that feels like a win. I also stopped at Sobeys and picked up 150.00 gift card for the bonus 10000 points. It’s an easy way to say even thought I rarely shop at Freshco and Sobeys it all adds up.
Two questions and yes, I have been on Amazon, I might be a little addicted, but it is so just easy to find what we need.
Has anyone here used a TENS machine? I think I used one when I was in physio and I know my Dad and Step-Mom have one as they offered to let me use it when we were on vacation but I didn't. I am thinking of getting one for Mom and I found one on sale on Amazon.
Also, does anyone have a Wet Vac? I see people on Youtube and Instagram using them all the time and I am wondering if it might be the answer to cleaning my kitchen floor. I have been eyeing up the Bissell Cross-Wave but the cheapest I can find that one is $250, but I found one on sale on Amazon for much less.
It’s a 2 day weekend so I stayed to work and prep for the days ahead. Thankfully I remembered that our small local volunteer run second hand store was open this afternoon. I paid $5 for a bag of kids clothes that I selected. I picked up several items for twin girl and a few for the boys. I haven’t checked there in a while. $10 for a great quality boys ski pants and matching jacket for my boys.
I learned that my school has a nice stationary bike in the workout room, so I did a 10 min bike ride as an afternoon break. I also walked to the grocery store in the morning to pick up a few items and walked to the second hand store this afternoon. It’s melting outside, but there’s still plenty of snow and the wind felt cold.
What a change of weather...currently snowing.
Sassy i have a dr.hos circulation platform plus pads for certain areas that have pain my knees ,i have used it once so far.It is okay so far.
Well my diningroom ceiling had a leak (from the upstairs shower),not fun ,hubby had to try and fix it is has done a fair amount of plumbing around the house .So around 4.00 p.m he showered while i watched to make sure no more drips ,we will patch it up later with drywall.$40 for this plumbing job and about the same for the under the sink upstairs bathroom last week .
I guess when you own a home things happen -look my son had snow/ice fall on his windshield last week,now today his t.v just went after only 3 and a half yrs .So he popped into canadian tire and got one on sale after work.
Then we popped over to sons to see the girls ,havent seen them in 8 days .Played with the girls outside for a bit ,got my daughter-in-law to go thru some clothing of the girls ,so i could bring the old stuff home .
Sassy, I hate washing my floors and often wonder about those steam mops. I have heard good things about the shark and maybe next time it’s on sale at Costco I will splurge.
We ordered our new fridge today. I went with Home Depot even though I am not a fan. They had the kitchen aid that I wanted and the delivery is in a week. Tasco told me 9 months so I doubt he even looked it up as he was pushing a Bosch but had such an awful interior it would have drove me mad every time I opened the doors. I will never buy another Samsung product in any fashion again.
This morning I got up so early so put everything away from last night’s dinner party and now enjoying coffee with my feet up!
before I go to pickleball I will have a budget meeting with DH to plan out Aprils spending
The freezer is 3/4 full thankfully so it will mostly likely be under budget for shopping but we are taking a mini vacation at Halcyon hot springs later in the month, that will take $$ from the travel account.
Hope this helps some?Quote:
Originally Posted by SassyAshley
@lilo0003 , Bro and his Fiancee have a number of Samsung appliances as they came with the house when they bought it.
The ice maker on their fridge went so they got a quote to get it first the first 3 people they called would not even look at a Samsung. Finally found one who gave them a quote and I think it was $700 or $800 to fix it and they would only offer a 1-month warranty on the repair. They were told it is not a question of if it would go again it was a question of when. He also told them if they got a year they would be lucky so instead, they bought a countertop Ice Machine.
Well, he was there he noticed they also had a Samsung Dishwasher and asked if has leaked yet. It has not but he warned them to be careful they are known to leak. He said they would turn it on one day nothing would sound wrong but you will walk back into your floor covered in water. The good new is they have a water detector through there security system on the dishwasher so if it does leak they will get notified.
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Originally Posted by lilo0003
@walkonby , thank you. I think I will try the TENS machine I found one with good reviews on and is on sale for a really good price.
I am torn on the wet vac, do I try the one on sale or hold out to see if I can get the Cross Wave at a better price, I know a few people who have them and love them. I just want an easier way to clean our kitchen floor. At our old house, we had linoleum and could use a Swiffer Wet in between moppings but the tiles here just rip the cloth to shreds so it always has to be the mop and bucket. It would be nice to have something you can quickly clean the floor with if there is a spill.
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I feel like I have not stopped since I got up but that is because I haven't.
I had hoped to get up around 5 (I say hope only because I did not want to set my alarm on a Sunday) get a few things done around the house and then head out to pick up a few things if we did not get snow over which we did not. If we got snow I knew I would not want to clean off my car and would talk myself out of going.
I did not wake up until 6:30 so I had to change my plan slightly but still make it come together. I got up, and set out PVR for the week, it is my Sunday Morning Routine. Then I headed out. First I went to Freshco where I got:
2 x Sugar $1.88 with Scene Card
1 x Clementines 3lb $2.99
2 x Mini Cucumbers 6-pack $2.49 + 50 scene points/pack
1 x Grapes $1.77/lb (PM No Frills)
Then I went to Dollarama, they did not have the Microfiber Produce bags I was looking for but I got:
4 x Bleach Toilet Tabs $1.25
1 x Pumice Stone $4.25 - Going to try this in my toilet to rid of some marks
1 x Kitchen Mat $3 - To go under our Dish Rack
Then I restocked my Journal Supplies, not needed now but if they have them buy them:
3 x Bic Markers $3.25
2 x Felt Pens $2
2 x Sharpie Pens $4.25
4 x Notebooks $1.25 - These are for my To-Do lists, not my Journal but they had them last 2 times they did not
Our new Dish Rack has a Cutlery Holder on the front and a Cutting Board Holder on the back but there is no mat under it so I need something to catch the drips as we have been using paper towels which is not a long-term solution. I knew it would fit on the front but did not think it would fit at the back but it does, so now I need to go back for a second one.
Then off to SDM to get:
2 x Eggs 12-pack $2.79 - Personal Offer
Then to Costco:
1 x Ground Pork 3 KG Tube - $4 Savings
1 x Naan
1 x Bocconcini
1 x Feta
1 x Salad Topper
1 x Cucumber Poppers - $1.50 Savings
1 x Sponges - $4 Savings
1 x Cheese Slices
1 x Cinnamon Danish
1 x Garlic Powder
1 x Onion Powder
1 x Paprika
1 x Chef's Seasoning - $1.50 savings
1 x Kirkland Arthritis
I got the Arthritis stuff for Mom, she found my old Tylenol Arthritis they suggested I take after my surgery and used it and said it helped so I grabbed the Kirkland version. Got my Ground Pork and a few other things. The Chefs Seasoning looks like and smells like Italian Seasoning, I figure for $4.50 let's try it. The Danish were a splurge since I woke up late and I did not eat before I went.
The Feta and Bocconcini are because I am feeling the Spring Vibes and Salads.
I did not get the check the price of Eggs at Costco because they had the back section where the eggs were closed off as they were putting out Toilet Paper and Paper Towels, I went back twice and it was still closed so I gave up. Will check next time I got.
Then Mom texted me and reminded me she needed Halls so I went to a different Dollarama to check for my produce bag, but they did not have it but did have the Basket I want for my Crochet. Was not sure which size would work best so I bought two, the one I do not use will be used somewhere else. I got:
2 x Baskets
1 x Halls
I did spend a little more than I have planned across the board, Dollarama was a bit more than I had planned but that was Journaling supplies and I have room in my budget for those. As well at Costco, I spent a little more but that was the Danish and the Arthritis Pills which she just tried yesterday and I choose not to wait for a sale if they help her, they help her and it is Costco this bottle will last 6+ months. Plus, the spices Paprika was not on my list but we seem to be using it more and more, Costco is so much cheaper than Bulk Barn and the Chef Seasoning was an impulse buy. But overall I am happy but I may be a little over on my grocery budget, but I was under last month so it will all wash out. Other than Chicken we are officially stocked up on all meats, I will need Chicken Breasts next Costco Shop.
Now that I am home, I filmed all of my hauls, put everything away, took out garbage and recycling and next I will prep the next produce I bought.
Happy Sunday
I went at IGA no sign of the news coupons but took the scene card :)