November 2023 Frugal Chatter

[coupon girl]

So pleased with myself i didnt overspend on black friday or cyber monday .

May pop into mastermind and get caras small free birthday gift and see if they have any memory games on sale.

[harbie]

Hugs @coupon girl

[Skippy]

Thinking of my dear mom today as it was her birthday .

Need to get wrapping my grandkids gifts as my daughter and sebastian are spending the night on wednesday (she has to come into town for a function)He can be the nosiest kid on the block too.

Tree just needs the ornaments on it can do now or wednesday morning.

@coupongirl grace,peace and blessings to you today!

[Skippy]

Well...managed to find out that my leg hurts so much because I messed it up and have bursitis now which will take longer than I like to get better.Oh well at least its not as bad as it could've been!
Earlier today snow was coming down with a really strong cold wind.Fortunately it did not last nor accumulate(apologies to others not so fortunate).
Timing of weather and my injured hind paw work out as not a fan of being cold! That said still need to continue to move or will have pain elsewhere.
Best deal this week was the under $2.00 10lb potatoes [email protected]. pleased with that as still notice prices on just about everything else moving up again.

[harbie]

I love how you always try to find the positive even in a bad situation @Skippy . Here’s hoping your pain subsides quickly

[SassyAshley]

@Skippy , oh no, hope it heals quickly.

[coupon girl]

Yes skippy such a positive attitude.I have had an ongoing health problem and i will see my doctor in dec as he is away on holidays .

I went into mastermind and all sales are final it states on the door ,they may go into receivership.I bought a WWF memory game reg 19.99 on for 5.00 for miss cara.I hope they dont close i have always enjoyed their sales and grandparents day .

[flemeth]

Thinking of my dear mom today as it was her birthday .

Need to get wrapping my grandkids gifts as my daughter and sebastian are spending the night on wednesday (she has to come into town for a function)He can be the nosiest kid on the block too.

Tree just needs the ornaments on it can do now or wednesday morning.

@coupongirl (((HUGS)))

[SassyAshley]

Good Morning Everyone,
Up super earlier this morning. I woke up around 3:30 and just as I was trying to fall back asleep they started plowing and it was all over so I got up.

Yesterday was a day, in the morning everything was going well, I was knocking things out, getting things off my to-do list, to be honest I was shocking myself with how much I was getting done. I was getting ready to take a break and do some home stuff and then the flood gates opened and I am not joking between 10 am and 5 pm I got over 200 all things I need to deal with.

I was sent one spreadsheet that I did not start working on until after we closed as it needed my full attention, no distractions. I worked till 9 last night and got about 75% through it but had to stop because I couldn't handle the numbers. Now I am working finish this up and move on to the next thing.

To be honest, so much came through yesterday I am not even sure what I still need to deal with so I am going to write a to-do list and go from there.

Last night's dinner was homemade pizza with caesar salad, yum.

Before I got up I did scroll the up coming flyers, does look like there are a few good deals to be had. I see a few things we use that do not go on sale often are on sale so thinking it might be an expensive week as I will stock up.

Happy Wednesday Everyone.

[Frugalbigmama]

Good Morning! I started my day by bundling up and shoveling the light snowfall from over night.
Walking back and forth down the driveway and fresh air is a great way to start the day!

Now my stressful work day ahead of me ugh... knowing I get to pack up today and leave early in the morning to meet my bestie at hotel for 2 nights is going to get me through the day....and the 75 min massage I have booked tomorrow afternoon! I need it after slugging furniture from my office last night.
The good news is I am pretty much moved out and just have about 10 banker boxes to deal with!

Have a great day!

[SassyAshley]

Good Evening Everyone,
Ugh, what a day, I went into the office and the manager wasn't in but I was in their office, a staff member came in and asked where they were, I said not in, and they said "That is fine then you can deal with this," so I did. We are still working through a few final inventory issues but I am hopeful if we all stick to the plan we will be good going into inventory.

On the way home I went to the post office to grab our packages, Mom needed a new upper-half undergarment hers broke and they were 40% off for Black Friday so I ordered a replacement. There was also another one she found she liked and it was only $24 which for size is unheard of so I ordered. On both orders I needed to add a bit to get free shipping so I added some lower half undergarments for myself, again 40% off and since they aren't seen I found some on clearance for $3.

Mom needed to renew her Microsoft subscription now that you do not just buy programs outright, I found it on sale at Costco during Cyber Monday so I ordered that for her. I did find an option to buy it outright but there is a program she uses she would lose access to.

Costco has their Daily Deals on again and I must say they always pull me in. They have my mattress cover on sale again this year but no need to replace it. I do see some sheets I am tempted to buy.

I fell asleep on the couch for about half an hour so dinner is a little late tonight so keeping it simple with Loaded Baked Potato Soup.

I wrote my grocery list and will finalize in the morning. I always add things we normally buy but will check them and remove what we don't need.

[Ciel21]

I too wanted to try those turkey stuffing burgers but didn't realize only 4! Maybe they will go on sale, as that is a lot of money in my opinion.

Yes, it seems steep but at about $4 each plus tax, the burgers y are probably cheaper to assemble at home with whatever bread is on hand than paying over $7 or $8 for a dressed teeny burger at McD's! I want to find out if the burgers shrink and secondly how the stuffing compares to the Festive Pie sold at Longos (another all-in-one meal solution).

Happily, the Toronto area No Frills stores reached an agreement about a week or so ago. Aren't there other No Frills locations in other provinces still seeking contracts?

[Ciel21]

Cooking done! Kitchen Clean! DS's work jeans scrubbed and in the washer now! (They were filthy- he told me nobody wants a tradesman showing up clean lol)
Well this mama wants her boy to have clean jeans!

Now I will go make the bed and then pull out all the Christmas gifts and sort in piles to start wrapping! I will sort the wrapped gifts in boxes in spare room so they are hidden but organized.

I truly believe in the power of Palmolive dish detergent, warm-hot water and a good scrubbing with a nylon nail brush! Works on brother's safety vests for work plus his car maintenance grubby attire (that fleece jacket of his got two run-ins with my brush work in the prior three weeks). Helps to pretreat heavy areas for up to 5minutes first, then under a stream of the warm-hot tap in the laundry sink it goes for scrubbing! I may do the same on jeans but there's an energy limit that I will expend on scrubbing since I tire rather quickly and he does not get around to thinking he can pretreat the stains on his own when changing clothes (bane of being an older sibling...).

[Ciel21]

I was watching a TV interviewer who said that he had been told by a jeans manufacturer that the best/proper way to clean jeans is just to wear them into the shower. I don't know how someone peels themself out of a soaked pair of skinny jeans.

The weight of the water on wet jeans! No way would I ever do that plus the hot water would fade the colour so quickly.

[Ciel21]

Salvaged 7x cans of beans and a can of almonds.

Nice score especially those almonds!