September 2024 Frugal Chatter thread

[Ciel21]

@SassyAshley thank for mentioning pizza sauce, as that item is very handy to have on hand for whatever quick pizza or pasta option is being prepared. Adding to my list...

@coupon girl Amazing Toronto visit-so well deserved!!! Have read great things about the library bar.

@lilo0003 Wonderful to have that long visit with people after the big event! I do miss the day after wedding get togethers to relax, take photos and really talk. I did do dishes at one relative's home during such a gathering with a second person to give some help with things.

@Frugalbigmama All those summer adventures provide energy for days. Love your enthusiasm!

[Ciel21]

@Angela273 delighted to read of your Sobeys hauls.
I was glancing over at the Scene+ Facebook page and Rakuten website to see how programs work earlier. I was thinking to update my Voila account with cellphone number and see if system still recalls the card number I had months ago.Sobeys would be my main Scene + store unless I made a special trip to Home Hardware.
Why does Scene only allow one gift card activation per 24h?

[harbie]

@SassyAshley I probably would have stood there and not said anything back but Dh would have. He’s a big believer in not matter what’s happening in your personal life you check it at the door (I feel the same way). If for some reason you can’t do your job without it affecting you then it’s time to take the day off and regroup.

I remember after getting the news I had cancer and required surgery that would never allow me to have children I had a rather rude experience with a cashier after being stuck in her line for what seemed like forever . Despite what I was feeling I didn’t snark at her or do anything other than manage a sad little smile and a quiet “thank you”. My problems had nothing to do with her and being rude wouldn’t change my outcome so it wasn’t worth it. Just went to my car and had a bit of a cry and moved on.

Sorry for the long rant but it bothers me to no end when people are rude while working especially when it’s towards someone who doesn’t deserve it.

[harbie]

Summer is still here on the west coast. Today's gonna be a hot one and get up to 31/32 .

Just relaxing today doing loads of laundry and prepping for work tomorrow and Saturday.

Yesterday I went to a local farm and grabbed a huge bunch of kale, green onions, sweet onions, broccoli and red cabbage for $16 and change. Also grabbed some blueberries that I cleaned , and froze. I also stopped at a local acreage that sells garlic (no sprays). I found her on FB community page and it’s her kids that hand plant them, harvest, clean, weigh and bag and sell them. $10/lb for red and white German, Chesnok, and Spanish roja. 1 pound of each. One of the places in the Okanagan charges $12/lb and a local place was $11.49/lb so I’m super happy plus I get to support some kiddos.

The only groceries I need are a full restock on oatmeal, Costco for soy milk and hummus.

[SassyAshley]

@harbie , I feel the same way, I might be quiet and not my normal bubbly self but our customers or even my co-workers should have no idea what is going on, heck even strangers I pass on the street, I may not be smiling but I am not going to snap.

I admit it today, I wanted to curl up under my blanket and shut off from the world but the world doesn't stop spinning and there were phone calls and emails that needed me. The human/emotional side wanted to be like nope not today but no it is not anyone else's issues and there world doesn't stop turning because I want mine too. Heck even the people involved I may not agree with this situation but I still need to work with them on other things and business does not stop.

[SassyAshley]

@coupon girl , I could not imagine having kids but at the time I am not sure if having kids would make it different.

I know it is 2024 but I do feel like in a lot of ways women still have it harder in the workplace and I am sure it is not in every workplace but there are so many times I feel like just to be seen I have to work twice as hard. Now I will say most of my co-workers will say how hard I work which I appreciate but it still feels like at times and I do not know how else to word this but to be on the same level as the guys I have to work harder and I have to always be right, I feel like I do not have room for error. Now granted my situation is different because I work with family but I see other women working for other companies doing the same and they aren't related to the owners.

Not to mention and I realize this is a me "issue" but i still have a hard time overcoming things that were said to me in the past. I will admit there have been many times I am in a meeting and the only woman which does not bother me but I had a boss who used to tell me:
"Only answer if you are asked"
"Remember you are girl and it is not fair but you have to think about what you say before you say as people will take it differently since you are a girl"
"Not fair but you are a girl so there are things your brother can say but you cannot just because you are a girl so be careful of what you say."

I am not saying it is right but it has stuck with me and I do in meetings 100% let everyone speak before I do, now I am getting better but again it depends on who is in the meeting. Also, I still will replay meetings in my mind and wonder what people thought of things I said and how did they take it. But I will admit I have seen guys say things in meetings I know I couldn't say.

[Shwa Girl]

I am in produce picking out some peppers (who can pass up $1.27/lb) and I notice in the bin of peppers there is a green pepper that almost looks like it exploded, it does not look rotten but their are pieces everywhere. The Produce Manager is about 3 feet away changing a sign so I say:
"Hey, just wanted to let you know there is a pepper in this bin that looks like it exploded."
Reply "I know, I saw it."
Me: "Ok, have a good day."
I am still picking out peppers and I thought the conversation was done, but apparently it wasn't, because then I hear:
Them "I have priorities, I saw it, I know it is there."
I say nothing assuming they are talking to themselves because now my back it to them, but I turn to walk away and look right at me, they now say:
"I have priorities and things need to be done in a certain order."
Me: "I get it my job is the same."
Them: "I have priorities and it isn't one of them just because it is there and you see it."
I say nothing and just stand there, she looks at me and walks away shaking their head.

Not sure but it sounds like the Produce Manager is reacting not at you, but at the whole situation. The Produce Manager may have already received similar comments from staff or customers, before you showed the bad pepper.

Sounds like it's the Produce Manager's frustration at the situation and not at you. There are probably other stresses that are going on simultaneously, but these cannot be discussed with you.

Just guessing...

[Shwa Girl]

No cavities yeah.

[coupon girl]

Sassy -my dear mom would always say your brother can stay out late as he is a boy(we are 2 and half yrs apart)you cant cause you are a girl.I did speak up to her once but got a smack for it(my dear mom raised us as dad passed when i was 15 )

Had a lovely evening out at swiss chalet with my son and his family (little cara runs and gives me a hug "Nana" i miss you".So nice to be treated out.

Stopped into rexall on my way there as i had a 10,000 points offer on anything (birthday special)so i picked up attitude window cleaner 2.50 on clearance ,laundry soap 5.60 and all purpose cleaner 2.50.

[HermanH]

Made a nice 8-pound NY striploin roast. One of my CoVid shutdown steals. The stores had meat they could not sell due to the lockdown, so I bought a heap of them for $2-3/lb. Finally managing to whittle down the pile. Still good after a few frozen years. Cooked beautifully rare and deliciously juicy. What a 'chore' it's going to be to eat my way through the stash. Alas, it takes me sooo long to eat the whole thing; probably 10 days, in all.

[Frugalbigmama]

TGIF! And looks like a rainy weekend!!

Plans- Prep and paint our front door.
Saturday- Picking up latte's and going to the dump with my friend. She asked me to go for the ride and I am always in for a dump run lol
Sunday- Farmer's Market and make pasta sauce for the freezer.
Not an exciting weekend but will try and get stuff done, hit the gym and hopefully a walk by the water between downpours!

[SassyAshley]

Good Morning Everyone,
I don't want to jinx it but another full night of sleep and I am loving it. I feel so much better.

Although me and my brain have been fighting a bit about this work situation, last night I was getting ready for bed and my brain went "what if this doesn't go your way?" "how are you going to react?" "are we going to fall apart?" "How to do we move forward?" which then turned into "Is this a competition?" "Do I want it to be a competition?" "If it is a competition who is on my side?" needless to say it was not good right before bed but I did some reading and off to sleep I went.

I do feel like I have a bit of a different perspective today which is good because I have to send my boss one last email before the meeting tomorrow. Ultimately I just want to work as team and complete this project but the "new rules" presented to me handcuff me as well hands my work to someone else to take credit for and maybe I shouldn't care about the credit and only care it gets done but I do care, this is a lot to work on my part. Not to mention why is authority I already have being taken from me and I am being told maybe over time it will be passed back to me (that one gets me we are back to one step forward two steps back). But I am trying to stick with the facts and leave the emotions out but it is hard.

Plans this weekend is the house needs attention, it got none last weekend as I was too busy spinning to clean which says something because normally when I spin cleaning helps it get my aggression out but not this time, I was spinning too hard.

We have to do prep, I got a ton of produce yesterday. I should run out to different stores today but not sure that will happen as it is supposed to rain all day and shopping in the rain is no fun.

I see tomorrow's hgh is 12 but then by Thursday we are back up to 28. Maybe I will make a soup or roast chicken tomorrow, something comforting.

Happy Friday Everyone.

[HermanH]

Picked an apple from a friend's tree and took a bite, as I walked. As I was about to take another bite, I looked down and saw that the bite had worm-sign throughout. Ugh. I already swallowed it. Oh, well. Worms are good for protein. Serves me right for not looking right away.

Yesterday, I picked another apple from a city tree and started munching it. I was amazed at how quickly it oxidized. I didn't finish my first bite before the open side of the apple in my hand had pretty much turned brown. I've never befire had it happen that fast. At least that one didn't have any worms.

Found an unopened bag of mixed nuts on my away to RCSS and discovered 2x cups of noodles hidden behind the propane tank exchange locker. Goodness only knows why anyone would choose to hide noodles in that cranny. They'll make good snacks.

[SassyAshley]

Good Morning Everyone,
I really need to tackle this house today and honestly, trying to figure out how I feel, which is like a million dollar questions right now.

My boss asked for one final email before their meeting today which just the more I deal with this situation the more I just don't get how it got so big. Like seriously, how did we get here that they are meeting on a Saturday (I get it is a scheduling thing) but still I feel bad they are meeting on a Saturday to discuss this. But also how did something that seemed so simple become so big, I know we need a resolve but how did it go to leadership and lead to them having to have a meeting a Saturday. Also maybe deep down I want the answer but I don't want the answer because as much as I don't want to view this as a competition I truly don't but I don't know how to view it any other way and what happens if they agree with the other side and something I have been working so hard on is handed to someone else but I still need to keep doing the work and then hand it over. So many emotions.

This morning I got up and turned the dishwasher on, normally we run it at night but Mom was not having the best day so I decided to just run it this morning.

I also logged into work because I was fighting with this report yesterday that was not doing what it should but it isn't my report and it won't show me the formula. This morning well I was thinking about how I did not want to get up it hit me, what if I do this and now I needed to try it. It did not work so now I will send it back to the person who created it but I tried.

Ok, let's go take my emotions out on the surfaces in my house and get some cleaning done.

Happy Saturday Everyone.

[harbie]

I personally love a good “rage clean” @SassyAshley

So it’s been HOT! Yesterday was 35 and the day before was up to 39 . Ummmmm hello, it’s September! On the plus side my tomatoes are loving it.

Another warm one today but not as hot thankfully. Off to wok shortly so it’s another no spend but earn day for me.

Have a great Saturday everyone