2025-01 January Frugal Thread

[coupon girl]

Walkonby -thanks for letting me know you only get the points on the one offer at moi,didnt know that .I feel this program is not as good as scene or p.c points programs but i agree if you shop food basics get the pts offers in store .

We really have to work at these points programs dont we.I find the shoppers more points offers this week should have been better given the time we are in with every thing rising in price,raise the points also.lol

[coupon girl]

Happy Birthday Walkonby! Hope you have a good one with your family.

[lilo0003]

I don’t love the Moi program but Metro is less than 1km from me so I can go only for the deals. But the 1 item only is a huge deterrent. Even 2 would be ok. Since the program started I have redeem 8.00 so nothing really. I thought for sure my January spending was done but the PCO offer was too good to pass up and it was only until Sunday. I spent 160.00 and earned 52000 PCO and won’t need to buy TP for at least 6 months, stocked up on a few things that never go on sale.

[Frugalbigmama]

Today was the last day for a weekly casino contest. Decided to go and have free dinner, use $100 free play offer and swipe for contest.
I won $50 free play. I came home with $159.00 cold hard cash! Not bad for getting out of the house and not having to cook.
Brought DS home dinner too...Pulled pork mac and cheese.
Topped up my gas tank since I was almost at empty and it had been to cold to fill up before today. Glad that is done!
Stopped at No Frills on way home to pick up Rye bread to make the boys a lunch for the road tomorrow.

Yesterday was a $0 Spend day.
Today spent $50 on gas and $9.70 on bread x 2, ice cream and sports drink.

[walkonby]

^^^ ha ha ha @Frugalbigmama who says " the house always wins at Casino's ? " YOUR house won this time! What a great feeling that must have been.

[Giseledta]

Jan totals.

15.00 swagbucks
5.00 cash walk
22.25 co51
260 690 pc points. ( I had great offers, this is not typic)

Other small amounts on r. Hog, r. Jar, ecispa, air miles, caddle. I will track those when I cash them in.

Also received rebate from costco. But that is on last year's rebate. It will cover the membership. And a tiny bit extra.

Good month. Hopefully next one is a good one.

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[Frugalbigmama]

Jan totals.

15.00 swagbucks
5.00 cash walk
22.25 co51
260 690 pc points. ( I had great offers, this is not typic)

Other small amounts on r. Hog, r. Jar, ecispa, air miles, caddle. I will track those when I cash them in.

Also received rebate from costco. But that is on last year's rebate. It will cover the membership. And a tiny bit extra.

Good month. Hopefully next one is a good one.

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Great start for 2025!!

[Frugalbigmama]

TGIF! I made the boys a nice lunch and they left at 8am. Now if oldest stays at his girlfriends all weekend (which he usually does) I will have the house to myself.

The sun is shining! It is beautiful out. I should shower and go downtown on my lunch break for a walk and hit the bank for a few expense cheques to deposit.
I usually save them all up for a big deposit every 6 months but don't want to risk losing them.
Still have MXN pesos to convert to Canadian but they are down now so will wait till the next time they are back up. Holding onto some for next trip but don't need as much as I have. Also have $1000 in toonies that I need to cash in. On my list of things to do lol.

Enjoy the weekend!

[coupon girl]

Well we are being blasted with snow -Too heavy to shovel i just did the front porch.Hubby got the snowblower out (we had this given to us from his brother mind you it is old but hey it works.)As we use to share the snowblower with neighbour which was a hassle we paid him $300 yrs ago and i do believe he sold it .Why i dont know as we have the longest driveways .

I didnt go anywhere today first off i dont like driving in freezing rain .So did a load of laundry and made bran muffins from a no name pkged mix(they were crumbly )maybe cause i bought a cheaper brand -hmmm.I still had 2 small ones with my tea.

[coupon girl]

Does anyone fully understand the moi program -i load the items just incase i go to metro or foodbasics.When it says available at moi on the cpn do they mean Metro or is that a store in Quebec?

[HermanH]

Here's a funny situation. Last week, as I was collecting my mail from the community mailbox, I found a letter dropped on the ground underneath. It was a tax bill for a home a block away. I could have just thrown it into the drop slot for re-delivery, but I thought that might needlessly delay it. So, I walked over to the house and knocked on the door to deliver it to a black fellow.

Today, I collected my mail and came home. I heard a knock on the door and a black young man had found one of my envelopes on the ground and delivered it to me. I thanked him for his kindness, (even though it was only junk mail. ) What goes around, comes around.

[walkonby]

who knows how to make the new Frugal page for February? I used to know but old brain cells now.....lol.

[SassyAshley]

@walkonby , I posted it.

UGH, the link is not working.

[barbis9]

Does anyone fully understand the moi program -i load the items just incase i go to metro or foodbasics.When it says available at moi on the cpn do they mean Metro or is that a store in Quebec?

@coupongirl if there is a moi logo beside it, than its all stores to the best of my understanding of the program. Coupons usually are very specific to one store. The rules maybe different in Quebec.