Got showered, had my hair cut, and the house is all scrubbed and vacuumed. Ready to start the new year! :horn:
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Got showered, had my hair cut, and the house is all scrubbed and vacuumed. Ready to start the new year! :horn:
Twin boy helped me calculate the savings for this year while I was making taco salad for supper on New Years Eve.
Total $6059.86
Big saving categories were…
$1778.60 coupons
$700 Scene+
$540 PC Optimum
$620 Air Miles
$715 gift card
$400 in contest wins
I average $5 a month from Swagbucks and $5 a month from the Cashwalk app.
Some of the things I do not count in my savings: buying things on sale, clearance, rain checks, buying things second hand.
Well done @Angela273 ! Look forward to following your savings next year.
Thank you @HermanH for starting this thread.
Happy New Year everyone. All the best for 2025 hoping we can all get some good coupons and sales to save some $$$
@Angela279 as always your saving with coupons are awesome as always.Quote:
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@Angela273 , amazing savings.
Good Morning Everyone,
Happy New Year.
It is snowing but not sticking yet, I know this will change as it supposed to snow pretty much all day.
It has been a slow start to the morning but there are a few things I will tackle today. I need to put away a bag of groceries in the pantry. I need to reorganize my work basket as it is full of non work things and stuff keeps falling out.
I might also spend some time in the kitchen, we will see how the day goes. Yesterday I got the appetizers made plus I made some Lemon Ricotta Pancake with Berry Sauce and Whipped Greek Yogurt (I need to start eating Breakfast again) as well I cooked off some bacon I took out and forgot to cook.
There are some mozzarella sticks leftover I will bag up. I also have some Waffles I froze that I will package. As well I did make the Cinnamon Buns yesterday and will package the frozen ones today. I will probably end up freezing some of the pancakes as well. Slowly working on the freezer stock up.
Has anyone tried the new Costco Chicken Bites that just came to Canada? Thinking of grabbing a bag but seen mixed reviews.
Happy Wednesday Everyone.
Hi Everyone,
I haven't been online for a while. Had a terrible chest cold in early Dec, than I fell and bruised my face and fractured my left hand/wrist. So happy December is over, as it wasn't good month for me.
I did spend last night at a friend's house and we watched Wicked, and ordered Chinese. It was a nice quiet, new years eve.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year.
@barbis9 , Oh no, I hope you are feeling better and that you heal quickly **HUGS**
Fabulous!!! Wtg!!!!Quote:
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Hope you are feeling g better!!! Big hugsQuote:
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Your food always amazes me!!!!Quote:
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Good morning
I stood onnthe scale this morning, so I have a ( re) starting point. And ya know I have aplan. Lol
Plan for today.
Good walk, work a bit on my garden plans. Figure out seeds... ect.
Sort the laundry room...
I did the 2 bathrooms. So laundry area is the plan.
Supper is egg roll in a bowl with pc chicken balls.
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Glad to see your back @barbis9 hopefully things will be better for you this year :flowers:
@coupon girl I hope your granddaughter is feeling better. Poor girl :flowers:
I had to work yesterday but picked up FREE gnocchi ($11.99) and FREE Nuts for cheese ($10.99) with my last FPC’s.
We went to mom and dad's last night (they’re only 5 doors down). They ordered sushi (vegan for us and regular for dad) and loads of veggies it’s my vegan ranch. I managed to stay awake until 9pm to see the ball drop in NYC and then home to bed :lolsign:
Of course we were woken up by some fireworks, drunk people, and of course our friendly fire truck AGAIN. Two early mornings in a row ( 2am ish) :rant:
Patiently waiting for the gym to one in about 45 min so just having some oatmeal first.
Have a great day everyone
Oh barbis9 glad you are back ,so hope you are on the mend .
Angela i am so impressed, i will post mine when i tally it up.I have a hard time finding coupons in ontario this past year.
I feel asleep last night at 10.00 p.m after talking to daughter she went away to millcroft inn on her own for 2 nights-ate in a fancy restaurant by herself -so proud of her she is putting herself first this past too n ights.
Then fireworks and load noise next door the son in his late 20's had friends over very loud outside -yelling happy newyear,woke me up .Wish they would have kept it inside not trying to be a grinch but there is a lot of older people around here including me who values their sleep .
Thanks for all the wishes -i think Ashlyn was fine as of 5.15 p.m when we left my sons house last night.Daughter-inlaw was just having quiet time with the girls as son was on nights .
@barbis9 so sorry that you are not feeling better . Hope you feel better soon and your fractured heal quicklyQuote:
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My total of savings for the year $1,865.77 down from about 800 the year before .
Again there is only 2 of us and i must have watched my spending more the past few months due to buying a new fridge and my implant (still have to pay part 2 in march when it is complete)
In coupons i only saved $203.70 again i dont print them so only the ones i find in stores,more people are using coupons for sure.
I did save 380.00 in p.c points -the rest is rexall, scene ,giftcards,promos ,scoops,raketan .
I am still glad with what i saved and everyone keep on posting your savings or deals as i love reading them and sharing them .
I'm finding the same in Ontario. Very frustrating.Quote:
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If your on fb. .. or insta...
Coupon cutie
And saving with sarah . It could be counting change with sarah? ... person is sarah Coleman. She is in st thomas. And posts amazing deals
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My pc points t's last year was just over 1300 .00
I'm waiting to see what my costco $ is.. I've been shopping more there.lately.
My plan is to track stuff a bit more this year.
Ok. Today... did a sort/ clean on the laundry area. Inventoried the laundry/ cleaning supplies..
Have a bunch to use up. And a do not buy list... dawn power wash I'm. Looking at you.
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Counting on change with sarah Coleman in st thomas is the name.
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@Giseledta , Thank you.
I have started a meal plan tracker hopefully for 2025 as I need to get better with my eating and by better with me eating I mean eating. It has been months since I have actually ate 3 meals in a day so I am hoping if I make exciting foods it will tempt me to eat.
I need focus more on Breakfast and Lunch, I do not tend to plan these meals and these are the ones I tend to skip. I also need to be more prepared for dinners because although I do not skip dinner, we have been eating a lot of quick fixed and honestly, I am getting a little sick of some of meals.
On that note, I need to figure out tonight's dinner. I was thinking Pizza but now I am not sure if I want pizza but also have no idea what I want.
@Giseledta, I find I am also shopping at Costco more.
I know the meats are more expensive but I find the quality so much better than what we get in the "regular" grocery stores. Since we process our own meats I find there is a lot less waste (which we pay for since pay by the lb/kg). There are certain meats I do buy on sale like Ground Beef, Pork Tenderloin but Chicken for sure I only buy at Costco.
As well, I have found their frozen vegetables to be far superior to what I have been buying at No Frills, I was super disappointed in the last bag of Broccoli (all sorts of brown spots I had to cut off, plus some pieces were an off colours so I just threw them out), as well the Cauliflower literally had 6 pieces in it so I ended up using the whole bag and part of a bag of carrots for one meal). Sad they don't sell brussel sprouts so I still buy those at No Frills or Wal-Mart, we prefer frozen and also Baby Carrots as I haven't seen those at Costco.
I find my grab at Costco list in all departments are getting longer and longer. I already see I will need to go next week for some of the current sales.
Oh, what are some of the sales. ? I'm going Saturday am. Lol
Greek yougurt, sour cream. Dairy anything.
I buy extra rotisserie chicken and freeze for easy meals.
Keto wraps.
Ceaser salad.
Feta , parm.
My list is solid.
And ours has brussel sprouts I the fresh section.
I am loving thier frozen veggies. I watch for when no frils/ rcss has them on sale.
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Giseleta-my daughter/son gave me an amazon tablet 4 years ago -she put ticktoc on it for me to be amused .I do watch cpning people couponcutie ,Kinesha in toronto ,sarah and coupon couple from lampton,ontario do a live on monday nights at 9.00 p.m so i do try to listen about the points ,deals ,where to get cpns .There is even a woman in toronto who dumpter dives for food and items and shares with her neighbours in her apt.
I am sure not gonna run to every grocery store looking for cpns (only when i go out shopping)thou as hubby and i have one car and gas is not cheap -we are on a pension plus his company pension it all helps.
I dont do facebook but i find it interesting listening to others deals.I dont do costco either so i try to stock up on really good prices on food or household items .
I would have gone to no frills if it was open today as i was 12.00 away from getting 6,000 points on my fruit and veggies -see i cant get everydeal.It would have been nice if they extended that offer as they are closed today .
@Giseledta , I am considering the Rainbow Tortellini (love this for a quick meal), I will be grabbing the Frozen Broccoli.
Next week the executive coupons start so I will be grabbing the Triple Berry Mix and there was something I need for Mom.
Then we need the staples, Naan, Cheese (love Costco Cheddar). I am sure there is more I accidently deleted my ongoing Costco list so I need to sit down and try to re-write it this weekend.
Remember to save your PC Optimum offers for next week.
I have an alarm set to go off on my phone each Wednesday evening, that way I hopefully check the new flyers and save offers accordingly.
Goldfish are on sale this week at Costco. @SassyAshley we use the rainbow tortellini for soup. It’s my son’s recipe and freezes well.
January will be tight for us as we are in the middle of paying for a renovation on the other house and sorting retirement while waiting for my severance. But I like a frugal challenge. I have nearly $1000.00 in points save to cover gas and groceries this month.
For the things I count we saved almost $5500.00 this year. Coupons were barely 200.00. I live in a location where several people take the whole tear pad as soon as it’s up. I don’t bother with printing so it’s only what I find in store. I do have some luck in Nova Scotia. I emptied my coupon folder and it’s very sad.
Woke to a dusting of snow. A dc parent gave me a box of toys, so the loves and I will sort that today.
Making my lists for groceries.
Hubby needs to call Rogers and sort out the channels.. they are all messed up. He is off today, so that's a him. Job.
I need to get my desk organized, but that will be a weekend thing . Not a today thing.
Hugs to all
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@Giseledta , not sure if you got an email but there are a bunch of changes to the channels because Bell Media "lost/sold" the rights to a bunch of channels which Rogers bought but now Bell Media has created their own channels.
I also saw something online that Rogers got rid of a bunch of channels but they will now be offered through CityTV+ but it is not clear if it is just old content or if new content will also be posted. I know Cooking Channel is one of them but also now Bell Media has Flavour and Rogers still have Food Network so there are still 2 cooking channels.
It is so confusing.