March 2026 Frugal Chatter Thread

[HermanH]

Keep in mind that Darwin is at the far end of the continent, from anywhere. It is much like Inuvik, Whitehorse, or Yellowknife, compared to Canada.

[SassyAshley]

Good Morning Everyone,
UGH, I do not deal with time changes well. I tried to not focus on it or overthink it but yesterday was a little rough. All day I was tired and felt off.

Kind of shocking, my alarm went off this morning and my body said okay, let's go. Although I will admit as morning person I am missing the morning sun. Just last week driving to work at 7 am the sun was up, now it isn't coming up until almost 8 am again.

I did get the fridge cleaned out, there was some pasta sauce with meatballs to go and took the garbage out. As well I checked and there was room in the bins so I was also able to take out the recycling.

I did manage to get all of my cleaning this weekend, YAY!!!! me, it has been awhile. Now to try to keep on top of it, that is the tricky part, at least for me. Only time will tell.

I did not make the steak for Dinner last night, I helped Mom with some stuff in the afternoon and then all I wanted was a nap so we did Naan Pizzas instead.

Maybe we will do steak tonight or Mom mentioned Pizza so we will see what she feels like. Yes, I know we had Naan pizza last night but we put alfredo and pesto on naan pizzas where is Homemade pizza is the traditional tomato sauce, we will see.

I also need to make the Greek Feta meatballs today but those can just go in the freezer.

We will see where the day takes me, after work of course.

Happy Monday Everyone.

[walkonby]

I had a very frugal early morning!! Filed both our returns online with CRA and refunds will be coming soon.
It meant ignoring the cats and the bird for a while but math is hard and so is navigating on a computer.
All done for another bloody year!

Not sure what's on my plate today, there are no appointments. Cooking and dish washing has become a
challenge as of late. Turns out it's carpel tunnel I have, not an arthritic flare up. Both things prevent me
from gripping, cutting and chopping veg.
The guys seem to be fine with sandwiches and canned soups for their work meals, I cannot even butter the
bread/buns, open any of the packages....they'll survive doing it for themselves....lol.

[Frugalbigmama]

Welcome to Monday. Sun is shining so that is a good thing!

Mission today- Get must do work stuff done.
Dinner- Cook a pot of rice and the beef strips/onions/peppers etc. Along with the leftover chicken and mac and cheese from yesterday that is the dinner plan tonight. Need to make the ceasar dressing still so we can use the romaine up. So will make sure to do that today as well so it is ready at dinner time.

Have a great day!

[coupon girl]

Morning ,sorry to hear that Walkonby about your pain ,sucks getting older.

Well just called sunbeam my heating pad i got for xmas went not even 4 months ,did my son keep the bill from canadian tire nope .
Anyway he had me send a barrage of pictures with a picture of the box which i kept .Lets hope they replace it ,in the mean time i may buy another one .I cant live without my heating pad ,sore elbow and bad right knee and all.

Watching the girls just til 5.00 p.m today .We did pop in and see them yesterday as my son was watching them (his wife went away with girls from work)nice to have a one on one chat with my son ,he is either coming or going to work .I took the girls 2 pieces of clothing a dress for cara and a top for Ashlyn ,along with a peace iced tea (they love this).I didnt want to save the winter dress for easter as i didnt buy the size up for Cara .I will give Sebastian soem money as his my daughter is taking him away next week up north.

[cath007]

I am wishing to all of you a good day!!!

Anyone else is reseeing blurbs?

I was not online because I had to purchase a Anti-Virus for my computer and it is expensive.

Now,it is fixed.

Because Smart Canucks can be tricky.....

But, I readed all the posts on my cellphone.

[Frugalbigmama]

Majority of the work "must do" are done. I do have another task that involves the phone to set something up but I am not interested in doing that today!
I even cooked up the rice and beef strips while making my breakfast and the dishes are all washed as well! Dinner will be an easy make your plate and heat and eat. The beef is really really good (maybe because I had it marinating over night....) I should probably go and buy another slabs or 2 today.

I had to mail something for work so popped out around 2pm. Grabbed a latte and walked around RCSS to see if any deals. No deals just high crazy prices.

It is absolutely beautiful out there.

[walkonby]

ALL the snow is gone from the front lawn and the walkway! The bright sunshine today chased every last bit of it away.

[HermanH]

Rescued 2x loaves of bread from the dump.

[lizzie bargain]

I can't quite believe I have lost 2.5 lbs on this cruise ship in 8.5 weeks! I am a little achy these days and not too hungry at the moment-perhaps I have a mild virus but who knows. Anyway not about to head to the infirmary for a $300 charge. Ibuprofen is my drug of choice. I am quite sure these 3 sea days will perk me up.

[Frugalbigmama]

ALL the snow is gone from the front lawn and the walkway! The bright sunshine today chased every last bit of it away.

We are happy all the snow on the roof has melted! This was the second year we were at the point where we may have had to hire someone to clear it....thankfully we were saved again!

[Frugalbigmama]

Morning!

This week seems to be moving slowly....probably because of the time change. Still, yesterday was a productive day for me.

Dinner- Leftovers. There is mac and cheese, chicken, rice and ceasar salad.

Starting to feel the need to take a vacation.....unless going South in Feb/March which is a busy time for me at work so don't usually plan this unless it is with a group I usually try and wait till May to plan vacation time. Like usual the week after the May long weekend is a great vacation time and the first week booked so far. Love doing road trips in May and June before the summer chaos! I do plan on going to visit my friend soon that lives near Windsor (such a long drive!!) and will stay a week but at least I can work while there so don't really need to take time off to go visit. Maybe in a month I will go. I'm going to text her now to make a plan!

Ok off to get this work day out of the way. Enjoy the day!

[coupon girl]

Well went to the doctors ,i have tendonitius in my elbow ,so he said buy a brace I paid 16.79 on seniors at rexall and used my points so saved 10.00=6.79 i paid in the end .

I will be getting xrays on my elbow and right knee ,he asked if i am ready to go again for the knee replacement on my right -yep i said .I want to be able to walk distance again with no pain .

[walkonby]

Well went to the doctors ,i have tendonitius in my elbow ,so he said buy a brace I paid 16.79 on seniors at rexall and used my points so saved 10.00=6.79 i paid in the end .

I will be getting xrays on my elbow and right knee ,he asked if i am ready to go again for the knee replacement on my right -yep i said .I want to be able to walk distance again with no pain .

Oh @coupon girl you're the bravest woman I know!! No way do I ever want to get my left knee done after going through the right one.
Sorry to hear about your uninvited guest ( tendonitis ) , hopefully the brace helps.
In happier news I gifted my sister 5 boxes of these incredible cookies to bring to her bi-monthly Tea on The Terrace event at her condo.
She always looks for individually wrapped treats for the seniors to keep the risk low of spreading germs.

[coupon girl]

Walkonby either i am brave or not but i want to travel maybe next year ,so onward and upward lol

I went to meet a girlfriend half way today at timmies we just had tea and coffee.Then i popped into giant tiger i p.m 2 items grapes and pears and bought a few clearance items got a nice long sleeve shirt with stars on it for oldest granddaughter i paid 2.99,putting away for xmas ,sure cant beat that price.