2026-05 May Frugal Thread

[Frugalbigmama]

Good day!

The Flash food box with tons of tomatoes/onions/peppers/potatoes/clementines/bananas/mango/cucumbers that I was looking at last night for $5 was $2.50 this morning so I snagged it! I now have a pot of pasta sauce simmering on the stove (requested!!)

I am starving now so will make my oatmeal with apple and raspberries.

We have tons of leftovers in the fridge for dinner. So I am not cooking anything other then the sauce today. (I will be putting some in the freezer for a future meal)

Work- Very productive morning. Ready to tackle anything that comes in but will also get things ready for tomorrow (tons of reports!)

[coupon girl]

Hi everyone hubby is feeling down ,which in turn is hard .So off to get free gas $25 worth with my giftcard i had gotten .
Then off to a liquidation store as my girlfriend said they have cheaper rugs ,nope closed .

So i decided to go i to a bin store first time .It was 5.00 day of course it was super crowded and hubby was waiting in the car .So i got a huge jug of cranberry juice expires in august and i found a xmas tree bag canvas 5.00 at xmas they are $40-49.00 in the stores so happy with that one then home i came only spending 11.00.

Putting away our winter tops and getting the summer tops out of my tote .It is time !!

[walkonby]

Good day!

The Flash food box with tons of tomatoes/onions/peppers/potatoes/clementines/bananas/mango/cucumbers that I was looking at last night for $5 was $2.50 this morning so I snagged it! I now have a pot of pasta sauce simmering on the stove (requested!!)

I am starving now so will make my oatmeal with apple and raspberries.

We have tons of leftovers in the fridge for dinner. So I am not cooking anything other then the sauce today. (I will be putting some in the freezer for a future meal)

Work- Very productive morning. Ready to tackle anything that comes in but will also get things ready for tomorrow (tons of reports!)

Impressive @Frugalbigmama !

[walkonby]

I will try to keep this short & sweet. Medical treatments that I must undergo are complicated, not the treatments themselves BUT the location of 1 particular Clinic nowhere near where we live!! DH and his shift work means he cannot get me there and back. Taxi costs one way were quoted at $75.00 ONE way! Transportation services offered from 4 different organizations were also a bust. They have a map and the Clinic is out of the zone.
No cell phones so can't order an UBER, not like they would be any cheaper.

So a MIRACLE happened this morning.That far-away Clinic? turns out that the Hospital just 6 kms away from us also has this same Clinic treatment!
My information was transferred over to the Hospital and I will be set up tomorrow to begin. Then the other place I go to ( a different Hospital ) for injections
is close enough on their map that I can use their Transporation Services.
That frees up DH, he won't have to take me to ANY of these appointments!! The cost is reasonable ( any trip one way $7.50 ) so that is the best frugal part of all of this.

[coupon girl]

Walkonby so glad this other option worked out for you.

We went to visit hubby's brother and sister-in-law they had burgers on the BBq ,so we stayed for one which was nice.
Then she gave me 2 bags of clothing to go thru ,nice.

[flemeth]

I will try to keep this short & sweet. Medical treatments that I must undergo are complicated, not the treatments themselves BUT the location of 1 particular Clinic nowhere near where we live!! DH and his shift work means he cannot get me there and back. Taxi costs one way were quoted at $75.00 ONE way! Transportation services offered from 4 different organizations were also a bust. They have a map and the Clinic is out of the zone.
No cell phones so can't order an UBER, not like they would be any cheaper.

So a MIRACLE happened this morning.That far-away Clinic? turns out that the Hospital just 6 kms away from us also has this same Clinic treatment!
My information was transferred over to the Hospital and I will be set up tomorrow to begin. Then the other place I go to ( a different Hospital ) for injections
is close enough on their map that I can use their Transporation Services.
That frees up DH, he won't have to take me to ANY of these appointments!! The cost is reasonable ( any trip one way $7.50 ) so that is the best frugal part of all of this.

@walkonby glad that your second option worked out. Good luck with your treatment

[HermanH]

It was a very nice day, so I picked up a re-usable grocery bag on my walk and started picking up garbage.

I came across a take-out container with 2x samosas and another with 8x chicken strips. Both had probably been abandoned by a bum. I didn't know how long they were out there, but they seemed okay. Since both were deep fried, they were probably safe. So, I ate both for lunch.

[cath007]

@walkonby :
So glad and happy for you the other solution works best for you.!!!
Take care my friend!!!

[cath007]

@Frugalbigmama :

I would love to see markdown and price drop on my city flashflood fruits boxes.

But this is not the case....

You scored a good one!!!

[Frugalbigmama]

@Frugalbigmama:

I would love to see markdown and price drop on my city flashflood fruits boxes.

But this is not the case....

You scored a good one!!!

On the vine tomatoes at No frills were selling for $4.99LB! At least the ones in my box were ripe and ready to use!

[Frugalbigmama]

Happy Wednesday!!

Wet and damp day here. Maybe a good after work drive to the casino to use Bonus day free play, free dinner and fill up the gas tank for cheaper in that area?
We will see!

Groceries- Finding deals on my low calorie/0 sugar oat/almond milk. I have 6 in the cupboard for back up. Beans are stocked up! We have so many cans and 1 bag.
Thinking I will go to No Frills today and stock up on the Unico Canned tomatoes (to make pasta sauce) (boys like their pasta so it is a good winter meal!) As I said above the prices of tomatoes are crazy- I don't recall ever seeing the price so high.

Have a wonderful day!

[coupon girl]

Dont forget to save your p.c offers.

Have 2 tests on thursday in the afternoon .

[lilo0003]

@Frugalbigmama I am envious of your Flashfood deals. I rarely find anything worth my time and produce is not a risk I would take as it’s typically so far gone it’s not worth the time.
I totally scored today when I went to SDM to take advantage of the egg offer, this location often has decent mark downs on the shelf so I tend to wander. I found the large bottles of International Delight cream on clearance for 1.00. I suspect because they are changing the packaging. I picked up 4 and they all have best before dates of mid July. But what made the deal so amazing was I had 1.00 off coupons so they were free. That is such a rare occurrence now.

[coupon girl]

Lilo what a score ,yes very rare today to get something free.

[Frugalbigmama]

@Frugalbigmama I am envious of your Flashfood deals. I rarely find anything worth my time and produce is not a risk I would take as it’s typically so far gone it’s not worth the time.
I totally scored today when I went to SDM to take advantage of the egg offer, this location often has decent mark downs on the shelf so I tend to wander. I found the large bottles of International Delight cream on clearance for 1.00. I suspect because they are changing the packaging. I picked up 4 and they all have best before dates of mid July. But what made the deal so amazing was I had 1.00 off coupons so they were free. That is such a rare occurrence now.

I only get the produce box from my local RCSS- the other stores they do not look nice at all. Even the produce on the shelf for full price looks terrible at the one NO FRILLS in my area.