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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 12:39 PM #916
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 12:39 PM #917
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Haven't tried yet but really really going to try this in the next few days with the rhubard from the garden.
Take your milk bags you know the ones where you get 4L in 3 bags. Rinse/wash etc.
Then put your food in the bags great way to freeze proper portions etc.....anyways take tin foil from the roll and fold it over both sides of the cut ends of your milk bags and iron over the tin foil......VOILA
No need to fancy machines.
PS if anyone has done this in the past how did you find it to work keep food fresh????2019 is the year that we continue to save before we buy!!!
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 12:43 PM #918
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I generally buy items that work out to being less or the same price as the generic product, but with the quality that I prefer. While I was very sick for nine weeks during pregnancy on an extreme dependence on facial tissues, I quickly learned the difference between generic and branded. Now there are certain boxes I put away for those severe colds and put out the daily use tissues.
If I'm shopping for others, I will purchase whatever brand they are looking for and keep their preferences in mind.
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Not yet, but looking forward to!
We'll certainly have to when LO comes. We'll be down to a partial income and increased costs of laundry, toiletries, etc. Unfortunately, I can't think of more ways to cut without DH thinking I've gone nuts. To him, frugal = cheap, thrifty = cheap, and cheap = cheap. Being forced to live that way while he was young led to bad eating habits, health issues, and poor quality.
On the bright side, I think Mom, HRH the Queen of Frugality, will be coming to visit for a few weeks after the baby and he can't say boo to her frugal ideas. That would be rude.
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I think it might be soap/body wash. It wasn't free, but it was a good price.
No particular strategy, but some reorganizing is in order to make room for stockpiled baby items. We don't have a budget for stockpiling, but I have been tracking our spending since we were married. As long as the total for the month is less than the monthly average for the year before, I'm not stressed about it. Or, if I've found a really good price, I'll make allowances for myself.Feels a bit like cheating on a diet.
However, with LO coming, I may have to seriously rethink this since the cashflow won't be eventually replenished like it used to be.
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 12:47 PM #919
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I started couponing in the 1972 as i had my 3 brothers come to live with us.The coupons back in the day were low value,but then the cost of food was low
.What i don't get is when they put out coupons for a $1.00 on something that is selling for $10 or more why bother
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 12:59 PM #920
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I haven't picked blueberries here yet so I am clueless on that one, but the fresh ones that I freeze are huge compared to the frozen ones I can buy. They go in my blueberry muffins which are a huge cost savings when we go on day trips.
My sister also used to be a berry picker in her younger days and said the largest berries would never get to the market, at least, not on that farm. Her boss told all the kids they could eat what they liked.
There are farmers markets here (in the city) but they charge so much more than the stores. I couldn't afford to shop with them. The farms where I grew up took up acres and acres of property. DH's family used to frequent a corn place that had an honour system that you would leave money out on the table if you took x cobs of corn. Different places have really different selling practices.
Aw, I would have thought you'd have local produce in Ottawa. That's too bad.I have visited a few times and wondered where all the Ontario "fruit belt" produce was and thought it was only the season.
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 01:09 PM #921
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My mother has been doing this for the past four decades. She's never purchased Ziploc bags (won't trust them since they're flimsier than milk bags) and will use elastics from produce to wrap around the bag a billion times instead of foil, which she washes and reuses where possible over meats.
Her food has always been tasty, she's an expert at sauces and flavourings, and no one has ever said she's made a bad dish. (But, I will say liver is the one thing she has never been able to make taste good to me. Shhhh!) If it hasn't been as fresh because she didn't use tin foil or Ziplocs, none of us have ever noticed. We all gobble it down too fast. I'm sure she would agree with you, that you don't need fancy machines to make good food.
To this day, she still has an enormous drawer of milk bags, produce bags, elastics, twist ties, and one rarely used box of saran wrap.Last edited by sweet sparrow; Thu, Jun 13th, 2013 at 01:11 PM.
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 01:20 PM #922
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Always the least expensive no matter brand or coupon
No room in budget to stock pile right now. But we are good on laundry detergent for a while."There are more important things--friendship and bravery...."
-Hermione Granger
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 01:45 PM #923
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Well I think I am going to do my grocery run tonight when dh gets home as I am really not impressed with next weeks flyers.
I don't have alot on my list and plan to be under-budget but we all know what happens when we dare say it (lol)
My list is pretty lean this week but I guess time will tell when I get back tonight.
Is anyone stocking up or see any great bargains that you will be purchasing this week?2019 is the year that we continue to save before we buy!!!
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 01:46 PM #924
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 01:56 PM #925
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This promotion is live again and if anyone has any I would REALLY love to trade for the BOGO and FPC coupons as we eat a lot of buns!!!
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 02:16 PM #926
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 02:17 PM #927
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 02:30 PM #928
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 02:33 PM #929
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Thanks to MaddensMomma if not I apologize for putting the idea of product swaps, I have posted the idea on my coupon facebook page and will see if I get any nibbles (lol). I hope there are and I can trade some of my products for others we may need or use.
2019 is the year that we continue to save before we buy!!!
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Thu, Jun 13th, 2013, 02:34 PM #930
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