March 2016 Frugal Chatter

[walkonby]

two splurges the other day!! A new bicycle for me and a new gazebo for the backyard! Just figuring out where to trim now to ease these two purchases into the fold.......I've got it! NO wine for a few months.....( yeah like THAT would happen ). I'm just kidding around, we have the funds available from our CRA refunds.

[lilo0003]

FBM: The ham is in the flyer. Sale ends today. I bought 4 and a free ready crisp bacon for less than $14.00

[lilo0003]

I have 4 or 5 of the 2.50 off bolonga, I will never use this. If anyone can use them let me know & I will send them to you.

[Frugalbigmama]

FBM: The ham is in the flyer. Sale ends today. I bought 4 and a free ready crisp bacon for less than $14.00

Thanks, Guess I didn't look at last week's flyer But I thought the sale ended Tuesday and the new flyer today?

[saundyl]

Dog to hospital 3X in the past 24 hours- pancreatitis and a foreign body in his intestines. (Two visits were in Windsor though - an hour away)

Approximately $900 later he still isn't eating reliably and I have to get pain meds in him. Poor little pooper has a VERY sore bum and is continuing with blood in his very loose stools.

He's resting comfortably
Need some rest! I don't know how you young mothers do the "stay up all night and keep going the next day " thing! Props to you!

Poor pup! Hope he's doing better!

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[saundyl]

Good morning Everyone,
Crochetlady glad to see you are on the mend and home.

There are only two of us but lately laundry seems to be a huge issue in our house, mostly due to time of use. We have had so much going on we miss doing laundry and then due to time of use it is so hard to catch up due to my hours. You can't start it until 7 but I go to bed between 8 & 9 not leaving enough time to get it washed and dried.

This week has been totally insane, we have a huge project on the go at work and it has been one problem after another. We recently upgraded our system and the process went from 2 minutes to 4 minutes & 20 seconds (yes I timed it) which wouldn't be bad if we did not have over 1800 of these things to run. We have dealt with everything from the system booting us and losing everything that was run, to finding out the information wasn't updating to the website and took our computer people 2 days to look at (and I fixed it by mistake, I restarted our servers for another reason and fixed the problem), our printer broke down twice. It has just been insane and now our remove connection is down and I cannot connect to do any of this from home.

Due to how busy I have been and the weather I asked Mom to do some shopping but only grab what we needed, Milk, Yogurt, Toilet Paper, Potatoes and few on sale items at the store she was going too. She asked if he could grab a few things ok fine whatever. Yeah let's just say I am really pissed but haven't said anything yet as she spent triple our weekly grocery budget. I am really wondering if she would have spent this much had it of been her money and not mine paying for the groceries. Guessing she will get a shock when I refuse to do any grocery shopping this week, hope she shopped wisely.

The groceries bugged me in many ways as we have been discussing things and actually had great communication lately but all of a sudden it seems like since out great conversation where I thought we laid everything out she is now not worried at all. All of a sudden she seems to have to worries about money, our plans for the weekend she is now trying to back out (we are supposed to build my furniture for my room I have had since September, clean the stockpile room and something else I cannot remember). She has expressed to be a few times today she wants to do nothing today which is nice but our plan was to start living our lives likes she is working full time and when is not at work we get our house in order and get things done so if a full time job comes along she can jump in head first.

I am trying so hard to be positive but it seems like we stuck in a one step forward 5 steps back pattern. I am sitting here quietly right now but have a feeling at some point today it will all come out and she may not be happy. On the flip side I have to say my Dad's assistant has been a life saver we are both going through things in our personal life and have been able to be there for each other and she is someone I can be completely open with.

Alright well I am off to find something to eat and then think I am going to try to push Mom into helping me build my bed, let's just say I did not move all other furniture in my room last night to make room to build for no reasons.

Have a wonderful day everyone and hoping everyone in Ontario is safe and and sound after yesterday insane weather.

I hope things get better for you two. I admit at times I wonder why you two stick with living together but at the same time I know...you're family and family is important.

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[saundyl]

We went to grande prairie for Easter with bfs family. Costco sure hurts the budget but we got tons of stuff we needed to replace for way cheaper than at home. I also got my niece her birthday gift and mailed it, the wool for one of my sister's Xmas gift and my mom's birthday gift, a 2nd sisters birthday gift and fun mail stuff for my nice and nephew.

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[saundyl]

Walkonby - I have a bay leaf plant in my window,,...... and a cat who nibbles on its leaves........ cut flowers do not happen here.



happymonday.
I finally got my hoop house up yesterday. spinach, lettuce, snowpeas, onions, and radish are planted. I really hope it worksout well.

a nice big ham is getting cooked today. and lefteovers for supper tommorrow.
I am working today. Hoping for a light day.
However 2 of my teens are at home,I amhoping they get a few things done for me today...........

My sister in law just sent all her plants to her girls because the cats were eating them all

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[saundyl]

Go get your samples, there are some good ones! It's just opened!

https://www.samplesource.com/

Got 9 yesterday when I saw the email!

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[SassyAshley]

Where oh where is this week going.

Yesterday was not a good day, it was just one of those days. I woke up in a mood I could not shake. I spent most of the day feeling nervous and feeling like I was going to be sick or wanting to burst into tears. I still do not know what brought on this mood but the good news is I did not do either but was not a good day so I cancelled my bday plans as I felt it was best for me not to be around others.

Work is still totally insane, we had our managers meeting and my low for the month was our current project and admitting to everyone we will not meet our timeline so we voted to postponed everything for a week to give us time to complete the project. Not the best feeling to have to admit we cannot meet the deadline but it is what it is. We are now working with out computer people to see what can be done for next time. This also means I will be working all weekend to meet the new deadline.

On a good note tonight after work I decided to build the last 2 drawers to go under my bed. Mom fell asleep well I emptied the boxes so I built them alone but that is fine they weren't hard to do. So now I just need to build my dresser which I may or may not get to this weekend only time will tell.

After the over spend on last week's grocery I am trying to not buy any groceries this week but it might be hard. My travel ban at work has been extended a week and I had planned to be away next week which would have made it easier to not shop. Now I will be staying home and working with some of the people who are transitioning roles so I may need to grocery shop.

Alright well time to see how far I can get with this work stuff before I give in and go to bed. Have a great night everyone.

[Angela273]

I did my bloodwork yesterday and received a call at lunch time today telling me that I could do my CAT Scan tomorrow. Less than 24hrs notice doesn't work for childcare, so they booked my scan for early next week. I got some details today that I'm not looking forward to. I have to not eat for a minimum of 4hrs before going to the hospital. I apparently have to drink a contrast drink every 30min x3, plus get a contrast dye by IV for the scan itself. I don't get to eat because the dye causes some people to become nauseated. I'll be at the hospital for 3hrs in order to do my 10min scan. They still don't know how they lost the requisition. I plan on following up on that after my scan is done and the vascular surgeon in London, Ontario, has the test results. They said that it's fine to nurse, but Dh and I aren't completely convinced. I am planning on avoiding nursing for 6hrs or so after the test is over to help make sure that nothing is in my milk. I have some milk in the freezer and the twins now drink water from a sippy cup during meal times, so they might take milk from it too. I can also pump closer to that date and they can have solids too. Here's hoping everything goes smoothly.

[Andit]

Good morning everyone.

Had a restless night, so dealing with 1 hr's sleep instead of my requisite 4, blech. Brats are insisting I make them a fancy breakfast in bed - seems kibble in a bowl is beneath them.

I feel so bad for Lily dog, she wants to get up on her bench to look out the window, but is not keen on sing the makeshift steps I've created or letting me try to help her up. Have friends dropping by on the weekend, whom Lily LOVES, so she might be more inclined to let them pick her up. We'll see. At the very least, both will be spoiled.

Better go see what's going on in the world, before I indulge the roommates.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

[Frugalbigmama]

Morning! A rainy day here today. Good day to be at work. Last night I made toasted westerns for dinner with fries. Youngest wanted a 2nd one later on. That boy can eat! Oldest ate the leftover ham. So I went to GT and bought 4 more for less then $10 with sale and coupon. Will chop some up for quick westerns. That will be our quick meal for the next month when needed.
Tonight my honey is making bacon pasta.
Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

[jasperandchar]

geez can't believe tomorrow is April already seems like just yesterday it was Christmas, here's a link to April's thread
http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/414889-...a/#post6600749

[jasperandchar]

two splurges the other day!! A new bicycle for me and a new gazebo for the backyard! Just figuring out where to trim now to ease these two purchases into the fold.......I've got it! NO wine for a few months.....( yeah like THAT would happen ). I'm just kidding around, we have the funds available from our CRA refunds.

so happy for you and no out of pocket with your CRA refund, awesome.