April 2019 Frugal Chatter Thread (spring, is that you?)

[barbis9]

The bay has free shipping today, no minimum purchase, will stock on jockey underwear. Terrible headache all week continues.....codeine seems to help. Wish I felt better as giant tiger has mini Easter eggs on sale, they melt in your mouth. Not a fan of the SDM ones, they seem waxy.

[flemeth]

Good day all
was out early since I want to take advantage of the Airmiles Redeemed 95AM get bonus 50AM did this on my DH card since he has lots of mikes would be doing it again for the next 4 days
I got 2 Black and Dimond Cheese the are on sale for $3.99 each
4 Pk of Gum (4x12 pieces in each pack) the wee on clearance for $1.99 -50% offwhen ain’t get to the cash
1 small onion
1 small Banana
My total came to $10.56 I redeemed 95 AM and my receipt shows that I got back 81 AM I must say my cashier was very patient with me because At first I only too 1 pack of Gum to get my total to $10.00 but since it was on sale for less she let me grab the others
I am Happy with my shop . My DH card has completed his 5 shops
Now since I only got my card when the promo start I do t have lots of miles to redeemed I still have to do 1 more shop will get it done this week

Its a beautiful day out today so enjoy everyone

[Giseledta]

flemth i am doing my metro redeem thingy today as well.
hubby is getting gas for # 4
i am doing eith lcbo ( have gc ) or maybe a airmiles shop... hmm # 5

[greentires4me]

I don’t have a plan frankly besides I have club pack of boneless, skinless chicken thighs that my mom got for me yesterday @Super store there was a couple other items as well. Actually more then a couple: bacon on sale for $4, vegan becel, sour cream, lactose free cheese, cans of diced tomatoes for $0.50 each, PC watermelon and lemon pop, spring mix, kraft Italian zesty with lime salad dressing( it’s actually very tasty and I quite enjoy it), 12 pack of eggs, Cesar dressing, 2 boxes of Chex honey nut cereal, a loaf of sour dough bread, 3 boxes of nature valley dark chocolate granola bars, 2 Alfredo sauces, 2 boxes of stove top stuffing, pack of 2 deodorant, sweet mini peppers and pudding cups.

She yelled at me in the parking lot for buying too much food. But I am sure mine was only 75$ worth I calculated in my head before taxes. But she bought over $500 worth...she is mean to people in the store especially in the checkout lane. She told some woman to stop having babies because she has 4 then told he cashier that she looked like a goat. Um how embarrassing.

I bought a lotto max ticket with the extra. I don’t care how much the jackpot is I had a feeling so went with it. I have 11.25$ to my name.


Oh yeah it’s sunny outside a break from the stormy cold wetness aka rain.

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[flemeth]

flemth i am doing my metro redeem thingy today as well.
hubby is getting gas for # 4
i am doing eith lcbo ( have gc ) or maybe a airmiles shop... hmm # 5

My plan for my #5 is either Rona or Global Pet Foods. @Giseledta don’t forget to give the PLU code according to AM when I chat with them we should be getting back the 50AM Bonus and also the 50AM from Mega miles only time will tell if this arising offer combined work

[flemeth]

I don’t have a plan frankly besides I have club pack of boneless, skinless chicken thighs that my mom got for me yesterday @Superstore there was a couple other items as well. Actually more then a couple: bacon on sale for $4, vegan becel, sour cream, lactose free cheese, cans of diced tomatoes for $0.50 each, PC watermelon and lemon pop, spring mix, kraft Italian zesty with lime salad dressing( it’s actually very tasty and I quite enjoy it), 12 pack of eggs, Cesar dressing, 2 boxes of Chex honey nut cereal, a loaf of sour dough bread, 3 boxes of nature valley dark chocolate granola bars, 2 Alfredo sauces, 2 boxes of stove top stuffing, pack of 2 deodorant, sweet mini peppers and pudding cups.

She yelled at me in the parking lot for buying too much food. But I am sure mine was only 75$ worth I calculated in my head before taxes. But she bought over $500 worth...she is mean to people in the store especially in the checkout lane. She told some woman to stop having babies because she has 4 then told he cashier that she looked like a goat. Um how embarrassing.

I bought a lotto max ticket with the extra. I don’t care how much the jackpot is I had a feeling so went with it. I have 11.25$ to my name.


Oh yeah it’s sunny outside a break from the stormy cold wetness aka rain.

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@greentires4me ((((Hugs))) no mother should treat the way you say your mom does I have 2 girls of my own And Iwant them to respect and I do respect them too so if I think there was a problem or something I don’t like when we are in public I would address it when I get home but not even yelling. I would raised my voice and the tone I would used the would know I wasn’t happy. But where food is concerned I never have a problem with that.

[Ciel]

Wet Friday and my mood is similarily gray. Random decision to pop into Shoppers to print off photos from years that are missing in the photo box. Terminal indicated 22cents per print so away I went! Accidently printed some duplicates-might be able to share them with two relatives. Noticed one batch of photos from a certain year either are not on my USB or they are among the files that would not load. Will check soon as I'm near a different Shoppers with the same photo terminal. I have just enough change left for 12-14 more copies.

Can money today: $1.40 from collection done earlier in week.

Wed night-I skipped the library to make the red lentil loaf. 3+ hours later it was done (I was also washing dishes in between chopping and cooking/blending and that made me cranky after the 2nd hour). Did not use oregano or the mustard; wished I had chopped veggies and cooked the rice (I used long grain brown rice (Dainty brand) because I could not find the short grain version in a store) and made the sauce one night before. I used my green herbs with salt (1 tsp) in the lentil/veggie mix on stovetop and noticed that the 1-1/2 cups of water seemed insufficent (some lentils and onion bits were burning) so I added an extra 1/2cup of water. Which meant that the final result tasty watery and mushy and hardly seasoned. Most of loaf was consumed on Thursday-could hardly notice the garlic but the onions were there. Will need to boost seasoning the next time I could the lentils for another loaf. Used parsley instead of cilantro so it was fine in the end.

The date paste-chopped up 1/4lb of dates (good thing I did as there was a pit in one) and added 1/4 cup of hot water, then added another 1/4 cup hot water. Drained the water after 20min and blended the dates with 2tbsp of water. Sort of chunky salsa and smooth paste. No matter-when paste (just over 1/3 cup worth, so perfect!) is blended a second time with the tomatoes and what not, the sauce is smooth. Taste-not as sweet as barbecue sauce nor ketchup but spicy sweet (thanks to taco seasoning from an Old El Paso kit I had on hand). I'd make the sauce again just to have some in the fridge to use with chips or bread (when munchies mood strikes).

[coupon girl]

Round one down babysat today cara ,took her out in the morning before it rained for 40 minutes and she slept 2 hours and 10 minutes ,maybe she needed it as she is just finishing a cold

round 2 Sebastian is getting here at 7.30-7.45 p.m from Toronto

I just ordered another pillow from the bay ,tank top and a pair of socks ,I know I am keeping the pillow and socks so lets hope the tank top fits ,its all cotton which I want its lord and taylor mind you it has a small pocket over one side which I really would have preferred not to have but I cant get picky

[Giseledta]

i popped into metro... used 170.00 in airmiles ( yep, i have a bit of them ) got 218 airmiles back . and i suspect more .. once it all falls in place.
bought hubby a bit of snacks that he loves as it is his birthday.

i then went to LCBo, did the last shop for mega miles, and used a 50.00 gc i recieved at Christmas.


hubby andi had a good retirement talk. we are on track . and we chatted about my point stuff. he is totally on board. even he has noticed some grocery prices already creeping up... we are watching stuff closely. we are on solid ground so far. so all is good .

[SassyAshley]

Good Evening Everyone,
I have not said much lately as life has been a roller coaster with a lot of ups and downs, fingers crossed it is going back up but things are not finalized yet so I do not want to say too much yet.

I worked from home today as I have so many training plans, manuals and producers to create and type up. We have a couple new employees and a number of staff we want/need to cross train but they are in positions I do not have training plans for. As well we have decided they want formal cross training plans as well ans for myself to do the training vs the person working the position. I got a huge chunk done today but I am not even half way through what I need to get done, I will keep working tonight and see how far I get.

Not sure what is up by future sis in law called and asked me if I wanted to go to breakfast with them tomorrow as my cousin is coming down for breakfast. Sounds all good but a little weird as my cousin lives like 3 hours away so not really a normal hey lets go grab breakfast so not sure what is up.

This afternoon I ran out to the grocery store to grab a few things, we haven't really done a full shop in a couple of weeks just little shops grabbing what we needed, on sale of course. Today we got:
Mushrooms x 2 $3.97 + 800 pts
Cucumber x 3 $0.67 + 200 pts
Broccoli x 2 $0.97 + 200 pts
Yogurt x 3 $1.97 + 1200 pts
Jalapenos $2.97 + 300 pts
Potatoes x 3 $2.97 + 1400 pts
Puff Pastry x 1 + 800 pts
Romaine 2 Pack x 1 $1.97
Oranges x 4 $0.97/lb
Butter x 6 $2.77
6 x Bananas $0.57/lb

All and all I am happy with our shop, might grab a few more things Wednesday as my specialist appointment before the flyers change.

Right now my plan is to clean our freezers tomorrow and spend Sunday cooking so we will see what we use and what we need more of before the flyers change.

Hope everyone has a wonderful night, better get some more work done.

[lilo0003]

Ugh. I forgot the Metro deal again today and am out all day Saturday. I will maybe send DH as it’s the extra on the mega miles. If I do 6 I don’t worry if one does not show up. He is doing Global Saturday and they are in the same plaza. Tax return received and put right into RRSP. We are really trying to be laser focused on retirement.

[Giseledta]

Ugh. I forgot the Metro deal again today and am out all day Saturday. I will maybe send DH as it’s the extra on the mega miles. If I do 6 I don’t worry if one does not show up. He is doing Global Saturday and they are in the same plaza. Tax return received and put right into RRSP. We are really trying to be laser focused on retirement.

hubby and i are as well. we started late with it, but have plans.

[Giseledta]

morning all. today is my hubbies birthday. kids are all working, so its just him and me.
i picked up a bunch of frozen apps at metro yesterday... if we dont use them tonight, we will use them at some point , i am not worried

today we are relaxing, i will do a bit of tidying up at some point, and sb of course, but that has been fast lately.
i am trying to convince him to go see hellboy... lol. or we might go to the casino.. not really sure. hubby is pretty laid back .

[Ciel]

Welcome Ms Sunshine! She helped to get me out the door and to get close to my time that I had booked for scanning images today.

Have some overdue library materials to return and some papers to catch up on. Got an eyeful of the ON govt plans for new transit lines in Toronto but am not clear are they subway or LRT? Especially the Ontario line from the Science Centre to Ontario Place on the waterfront.

Afternoon plans involve laundry and trying to get one tiny section of garden raked or turned over for those cold loving radishes/lettuces/carrots before dusk. I do need some groceries too-beverages and something easy to make for meals (had too much tinned fish, lentils and beans of late). Probably will do a can walk as well in the early evening.

I noticed that the Gregorian calendar Easter is one week away and the Julian calendar Easter is two weeks away. Think I should find some Caramilk eggs to stash for the holiday plus some Aero chocolate lambs. No idea what we'll do for Easter meals or plans. Egg dyeing will likely have to be planned (to put my pysanky tools to use) and it won't be three dozens' worth-more like one and half dozen so a few can go with Mom to church for egg swap.

Libraries will be closed three days in relation to Easter next weekend. I'll have to find other ways to pass the time without Internet.

[greentires4me]

Yesterday I went to dollarama in search of these plastic tubes with erasers. I didn’t find but I did see foam roses lights on the top shelf like they were hidden there. I am tall so anything higher then the average person I notice. I bought two of them and gave them to my friend who loves pink. And some knock off bounty bars for 2 for 1$. I have 2$ left to my name. And exactly 11 days to pay day. It’s bugging me about the money issue...I guess because of Easter. We get paid exactly 2 days after Easter.

Last night for dinner I cooked chicken thighs in my marinade of of the salad dressing cut up some peppers nuked some potatoes until they were close to be soft. Pan fried the taters. Then serve it in the same dish with ranch on the side.

There is no sunshine outside today it’s raining


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