February 2023 Frugal Chat

[Frugalbigmama]

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Yesterday I was bit of mess. Tired and my tummy felt off.
I feel so much better today! And even my ty work day can't ruin it. I'm just going to power through.

Will walk to get my car later (30 min walk all down hill) I dropped it off last night and walked home uphill It was the walk I forced myself to do. It was a bit icy but it was a beautiful evening and glad we went.

Kitchen is clean. We are loading the dishwasher as we go since we haven't used it in weeks. Taking a break from washing dishes
Think it is a fend for yourself night for dinner. I am to swamped with work to think about it.

Have a great day!

[barbis9]

Does anyone feel that Costco is getting junky? By that I mean the quality of products - cheap clothing? I bought a hoodie a while back and it is piling already. I used the clothes shaver but not much success. I wish there was more cotton in clothes - as you only have to worry about shrinking in the dryer but otherwise they hold up.

I noticed Costco has discontinued my parmesan chips (Whisps), I asked one of the employees and they said if Costco doesn't get particular pricing - they will discontinue an item, even if it is a best seller, which makes zero sense

[coupon girl]

Got a bill reduced by calling and talking for almost an hour so that made my day.

Called my brother in london ,ont to see how everything is going .He always ends the call with "love you" such a warm feeling i get .

Still relaxing today doing laundry.

[HermanH]

I noticed Costco has discontinued my parmesan chips (Whisps), I asked one of the employees and they said if Costco doesn't get particular pricing - they will discontinue an item, even if it is a best seller, which makes zero sense

It makes sense from CostCo's perspective. If they don't feel that they can make enough money from a particular product, they move on to another product.

What irritates me is how CostCo tries to promote their 'treasure hunt' concept, whereby there are items only found in some stores and on limited runs. They hope to get folks who are in 'fear of missing out' to purchase immediately. This means that each location has differences and you can't even find out if some things are in stock. I feel it is a bit arrogant to expect shoppers to come in each and every day to find those 'easter eggs'. Who's got time for that nonsense?

[coupon girl]

barbis-i dont have a costco membership,dont wish to pay for one for the 2 of us.I have gone the odd time with a sister-in-law or my son when asked if i wish to go.

Barbis-i love 100% cotton .Maybe that is why i love thrift clothing so much cotton ,unique ,different.

[Ciel21]

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[Ciel21]

I missed some important weekend news. Thanks to Youtube, I saw CityTV's news segment stating that the Cdn retail chain Bed Bath and Beyond is going to shut stores down. If you have not already searched your gift card stash, plan to use any left over BBB gift cards stat or apply balances to someone's group gift item in a gift registry to zero out the card balance. If you were intending to use your ONe4All gift cards for a BBB purchase, do it online (apply to gift registry item that is marked "group gift") and thank me later. I don't recommend ordering anything online for delivery-better use the website to peruse your local store's stock availability prior to a trip.

[Ciel21]

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[Ciel21]

While exploring Twitter, I came across this product recall list for items sold at Indigo:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...nada-1.6736223

Undeclared milk in this nut milk product-recalled:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...mbia-1.6734488

[Frugalbigmama]

I bought the last 2 x 4pks of delissio pizzas for DS at $9.94 a box. He can get his fill. Then doubt I will buy any frozen pizza for a long while.
Picked up more blueberries and cantalope at FB. Getting our fill of the fresh stuff at good prices. Maybe I will buy another pineapple on Wednesday. We still have 2 so don't want to go overboard.

[cath007]

Maxi and cie :
Red seedless grapes and green seedless grapes for 1,98$ lbs pm Super C...it was on the flyer of maxi for 2,98$ lbs.hhaahaha
but they did not have the 2,49$ strawberries left,....

Checked cantaloup but it was tiny and 4,00$....so I pass my turn hahah

I have a 12 500 pc points for wub 125$ cumulative offer..I am at 111$ and we will need milk (4 l in bag 7,88$ milk is so expensive),fondue broth (4,49$) and another thing (2,75$)... so we will get these points!!! Why not

[cath007]

Good evening everyone!!!
Happy monday night !!!
Oh my so tired of my day.....I need adaptation.....But it went okaie....I emailed psychologist...I had an appointement this morning and another one next week...emailed the responsible of my financing program $$$ in school,and email another person for helps with my book...I will see those next week.So the good news is I will be refinanced again yes..so only loose 2 weeks of gain....Bad news I saw my T4 I spended way too much,way over budget...need to redo and cut budget....Soo happy to be refinanced again,I truly need this money...
I need to be more productive,the director and the other person will have a speaking for that...and see what they can do..but need to speed it up...
I did not miss when bus is late by 15 minutes at least when I was in forced hollidays...grrr

Have a happy evening and night,off to bed soon...exausted...

[cath007]

Happy to see you posting @Ciel21 !!!

[Frugalbigmama]

Good Morning! Sunshine here

Another crazy work day but I am not going to stress about it. I can only do what I can do. All these hurdles (new program issues) are not in my control!
I was all ready to work through the night last night to finish one thing but was stopped at 6:30 after being at a standstill till someone does something they missed. It is what it is.

I dropped DS off at school and then popped in Walmart to grab a coffee at McDonalds. Took a walk around the store and found cottage cheese for .84 cents! (expires Feb 18th) So I am making lasagna tonight Have everything else needed already so will be easy to whip together.
Will text oldest and let him know to pop by and grab some. (its one of his favs)

Will get out for a walk tonight. Loving this mild weather!

[Frugalbigmama]

Good evening everyone!!!
Happy monday night !!!
Oh my so tired of my day.....I need adaptation.....But it went okaie....I emailed psychologist...I had an appointement this morning and another one next week...emailed the responsible of my financing program $$$ in school,and email another person for helps with my book...I will see those next week.So the good news is I will be refinanced again yes..so only loose 2 weeks of gain....Bad news I saw my T4 I spended way too much,way over budget...need to redo and cut budget....Soo happy to be refinanced again,I truly need this money...
I need to be more productive,the director and the other person will have a speaking for that...and see what they can do..but need to speed it up...
I did not miss when bus is late by 15 minutes at least when I was in forced hollidays...grrr

Have a happy evening and night,off to bed soon...exausted...

Organize your budget/money and then take a week of low/no spend. Plan to shop at home and use up what you have. I started cleaning out cupboards and realize we have so much stuff to use up that I shouldn't be wasting money on things when we have lots at home. You got this Cathy!