2026-04 April Frugal Thread

[coupon girl]

Cath sorry to hear that ,my ex sister-in-law gets walmart to deliver to her house for i think it is $90 for the year .

Everyone please keep my nefews wife in your thoughts and prayers .She is 65 and is having mini strokes ,she has been in the hospital .

[cath007]

Oh you cannot be more sorry than I am about this stupid accident

[Frugalbigmama]

I went to Walmart to get canned beans. Found shrimp marked down so put the canned beans back and got 1 bag of black beans.

Then No Frills- Hit the deal of the bbq season! Skinless bone in Chicken breast for .99cents Lb. $45 well spent!!
Now to get it ready for the freezer and dinner

[cath007]

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[flemeth]

Cath sorry to hear that ,my ex sister-in-law gets walmart to deliver to her house for i think it is $90 for the year .

Everyone please keep my nefews wife in your thoughts and prayers .She is 65 and is having mini strokes ,she has been in the hospital .

@coupon girl I will be saying a special prayer for your nephew wife . Hope she get better

[flemeth]

If anyone wants coupons pm me.
They will be useless now.

@cath007 I know that right now you are upset and frustrated . But you will figured this out because you still have to buy groceries . If you can do delivery or maybe take public transit to the grocery stores and the when you are finish shopping used an Uber or taxi to get home

Sorry about the car situation

[coupon girl]

I just ordered 2 -$25.00 petro gift cards (they are on sale with the points)for Gas from my RBC credit card.Nice .

I went to shoppers today and only bought milk with my seniors day .Cleaned up with the hefty deal thou .

[cath007]

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[HermanH]

Rescued 20x 300g boxes of frosted bran flakes with best before date of Mar 7, 2026

Salvaged a pick-axe and bag of tea biscuits abandoned by a bum in a shopping cart.

Found a gift card for a free Chik-fil-A sandwich.

[lilo0003]

Taxes are done and just blech. I knew I would have to pay because of my severance package so I need to just suck it up and accept it. But I will be darned if I pay a minute early so I made a note to pay them April 30. I may earn a few dollars in interest.
For those that have a metro close by there are some decent deals this week. My favourite was Post cereal for 2.99 with an offer of 125 Moi points. I bought 7 boxes and was especially excited because the shredded wheat with bran and the wheatabix were included. I don’t eat much cereal but these are 2 that I enjoy. I also did a 3.00 return to Walmart. I was in the area and so it was no work to get my money back for an item I did not need.

[Frugalbigmama]

TGIF!!! We have sunshine and a blue sky! It has to be a great day right?

Dinner- So many leftovers. Which makes me happy- No trying to figure out what to eat and no cooking
We have black bean tacos/shrimp/chicken/ sweet potato/rice. I will be doing the black bean tacos tonight.
Will get out and walk today. (Happy seeing the scale go down everyday so I am motivated!!)

Breakfast around noon will be eggs with onion/peppers (out of mushrooms boo hoo! unless I try the canned mushrooms- I may do that today) with 1/2 an avocado. Will go for a walk after I eat to enjoy some sunshine.

I have a few work things I want to complete today so I best be getting at it!

Have a wonderful Friday!

[Frugalbigmama]

So I have never been an iced coffee lover. 1.5 months ago my sister asked if she could make me an iced coffee/latte to try. It was really really good! So I bought the stuff (expensive and very high in sugar) made one for all of us at home and then started my close to 0 sugar life.

Yesterday at Walmart I found a 4pk of coffee Latte protein shakes for $10.97. I am going to go back today and pick it up to try. Way cheaper then the other (or Starbucks) and high in protein and 2g sugar which I can live with for a treat now and then. I want to be able to enjoy summer too!
Excited to try it this weekend!

[walkonby]

@lilo0003 boo about paying the CRA but we also paid a few years back. About the Metro deals, I have a few of their sales ( and my Moi point offers ) all written down. I have to wait till Saturday for my chauffeur to drive me there but a trip to Metro is actually worthwhile this week.
In " it figures " news our microwave died last night??!! At 4 a.m. I ordered the same model ( on amazon ) but with a higher watt ( 1200 ) and unbelievable that it's already being processed! Delivery between 5-10 tonight. Hoping to catch the delivery person on the deck so he/she can lift the item inside for me.
That's a crap shoot, they're silent like Ninjas' when they deliver.

[coupon girl]

Oh walkonby nice to get a new microwave.

So out the door at 8.00 a.m to go to food basics (i have shopped there the last few times )
the deals i got

(3) reynolds foil 3.99-3.00 checkout51=.99
plum sauce vh 3.49 plus 125 moi points
(2) cherrios 3.48 plus 125 moi pts
whole chicken reduced 12.11-40%=7.27
cucumber .88
strawberries 1.98
black diamond shredded cheese 5.48-1.50 cpn i just found =3.98
(5) of my haddock 2 pkg of fish 4.99 it usually is 6.99-8.99 most places so stocked up


Just cashed out from checkout51 $47.45

Plus found a few coupons 1.00 off protein milk,1.00 black diamond shredded cheese,1.00 yop drinks 6 pkg.

plus a few various other items
spent 135.22-used 5.00 in moi points ,2.50 in coupons and 11.00 from checkout51.

Got my points back up 426

[lizzie bargain]

I am watching my friends 7 year old triplets and 9 year old today(all boys)-as well my daughters dog. Never a dull moment. They love playing hide n seek and making paper planes to shoot at our ceiling fan. They always have somebody to play with. Today is my sisters bday so having her over tomorrow as I doubt I will have much time for cooking today! I have them for 5 more hours.