This Week's Sales

The sunset on the Lake Okanagan...taken by my talented husband!
So it's September 1st, and to me this is more like the new year than January is. I enjoy this season, especially where I live now as we have a true fall. Right now there are beautiful flowers blooming everywhere. I am always shocked as it's only been 4 years that we have lived here, and I spent so many where the leaves all fell off right away and that was it...winter. I enjoy all the seasons, except winter, so I am never in a rush to get to it. Another reason I have to be thankful! Anyways, this time of year is a time of getting back into routines. We will be learning at home again this year, and have decided to start Sept 6.

Now is the time for harvesting. In our yard we have grapes(many, many grapes), plums(only half a tree this year after the bear took out the other half), hazelnuts(I am hoping this year the Stellar Jay might share!), and walnuts. Besides that this is the time to enjoy the upicks around town. I was told yesterday that there are peaches to be picked for .50/lb! We are coming to the time of year where it's getting safer to use the oven inside, evenings are cooler so the chance of getting things cooled off for sleeping is good. So, now is the time for planning how to properly preserve the bounty so it will last the winter. More on that in later posts!
Walmart 2-8
Red,green,or black grapes seedless .97/lb
Fresh Boneless Loin Center and Rib Pork Chops $7(this is a good deal if there is a kg or more in each package, be sure to root through them as they are all different weights and more is better!)
Cantaloupes are $1.47
Cucumbers .50
Pears .88/lb
Tomatoes .77/lb
Cauliflower .97
Royale TP 48singles for $9.97
Report covers(we called them duo tangs!).10
Bic pens $1 for 10 pack

Superstore 2-8
Sept 2-4 spend $250 get a $25 gift card
Chicken Legs $1/lb
Broccoli .96
Pears 6lbs $4.98(.83/lb)
Bok Choy .38/lb
Cantaloupe $1.46
Rye Bread is $1.66 when you buy 3
Whole Chicken $1.98/lb
10 pack Bic Pens .99
Black Diamond Cheese 700g $6.99

Extra Foods has the coupons on the front of their flyer. Mon and Tues 10-15% off when you spend $25-$100.



Shoppers Sept 3 only
SATURDAY ONLY 20X the points when you spend $50
Paper towel life brand $1.99 for 8 pack limit 4
Maxwell House coffee 925g $6.99 limit 4
Christie cookies and crackers $1.79 limit 4
Everyday Tuna 170g .59 limit 4
Campbellls' Soups .49 limit 4
Dempster's Hot Dog Buns 2/$3 for 12's limit 4
Sept 3-9
Everyday Market Butter $2.99(limit 4)

Safeway 2-8
Tuesday Sept 6 is 10%off day. Spend $35 minimum
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.99/lb ($26.36/box) limit 2
White Mushrooms $1.99/lb
Corn on the Cob 10/$4
Here's the Old Town Market Specials

A great deal on photos!!! Blacks has 50 6X8's! Yes, that's the big size for $5! I am seeing comments on their site that you can get the same deal on 4X6 and 5X7. I think I am going to print off some of our summer photos and use them as thank yous. Click here to check it out. Offer ends Sept 6.

Free Photos and 25% off at Chapters

Costco is offering 60!!! free 4X6 photos to new online photo members. Must have a Costco membership, click here.
Get 25% off at Chapters in store Aug30-Sept 30! Here's the link.

Free Tex Mex Cheese

Thanks to a new fellow frugal friend I learned of this fun deal. Right now you can buy a kit for the hard tacos, it has the shells, the sauce and salsa for $3.47(that was at Superstore). I looked at Walmart and didn't see any. Inside there is a coupon for either a free 200g bag of Kraft Tex Mex Cheese or $6 off the 380g bag the next time you purchase another Old El Paso kit. The 380g bag is $5.99 right now at Superstore. So, a taco kit and a bag of shredded cheese for $3.47, not bad. The coupon is good until January 31,2012.

Free Cereal

It's on again....$5 credit cards when you purchase Kellogg's Miniwheats, Frosted Flakes or Fruit Loop.(that's all we saw, maybe there's more?). Last time they did this the cereal was $4 :( . You can buy unlimited amounts at Save On for $4.99 a box. At Superstore they are $4.97 but there's a limit of 2. For a refresher on the fine print read the last post I did on it here.

Once you mail away for your maximum of 5 gas cards and then you receive them you can use them at any store for anything, not just gas. The gas seems to be the most complicated way to use them.

Also, a little tip....do you ever need a credit card online to sign up, or do something? You can use this one! I have done it, it's quite nice if you don't really want to give your credit card number out.

Also, there is a chance you'll win $500.

Maybe you will be the one who wins the $500!!! Please let me know if you do!

Bonus Airmiles

This came in a mailing from airmiles.You may remember my post about  bonus airmiles and Shell a little while back. At that time they offered 100 airmiles(our free movies and popcorn and pop gift certificates are on their way!) if you filled up 4 times with a $30 purchase each time. Now it's 50 airmiles and you need to spend $40 4 times. Last time I found it worth it as it worked out to $18.84(movie coupons)for 100 airmiles. This time it works out to $9.50. According to my calculations if I did what I usually do(fill up at Superstore)I'd get $5.69 in gas bucks for the same $160 spent. On top of that my credit card pays me 5% on my gas purchases so that's another $8. So from my point of view I would save(or make?)more($13.69-$9.50=$4.19) by doing what I always do. Plus, I wouldn't have to make 4 special trips to Shell.

It's always interesting to see how it all works out, according to your circumstances! Maybe it will be beneficial for you?

How's it going???... and back to school sales....

Hubby took this picture while we were on a hike!

It's a funny thing, a blog...you make friends all over the world, people you've never met. You share information about whatever you are passionate about. It's tough to know how much to share as it is such a wide open space....I always enjoy hearing what's really happening and so I will do to you as I would like done to me. It has now been a month since hubby's work place shut down. He was eligible and we applied for unemployment insurance, right away. In the meantime he was asked to do a couple of jobs in his area of expertise. It was piece work. He claimed it on his EI reports and everything that might have started came to a grinding halt.  His file is now in review and whether or not he'll get benefits is unknown. I feel frustrated with the system, punishing honesty. It would have been easy for them to just subtract the few dollars made from the few dollars he was going to get, but it seems like the message is don't even try to work. Anyways, I don't want to rant, the subject makes me ranty(I have decided this should be a word!)....Here again I am thankful for an emergency fund. Dave Ramsey always says don't rely on the government, ever. So, our first month we managed to live on his last paycheck! That was happy! Now we have 3 full months of monies left. We are putting some stuff on Castanet and Craigslist, that frees up space and money!

 His work is quite specialized and there aren't many companies in our town, but he's contacted them. Some have shown interest in giving him contract work if he had his own set up. Something to think about. I think I stressed in a post earlier, how awesome it is to have an emergency fund, but I'll say it again...stash teensey bits away each month..it will add up, you'll have wiggle room if something happens. Wiggle room is really nice.

Back to School Sales are starting!? Staples has some great deals.

Hilroy 80 page coil ring note books are .15(limit 6)

150 pack of lined paper is .19(limit 6)

Exercise Books 4pk .25

See their flyer for more

Costco has a screaming deal on blank photocopy paper 800 pages for $5.19 until Aug 7

Bic Pens 56 pack $4.49

This Week's Sales

I know this is a strange picture, but I thought it was a beautiful, colorful mushroom! We saw it on a hike up at Conkle Lake.

Superstore 15-21(Extra Foods)

Spend $150 get a 4kg case of mangoes

Chicken Drumsticks Club Pack $1.98/lb(Extra)

Peaches and Nectarines(Extra)
Romaine .56(Extra)
Cantaloupe $1.46
Hot dog/Hamburger buns $1.97each(Extra)

Pork shoulder blade $1.98/lb(Extra)
Foremost Yogurt 5/$2(Extra)

NN Cheese 200g $2(Extra)

NN Sliced Meat 175g $1(Extra)

NN Wieners $1limit 1(Extra)

Royale TP 30 doubles $11.99(limit 6)
NN Fries 2.2kg $3
NN Perogies 2kg $3(Extra)

NN extra virgin olive oil 750ml $3(Extra)

NN Sliced Olives 398ml $1(Extra)

NN Parmesan 250g $4(Extra)

NN Chicken Thighs 2Kg $9(Extra)
Extra Foods
Cherries $1.77/lb
Fortune Rice 8kg $6.98(limit 8)
NN TP 24 doubles $6.98

Safeway 15-21
Lucerene Ice cream 1.89L 2/$5
Rye Bread 500g $1.29 when you buy 4
limes 4/$1
Cherries $1.99/lb
Corn on the cob 10/$4
Bakery Bread 570g $1.29when you buy 3

Rexall
15-17 only
2L Coca Cola Sprite Pepsi 7up .99 limit 6
140g Snack up chips 2/.99 limit 6
15-21
Stamps 10% off

Shoppers 17-18 only
Paper Towels 8 for $1.99 limit 4
Tuna .69 limit 4

Walmart 15-21
Peaches/Nectarines .77/lb
Fruitopia/Five Alive 1.75L $1
Tostidos/Lay's 220g-320g $2
Royale 24 Mega Rolls $6.98
Plums .97/lb
Croissants .33 each