I am a big coupon user, I hate paying full price for anything, but with coupon abuse and the increased cost of mailing out coupons, we have seen a lot of changes to coupons over the last year. While 2014 was a huge year for rebate apps as new ones were released and fine-tuned, 2015 […]
Frugal Living
A Visit to The Box by No Frills Store in Hamilton
Yesterday was the opening of a new grocery store in Hamilton. While No Frills have opened a few of their small format stores “The Box by No Frills” across the country, this is the first within a reasonable distance to me. Most The Box by No Frills stores are only 10,000 sq ft, compared to […]
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CH-CHING: Get Rewarded For Watching TV
Hamilton’s news station, CHCH TV is celebrating 60 years on air this month and to thank their loyal viewers, CHCH is introducing CH-CHing! – the country’s first ever broadcast TV loyalty program. CH-CHing! is FREE! Just register at www.chch.com, and earn points to redeem for rewards such as gift cards, discounts, special offers, experiences and various goods from CHCH […]
Live Below The Line Days 4 & 5
Wow, the last week has been absolutely crazy! On to days 4 and 5 of the Live Below The Line. My week turned crazy busy so I did not have time to go looking for free fruit/vegetables with the new snapsaves rebates sadly but we still managed. Over the two days we ate the […]
Live Below The Line Day 3
Day 3 was harder for me. I had a series of meetings at work starting with a breakfast meeting. It was sobering to think that the $19 per person plate cost for the breakfast is more than we are spending for the two us all week. In my head it makes sense to eat the free […]
Live Below The Line Day 2
I know oatmeal is healthy, filling and nutritious for a low cost but bleh. Oatmeal without added fruit is gross. I may never eat oatmeal again after this week. I did find it a bit easier today without tea, but my partner will not last the week without a coffee. Live Below The Line Day […]
Live Below The Line Day 1
This actually looks quite delicious for a meal while living on less than $1.75 a day doesn’t it! Here is our food diary for Live Below The Line Day 1 Breakfast – this will be the same every day, a packet of oatmeal made with water. $1.29 for 10 packets = $0.13 each Lunch – […]
Live Below The Line Grocery List
Live Below The Line starts this week and this is our list of groceries available for the week ($17.50 for 2 people for 5 days). We took advantage of offers that were easily available to anyone such as Snapsaves, Checkout 51 and printable/easily ordered/found coupons. Primo Pasta x 2 @ $0.49 at Fortinos = $0.98 […]
All You Need Is (Cheap) Cheese
Okay life is so much more than cheese but cheap cheese makes it better. Target had this amazing unadvertised sale on select cheeses. They are not tagged so you have to grab some Saputo or Market Pantry cheeses and scan to check if it is a participating product. Each of these items were $1.49 and […]