NaBloPoMo, No Buy Month

After NaBloPoMo there’s NoBuMo

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Okay I just totally made that acronym up NoBuMo (no buy month). But there ARE people that do this. Just listen… (or read, if you want to get technical)

I’d suggest to myself to do the “No Buy Month” (again) in December. But really that’s going to be pretty difficult as I’ll be home in Newfoundland, driving my parents car, hanging out with old friends, going to the climbing gym, and perhaps an abundance of partying and dancing downtown on George. Just silly to even think about doing that in December.

I think I’ll start up again in January, or maybe February. It was so difficult last time that I think I broke it one or twice – which really doesn’t count seeing as it’s a NO BUY month, and I BOUGHT things. Complete fail on that one Nancy-pants.

You know, the whole point of doing this is to save money and see how much you’ll end up with towards the end of the month. But what’s the fun in that? I always try to find a reward, and treat myself if I get to the end of the month, and treat myself with a new article of clothing that I’ve been oggling over, or maybe something as simple as a $5 eyebrow wax.

So who’s with me on this extremely difficult challenge? (I’ll let you know at a later date, when I plan on actually starting… heh)


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Coupons, Daily, dealz, Health, No Buy Month, Photos

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I know it’s strange for a daily blogger (even blogs on weekends) to stop posting for a few days. But quite frankly, I’ve been not feeling the best and my site has been a bit slow logging into wordpress. Or maybe it’s the fact that my laptop has been really slow and I’ve gotten fed up with it.  That or I’ve really run out of things to talk about on here.  Honestly, the real reason will perhaps be a bit too much information for you all, but whatev. I haven’t been feeling all that great as I had a bladder infection. Feeling the urgency to pee, and nothing comes out makes for an uncomfortable work day. I went into a super sketch drop in clinic on Monday afternoon and now I’ve got some pills to heal me. This isn’t the first time this has happened to me, I guess I must need to keep the cranberry juice in stock at all times. What a pain in the ass. I hate having to do something responsible. Walk in Clinics are such a great convenient thing, but lordy I hate them. I’d rather be in the comfort of my own Doctor’s office, but alas that isn’t possible to do. Unless I have a car of my own to drive, or fork out $15 on a Greyhound trip as my family doctor just so happens to be in another city. I’m still on the waiting list for one here…

Weekend was fun. Cooked up a few meals at the boyfriend’s and had a laugh together, went to Sobeys and picked up some insane deals on ice cream sandwiches (Mmm!) 3 packages for just $10! So we loaded up on Oreo icecream sandwiches and some strawberry sundae kind I’m not that hyped up over.I also was thoughtful and decided to take some chores off his list and do 3 loads of laundry for him (God Love those apartment washers/dryers. 5 washers + 5 dryers = bliss), though I totally wrecked his net laundry hamper. I need to replace that for him.

tp-dealsmAfter that we headed to the late night Walmart and I stocked up on some snacks for work (I think I failed at this No Buy Month). It wasn’t exactly groceries, just I guess stock piling on things that were on sale. I actually got the Pledge Multi Surface cleaner shown to the left (click to enlarge), for free with a Try Me Free offer. So I will definitely think about doing this No Buy Month again later on in the year. Not sure how that’s going to work when I have a car and need to put gas in it. I guess that counts as somewhat as a necessity, as I need to get to work somehow haha. Okay. Whatever. I failed. I’m pissed, but that’s fine for now and it’s not the end of the world. I’ll give myself more chances and try again in a few months time.

So my readers, would you like to see my deals of the week? I haven’t been an advid coupon clipper since around November or so of last year. I always get stressed out that I’ll get haggled by the sales lady. So now I don’t use like 18 coupons at once. I just buy a load of things, and then hand in one or two coupons. But in this case, 4 coupons lol. As shown above here is what I paid for everything:

3 packs of Royale bathroom tissue at $4.44 each.
I used three $1.00 off coupons, which brings the T.P. to $3.44 each.
1 Pledge Multi Surface Cleaner, “Try me Free Offer” = Free

Total cost: $11.86
If I didn’t use coupons this would have cost: $39.36
Approx savings: $27.50


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No Buy Month, Photos

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I have to mention one thing, before I even start this entry. I broke my No Buy Month, and I don’t give a damn. I went to the next city yesterday as I had an orthodontic checkup and wanted to check out Bath & Body Works in the mall. I bought 3 hand pump soaps (3 for $12 Nectarine Mint which is brand new and I can’t find it online, Sweet Pea & Wild Honeysuckle), this body spray ($12) and a lip balm ($7.50). I took a photo, which you can obviously see (and enlarge). So this is what I got for about thirty three bucks on some amazing smelling stuff. My room mate has a bunch of awesome smelling lotions, body sprays, and perfumes from this place and I remember her telling me that Sweet Pea smelled great. But when I went into the store, I didn’t find that I liked it the best, so I picked up some Rainkissed Leaves body spray because it was much cheaper than a bottle of purfume. Oh sigh. I felt a bit terrible once I went to the cash register. But wtf right, I’ll limit myself to this one purchase in March. I’ve done mostly well, right? My room mate was also telling me they have ridiculous bi-anual sales where you can get like 5 things for $25 or something crazy. Right. Let’s get to it then.Off the topic of spending, cause it’s NO BUY MONTH agghhh! lol

If I was a single girl, I think the television set and having a high speed internet set up would make me such a hermit. I’d probably be single forever if that was the case. But it’s not, so:  Happy St. Paddy’s Day to yee all! I’m totally rocking out and wearing green today. Don’t know if my readers know or not. I don’t consider myself Irish, even though Newfoundlanders have a pretty strong Irish accent in certain parts of the province, and my Brother actually resides in Ireland with his wee lass of a wifey, and four Irish boys with such thick accents that I have to ask them to repeat themselves … well, repeatedly. lol.

I’ll be staying at my boyfriends place tonight, and I’m going to make my own chicken quesadillas (which I’ve already posted on the recipe section!) from scratch. But not before I sit down on my butt and watched television for a few hours as he has to do a bunch of workouts before he comes home. That’s the normal regime of a triathelete. PVR (pausing and rewinding live TV) = a huge addiction for me right now! It’s so convenient, especially when you have to pee! I don’t know how anyone could honestly live without it right now.  Mind you, I don’t normally watch a lot of TV through out the week, but I’m glad that I have the option to tape my shows and watch them later on when I’m less busy on certain days. Just yesterday I watched Desperate Housewives from Sunday. Imagine! Have you guys seen the last episode? OMG ABOUT THE GUY! I don’t want to go into detail, in case some people don’t watch it for a week or so like me, and want to catch up.

Do you have any favorite shows that you’d recommend to me? I’m not even used to having access to  cable let alone satellite TV. I’ve always been a huge fan of the TLC network and ‘What Not To Wear’ … I just found out about the cute show Jon & Kate + 8. I’m addicted to Desperate Housewives, Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and House. Guess I like angry men, and dramatic wives? Grass is always greener on the other side, is it? :P Not sure if I’d like that in reality! Now if only I had my boyfriend’s set up at the place I’m renting with his home theatre seating, leather couches, and projector. Uhhhh-mazing.

Imagine if we invested more of our money into getting high definition setup as well. I’ve seen HDTV’s before and the quality is absolutely immaculate. It’s incredible the quality of  it these days. A little while ago I went to a friend’s place who had HDTV, and it’s insane that you can totally see the PORES in people’s faces when they’re up close to the TV. Sometimes, I’m not even sure that I want to see that much detail in someone’s face. But at the same time … TV has come a long way in recent years, look at the prices of theflat screens, and plasma’s these days! I’m not a huge TV person, nor am I a big techy — boyfriend takes care of that aspect for me. I don’t know what sort of stuff to be looking for in TVs.. like 1080p or something to that extent. Whatever. I just enjoy watching whether it be great quality, or okay quality. But to be honest, I’ve only watched shows on really great TV’s lately. Boyfriend has a nice projector set up at his spot, while at my apartment I have a big ol’ TV that seems to the job quite well. (I’ve typed TV, way too many times in this paragraph…)

Stay tuned, for tomorrow’s entry. I’ll be writing about my braces! “One Year Later” as of tomorrow!

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