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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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Tomboy to Girly Girl?

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As the younger sibling, you of course follow in the shadows of the older one’s footsteps. Guess it’s safe to say that I was a bit of a tomboy, living in the close proximity with four boy neighbors. I wore baseball caps and cut my hair short. My brother never passed up a good opportunity to trick people into thinking  he had a baby brother. I never did mind it to be honest. Until I went to a co-ed school in sixth grade. (That’s when I got teased for having short hair, and I vowed to myself to never cut it short, ever again).

I even played tricks on the new kids down the road from us. I put on my baseball cap, and dragged a hockey stick behind me and headed into this huge driveway the boys parents owned. They were playing hockey and my brother wanted in, but was a bit too shy to ask the older kids if he could join in. My job was done, when I asked if my Brother could play. I didn’t end up having a game with them because all I liked, was the slap shots and that was never allowed. It was all I could do.

I’m still not that fond of hockey, especially being a Canadian. I was into tee-ball, remember that? lol. Then too, I was on a co–ed mostly male team. My point of the entry is that ever since moving to a city the size of my province back home, I’ve never fully took advantage of what it has to offer. NHL games, Baseball games, or even soccer games! The had I always wore was an ugly navy blue NY baseball cap. Seeing how NY isn’t that far from me at all, when I get my car I think I’ll have to look into getting a pair of New York Yankees tickets, when they play the Jay’s in Toronto sometime. Or perhaps spend a weekend down in NY and just take it all in.

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kelan

Wow. How many times have I posted in this month alone?

I just called my Brother in Ireland, on my lunch break … talked to him for about 10 minutes while he was making supper for the fam. I asked to speak with my 2½ year old nephew while he was getting food ready for the table. I miss the little guy so much, he’s now speaking in sentences. I asked him what his daddy was doing (like I didn’t already know. But what do you say to a toddler!? lol) and he comes back with his answer “makin dinner… siiiighhh” in a cute Irish accent. Then I asked why Ruairi all of a sudden started screeching… but being the big brother, he totally ignored my question lol. So, I was like OMGGGG let me talk to your dddddddddaaaddd. Kids. They ignore everything you say. Finally my brother was like “Kelan, are you done speaking to Aunt Nancy?” YES YES YES MICHAEL, COME BACK!

I have three vacation days left (as I’m taking a vaca to B.C. this summer with the BF) and I almost want to just fly out and visit them, right now. But my Brother will be working off the coast of Newfoundland, on the oil rigs starting on March 30. They’ve decided to boat everyone out to the rigs now, rather than bring them by helicopter. It’s an 18 hour boat ride, and they’re carting crew over that way, until further notice. The copter only took 1-2hours. Tough decisions. It’s basically the middle of the ocean, half way to Ireland. Not even kidding. 300km off the coast of Newfoundland, in a huge body of ocean and nothing surrounding them. Not something I could do, that’s for sure.

I want them all to move to Newfoundland, so I can make one trip to see my whole family (parents AND brother + kids).  Which won’t happen any time soon.

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