What I bought on the Flashfood app in August 2024

 Blackberries on Flashfood app

My favourite Flashfood haul this month: 8 boxes of blackberries for $3.17!

Flashfood is a free app where you can buy items from the grocery store that are about to near its “best before” date for 50% off.  It’s been our preferred way to shop our groceries these days.

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Ming’s Noodle Cafe in Scarborough

Ming's Noodle Cafe storefront

Ming’s Noodle Cafe located at 3447 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough

We have driven past Ming’s Noodle Cafe on Kennedy Road south of Steeles Avenue hundreds of times in Scarborough but never ventured in for a meal until now.  I was pleasantly surprised with how spacious and large the dining area was and how comfortable it felt.  Dining here with Continue reading

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Week 206 motherhood – last week of full-time EarlyON, their first AYCE hot pot restaurant experience

 Media poster art collage made by little kids under 6

Media poster art collage

Week 206 motherhood with 3 year old 11 month old and 20 month old.  Continue reading

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Week 205 motherhood – pt progress, CNE outing, more affection

 Kids activity at the CNE Farm

Picking apples at the CNE Farm

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What We Ate and Did at the CNE 2024 (family edition)

 Super Fly noodle at CNE

Holding the Super Fly noodle, one of this year’s new foods at CNE

The annual Canadian National Exhibition unofficially marks the end of the summer and kicks us off into the cooler autumn months.  In 2024, the CNE runs from August 16 to September 2 (Labour Day before the kids return to school).  We took a Monday off this year to visit the CNE Continue reading

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Week 204 motherhood – milestones for both, “TV day”

 New backyard fence

Watching our new fence get built

Week 204 motherhood with 3 year 10 month old and 19 month old.  Continue reading

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Week 203 motherhood – sleeping through the night, pt progress

 Toddler artwork

The frame at the top corner is what another child did (what the facilitators “wanted” the frames to look like) and the green artwork is what my child made.

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Flashfood Hauls July 2024

 Groceries you can buy on flashfood

Loving my Flashfood deals

Use the free Flashfood app to get 50% off groceries that are nearing their “best before” dates at select participating grocery stores across Canada and the United States.

Use my referral code  KARE4PEFC  to get $5 in rewards in the Flashfood app when your first purchase is over $10.  Continue reading

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Week 202 motherhood – Pride of Canada carousel, watching the Olympics, stringing beads for an hour, second trip to the fire station, tie dye shirts!

 Pride of Canada carousel in Markham

Such a beautifully crafted and thoughtful carousel. Definitely worth a visit

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Surprise Bags from Too Good To Go in July 2024

 too good to go surprise bags in 2024

The 3 surprise bags I got in July 2024

Save a surprise bag from Too Good To Go to reduce surplus food from being wasted at participating restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, and more in Canada (you won’t know what’s in it until you pick it up).  It’s a free app that anyone can download.  Aside from saving money on food, you can try new stores you haven’t heard of before.  Continue reading

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