Here is what I bought on Hubs' card......
4 x Kellogg's cereals on sale 2/$5=$10.00
2 x Opti-Free contact solution BOGO50%=$29.23
1 x Milky Way candy bar(filler)on sale=.88¢
SubTotal.....$40.11
I used....
1 x $10 off $40 Q=$10.00
4 x $1/1 any Kellogg's cereal Q=$4.00
2 x $2/1 Opti-Free item IPQ=$4.00
Total.....$18.00
$40.11-$18=$22.11 +$1.08 tax=$23.19 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $23 in new BC(2 x $2 Cereal, 2 x $6 Opti-Free monthly, 1 x $7 Opti-Free weekly)so I spent down BC by .19¢ for all this.
I also earned $2.85 on Ibotta for buying the cereals so overall a moneymaker. ;-)
I'll keep the regular Rice Krispies and the other 3 will go to Ex-CB and/or the food bank(depending on what Ex-CB wants). The contact solution will go to the Troops donation.
Someone, an anonymous/no Blogger account person calling themselves "K", left a perplexing comment about why do the overseas troops need donations? Don't the people who send them over there supply their needs?
Obviously "K" has never served in the military or had a family member who served. Non-Com military personnel firstly don't make a large salary. Yes, the government supplies deployed service people with clothing, firearms, housing, bedding, transportation and meals. Any luxuries they want they have to buy themselves(remember this is done on a small salary). Snacks? Toiletries, feminine supplies for the female among them, etc? And being overseas serving our country is hard enough on a person, imagine being separated from your loved ones at the Holidays(with Covid those of us quarantining are getting a taste of what those serving overseas go through every year).
I hope this sheds some light on why it's important for morale and mental health of our service people to send them care packages.
Search online for an organization that seeks out donations and provides care packages to military personnel serving overseas if you want to spread some Holiday cheer to the troops this year.
Sluggy
As for donations overseas, are some of them serving in areas where some of the donated items are not even available? Plus, just getting something unexpected is always a morale booster.
ReplyDeleteMya I also add that donating supplies to our men and women in the service of our country is a good way to say "Thank you for your service"? Knowing that people back home care has to be a great feeling.
ReplyDeleteGood for you Slug setting them straight.
ReplyDeleteWow I did not know they even still made these cereals.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much is eaten as breakfast food vs. used in Midwestern cooking?