Frugal Friday....the December 11th Edition on Saturday

Here's some of the frugal stuff that went on this past week at Chez Sluggy besides the usual cooking at home, laundry done during off-peak hours, buying loss leaders at the grocery stores, etc.

*  The most frugal thing you can do is to stay out of stores and doing deals you don't need to do even though the sale ads, snail mailed offers and emails from some companies just keep piling up and tempt you.  It's very hard to show restraint at this time of year in the face of all the offers.  Stay strong my fellow frugalistas!

*  I used the $10 off $40 Rite-Aid flyer coupon on 3 cards and did some $40+ transactions........

Those 2 Axe deodorants below were 50% clearance priced plus I had $1.50/1 IPQs so were under $1.50 each.(Well really they were free since I paid with BC.)

I also used both of the $5 Catalinas I earned for buying 7th Generation laundry detergent during the Black Friday sales that were expiring this week(one of each of 2 transactions)which helped lower how much BC I used even more.

Paid for everything with Bonus Cash and earned back almost as much in BC as I spent plus I got $5.75 in Ibotta rebates between the Listerine and Suave.

**Rant Alert**

That last transaction was because the online order from the previous week came and they had screwed it up.  I had bought 2 of those Allergy Nasal Spray boxes but they only shipped 1 even though the packing invoice said there were 2 in the shipment.  The warehouse packer goofed or someone snitched one of those before it got sealed and shipped....how else can that be explained?

The first chat with R-A, the rep said if I bought one in store and there was a price difference they'd refund that difference.  So I purchased it in store for $23.99 after Wellness discount and went online to chat about getting the $8.50 difference(since R-A online REFUSED to replace/reship the missing item from my shipment)and this different rep said it is against their policy to price match w/store pricing.  WTF?!  They won't price match now(even though the other rep said so(and I have a record of it)or reship what I paid for? 
I call BULLSHIT on Rite-Aid!  

You know I'll be returning that Allergy spray to the store.....
And I am still waiting on that $15.49 in BC to hit my account for the spray they didn't ship me.  The first rep said 2-3 days and it's been 5 DAYS now since I contacted them initially.  Second rep this morning said it was credited to my account on 12/8/20 and it could take as long as 10 MORE DAYS to show!?

Again I call BULLSHIT on Rite-Aid!  If you have stock in that company I'd seriously consider pulling it out and putting it into a competent corporation.  Seriously.

**Rant Over**

I found money!

I found these two pennies last Saturday at Dollar General.  One was in an empty candy box in front of the register and the other on the floor on my way out the door.

Then I found a penny at my Rite-Aid later that day near the register.

Then on Tuesday on a trip to Walmart I found this penny in the main aisle near the cosmetics.  Abe's looking a might green on this one. lol

Then I hit Aldi for some salmon and found thi quarter laying under the carts in the cart corral.  I guess someone dropped their quarter after retrieving it from the cart slot and just left in on the ground for me.  How thoughtful of them. lol

The last coin found was this penny in a Rite-Aid near Hershey.  I ran in there looking for the Softlips balm that was $1 during the midweek sale as my store doesn't carry it and we were driving right past so why not look.
That store was out of it but I spied this penny in front of the register so scooped it up on my way out of the door.

I also spied another quarter when I went to pick-up my Big Lots order below.  It was in front of the register counter and I was all set to get it but then they opened another register and I was next in line so I missed out....boo hoo. lolz

Total Found $ This Week.... .30¢
Total Found $ So Far This Year....$52.85

*  A vlogger I follow mentioned a deal at Big Lots on gift items on Tuesday.  There were stacking coupon codes and a BOGOFree offer if you bought online and picked up in the store.  Since I was going out and would be near a BL that day I got all these gifts........

Regular retail of $40 total.  After $25.04 in discounts it cost me $14.96+.49¢ tax.

*  We hit the Sharp Shopper Grocery Outlet when we had to go to Hershey for my dr. appointment on Thursday.  Just got a few deals like ketchup  for .50¢, fair trade bagged coffee for $2.99, mustard for .99¢, Thomas' raisin bread for $2.50 a loaf,  3 Power-Ade drinks for .99¢ total, 1 lbs. of Mozzarella for $1.99, pork tenderloin for $2.99, etc.  Good deals.

*  While I was near Big Lots and Aldi's on Tuesday it was lunch time so I hit Taco Bell.  They were(don't know if it's still offered)doing a free Chalupa Box and a Doritos Loco Taco off if you download the TB app.  I did that last week and redeemed my free Chalupa Box offer.  That box gave me two lunches(plus the doggies enjoyed those cinnamon twists over two days as a treat).

That's about it from here this past week..........

What frugaliciousness did you have happen in your life this week?
Tell us all about it!

Sluggy