Not much happened this week noteworthy as frugal but here are the highlights......
* No eating out or take-out at all. This is a big win for us!
* I did a smallish Walmart haul.
* I also went to Weis(PMITA)Markets on Thursday just in time to use that .75¢ Catalina I found in the trash at Weis a couple of weeks ago. I picked up a couple of peaches(our first of the season here), a couple of tomatoes for BLTs again and salads, a yogurt(45¢ after Q and rebate), a box of Zantac(a $2.81 moneymaker after double Qs), a big bottle of Heinz ketchup for .99¢ after store Q, a box of Kraft mac and cheese(.65¢ after rebate), a small can of dog food the puppies eat(.69¢ after rebate), 4 small cans of cat food for $1 total after double rebates(to take to my brother's kitties)and 3 boxes of cold cereal for .49¢ after double Qs(one of which I'll keep and the other two bound for the food bank). I also bought a store brand Onion Dip because we have Fritos and well....onion dip! ;-)
Total OOP was $10.13 w/sales tax and I should receive $1.40 in rebates back on that spending.
Total OOP was $10.13 w/sales tax and I should receive $1.40 in rebates back on that spending.
* I found money!!
Not much this week, at first.......
A penny at Walmart last Friday. It was at the door as I loaded the groceries into the car and looked down under the cart and it was staring up at me. 8-)
Then .11¢ last Saturday at my Rite-Aid.
Nothing else until Thursday at Weis(PMITA)Markets. There were 4 pennies in the change slot of my self-checkout. So I peeked into the slot of the other empty self-checkout on my way out of the store and spied a nickel and 4 more pennies to come home to live in my found change envelope.
Total Found This Week... .25¢
Total Found This Year....$13.03
* I did a tiny bit of Rite-Aid shopping.........
Not a lot of good deals this week unless your store has some 75% clearance items you need. Next week there will be a $15 off WYSpend $60 in-ad Q however and I am hoping for some good Qs to pair with that but not holding my breath.
* Continuing to use up garden goodies here. We picked 3 more cukes and 1 zucchini this week. I made more pickles and I've had two salads with fresh cuke. I also put a sliced up zuke into the pickling brine. There was zuke in the carrot cake, tempura zukee spears(which will be making another appearance soon), and a Spanish dish called Calabacin al Ajillo-grilled zucchini coins with garlic and parsley. Still to come are a zucchini gratin casserole and a stuffed zuke(like a stuffed pepper dish)because this one is a big sucker and the seeds need to be scraped out of it first.
After that I am raising the white flag of surrender and grating up the rest of any more zukes and throwing them into the freezer for baking season. lol
I've decided its patience I do not have for gardening, but it seems like the biggest win of all. Healthy food, exercise, and very little funds-if you are just buying seeds and afew starter plants.
ReplyDeleteJuly was not frugal at all. We paid off the 2 loans (guess that might be frugal as the savings on the interest should be noted) and 1/3rd of the cost of the basement ramp.
ReplyDeleteI am envious of everyone's harvests.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great week, Sluggy. It’s terrific that you had a moneymaker at Walmart. I love that!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the zucchini. Any time I see a neighbor during my morning workouts, I accost them & ask how they feel about zucchini & peppers. If they are positive, I immediately pick some & drop them off. It's a great way to get to know people. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe already have SO MUCH shredded zucchini in the freezer. I made yummy zucchini coins this week, and will probably make zucchini "fries" again. And, of course, zucchini muffins.
We're drowning in peppers here. I made 10 jars of pickled peppers (mixed with jalapenos, fresno & banana peppers) & we still have a ton left. I'm giving away the serranos as fast as I can pick them. The peppers adore our current weather.