Just an average Gal, older mom, trying to live a simple life & what happens along the way.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
More Videos of Cajun Travel in Louisiana
Saturday, March 30, 2024
March Food Spending......2024
Onward to March's Food Spending Report.....
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for March 2024.
I have posted March's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located HERE and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in March. If you aren't interested in that much detail, just skip to the bottom for the Totals Sum. My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods, Pet Food. We are a family of 2(and 2 dogs).
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My best Store Savings Total was at Kroger with a savings of 50.01%. My worse rate was at Super 1 Foods with 44.25%. Not a bad savings rate.
The average per month amount spent is $742.46 in 2024 so far but that's before all the rebate monies are added in.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Frugal Friday.....the March 29th Edition
There are a few Frugal wins this past week so here goes....
Went to pick up my Rxs at the local Walmart on Thursday. I found a penny in the crosswalk outside on the way inside and another penny next to the car when I went back out to leave.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
The Great Road Trip of 2017.....Part Thirty/Day Twenty One
Part Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nine of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Ten of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eleven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twelve of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Thirteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Fourteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Fifteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Sixteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seventeen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eighteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nineteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty One of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Two of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
92 Miles to Minneapolis. I've been through Minneapolis on the way from Wausau Wisconsin to Clear Lake, Iowa and then Roland, Iowa back in 2014 on my solo road trip. I also attended a convention in Inver Grove, MN along with a bunch of Beanie Baby Collectors back in the 1990's.
We saw this billboard outside of Minneapolis. I think "The Artist Formerly Knowns as Prince" was still alive and in residence in Paisley Park back then but this wasn't a stop on our agenda.
Over the St. Croix River..........
And into Wisconsin, another place I've seen a lot of. We were staying the night in a hotel near Eau Clare, WI.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Some Ibotta Hauls & Winning At The Grocery Store Games
Going to the Grocery Store is not for the faint of heart anymore. You have to keep a keen eye out so you don't get overcharged.
I may be a mild-mannered Senior Citizen but in my mind's eye I am something like the photo above. lol
These Ibotta rebate trips were done recently, in the past week. Last Friday I got these items.....
$31.69 OOP.
I earned $22.25 from Ibotta(including the Weekend Bonus and .50¢ Bonus for Silk)and earned $2.75 in Kroger Cash Back so $6.69 spent.
The Gatorade tablets were on clearance for $3.06 each and had $2 rebates on Ibotta. $1.06 is a great price so this item and much cheaper than buying the bottles of Gatorade. The Almond milk was .59¢ after Ibotta, the Silk Bonus and KCB. The 2 Good Yogurt Drinks were .89¢ each after Ibotta and KCB. The Claritin was another clearance find-a $30.99 reg. priced box for $13.02. I had a $4/1 Claritin digital coupon and got another $4 Ibotta rebate so that cost me $5.02. 8-)))
I also picked up these........
2 x Blue Buffalo Nudges dog treats at $12.99. They were BOGO and there is a free up to $15 rebate offer from the manufacturer so FREE dog treats for the puppies when the rebate comes in.
Here's the rebate link....https://www.bluebags4wags.com/
Then on Sunday I picked up this stuff to finish my Weekend Bonus.....
The pads and the Made Good granola snacks will be part of my next food bank donation.
Working on the MidWeek Bonus and got this at Kroger on Tuesday.........
$42.92 OOP $19.50 earned from Ibotta, $2.55 earned on Fetch, $2 from Tada=$24.05 back making all this $18.87. *(My $2 off 1 Extra cereal digital coupon didn't attach so I chatted this morning with CS at Kroger and they credited my account $2 for that.)
The best 'deal' here is the Alba brand sunscreen I found in the clearance aisle-marked down to $2.87 a tube and I had a $5 off 2 rebate, making them .74¢ combined. Sweet! Down here the sun is not your friend in the Summer or "Hell's Front Porch" as I refer to that season here.
I was 1 item away from earning a $5 Ibotta Bonus so since Hubs had to go to Walmart this morning and my L'Oreal face moisturizer rebate reset I had him pick this up........
$6.42 with a $5 Ibotta rebate and a $5 Midweek Bonus. I thought I had another $3 digital coupon offer as well on one of my rebate apps but even without it, it's a deal.
There was also a glitch deal on the Kroger toilet paper this past week. It was marked BOGO on the shelf and I had a digital store coupon making them $3.99 each after taking off $3.50 on up to 5 items.
Of course they just rang up $3.99 so I took a picture of the shelf tag and went to customer service for a price adjustment as two of my four packs should have been free. The nonplussed woman tried to tell me the shelf tag was out of date but I enlarged the photo and showed her it was current, expiring that day.
Sometimes it takes work and alertness to win at the grocery store wars. And trust me, you have to go in there in warrior mode. ;-)
Dollar General Deceptive Business Practices
Monday, March 25, 2024
This Week on the Dining Table....the March 25th Edition
The "A Great Deal on a Couple of Pizzas" Edition.....
Sluggy
Sunday, March 24, 2024
The Great Road Trip of 2017......Part Twenty Nine/Day Twenty
Part Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nine of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Ten of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eleven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twelve of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Thirteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Fourteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Fifteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Sixteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seventeen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eighteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nineteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty One of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Two of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twenty Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Rollo is the 3 x Great Grandfather of William the Conqueror, the progenitor of the House of Normandy in England. The direct male line descendants of Rollo ended with Henry I. Henry's daughter, Matilda, was the mother of Henry II, who laid claim to the English throne and was the first of the Plantagenet rulers. Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's son, John I, became King of England(him of Magna Carta fame).
History of the Rollo Statue
The statue now stands in a small park near the Elim Lutheran church in Fargo.
We saw this portable stage nearby. I suppose some musical entertainment was getting ready for that coming weekend. But we were losing daylight and headed back to the hotel for the night.