Frugal Friday.....the August 5th Edition

**First off thanks for the good wishes for our move.  We are going to Louisiana to be near our daughter and her hubby for those that inquired why Louisiana.  Can't move to NJ near eldest(too expensive and crowded and we've lived there already and don't care for it)and Ex-College Boy isn't settled anywhere yet so can't decide on that.  So LA it is, swamps, mud bugs, gators and all.

Someone "Unknown" said they would come visit me in Louisiana but no name signed so I don't know who that is(friend?, stalker?)so that is a little creepy.  Please don't be creepy as I will shut down the blog for now.**

Lots of cleaning and clearing out this past week at Chez Sluggy.  We are in full on clean/clear mode as the move date approaches.

*  I put my antique sewing machine on the local free FB thing and it's leaving on Sunday to go to a new home.

*  I've filled another large bag for the Food Bank and it and the other 2 bags all went out this morning.

*  The power washer is reserved for this weekend so the outside of the house will be sparkly by Monday.

*  I've been using frozen foods for meals and trying my best to eat down the freezer. 

*  We've been eating lots of leftovers and odd meals as we clear out the foodstuff.  Last night was a big lasagna I made for Hubs to clear out lasagna noodles, some  of the homemade canned sauce and cottage cheese.  I had a very small bowl of Kalamata olives and some chicken strips.

*  Finished interviewing realtors this week so will decide on which company to go with to sell this house next week.

*  I found a farm market set up near our house last Sunday.  The only thing they had that I wanted was cukes so I got 6 for $1.  Much better than the .59¢ a cuke Weis wants for cukes.

I made bread and butter pickles on Tuesday.  They should be ready to eat tomorrow. 8-))  I had to buy a jug of vinegar as we were low.  That's all the spending I did on food last week basically-cukes and vinegar.

*  I went to Rite-Aid late last week.  There was a $10 BC when you spend $50 coupon last week(4 different Qs really)so I rolled my BC on 3 cards.  I also had a $XX off $XX spent Q to pair with it on one card. The best thing I got was Mega dose Flonase sprays for free after Qs/sale price/BC earned back.  I had $10/1 Qs(IPQs and L2CQs)for Flonase so I think I got 6 bottles.

 That should keep me in allergy sprays for a good long time.

*  I forgot 2 coupons on my Saturday Rite-Aid trip so took them in on Sunday and got $3 cash for my Refunds/Post Q envelope......

*  I found money this past week!  

         

I am not above trash picking in the trash can outside of Rite-Aid.  If there is a receipt on the top of the pile that's not goopy with a coupon on the bottom of the receipt I will pluck it out.

On Sunday I peered into the trash on the way out and spied someone had thrown these 2 pennies in the trash can!  How disrespectful of money!!  At least give them to the cashier to hold for someone who needs a penny or two to pay for their transaction(or leave it on the floor for me to pick up lol).

Total Found in last Week.... .02¢
Total Found This Year.....$13.96

*  Still making a daily to-do list to keep me on track and to make sure I get sh*t done.  Some days it goes well, other days not so much.  But it's helping.

That's about all I've got for this past week.  

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend!  And stay cool.

Sluggy  

My Only Rite-Aid Buys for Week of July 17-23

 I only bought this on Saturday.  This is the entirety of my Rite-Aid shopping for last week.

1 x Colgate toothbrush on sale=$4.99
1 x Acidil stomach pills 25% off=$6.74
SubTotal......$11.73

Coupons Used
1 x $2/WYSpend $10 Receipt Q=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Colgate toothbrush in-adQ=$2.00
1 x $3//1Acidil peelieQ=$3.00
Coupon Total......$7.00

$11.73-$7.00=$4.73 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $3 in new BC(Acidil)and I submitted to Ibotta for $2.10 in rebates so spent $4.73 and earned back $5.10 in BC/Ibotta.

I also have a Colgate Bonus Challenge and this toothbrush put me over the lowest threshold to earn BC for that challenge.

Not very exciting but it's something. 8-P

Sluggy

Some Rite-Aid Shopping This Week *Update*

 I went to Rite-Aid on Tuesday and bought this..........

2 x U Kotex pads BOGO50%=$7.03
2 x Colgate toothpaste double packs=$13.98
2 x Compeed BOGOFree=$9.99
1 x Colgate Toothbrush on sale=$2.29
SubTotal=$33.29

Coupons Used

1 x $5 off $30 purchase Catalina=$5.00
1 x $4/2 Kotex ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$1.00 **
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothbrush In-AsQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate toothbrush IPQ=$1.00
Coupon Total.......$12.00

$33.29-$12.00=$21.29 paid with Bonus Cash

I earned back $16 in new BC(2 x $3 Compeed, $7 Colgate double dip on the tooth paste double packs, $3 wyb2 Kotex).
I submitted to Ibotta for $10 in rebates $5 on each Compeed and $1 back on Coupons dotcom for the second Colgate double pack so $11 in cash rebates.  That makes this a $5.71 moneymaker. I forgot to add the $2.93 in Fetch rewards all this earned me to so it's now a $8.64 MM. 8-)))

This is all going to the Food Bank.

Sluggy

Rite Aid on Sunday

 I went out on Sunday and hit Ollie's(to use another 15%Q), Kohl's(too spend my free $5 script)and to a different Rite-Aid.  I had Bonus Cash expiring and a $7/$35 Catalina Q so here is what I bought on my card and of course there was an issue......

1 x Kotex on clearance=$1.69
2 x Colgate toothpaste on sale=$7.00
2 x Neutrogena facial mask BOGO50%=$4.93
2 x Wink condoms on clearance=$12.98 *
2 x Bic razors=$8.98
2 x Soft Disc menstrual discs on clearance=$4.98**
1 x CoverGirl concealer=$6.99***
1 x CoverGirl eye palette=$3.24
1 x CoverGirl eyebrow pencils=$4.69

This didn't fit in the above photo........

2 x YooHoo 3 pack on clearance=$.68
1 x Wild Harvest cat food on clearance=$1.92
1x V8 Sparkling drink on clearance=$1.62
SubTotal........$59.70

I used in Coupons....
1 x $7/$35 CatalinaQ=$7.00
1 x $1/1 Kotex L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $3/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$3.00
2 x $3/1 Colgate toothpaste In-AdQ=$6.00
2 x $3/1 Neutrogena IPQ=$6.00
2 x $5/1 Wink PeelieQ=$10.00
2 x $4/1 Bic In-AdQ=$8.00
1 x $4/1 CoverGirl face L2CQ=$4.00
2 x $4/1 CoverGirl eye Qs(1 L2C/1 IP)=$8.00
Total.......$53.00

$59.70-$53.00=$6.70 + .11¢ tax=$6.81 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $6.00 in new BC for the menstrual discs(2 x $3)
I also earned $1 in rebates at Ibotta on the Kotex item so even with all the issues this was a .19¢ moneymaker. 8-)

Now let's talk about everything that went wrong with this transaction--

*  The condoms were suppose to be 75% off but rang up 50% off(same with the menstrual discs but I let that one go-you will see why soon).  I didn't catch the price problems until after she finalized the transaction.  So I pointed out the price issue on the condoms and after checking that these were suppose to be 75% off the cashier attempted to return and rering them so the difference I was owed would go back onto my Bonus Cash.  hahaha  Rite-Aid has changed it's system in such a way that this can't be done.  When she attempted to return the condoms they came up as a $1.28 return each.  WTF?!  Ok, even if you deduct the $5 Q that was used they should have come up as a $1.49 return each.  I am thinking that if you get back BC on a transaction(even if the item being returned didn't give any BC they are deducting the BC over the WHOLE transaction so every item has a bit of BC attached to it?

That's the only logical reason this happens.  So back to the return.  After about 15 mintues the cashier "solved" the return.  She had me use my driver's license, then she rang the return, but just one of the boxes(sine that would be the same amount due to me)and it rang up for $6.99???  I paid $6.49 each.
So she looked at me and said, "Can you live with that?"  Of course I said fine-I had been in thh store way to long at this point and giving me an extra .50¢ didn't hurt much. LOL  I didd eventually scan my reward card in and assumed I'd get $6.99 back on my BC but the register drawer popped open and it prompted the cashier to give me $6.99 in Cash.  I didn't object. ;-)  Instead of counting out .99¢ in cash, she popped a penny from their "if you need a penny" pot in the drawer and gave me $7.......

Why has R-A changed their system so you can't get a price correction without jumping through hoops like this?!?  Not only is it annoying for the customer but also the employee.  And it's all the fault of the computer's system not being updated in a timely manner!

** Now you can understand why I didn't turn around and inquire about a refund of the difference between what I was charged for the menstrual discs and what they were suppose to ring up.  Nobody wanted to go through all that again so I just left it. 8-)  But I should have been refunded another $2.48 on those.  They gave back $3 in BC each so they were free anyway so I just kept walking. lol

I didn't realize that the bag of 75% pet food was cat not dog food.  I won't return it, I'll just give it to the food bank.

***  Ok, my CoverGirl items should have gotten me to the $5 in BC reward but the total fell short by .08¢ of the $15 total needed. sigh.  So I'll buy another cheap item, use a $4/1 IPQ and get my $5 BC once I return to R-A.

Then I did a transaction on Hub's card.......

4 x GM/Posts cereals on sale=$12.00
1 x Nestle flavored water 75% off=.87¢
1 x V8 Energy drinks 75% off=$1.62

1 x SoftDisc menstrual discs clearance=$2.49

SubTotal.......$16.98

A $1/2 GM cereals L2CQ came off, as well as the $1/1 Peelie on the one box of cereal so $2 in coupons making this transaction $14.98+.05 tax=$15.03 paid for with BC.  I earned back $6 on this transaction(1 x $3 wyspend $10 cereal, 1 x $3 SoftDiscs).  Total after Qs/tax should have been $13.78 if the Soft Discs had rung up 75% off instead of 50% off. sigh.  I'm turning into an old softee I suppose by just letting things go.

This was the point at which we had the condom issue so after getting it fixed and the cashier knew to ring them up for 75% not 50% off I went back and got more(since they were moneymakers after using those $5 peelie Qs)and a couple other things to absorb the overage on my third card.......

5 x dog treats=$5.00
1 x Centrum calming vitamins 50% off=$9.99
4 x Wink condoms 75% off=$12.96

SubTotal......$27.95

 

I used a $2/1 PeelieQ on the vitamins, a $2/1 Centrum CatalinaQ and 4 x $5/1 Wink Peelies so $24 in Qs.  My total was $3.95 + .28¢ tax so $4.23 paid for from BC.  No new BC was earned back.

Total spent was $28.02 in BC.  I earned back $12 in new BC $7 in Cash and $1 on Ibotta making this an $8.02 spend down.  Should have been a $4.30 spend down but  I am leaving it alone. ;-)

I'll be putting alll those condoms and mentrual discs on eBay.  I didn't spend anything on them so as long as I can cover the eBay fees whatever I get for them is gravy.

Sluggy

Last Rite-Aid Transaction of Last Week

I had a $5/2 Dollar Shave Club L2CQ left on 1 account plus a $7 off $35 spend CatalinaQ so I went to Rite-Aid on Friday and bought this.......

1 x DSC shave gel=$6.29
1 x DSC razor pack=$10.49
2 x Pamprin packs(25% off)=$14.52
2 x Irish Spring 3 packs(BOGO75%)=$3.73
2 x Big Win water cases on sale=$7.00 *not pictured*
SubTotal...$42.03

I used......
1 x $7/$35 CatalinaQ
1 x $5/2 DSC L2CQ
2 x .55/1 Pamprin PeelieQ*The cashier forgot to scan one of these Qs*
2 x $1/1 Irish Spring RA emailed Q
Coupon Total....$15.10*but only $14.55 was applied

Total..$27.48 + .66¢ tax=$28.14 used Bonus Cash to pay.

I earned back $22 in new BC($12 DSC double dip, 2 x $5 Pamprin)so spent down $6.14 on the BC.
I am ok with that as $7 of this total was for the water which we needed.  I have plans for all the rest of the items.

 I got another $7/$35 CatalinaQ and .55¢ PostQ cash for the Q the cashier didn't scan making my OOP/BC spend just $5.59.  I also earned $1.04 in Fetch Points on this transaction for the DSC items.

Sluggy

Ibotta Shopping at Walmart & Regular Shopping at Rite-Aid This Week

 I hit Rite-Aid on Monday and got all this......

Not pictured are two large tubs of CoffeMate(for Hubs who was almost out).  I had a $9 wyspend $45 Catalina expiring that day and Qs for everything pictured(the clearance make-up and the Neutrogena masks were better than free after those Qs and I used Bonus Cash to pay so  nothing OOP.  I earned $6 in new BC on this($3 CoffeeMate, $3 Air Wick)

I also hit Walmart on Tuesday to do my 5 offers and get the $1 Midweek Bonus(oh boy! lol)......

Not pictured is a bag of dirt which was $5.98 and gave me $10 back on Ibotta(and counted toward a spend X get $X on Fetch).  The Degree body wash/soak wasn't an Ibotta deal but when bought along with the Degree soap bars(which were an Ibotta rebate)they gave me extra Bonus points on Shop Kick so I counted them here.  The WErther's double dipped for a $1.50 rebate and an any popcorn .10¢ rebate.  With the Blue Diamond cans above at R-A this all gave me 7 more rebates toward my $10 big Shamrock Bonus.  I'm only 15 rebates away from that Bonus now.

Anyway, all this plus the dirt cost me $5.26 OOP after using a $25 Swag Bucks gift card and earned me $19.10 in rebates.

I'll hit a Walmart and/or Rite-Aid on the driving part of the trip later this week and finish off that Ibotta Bonus.

That's it for my shopping so far this week.

What have you been up to?

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the March 4th Edition

So here are a few of the frugal-ish things that happened here this past week.......

*   No food waste last week. Not much cooking either but hey.....

*  I paid the sewage bill in full for 2022 to get a 3% discount at the bank they take payments for this at.  It's better than nothing, right?

*  I bought all this at my R-A on Saturday in one transaction using a $10 of wys $50 coupon.....

Nothing paid OOP and I earned $4 back on Ibotta for the cough lozenges.

I actually bought more than this but returned 4 items so I am not counting them in my total.

I then bought all this at a different R-A on Wednesday(new ad week).........

Suave and 2 other brands are giving $4 in BC when you
buy 2(limit of 2 per card)so I did the deal on 2 different cards.  The shampoo was $2.99 and get one 50% off, the body wash was $2.49 and get one 50% off.  Total spent in BC was $14.44(after using 2 x $1/2 Suave Qs)and I earned $8 in BC on each card so $16 BC total.

This is the first rose scented Suave body wash I've seen and I am a sucker for anything rose scented. 8-)

* I bought this stuff for Ibotta rebates on a trip to Walmart on Monday....

Spent $1.98 OOP after coupons and free $25 gift card uced, and earned back $12.75 back in reg. rebates and bonuses.  The Almay face make-up, the clearance Colgate toothpaste and 6 Bic razors were moneymakers after Qs(no rebates though)so that is why I included them.  Moneymaker items help lower the cost of the Ibotta rebate items.

* I hit a different Walmart on Thursday and bought all this for Ibotta rebates....

$37.67 paid OOP and $48.02 earned in regular rebates($27.52) and 2 Bonuses($20-the big $15 one and a $5 Weekend Warrior one) and a .50¢ Renuzit Bonus.

*  I also bought 2 packages of Land O Lakes American cheese at the deli counter.  Swag Bucks has a deal to get $7.00 back in points when you buy a package of each color cheese-no size restriction.  I only spent $3.59 total of both packages of cheese so that's a $6.41 moneymaker on Swag Bucks.  Of course only the white cheese label says Land o Lakes on it so I had to put a ticket into customer service to get the full 700 Points back.  You would think they'd know by now Walmart does this with the yellow cheese label? lolz

*  I got $2 in post Qs at Rite-Aid on March 1st.......

I forgot 3 Qs at home last week. oopsie!

*  I went on Wednesday and got a massage at a "spa" in a nearby town.  Hubs gave me a gift card to this place for Christmas.....

The masseuse was nice, the massage felt good but....

The building was an old large house on the main road through town and was not a nice well kept old house but more like a they put "lipstick on a pig" old house.  I know the photo looks nice but there was stuff not in the photo like missing baseboard, cracks in the walls, the stairs up to the second floor where this massage room was located were definitely crooked and needed attention.

This place also made you book a massage online and put a 50% deposit down on a credit card which Hubs wasn't informed of(I bet he didn't ask either).  So the gift card which would have covered all but $5 of that massage(not counting the tip to the masseuse)was only half used.  So now if I want to go back I have to spend another $52.50 OOP on the c/c to use all the gift card. sigh.

I told Hubs I really appreciated the thought but don't gift card a spa again. lolz

*  After my massage I hit what use to be my beloved discount grocers that closed up end of last year.  It is now a liquidators and I wanted to check it out since I was in the area.  It looked like they get a lot of open boxes and/or returns from Costco(lots of Kirkland branded things)and such.  The closest Costco is 2+ hours away from here.

They did have some food items so I picked up these....

A large tub of pecans.

A case of wet dog food which came out to less than .50¢ a can.

A large box of Greenie type dog treats(72 count) and a 12 pack of canned corn.    It all came out to $36.  I bet nobody ever got out of Costco spending that little! hehehe  They mark everything here 50% of what Costco charges and if it's still here after a month they knock another 10% off, and on and on.  

*  Frugal fail--When we went out to Walmart on Thursday I brought along an Applebee's gift card to use to get lunch but we both decided we'd rather hit the Chinese Buffet at the mall so instead of a free after gift card lunch we had to pay OOP.  We did save in that neither of us needed/wanted dinner that night. 8-)

*  Easy Spirit had a flash sale last week on clearance priced Winter/Fall shoes.  I got 4 pair of shoes for next Fall/Winter for only $17.25 a pair(reg. $69-$75 per pair!)and free shipping AND used a $15 discount I have for buying shoes previously from them which meant $54.00 out the door for 4 pair of clogs that fit my big ass foot.  Now I need to go cull the worn out Winter shoes in my closet....

*   I found money!

Two different pennies in the same Rite-Aid in town on Monday.

Found in different locations within the store.

A dime near the front of my R-A when I walked in on Tuesday.

Three pennies at the bank where I went to pay the sewage bill.  They were in the lane next to my lane  

at the drive-thru so after the gal shot my receipt through the pneumatic tube thingy I pulled up, got out of the car and walked back into the other lane and picked them up.  The one at the top of the photo obviously had been lying there for awhile longer than the other two since it was coated in rock salt debris.  And Sissie there was NO traffic there to potentially run me down! lol

Total Found in last Week...... .15¢
Total Found This Year......$3.42

That's about all I've got for this past week.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend and stay warm!  

Sluggy  

Black Friday Rite-Aid Haul...Pillaging Like A Viking!

 Here's everything I brought home from Rite-Aid over the Black Friday 3 Day Sale.......

8 x Cheezits boxes
8 x Nestle candy bars
4 x Monster drink boxes
1 x Cremo body wash gift set
8 x Planters gift boxes
2 x Sally Hansen nail polish
2 x Biscof cookies
12 x Colgate toothpaste tubes
6 x small Palmolive soap bottles
4 x large Palmolive soap bottles
2 x Fabuloso cleaner
8 x Scunci hair ties
2 x Big Win Vegetable oil
1 x Carnation evaporated milk
1 x Nivea lotion
1 x Dove body wash
4 x Dove women's deodorant
5 x Lady Speed Stick deodorant
1 x Suave deodorant twin pack
3 x men's Speed Stick deodorant
2 x men's Dove body wash
3 x men's Dove shampoo
2 x men's Dove deodorant
8 x Russel Stover chocolates
1 x Chestal children's cough syrup
2 x Tum's bottles
2 x Excedrin packages
2 x Wonderful Pistachio small bags
3 x Clorox large disinfecting wipes cannisters
6 x Boxes of Cereal
1 x Quaker oatmeal cup
2 x XL Hershey bars
4 x Blue Diamond almond cans
3 x Air Wick twin packs of scent refills
10 x cans of Campbell's soup
8 x 7th Generation ultra-concentrated laundry soap
4 x Pringles cannisters
3 x tubs of Folger's coffee
1 x Dunkin Donuts coffee

Also bought but not pictured are 15 bags of Frito-Lay chips and 4 single bottles of Coke and Pepsi products.

Total Bonus Cash spent was $389.70.  Earned back $332.00 in new BC plus a $15 R-A gift card(when a cashier didn't scan my $15 BC wyspend $50 Q first), $11.25 in cash for post coupons and $13.40 n Ibotta rebates making it $372.40 back on $38970 spent/rolled making it all cost $14.30 in Bonus Cash.
Regular retail on everything bought was $903.08(w/tax).

This much brought home for so little in BC and no $$ was only possible because I bought gift cards as well....gift cards I needed to buy anyway and that gave me more Bonus Cash to roll.

And I still have 2 online transactions I did that haven't arrived yet and I haven't counted with the above.  Once I get that and tally it up we'll be at least at $1K in products. ;-)

UPDATE--My Rite-Aid online orders arrived today and added $141.44 in reg. retail total making my Black Friday Sale Grand Total $1,044.52.

Hope everyone who Rite-Aids found some good deals last week!  What did you get?

Sluggy

Rite-Aid & Walmart Scores Last Week/This Week

 Rite-Aid had a $10 off when you spend $50 in a transaction coupon last week.

Here is most of everything I brought home last week from R-A......

Missing is something that is a gift, 2 x12 packs of sodas, 2 bags of chips, 6 Tresemme shampoos, 1 Colgate toothbrush, 1 small box of tea bags, 2 x 6 packs of Irish Spring soap and a couple of Hallloween clearance items.

I used $231.65 in Bonus Cash and got $167 in new BC plus $9 in post coupons and $7.50 in Ibotta and a $10 visa prepaid card(Listerine), making all the above "cost" $38.15 in BC spent down.

I also hit up Walmart last weekend.........

Missing from this photo are a couple of drinks and a yogurt.

After using $50 in free gift card(Swag Bucks and Shop Kick)I spend $8.45 OOP.  I earned back $29.42 on Ibotta after gift cards/coupons/OOP making this a $20.97 moneymaker.

After that Walmart trip I was more than halfway to the big $10 Ibotta Bonus too.

So I bought all this(a Marie Callender's pie is in the cake keeper and 2 packs of Sargento cheese are not in the photo)Tuesday and Wednesday. 16 rebates at Walmart(the Pringles and Pop-Secret satisfied 2 separate rebates each)and the Kill Cliff drink and Perfect Bar on the far right in the photo at Weis(PMITA)Markets.

This all came to $51.19.  I used $50 from that hospital refund debit card and paid $1.19 OOP.  I earned $18.18 in regular rebates and $15 for the Midweek $5 Bonus and the $10 Turkey Day Bonus so $33.18 in rebates(not counting Fetch/Shop Kick,Swag Bucks) and $1.19 OOP.

Not a bad week+ of shopping without busting the budget. ;-)
And anything we don't use/need will go to others(Ex-College Boy or Food Bank mostly).

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the October 15th Edition

 Taking a look around, here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  I had gotten an Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)15% off digital coupon as soon as I got home from my September trip.  It expired on Monday so Hubs and I went up to have a poke around and bought this....

We also got 12 trays of wet dog food(not pictured)for a grand total of $12.56 after discount.

*  After Ollie's we had lunch out at Applebee's, using a gift card.  Paid $15+ OOP on tip and about $7 the gift card didn't cover.  I only ate half my Oriental salad so dinner was leftovers(I finished my salad.)

*  Hubs got a flu shot at Rite-Aid on Tuesday.  With that he received a $5 off when you spend $25 shopping pass.

*  Speaking of that shopping pass I spent it on this stuff.....

2 x Pepcid 20% gold discount=$21.58

1 x Tom's of Maine toothpaste 25% sale=$5.99

SubTotal.....$27.57

Coupons Used

1 x $5 off $25 purchase flu shotQ=$5.00

2 x $2.50/1 Pepcid Q=$5.00

Coupon Total....$10.00

$27.57-$10.00=$17.57 paid with Bonus Cash

I earned back $8 in new BC for buying $20+ of Pepcid, I submitted my receipt to JandJ Caregiver Offer and have a $10 gift card on the way(snail mail)also for buying $20+ of Pepcid and I submitted for a $2/1 Coupons dotcom rebate for the toothpaste.  I submitted for 2x $1.50 Ibotta rebates on the Pepcid as well.

Not too shabby....

*  I hit up Weis on Tuesday for some provisions.  I had some coupons expiring and a few that paired with digital Weis Qs too  that also doubled........

The band-aids were a penny moneymaker after sale price doubled Qs.

The pepcid was $2.50 OOP after sale price, Qs and Ibotta rebate.

The Hall's cough drops were 50% on clearance so $1.14 a bag.  After the $1.50/1 Qs 3 bags were a $1.08 moneymaker.

The Prego was on sale $2 a jar(if you bought 3 or more).  After doubled Qs they were $2 total or .50¢ a jar.

The dog food was .79¢ per container and I had $4 total in Qs making them .29¢ each.

*  A Target coupons arrived in the mail this week.  Our store just had a remodeling so they are eager to lure you back in to spend money.

It's good until sometime in November so I'll pair this with circle offers/coupons and app deals to spend very little out of pocket.

*  I found money!

A dime and a nickel at Weis on Tuesday.  Someone left their change at the self check-out. My Rite-Aid has been dry lately.

Found Money This Week... .15¢

Found Money This Year....$18.64

*  Sissie sent me home with 2 bags of homemade cookies and a meatloaf this past trip in September.  We had the meatloaf on Thursday, my shot day when I don't feel up to doing much.  It was a godsend having that already cooked and thawed to heat up.  Wish I had gotten sisters sooner in my life! lol

That's about it from here.

What frugal wins did y'all have this past week?

Sluggy

Last Rite-Aid Trip & Walmart This Week

 I only did a very small transaction at Rite-Aid last week.  I needed 8 items for a $1 Midweek Marker Bonus.....

2 x Aveeno lotion BOGO50%=$5.23
1 x Vick's Pure Zzzs clearance=$2.37
1 x Berri Fit drink 20% Gold discount=$2.23
1 x Evolve shake drink 20% Gold discount=$2.79
2 x AirHeads candy bags on sale=$4.00
1 x Almay eye palette clearance=$2.74
SubTotal=$19.36

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Evolve hangtagQ=$1.00

$19.36-$1.00=$18.36 +.64¢ tax=$20.00 paid for with Bonus Cash/gift card.

No BC was earned but I earned $12.20 on Ibotta counting the $1 Bonus for hitting 8 rebates(the Berri Fit drink qualified for 3 rebates).  So I spent down all the BC on one card.

I hit Walmart yesterday to do a $5 wybuy 10 items Mid Week Money Maker Bonus........

1 x Softsoap hand soap=$1.98
1 x 9 Elements cleaner=$4.94
1 x Barilla pasta=$1.28
1 x Rise coffee drink clearance=.38¢
1 x Rimmel mascara clearance=$3.97
2 x Rimmel face make-up clearance=$2.00
1 x Breakstone cottage cheese/fruit cup=$1.06
1 x Core coconut protein bar=$1.98
1 x CB sliced Provolone cheese=$2.98
SubTotal...$20.57

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 9 Elements ManQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Rimmel eye ManQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Rimmel any ManQ=$1.00
Coupon Total..........$5.00

$20.57-$5.00=$15.57+.47¢ tax=$16.04

While I only did 9 'different' rebates, there were 2 separate rebates for the Softsoap, giving me 10 rebates total.

I earned back $16.38 on Ibotta plus another $5 for the Bonus for doing at least 10 offers, making it $21.38 in rebates and a $5.34 moneymaker for these items.  I also used part of a $25 free gift card from Fetch to pay so it was Zero OOP on all this.  The coffee will go to Ex-College Boy, the dark face make-up and the mascara will be donated or go in a giveaway and we'll use the rest.

I did purchase other non-Ibotta items(some canned goods for Hubs, some clearance items and a pork butt to smoke)so the overall trip wasn't free but cost me $11.52 for everything bought.  That total will show up in next Monday's post when I do my weekly spending on groceries/toiletries/etc.

I also tried to find the free spicy Hormel pepperoni at 2 different Walmart stores but neither of them carry that type.

Sluggy

Friday Shopping-Walmart, Target & Rite-Aid

 I had a dr. appointment mid morning on Friday and was attempting to get a blood test done in the same building with a lab.  I got up too early so left then and went to hit Walmart briefly for some Ibotta deals beforehand armed with a $25 free gift card earned from my Fetch account.

1 x RXBar box clearance=$2.00

1 x Glad Flex n/Seal bags=$4.48

1 x Depends Silhouette=$11.97

1 x Success brown rice=$1.96

1 x Goldfish crackers=$1.78

1 x Sensodyne toothpaste (travel size)=$1.47

1 x Pure Protein bar=$2.27

1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢

2 x Super Coffee drinks=$5.74

1 x Cranberry snack boxes=$2.12

1 x Colgate renewal toothpaste=$6.96

2 x Clio yogurt bars=$2.00

2 x Bic highlighters=$3.94

SubTotal.......$47.67

Coupons Used

$3/1 IPQ Silhouette website=$3.00

$2/2 Bic Manu=$2.00

Coupons...$5.00

$47.67-$5=$42.67+.39¢ tax=$43.06-$25 gift card=$18.06

I received back $30.24 in Ibotta rebates and $1.25 in small Bonuses=$31.49 and got 12 of the 15 rebates I needed toward my Weekend Whiteboard $3 Bonus.

I texted this Walmart receipt to Aisle and got $5.50 back in my Venmo account(.50¢ RxBars, $1 Clio, $4 Super Coffee).

I also redeemed for $3 on Coupons dotcom for the Colgate toothpaste and submitted for 600 Kicks from Shop Kick(which is $2.40)for the Sensodyne and the Glad bags.

After the doctor/lab work stuff I hit Target for 2 Aisle items.  My store doesn't carry the Good Culture cottage cheese but they had the Milk protein bars so I got the limit of 5.  I also found ground beef with $5 instant savings stickers on them so got 4 lbs. total of meat for $10.06 or $2.52 per lb. for 85/15% GB.

I paid for all with free Target gift cards and received back $15 for the Milk bars through Aisle(the Milk bars cost $11.50 so $3.50 of that moneymaker helped pay for the beef.). 8)

A quick trip to a different Rite-Aid to finish my weekend rebate turned out strangely.  This is the R-A where I have had register/employee problems before.

The smallish haul......

2 x Pure Zzzs clearance $2.25=$4.50

2 x Unisom simple sleep gummies 20% gold discount=$20.46

1 x Nivea moisturizing face balm 20% gold discount=$6.39

1 x Acidil 20% gold discount=$7.99

2 x Neutrogena Hydro gel face masks 20% gold discount=$5.26

1 x Q-tips clearance=.87¢

SubTotal........$45.47

Coupons Used

1 x $10 of $40 spend Anniversary Q on this card=$10.00

2 x $1/1 Pure Zzzs(1 L2CQ, 1 ManuQ)=$2.00

2 x $8/1 Unisom simple sleep gummies IPQ=$16.00

1 x $1/1 Nivea men's item IPQ=$1.00

1 x $3/1 Acidil IPQ from website=$3.00

1 x $3/1 Neutrogena Hydro item IPQ=$3.00

Coupon Total........$35.00

$45.47-$35.00=$10.47+.30¢ tax=$10.77 paid with Bonus Cash.

Except..........the cashier hit the "payment" button for my BC before she imput ANY of the coupons!

(This store ALWAYS does this no matter the cashier....so aggravating!)  They ALL need training there.

So she used all my BC first($17.98 worth)before taking off the $35.00 in Qs and I ended up with a negative balance of $3.70

Plus one of my Unisom $8 Qs only took off $4.87 on one of the bottles..........

And she handed me a bag of stuff plus this.........

Then I tried to redeem at Coupons dotcom $3 for that second Neutrogena Hydro boost product and it said it didn't qualify(but the paper Q worked perfectly?).  I'll just returnn the second Neutrogena mask and maybe the Unisom that the Q didn't take off the full amount.

I earned $14 in new BC($4 Acidil, $5 wyspend $20 Nivea-had tracking to that one already, $5 wyspend Unisom)So I have $14 in BC and $3.70 in cash whereas if the cashier didn't screw things up(and the $8 Q had "behaved")I 'should' have $21.21 in BC instead so I was shorted $3.51.  Instead of trying to get CS to fix this(they are hopeless)or go back to the store and explain until I turn blue trying get them to understand the transaction shorted me I'll just return a Unisom and the Neutrogena mask. sigh.

But I digress.........

The Pure Zzzs, Acidil and Nivea gave me 4 Ibotta rebates(only needed 3 to get the weekend Bonus)totaling $8 plus the $3 Bonus with no money spent OOP.

The upside of all this is I spent $21.56 in Target gift cards and $18.06 in Cash OOP at Walmart and ended up with--

$42.49 in Ibotta rebates

$20.50 in Aisle rebates

$3.00 from Coupons dotcom

$2.40 from Shopkick

239 points on Fetch

And $3.70 cash at R-A.

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Shopping This Week

* Just a reminder that the latest Giveaway ends tomorrow evening, July 23rd.  Go HERE to enter and make sure I have a way to contact you as well. *

 I hit Rite-Aid on my way home on Tuesday and bought this........

2 x Always discreet=$10.70
3 x Vaseline extreme(one is missing from photo)clearance=$12.42
2 x Big Win Seltzer on sale=$2.00
1 x Colorista L'Oreal clearance=$2.62
3 x Nyquil ZZZ kid's Melatonin clearance=$7.47
1 x Centrum gummies vitamins clearance=$2.37
2 x Pain Relief pills clearance=$6.98
4 x Soft Soap hand soap BOGOFree=$6.58
2 x Vaseline lip balm clearance=.88¢

Sub Total...$52.02

Coupons Used
1 x $10 off $50=$10.00
1 x $5/2 Always discreet=$5.00
1 x $3/2 Vaseline=$3.00
1 x $1/1 Vaseline=$1.00
2 x .50¢ freshness peelies on the seltzers=$1.00
2 x $2/1 Peelie Qs Pain Relief pills=$4.00

Coupon Total.....$24.00

$52.02-$24.00=$28.02+.90¢ tax=$28.92

Used $18.61 in BC and $10.31 on R-A gift card.
Earned back $4 in new BC, $13 from Ibotta($5 Always, $2 Colorista, 3 x $2 Nyquil)and $3 from Coupons dotcom for the Centrum.

So I spent down the BC by $8.92 and converted $20 from BC/Gift Card into Cash.
Now I have 1 card at Zero BC and another at $4 BC.  Slowly divesting myself of all my BC.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the July 9th Edition

 What frugal stuff happened here this past week.......

*  Saturday found us in New Jersey meeting the future in-laws and assorted other family.  The future daughter in-law cooked the feast and some folks brought dishes as well.  I made my "famous" Boston Baked Beans which is a relatively low cost dish as I had all the ingredients.

*  I didn't get the $5 Catalina(or instant $5 off, I don't even know the details of the deal nor did the store staff)for Spending $15 on specific items so I went back to Weis the next day, took a photo of the sign and had my receipt and explained that I got neither a discount on the bill or a Catalina.

So after going back to make sure that Spend $15/Get $5 Back sign was on the items I bought(don't believe the photo I just took much?)they handed me a $5 bill.

*  I plundered Rite-Aid a bit but not much, bringing home stuff and converting and/or spending down Bonus Cash only.  No actual money left my wallet.

*  I found money!

While I stood waiting at Customer Service for someone to decide how to handle the Catalina situation I spied this.......

A Canadian quarter.  Now I have to wait for Canada to let me in so I can spend it. lol

On that first trip to Weis(PMITA)Markets where I was "cheated" out of my $5 Catalina thing I spied this laying in the parking lot walking back to my car.........

An abandoned $5 bill with no one around to see who lost it.  I called the store and told them I found it and left my cell phone # if anyone asked about losing money in their parking lot.  It's been a week now and no one has called to claim it.

I also found this at the self-checkout peeping out of the little trash can they keep next to it on my first foray into Weis Markets....

A Catalina for $1.25 off your next ordeer.  I also found a Cat for Hot Pockets. Somebody who used the checkout before me just threw $1.25 in the trash. tsk tsk tsk

I also found this at Rite-Aid.......

A penny.  I don't recall where in the store I found this now.

Total Found This Week...$5.26
Total Found This Year....$10.94

*   There was no Take-out or Eating Out(other than the potluck in Jersey)this past week.

*  Not much to report as I stayed home mostly until today(except for the foray into Walmart on Tuesday and Rite-Aid one day).  I spent the week tending the garden, gabbing on the phone, cooking, cleaning, tending to the doggies, moving crap around the house, doing laundry during the off-peak hours, gathering a large donation to the food bank, etc.

That's about all from here.
How frugal was your week?  I hope you had some good wins!

Sluggy