Before I get to what passed for frugal this week I want to clear up that yes, we get paid to work the voting polls here in PA but it's a nominal amount. Sort of like jury duty pay but a little better, but still not commensurate for the time you spend in training classes and the aggravation of dealing with some of the public. ;-)
So what frugalicious things happened here in Sluggy's world this past week?
* Until Thursday our heat was still off due to a week+ long heat spell that was uncharacteristic for November in NEPA. Saving on electricity for heating? Yes please!
* I did a couple deals at Rite-Aid this week. Using the $10 off $30 Load2Card Qs in two accounts made both these transactions small moneymakers, which grew my Bonus Cash a bit in preparation for some Black Friday shopping there.......
* I went to Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)on Wednesday in the town South of us to use Hubs' 15% discount they mailed him. I picked up 2 Xmas gifts and 1 stocking stuffer for real cheap. As far as food goes I spent $9.13 on food there as well-4 cans of chili for Hubs, a box of pasta, some pita chips, a 4 pack of protein shakes and a teriyaki taco kit.
* I also hit CVS which was right down the road from Ollie's and got all this for .03¢...
* I got another $5 Bonus on my Ibotta account this week so between Walmart and Weis I bought 12 items so I could get that bonus--at Walmart; a jar of Ragu, 4 jars of Gerber baby food(for the food bank), a container of Fage sour cream, the Free GV green beans(finally found them!), free 2 ltr Pepsi Zero Sugar, 6 tins of wet dog Food, a box of Lipton tea bags, 2 boxes of CrunchMaster crackers(plus 2 x .10¢ any item rebates)and at Weis; a 12 pack of Bella dog food, 4 boxes of Scotties facial tissues, a container of Keebler cookies(for Ex-CB)and a bottle of St. Joseph baby aspirin(plus a .10¢ any item rebate for dog food there). Between the $9.29 in rebates at Walmart and the $3.85 at Weis and the $5 Bonus I got back $18.14 of my $22.63(after using coupons)I spent making these 12 items $5.34 total OOP.
* I found money!
This .02¢ was found in the parking lot next to my car at Rite-Aid last Friday.
I hit two different Rite-Aids on Monday. I found the penny at one store at the register counter and the nickel at the other store, on the base of a refrigerated drink case between their registers.
I found another penny on Wednesday at the Pharmacy counter when I went to pick up Hubs' Rx.
And on Thursday I found these two pennies at Rite-Aid(of course!)in the prime hunting spot under the candy racks by the front registers.
Total Found Money This Week... .11¢
Total Found Money This Year so Far...$50.94
* On my trip to the town South of here I was in need of gas for my car so I made a point to check all the signs at the gas stations I passed on the way down. I stopped on the way home at the cheapest station-a Sunoco with regular unleaded gas for $2.27 gal. With my Sunoco card discount it was $2.22 per gal.
The various stations were all over the place in price, from $2.49 at one Sunoco to $2.27 at the station I filled up at, as well as another station where I wouldn't get a discount.
* I had bought a Lean Cuisine(a type I like and have bought/eaten many times before). This one was substandard in my opinion. The sauce was very runny and had no taste. So I emailed the company a week or so ago, to complain and also give them the lot # off the box so they could look into the matter.
An envelope arrived in the mail on Monday from the company. In it were 2 FREE item Qs as well as 4 other ¢ off Qs for various types of their frozen meals.
That's about it for this past week.
Sluggy
