P&G Rebate Done!

I was wrong about the "Get $15 When You Spend $50 on Select P&G Products" Rebate.  It ends April 30th not sometime in May.  You have until sometime in May to mail it in so I was under the gun to get my qualifying products purchased.

Luckily Rite-Aid has a "Spend $40/Get $20 Bonus Cash on select P&G items" Deal this week and some of those same  items also overlapped with the P&G mail-in rebate.

I went into Tuesday with $17.68 in qualifying purchases(after Qs were deducted).

So I bought this............

2 x Olay Body Wash BOGO50%=$12.73

6 x Pantene Products on sale $3.99=$23.94

1 x Tide detergent on sale=$5.94 *not qualifying for the rebate*

SubTotal........$42.61

Coupons Used.....

2 x $1/1 Olay Body Wash ManQ=$2.00

2 x $5/3 Pantene ManQ=$10.00

1 x $2/1 Tide Manuq=$2.00

Coupon Total.........$14.00

$42.61-$14.00=$28.61+ $1.72 tax=$30.33 paid for with Bonus Cash and Rite-Aid gift card.

I earned back $20 in new Bonus Cash.

I also earned $24.67 more toward the main-in rebate so $42.35 of the $50 in qualifying items after Qs.

So I bought these on a different card(as it doesn't qualify for the R-A P&G "Spend $40/Get $20 BC" Deal but does qualify for the mail-in P&G rebate...........

2 x Head and Shoulders on sale=$11.98

I used 1 x $3/2 H&S ManQ so paid $8.98 in Bonus Cash.

That put me at $51.33 in spending for the mail-in rebate so I spent $39.31 in BC and gift card this go round.

I earned $20 in new BC and $15 in prepaid debit card(mail-in rebate).

This means I spent down script by $4.31 overall and have 11 products I brought home for that $4.31 spend down.

Now I just have to fill out the form, circle receipts and not forget to mail this all in before the deadline......easier said than done with me! lolz

Sluggy

Frugal Friday......the April 5th Edition

Here's what passed for frugal around here this past week. It was a good week except that I found NO change last week.....Kim must have beat me to all the money laying on the ground. lolz
But here is what we did manage to do........

*  I picked up the Weis Friday Freebie last Friday.......

A box of pizza bagels for Ex-College Boy.

*  I brought home an array of freebies from our vacation............

The booty consisted of travel sized bottles of toiletries, bar soaps, pens and paper, plus tea and coffee, jams, hot cocoa and oatmeal packets.  I love the tiny Nutella packs. lolz

*  I also did some pantry shopping on vacation..........

Everything here was 75% off reg. Ollie's price(except for 1 of the bags of chocolate which was 50% off).  Most of it was snacks and junk.  I was especially excited to find a bottle of Mega Red supplement for 75% off or $1.74!

*  I used that Free Dog Food Coupon Purina sent me before it expired............

And got this..........

It wasn't free since it cost $1.99 more than the value of the coupon but a good deal at that price.  I could have gotten a smaller bag of this totally free but that size bag was on sale for only $7 which would have meant losing $3 in value on the Q. ;-)

*  Then on Saturday while he was out running errands Hubs went to Petco and got this for Chester......

I guess Petco is pushing their grain-free dog foods and automated shipping(to compete with Chewy)thus this freebie promotion.   We'll see if he likes it....Chester, not Hubs. ;-)

*  There was no Wellness Wednesday pillaging this past week as Rite-Aid didn't release their WWQ digitally(so there was no stacking the paper WWQs w/the digital WWQs *sad face*)but I did find a few things to bring home for better than free anyway..........

The Yes To! masks are on sale for 30% off this week so the $2.99 ones are $2.09 each(except I screwed up and bought 1 $3.99 mask ack!).  Plus there is a $2/2 RA L2CQ making two of them $2.18 + tax and you earn $3 Bonus Cash back for buying 2 so an easy moneymaker with the L2CQ.

The Neutrogena Hydro masks are between $2.99-$3.49 plus your Wellness discount(my store they are $3.49 so $2.79 after Gold discount).  Buy 2, pay between $4.78 and $5.58 + tax and earn $6 Bonus Cash for each pair you buy so another moneymaker.  I believe this Neutrogena(Buy2 items/Get $6 BC) is a monthly deal so you can do it 4 times this month.

*  I got a few deals at Weis(PMITA)Markets this past week.....

I had 2 x .75¢/1 for Ken's vinaigrette dressing which doubled to $1.50 each.  2 of the Ken's bottles had .50¢/1 peelie Qs that doubled to $1 each.  The dressing was on sale for $1.47 per bottle, so I paid $2.35 for all 5 after sale/Qs.
Then I submitted for an Ibotta rebate(.75¢ back, up to 5 bottles)and got $3.75 back so these were a $1.40 moneymaker.

The Walker's shortbread cookies were on clearance, reg. $3.99 marked down to $1.99 per box.  I had $1/1 Qs from inside boxes I previously got on clearance after Xmas(the Xmas shaped cookies)so I paid .99¢ per box for these.  Short of making my own shortbread, these are really good. 8-)

Weis also had pork loins and chops Buy 1/Get 2 Free last week.  The chops were $1 per lb. More than the loins so I bought 3 pork loins and paid $12.92.  I got 7.75 lbs.of pork so this all cost me $1.66 per lb.
Why pay $1 more per lb. buying the chops when I have a knife and can cut the loin hunks into chops myself? lol

*  I finally got my PandG $15 Mastercard rebate deal from last year..............

I was shocked it came after the last time I did one of these and they denied it!  Glad to have it since buying the items for it at Rite-Aid didn't cost me anything. lolz

*  And don't forget that Saturday and Sunday at Big Lots...........

It's another Friends and Family sale there.  20% off everything in the store.  Print off the coupon HERE.  You need a Rewards card on Saturday to get the discount, the coupon on Sunday.
Go through your pantry today and make your list.  My brother always hits this sale up for toilet paper restocking at his house. ;-)


That's it from Chez Sluggy this week.

What frugal wins did y'all have this week?


Sluggy

Random Stuff from Chez Sluggy

*  First a weather report from Teeny Tiny Town..........

It was 1F in the car this morning.

Weather dotcom says it's going to climb to a balmy 19F today before diving to -5F tonight.
Yay! *snort*

*  If you want to know why we were out in the insanely cold weather this morning, I had to go get my driver's license renewed.  Well I had to go have my photo taken for the license.  I was going to do it earlier in the month except our DMV was closed until Jan. 24th for renovations.  Um, other than moving a kiosk I didn't see any improvements in the building. lolz   So I am forced to go out in this yuck because it has to get done before Feb. 1st or there will be complications like Hubs having to drive me around everywhere and that's not happening. ;-)

*  Last week we had a deathly cold day, so cold that Chester refused to go outside.  Poor baby was trying to lift all 4 paws off the ground at the same time it was so cold on his feet.
Hubs ran right out and got him a pair of booties...........

They didn't have straps so we had to use rubber bands to keep them on his feet.  He kept them on long enough to do his business and then tried to tear them off. lolz

*  About Linda......I had a call from her earlier this week.  She got the money together to get a new laptop but what she wanted was out of stock so it's been ordered.  Linda should be back online in a week or two?  I am just guessing on this but it sounds plausible.  ;-)

*  About Sonya Ann.....she is finally divorced and all the martial assets have been untangled so she has no ties to the Asshole(as we call him)anymore.  She moved last Spring out West, in with her daughter.  The house daughter bought was a clusterf*ck so it's been a whole different kind of stress living there but.........Sonya has moved to a place of her own as of last week and is enjoying the peace and quiet.  She's now at a place where she can heal emotionally and physically.  It's been a very long, rough journey since October 2017 but she is on the mend now.  I know she is in a better place in her own head because she tortured me yesterday with a text that it was 65F where she is living...the stinker!! ;-)

*  I finally jumped through all the hoops to sent for that P&G Beauty $15 Rebate Visa that ran from late Oct. until Dec. 31st of 2018(Your envie has to be postmarked by Jan 31st 2019).
Man, the crap you need to do and send to qualify for the rebate is such a hassle!!  It's hardly worth doing them anymore.  I have backed up my submission with copies in case they deny the rebate(which they did once to me a few years back which made me stop even submitting for these rebates).  If this one gets denied I am so over P&G!

*  Here one of the more innane ads I got in the mail end of 2018........

A handbag with my initials in a Louis Vuitton pattern.  Done is genuine imitation leather *snort*.  The purse if 14" wide and 10" tall and comes with a goldtone keychain with my name on it.
Only $139 + shipping and handling of gosh knows how much.  I rarely spent more than $20 for a purse......
What a bargain!  How can I refuse. 8-)))

*  Neither of my $20 Rite-Aid cards I sent for have arrived yet from the "Spend $50/Get a $20 R-A card Deal" earlier this month.  Anybody else get them yet??


*  I was looking at the fridge magnet Kim sent me for Xmas.  It's one of those vintage women scenes with a sarcastic caption...........

I think I am offended..........Kim called me a ham face!?!?

*  I am getting ready to do our end of the month finances.  I don't think my piggy bank will be happy when it's all written out......
There is always next month, right?

*  Strange fortune cookie fortune I got recently........

*  I have so much to do before Friday and it's not all going to get done.  I just can't seem to get my brain organized lately.
It might have something to do with weening myself off the crazy pill I take.  I need to get off this one for awhile to see if these tremors are related or not and have some testing done.

*  We got the reimbursement from the medical account(that pays our healthcare premiums)and it was $12.60 short.  Another phone call to those idiots and some one didn't included the vision part that we paid.  I just wish people could do their job and not cause issues for customers. ugh.

*  I got a lovely spam comment on my Birthday.  Letting me know all about a great moneymaking opportunity if I work for live girls dotcom doing webcam porn I could make up to $5K a month in my spare time.
Seriously?!  Nobody wants to look at this 60 year old body nekkid.......


*  I'll close with a gratuitous photo of Chester........

He has three beds....well 2 beds and a piece of fabric we call the Ex-Bed because he tore it up and pulled all the stuffing out.
Anyway, the brown fuzzy bed we call "the Girlfriend" because that's the bed he humps.  The grey bed is the one he got for Xmas this year.  He will carry the "Girlfriend" and try to put it into the grey bed and then have sex with the "Girlfriend".  It's hysterical to watch.  Kim's sister enjoyed watching Chester try to do this, especially since he didn't get the Girlfriend in correctly and his leg was on the laminate flooring while he was "going at it" so he had no traction.  Oh, it's just a three ring circus around here sometimes..........lolz

What's been happening at your place?



Sluggy

Rite-Aid This Week

Bought a few things at Rite-Aid this week, including some gift cards.  I took care of Daughter's birthday and main Christmas gift.  I also bought some Domino's gift cards to use throughout the year and earned Bonus Cash on all that.

As for non-gift card items, this is what I brought on my card(still have expiring BC on it to use up)........

2 x Ensure packs 20% Wellness disc. better than sale price=$17.58
I used 2 x $3/1 Ensure packs Catalina Qs=$6.00 off.
Total was $11.58 paid with Bonus Cash.
I earned $2 in new BC for buying 2 Ensure packs.
rah!
Now I have no BC expiring soon.

Then I bought this on Daughter's card........

2 x Nice 'n Easy hair dye 20% Wellness disc. better than sale price=$13.58
A $3/1 Nice 'n Easy and a $5/2 Nice 'n Easy L2CQ came off so $8 off.
Total was $5.58 +.34¢ tax=$5.92 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $5 in new BC for buying 2 Nice 'n Easy in 1 transaction and I now have $30.31 toward the $50 needed to earn the $10 R-A gift card.

So I also bought this on Daughter's card........

2 x Bic razors on sale BOGO50%=$7.48
1 x Olay whips on sale=$28.99
SubTotal......$36.47

Coupons Used
1 x $3/1 Bic L2CQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Olay L2CQ=$3.00
1 x $2/1 Bic IPQ=$2.00
Coupon Total......$8.00

(I had a second $3/1 Bic L2CQ but it didn't come off so I had to use a $2/1 Q I printed off the internet instead.)

$36.47-$8.00=$28.47 + $1.71 tax=$30.18 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned $2 BC back(wyb 2 Bic)and I earned the certificate to get another $10 R-A Beauty gift card on Daughter's card(limit 2 per card/account).
I also have enough spending to send for the $15 off $50 P&G beauty prepaid Visa card now.
rah!
Spent $30.18 in BC earned back $27 in BC/gift cards......works for me.  ;-)

Now I need to go study up for the Black Friday ad which starts this Thursday.  I don't see much in the way of freebies yet......same old, same old like candy bars, ear buds, hair brushes/hair ties, light bulbs and 1 free Colgate toothbrush(if you have the $1/1 L2CQ in your account).  Oh, and there will be free Colgate toothpaste starting on Sunday. all week, with the In-Ad Q and if you also get a Colgate Q in the Sunday inserts.
But not even as many freebies as in previous years I'm afraid. 
The Luden's cough drops will be free if the $1 Ibotta offer is still alive next week(pay $1 at R-A, get $1 cash back at Ibotta.

What are you looking forward to getting at Rite-Aid on the Black Friday ad?


Sluggy