Frugal Friday...the January 28th Edition

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

*   No food waste so far. ;-)  

*  I had a $5 free scrip for Kohl's for my birthday and used it on Wednesday.  I also spent another $3+ from a merchandise credit I had and bought 3 items and didn't spend any cash monies.  Sorry but I can't show a photo of the items as the recipients may well read this. ;-)

*  I did a small amount of Walmart this week too.

$6.50 for all these frozen food items! Insane........ plus a little bit of Ibotta I did at Walmart to hit a bonus.(6 items I think.)
This week Ibotta has 5-6 free items if you sign up or have someone sign up under your referral code.  Mine is MKAAXA.  I haven't gotten any referrals so I only got the free pizza offer so far. 8-(

*  I did a couple of Rite-Aid transactions this week.......

In between theses two trips Rite-Aid pissed me off something fierce! ;-)

*  While I was at that second R-A on Wednesday I got gas at a place that 88% ethanol gas for $3.24.  $3..24 is unheard of around here!  $3.44 with that 5 cent discount we get at Sunoco is the lowest in our town.

*   I found money!

Found this penny under the Catalina machine at my R-A on Tuesday when I supposedly got all my gift cards "fixed". hahaha

I found this 2 cents at the drive-thru on Wednesday when I was out long time and needed an iced tea.  There was a third penny by I couldn't reach it without falling out of the car. lolz

This penny was found under a rack on a rare stop at Target looking for clearance for Xmas presents on Wednesday as well(I don't think I've ever been in this Target come to think about it!).  I had to dislodge this penny as it was stuck to the floor, then scooped it up for my money finds.

Total Found in last Week...... .04¢
Total Found This Year......$1.87

Cracking the $2 mark isn't looking doable for January unless I hit Aldi in the next few days and score a quarter. 8-(

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

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

And have a good weekend and stay warm!  It's been snowing all day here.... 8-(

Sluggy 

Frugal Friday on Saturday

 A fair amount of Frugal this past week.........

*  Many Rite-Aid Deals combining regular Bonus Cash Deals, sale prices, coupons and Spend $50/Get $15 BC back coupons.

*  I got two freebies last Friday at the Discount Grocery Outlet.  I took no photos but I can tell you it was a bag of some kind of "healthy" chips and a 4 pack of Bloody Mary mix.  I don't drink Bloody Mary's but I can just use those in spaghetti sauce or another sort of tomato based dish.

*  I took a rare trip to Target on Thursday and used a long ago paid for gift card to do the "Spend $50/Get a $10 Target gift card deal.
I found some meat deals--50% off a 1.5 lb. pack of stew beer and $1 off 1 lb. of ground beef.  "Spent" $58.96, "saved" $23.10 according to Target and really earned back $13.29 on Ibotta for some of the items I bought and got a $10 Target gift card. -)

*  I had a semi-annual dental check-up.  No cavities or problems, just x-rays and a cleaning.  I scored some toothpaste and mouthwash samples(as well as a couple of coupons good for a few months).

*  I went back to OSJL this past week to get more of those "Craveology" trail mix jars off the "Eat for Free" table but they were all gone!  So I picked up 2 bottle of Asian sauces and a box of pasta.  Total came to $7.97 but I used a Crazy Deal gift card to pay so Zero OOP.  Sorry no picture. 8-(

*  I found money!

Found these coins in various spots in Rite-Aid last Friday.

Found these two pennies by the front register on Saturday at Rite-Aid.

And found this dime on Tuesday near the pharmacy counter at Rite-Aid. 
My Rite-Aid was a honey hole this past week.   I just wish I could find lost quarters too.  8-))

Total Found This Week.... .24¢

Total Found This Year.....$2.14

That's about it this week.........

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

Let us know!!

And have a peaceful Easter weekend,

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the November 6th Edition

 Here is what I remember from this past week that would qualify for frugal.........

*  Hubs and I hit the Discount Outlet on the other side of the river/downtown last Saturday to pick up some cheapish deli lunchmeat/cheese, as well as some fresh produce and fruit.  This is the place that puts out boxes of freebies if you make a purchase so we also got these for free there.........

4 packages of flour tortillas.  I foresee enchiladas and quesadilla in our future! ;-)

*  I picked up a free to me Rx on Sunday, didn't go anywhere on  Monday, worked the voting polls on Tuesday and had a sleep doctor annual check-up on Wednesday and then spent the rest of that day recovering from Tuesday.  

*  On Election Day I made up snacks for our crew(breakfast breads, veggies and dip, hummus, cheese and crackers and bottled water)so we didn't have to spend money on getting something delivered.  

* Since I was near a CVS on Wednesday while I was out for my dr. appointment I went in to hit the redbox for coupons.  I also bought this.........

An Almay blush for $11.99.  This store adheres to the 98% rule so I knew it would generate the $6 ECBs for spending $12 on Almay deal this week.  I also had a $5/1 Almay item the redbox generated, a $4 off $9 any cosmetics CRT and a $3 off $6 any cosmetics CRT(that adjusted down to $2.99)that both came off meaning I spent Zero OOP or in ECBs and earned back a $6 ECB.  Sweet!

*  Also while out after the dr. appointment and after hitting up CVS I was starving(no time for breakfast that day)so I used my BK app to get a $2 Whopper to bring home for lunch.  I only needed to nibble on leftover veggies and hummus for dinner.

*  Thursday I went to Rite-Aid and got all this.........

I used a $10 off $40 Q, 4 x $2/1 Nivea men's item In-Ad Qs, 2 x $1/1 Nivea shave gel IPQ, 2 x $2/1 Aveeno face cleanser IPQs and a $3/1 Aveeno face cream Catalina Q I got awhile back so $27 total in Qs.

Total after sale/Qs came to $22.92+$1.38 sales tax so $24.30 and I used Bonus Cash to pay this.

I earned back $30 in new BC($10 wyspend $30 Aveeno, $10 wyspend on select Aveeno $30-these double dipped on certain items, $4 wyspend $15 men's Nivea, 2 x $3 wyb2 men's Nivea).

A nice little moneymaker. 8-)

*  I found change!

.21¢ on Saturday at Rite-Aid.  A dime under one candy rack, a penny under another candy rack and the other dime leaning sideways on the side of the stand alone rack where they keep the weekly flyers.

I found this .11¢ on Sunday when I went to pick-up an Rx at Rite-Aid but I don't recall where I found the coins in the store, sorry.

I even found change while working the polls.  2 pennies in a corner in the building where the polls were set up on Tuesday.  This really bumped up my pay check from the county for working. lolz

Went into R-A on Wednesday to do that Aveeno/Nivea Deal and found this quarter under the infamous candy rack.

Thursday's R-A trip yielded this dime(can you guess where I found it?).

Change Found This Week...  .69¢

Change Found This Year so Far....$50.83

*  The weather here has gotten unseasonably warm and the heat is off again at least until the weekend is over.  That's a win in my book too.

*  Hubs paid for Chinese food for dinner Thursday night out of his WAM to thank me for volunteering to work the polls with him.  I think it was a self-interested move since I don't cook on Thursday's and he didn't feel like making dinner but I'll take it. lol

That's about it from Chez Sluggy.

Tell us what frugal wins you had this week!

Sluggy

Two Frugal Fridays-Oct. 9th & Oct. 16th....the October 17th Edition

 So emergency surgery has come and gone but in it's wake my blogging has taken a back seat.  Here are two weeks worth of Frugal Friday posts, not that there is a lot to report in on. ;-)

* First off, I forgot this the week before......

Freebie samples of toothpaste and mouthwash from my dental cleaning. yay.

* I found money!

Saturday October 3rd I found this dime at Rite-Aid.

The next day I went to get an Rx at Rite-Aid and found this penny in the pharmacy area.

The AS time(after surgery time)week, I got skunked and found no money from the 4th until now. 8-(  

Of course I didn't leave the house for most of that time either.

Found change this post..... .11¢
Found change this year so far...$49.25

*  I also found this in the parking lot at Weis(PMITA)Markets on the 2nd.  It was there when I went inside and I told myself if nobody takes it or runs it over by the time I go back to my car, I'm picking it up(using a wipe of course).

It's a very nice quality ballpoint retractable pen with he Subaru logo on it.  It looked brand new.

* Not much grocery shopping my first week home.  Hubs ran out to Weis for instant mashed potatoes and bananas and got this at the register.....

$2 off your next shopping order from Nature Valley.  Umm, I haven't bought anything Nature Valley at Weis in months if not a year but ok! lolz

It has since been used on more bananas. ;-)

* I brought home some deals from Rite-Aid.....

The Nivea stuff was 2 sales cycles ago that I hadn't gotten around to mentioning.  Got $4 BC wyspent $15 plus I used ManuQs and got $4 back on Ibotta for the shave gels.

I got the free Crest/Oral-B stuff(chose a toothbrush and dental floss)using Qs and getting BC back on Sunday Oct. 4th.  I only did it on one card because Hello! Hospital so I didn't go back to R-A that week to max the deal out.

On Thursday I drove myself to Rite-Aid(first trip since surgery)and did the GenTeal drops on son's card(used $3.24 on a gift card and rolled all his Bonus Cash)and got $18 back in new BC.

On my card I did the Carefree Deal, spent $4.34 in BC after 20% Wellness Discount and $3/2 ManuQ and got $4 in Ibotta rebates.

On daughter's card I got the 2 x tampons, paid $4.58 in BC after 20% Wellness Discount and $5.00 in Qs($3/1 L2CQ, $2/1 ManuQ)and earned $8 in Ibotta rebates.

I also earned a $1 Ibotta Bonus called "Edgewell" because both the Playtex and the Carefree qualified for that.

So I rolled and convert BC.

I also got this at Weis(PMITA)Markets while I was out that day.......

Weis currently has a "spend $15/Get $5 off instantly" on some Dove items.

These cost $7.69 each so $15.38, I got $5 off so $10.38.  I used 2 x $2/1 Dove men's body wash IPQs so I paid $6.38 OOP.  Then I got $4 back on Ibotta(2 x $2 Dove men's body wash)so these ended up costing me $1.19 each.  Not bad.

* I missed out on a $10 and a $5 Ibotta Bonus while I was incapacitated so when another $5 Weekend Warrior Bonus popped up on Thursday I had Hubs take me to Walmart on Friday......

The Oikos drink and the Core bar were free after rebates.

The Schar cookies were a .36¢ moneymaker.

The Danimals probiotic drinks would have been free had I activated the SavingStar rebate before it disappeared(boo)but I need them and they were only .88¢ after Q and Ibotta.

I had a $4/1 Bella dog food Q so after that and $1.50 rebate that was only .245¢ for each container.

Renuzits were $1.91 total, the Keebler crackers were $1.18, the Ultra Powerade was .70¢ and the 2 reg. Powerades were .52¢ each.

I happened to see those seasonal Starbucks coffee bags(Pecan and Maple flavor)on a clearance shelf for $3.15.  I found an Ibotta rebate for $1.25 a bag on my app so at $1.90 per bag they were coming home with me! (They will probably find their way into Xmas stockings.)

Ex-College Boy came over for dinner last night so 3 of the drinks and the packs of cookies are gone already.

I used my last $5 Walmart gift card on this so it came to $22.38 OOP and I earned $23.92 on Ibotta between the regular rebates, $5 WW Bonus and a .50¢ Powerade Bonus.

I wanted to get the free Star Wars cereal and the free Fake Beef patties but my store had neither.  Even so I did ok.

Keep on Keepin' on being Frugal my Friends.

Tell us about your wins lately.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.......the May 29th Edition

Let's look at what passed for frugal this past week around Sluggy's World...............

* I broke down after 8 weeks of finding no yeast locally and ordered some(Thanks to Gerlyn for the link!).....

This the same brand I usually get at the Restaurant Supply Store here and I got it from Walmart dotcom.  Of course I paid a little more than usual but nowadays cost be damned! lol

I added sensitive band-aids for my HS flares for sensitive areas and this too to my order to get the free shipping........

8 cans of Hormel chili((Hubs and Ex-CB's favorite brand).  The chili was cheaper thaan buying it not on sale at Weis(PMITA)Markets.

* I found money!

A penny on the floor over in the pharmacy area..............

And then another penny in front of the register counter half tucked under the floor matt under the candy racks.

Total Found Money this Week.... .02¢

Total Found Money this Year........$45.20

*  I did some Rite-Aid shopping this week..............

Between two cards/accounts I spent down $4.17 in Bonus Cash.  See those Rite-Aid posts for the details.

*  I did some more grocery shopping to finish off the $10 Bloomin' Bonus Rebate on Ibotta.  I already had 1 item that qualified for both the $5 Essentials Bonus and this $10 Bonus so I needed 14 more items to hit that mark.

I was in Dollar Tree and was able to pick up 2 candy items for $2 total(for Ex-CB) and got back $1 in rebates total for those gave me 3 items toward the 15 needed.

I headed out to Walmart Thursday early when they weren't crowded yet and got all this to finish that deal.........

1 x Silk half & half $4.18(for Hubs)

1 x Capri Sun $2.22 (for Ex-CB)

1 x Lean Cuisine Bowl $2.47

1 x Pringles $1.44(for Ex-CB)

2 x FR sauce $2.48 total

1 x Challenge Butter $3.47

1 x Yogurt $1.24(for Hubs)

1 x Breakstone cottage cheese $3.14

1 x Rumma beef liver $2.82

1 x McCain's dippin wedges $2.48(for Ex-CB)

1 x Dave's English muffins $4.56

1 x Ballpark hot dogs $2.84

No coupons used so $33.34 Total OOP 

I earned back $11.34 plus 2 x .50¢ Bonus(May Level 1 and Dave's Brand)so $12.34 in rebates.

Total spent on all 15 items was $49.34($14 of that was ice cream cake)and I earned back $25.84($1 DT, $2.50 Weis, $12.34 Walmart+ $10 Bloomin' Bonus).

And the ice cream cake was bought for the cook-out so technically that didn't come out of the food budget but the take-out budget anyway. ;-)

After Ibotta rebates the total spending was $23.50.

I've earned $40.99 in rebates in May on Ibotta.  Not bad.

*  This arrived in the mail on Thursday as well.....

Two more $4 off $20 Qs-one for each of the cards I am currently using for our family(and for giveaway stuff).  Look for them if you are on Rite-Aid's mailing list.  They are good May 31st through June 27th.

That's about it for the report from here.

As much as possible during this insane time, stay frugal my friends.

Personally, I don't even want to add up my grocery spending this month....geez! ;-)

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

Sluggy

The Good, Bad & Ugly Lately at Chez Sluggy

It's been a real mix of things here lately at Chez Sluggy.
Here's a rundown of the past few weeks.

* UGLY  Hubs had to go down to Louisiana and was gone 8 days.  Even though he stayed in the house while there it meant 2 nights of motel charges(1 on each of the way down and the way back), plus lots of money spent on gas and meals.  I did have a few fast food/casual dining gift cards he used and he made breakfast and some coffee at the house so it could have been worse than the $1100+/- it cost OOP for this trip.

* GOOD and BAD The reason for Hubs trip was to access the condition of the house there, clean a bit, fire our old realtor and interview for a new realtor and field some independent offers we got on the property, so that was good.
None of the independent offers turned up a sale so we signed a new contract once he got home and we got an offer with the new agent on the house last week.  Unfortunately, the financing for the people wanting the house fell through so we didn't sell the house. 8-(  But we have gotten a lot more traffic with this new realtor and that paired with a lower(more realistic)price may eventually get us a sale.  Sooner rather than later is my preference. ;-)

*  UGLY We have had 2 snowstorms in 2 weeks since Hubs has come back(plus 1  that arrived while he was gone), so I am blaming them all on him. lolz  And another Nor'Eastern is slated to hit mid week this week, which makes #4 though we aren't suppose to see much accumulation on that one, but still, it's the end of March for gosh sakes.....enough is ENOUGH!
March 2nd.....

I took Chester out before storm #2 hit(4 days after #1 hit and there was melt)and saw that we had had some deer activity in the yard.................

These tracks are much too large to be Chester's.
Then I spied at the top of the middle of this shot a strangely squared shaped track set apart from the other tracks.

A playing card buried in the snow. 
I guess our resident deer enjoy a game of Black Jack every now and again while traipsing through our development.  ;-)

March 7th.....

Hubs came home between the storms and was in charge of taking Chester out again......

* GOOD On March 8th we finally were all well enough to go out to celebrate College Boy's birthday.

My kids insist on going out to expensive restaurants for their birthdays so this time we went at lunch time and paid lunch menu prices for the expensive Hibachi meal.

This is Daughter's idea of "celebrating".....a punch bowl full of liquor!  It came with 2 straws but she wasn't sharing it!lolz  5 types of liquor and gosh only knows what else was in that drink.  She let me take a sip and all I could taste was alcohol so it was light on the fruit juice.

I passed on the sushi roll made with tuna, salmon and red snapple.....lolol

This hibachi master wasn't as crazy as the one we had back in 2011 for my Daughter's Birthday meal but this chef did have a special water bottle to put out the onion rings volcano........

We mentioned that is was CB's birthday so they thoroughly embarrassed him by banging a gong at the table and we all sang "Happy Birthday" and he blew out his candle on his dish or ice cream........

He finally got his Bday card and his check....

Then he posed for a photo with me before he left in a separate car to go to his internship.

Can you tell from my face I'd had a bit of sake by this time?

* GOOD and UGLY
I already blogged about my Rite-Aid trips............

I hit Weis a week ago Friday for some deals and a Friday Freebie which I talked about already.....

Then  I went back for a few deals on Wednesday and ended up doing a big shop.........

 Among the best deals was 4 more bottle of this organic OS juice for free(sale $2 using $2/1 Qs), 2 boxes of Puffs with lotion for .50¢ box after sale/doubled Qs, 2 more Well Yes! soup for .67¢ each after sale/doubled Qs, a can of coffee for $1.99 after sale/Q.............

4 bags of shredded cheese for $1.37 each after sale/Qs.......

 And I hit a bacon deal.  5 packs of John F Martin bacon(the local good stuff!)for $3 a pack after $3 off Instant Stickers on each.  These will go into the freezer for Summertime BLTs.  8-)))

I also bought a fair number of frozen entrees, ice cream(the kids are going through it at a rapid clip!), some Progresso soups for Daughter's lunch, soda 12 packs(stock-up price), devil dogs, pizza bagels, Power-ade, buffalo chicken bites and breaded mushrooms and chips for snacking for the kids, 2 cans of diamonds for snacking for me, some doggie treats for Chester, 2 packs of discounted meat, 2 boxes of muffin mix that was .50¢ after sale/doubled Qs, cole slaw cabbage mix and 2 bags of salad kits.  I also bought reg. milk, a full price container of sour cream(needed that night for our stroganoff dinner).
When that trip was said and done $241.85 if I had paid full reg. retail for all cost me $115.70 after sales and Qs(most doubled).
I spent a lot more than I planned(can I blame the discounted bacon??lol)but this week's shop should be a lot less.
Oh and since it was PI(e) Day on Wednesday I bought a pie............

Lemon meringue for half price. lolz

* BAD And then I had my slip and fall Thursday which has curtailed any going out and spending $ up to this point. 
Good think I got those frozen & prepared foods since I haven't been up to making meals since Thursday(though I am putting a corned beef into the crock pot today-a day later than planned).
I doubt I'll go to Rite-Aid this week other than for any Rxs as the deals are thin now and for next week too as far as I can tell.  I do need to get to Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)in the next week or so as I have a 10% off discount card that is expiring the end of the month.

And let's end with something good.........

* GOOD  I was contacted out of the blue this past week by a 1st cousin 1 x removed on Ancestry.
Her mother and my paternal grandfather were siblings(making her my father's 1st cousin).  I had no inkling she existed because I never met that Great Aunt and didn't know she and her husband had had any kids!!  I don't think she knew I existed either until she saw the same people on my tree that are on hers. lol  We are emailing back and forth now and are sharing info, stories and photos(though she has a lot more photos of that part of the family than I do).

This is a photo of a photo she sent me of  my father with his parents(the baby in my grandfather's arms)I am guessing was taken in 1932 in upstate New York.  This is the oldest photo I have of my grandparents(as well as of my dad).
I'm looking forward to more photos and stories from my newly found cousin. 8-)))

That's about all to report in lately from Chez Sluggy.

What's been going on lately in your world?


Sluggy