I Finished the Blossom Ibotta Bonus

 I had 89 offers out of 115 done going into yesterday on the Ibotta month long $35 Blossom Bonus.

I figured I'd buy 7 x $5 gift cards to Walmart which would use $35 of my monthly earnings so I did that leaving me 19 offers away from getting both the $5 Weekend Bonus and the $35 Blossom monthly Bonus(Each gift card you purchase in Ibotta earns you a rebate offer).  I also had a $10 free Fetch gift card and a free $5 Shop Kicks gift card to use, so $50 in gift cards to use.  I also tried to get items that double dipped on more than one platform to get some of the items for very cheap or free after all rebates.

Here's what I bought.....

* 1 x Lipton gallon tea

* 1 x Gatorade Protein drink

* 1 x Breakstone cottage doubles

* 1 x Core Keto Protein bar

* 1 x Kraft mac and cheese

* 1 x Ragu pasta sauce

* 1 x Campho Phenique first aid cream

* 1 x Degree men's deodorant

* 1 x Carbona color grabber

* 1 x Carbona Stain Devil

* 1 x Nice N' Clean flushable wipe 3 pack

* 1 x Thomas' Swirl Bread

* 1 x Wonder Hot dog Rolls

* 2 x Johnson's Skin nourishing products

* 1 x Dove men's ultimate deodorant

* 1 x Dove women's ultimate deodorant

* 1 x Mtn Dew Major Melon drink

* 1 x Mtn Dew Spark Zero drink

* 1 x Mtn Dew Zero drink

* 1 x Suave shampoo

* 1 x Suave body wash

* 1 x Suave hand santizer

Total came to $78.95.
I used $4.75 in coupons making the total $74.20 and sales tax was $3.51for a grand total of $77.71.

I used $50 in assorted gift cards leaving me to pay $27.71 OOP.

I earned back $75.50 on Ibotta for completing 23 regular rebates(2 any item offers and the Carbona items each double attached to 2 separate rebates), the $5 Weekend Bonus, and $35 Blossom Bonus, an extra $1 Breakstone Bonus and .03¢ cash back on each of the 7 Ibotta gift cards I bought/used.

I earned $2.35 worth of points on Fetch for this transaction.

I earned $18.58 worth of points on Shop Kick for this transaction.

I earned .56¢ worth of points on Swag Bucks for this transation.

These items were free or better than free after rebates....Degree men's deo, Dove men's and women's deos, the 3 Suave items mostly because they gave me points/cash back on two or more platforms.

So just on the Ibotta earnings I had a $47.79 moneymaker.   The $21.49 total earned on Fetch/Shop Kick/Swag Bucks will get counted as I cash out for gift cards on those platforms.

Everything bought will get used/eaten/drank or will be given to the food bank or sold at my next stockpile sale.

Not bad at all.  Even with using $35 of my earnings this month I am at $192.19 in rebates from Ibotta for April.

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

$5 Weekend Bonus-Done

 I went to Walmart armed with a $25 Gift Card(gotten for free through Swag Bucks)and a few coupons.  I needed 12 rebates to earn a $5 Weekend Bonus so I bought all this........

The 3 boxes of Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea were just a happy clearance find at $1.50 a box and didn't have a rebate attached.  The Degree body wash/soak and massage soap bar were a Shop Kick deal only($3.40 in pts)and $3 off in Coupons.  The Cover Girl concealer that I bought was a $1.50 moneymaker(on clearance for $1 and I had a $2.50/1 face coupon).  The One by Poise package was a Fetch Rewards($3 worth of pts. for it)and a Shop Kick deal($2.80 worth of pts.)plus I had a $3/1 Q.  The mini boxes of Werther's sugar-free candies were a Swag Bucks deal($2.96 paid and $3.00 back in Swag Bucks).

The rest of the items(plus the Werther's)were my 12 Ibotta rebates; 2 x Quaker S'mores oatmeal, Pringles French fried onions, Smart Water, Rold Gold pretzel twists, free Chex cereal(qualified for 2 separate rebates), better than free Crayola crayons, 6 pack of Craisins(qualified for 2 separate rebates), Jet-Puff marshmallows(also gave back .80¢ on Shop Kick), the Pure Protein bar and the 2 Safeguard Hand Soaps. I actually had 13 rebates because of a couple of items qualified for 2 rebates each.

Take out the non-rebate items(the tea)and I spent OOP after coupons and gift card $14.57.  I earned $21.14 from Ibotta individual rebates, the $5 Weekend Bonus so $26.14 on Ibotta so an $11.57 moneymaker on just Ibotta.  If my store had had more of the freebie items I could have paid even less.  Even including the clearance tea bags it's still a $7.07 moneymaker. 8-)))

I also earned $3.60 on Shop Kick, $3 on Swag Bucks and $3.27 on Fetch though I don't "count" those until I cash out for a gift card and use it.

Done any rebate shopping lately?

Sluggy

Walmart Ibotta Haul From Tuesday

 This will be my last Ibotta haul until September rolls around.  I went to Walmart on Tuesday to finish my Lunch Money $10 Bonus(needed 11 offers)and my $1 Midweek Bonus(needed 10 offers).  The offers overlap so getting 11 offers gave me $11 total(plus the rebates on the specific offers too).

I bought everything in the photo in addition to one more almond milk(Hubs already opened that one).
It was 12 offers done as the dog food and the Almay qualified for two separate offers each.

The cover girl lip gloss wasn't an Ibotta offer but it was on clearance for $1 and I had a $1.50/1 IPQ so I got .50¢ in overage to apply to something else for buying that.  The trial size Old Spice deo and body wash were also not Ibotta offers(though the Flipz and the Kotex pads were both SK and Ibotta offers along with some scan kicks I did in store) I got back $6.44 worth off points from Shop Kick as well.

I also cashed out for a $25 Walmart gift card on Shop Kick to use.

SubTotal.....$31.86
Coupons.......$4.45
Gift Card...$25.00
OOP.............$2.41

Earned back $19.29 regular rebates, $11 Bonus offers so $30.29 on Ibotta, making this a $27.88 moneymaker trip.

Sluggy

Laying Off Rebates for Awhile, But First.........

 

I finished that $10 Ibotta Bonus up at Walmart last Friday.  No photo but here is what I bought--

3 x Mac's Pork Rinds $1.78
1 x Incogmeato chickn nuggets(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $2.60)
1 x Keto yogurt cup .45¢
1 x Any Brand Pasta(got GV Rigatoni) .10¢
1 x Sun Sweet Prunes w/Essence(qualified for 4 different rebates totaling $2.20)
1 x Any Brand Pasta sauce(got GV tomato sauce) .10¢
1 x Nutella and Go! .50¢
2 x Arm and Hammer Essentials Toothpaste $2.00
3 x Clairol Nice n' Easy hair color(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $15.00)
1 x Clairol Root Touch-Up $3.50
1 x Clairol Natural Instincts hair color $2.00
1 x Ocean Spray Juice $1.00
1 x Limitless Sparkling Water(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $2.10)
18 rebates done.  I only needed 15 for the $10 Bonus but doing 3 extra gave me the WW Bonus too so why not? ;-)
Total spent including tax was $50.65 after paper coupons used and a $10 Fetch gift card as well as $19+ used on that hospital refund debit card we got a few weeks ago.

Plus Bonuses Earned
1 x Level 2 $1.00
1 x Yoplait .50¢
1 x $3 Weekend Warrior
1 x $10 May Flowers

Total Ibotta earned $33.33+$14.50 in Bonuses=$47.83
I also earned $6.20 worth of points on Shop Kick
I earned $6.00 on Coupons dotcom.
I got 50 points on Fetch as well.
And another .13¢ worth of points on Swag Bucks.  The only hiccup was my Arm and Hammer toothpaste rebate on Swag Bucks disappeared before I got home or that rebate would have been more.  It happens, what can I say? lol

I don't count the Fetch, Shop Kick or Swag Bucks until I cash out so I spent $50.65 and earned back $53.83(Ibotta and Coupons dotcom)making this trip a $3.18 moneymaker.

Nice.

I am going to be laying off rebating in June(didn't I say that about May though?!lol).  Just not feeling chasing down deals lately and really we don't need much right now plus I've got some physical problems to work on.  

But there is always my BFF, Rite-Aid. 8-)))

Sluggy

Frugal Friday on Saturday....the April 24th Edition

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Life has been crazy business this past week.  Between RL stuff and preparing for a trip and working on Ibotta and going to Rite-Aid a bazillion times(plus repairing a friend's pair of jeans)I've gotten not much else done and what got done wasn't done in a timely manner.  Such is life.....  Which means FF on Saturday as I am a day behind.

Here are some wins from the past week.........

*  My desk lamp(actually a standing lamp next to my desk)finally got replaced.  It was a cheap clearnce find at a Walmart in West Virginia years ago but the screw on shade finally cracked all the way around so it was a bare lightbulb deal for the last few months and I felt like I was being interrogated by the coppers when using it. lol
I looked online for an inexpensive replacement lamp but came up empty, then we had to go to Lowe's to scope out replacment fixtures for the bathroom we are having redone and I wandered down the lighting aisle there and found a lamp that worked for me!

The best part it was free since I used the last of an old Lowe's gift card I earned through my credit card points. 8-))

*  Since I've spent almost nothing of the various "stimmy" checks Uncle Sam sent me and my desk chair was getting uncomfortable/worn out I had found one I liked online but the price was too high so I got on their notification list for if it ever went on sale/the price was reduced.  I know, I know....it was "free" money to begin with but I still wasn't going to spend more than $XX on a chair. ;-)  Finally got it as the price came down....

Now all my adult gamer children are lusting after it....except it's purple! lolz

*  I have been making Rite-Aid my bitch this week, using those 4 different Coupon Codes.  No photos yet because I am going out this morning to finish up and what's here is still laying in bags on the floor in the dining room. #notagreathousekeeper  

I'll do a massive haul photo shot tomorrow, probably just for Sonya Ann's enjoyment. ;-)

* Other than R-A I've hit two different Walmarts this week working on various Bonuses.  I did a blog post a day or so ago about the first Walmart trip so I'll get something done up about trip #2 from Friday later on and how much I "spent" OOP after rebates on various apps.

*  I found money!
Not a stellar week for change finds but it was something.

There may be another penny or two hidden amongst all the crap on my desk but I haven't had time to find it so 3 pennies it is.  It was all found last weekend or earlier this week so I don't even remember when or where but the probability is high they were all found at Rite-Aid since the only places I've been this week are at multiple R-As and Walmart.

That's all I have for this week.

Tell us your wins and remember to stay frugal my friends!

Sluggy

Ibotta Midweek Bonus & 4 Other Rebate Apps...Not Free But Still Alright by Me

Here's how I did the Bonus on Ibotta this week.  

First at Rite-Aid I bought.....
2 x Almay make-up wipes on clearance=$3.24
2 x Got2Be stylers on clearance=$3.84
2 x Haribo Z!ng gummies on sale=$3.00

Total OOP was Zero(used Bonus Cash and combined these items with others so I could use a Spend $50/Get $15 in Bonus Cash Q).

Then at Walmart I bought.....
1 x Butterball Turkey Sausage=$2.34
1 x Breakstone cottage cheese=$3.14
1 x Gatorade Zero drink=$1.78
1 x Gatorade Super Shake=$2.98
1 x Godiva chocolate bar=$2.98
1 x Nestle spring morsels/chips clearance=.87¢
1 x Celestial Seasonings Tea=$2.37
1 x Airwick scented starter kit=$2.97
1 x Colgate Renewal toothpaste=$6.96
6 x Renuzit air fresheners=$5.82
2 x Cremo shave cream(online price adjusted)=$10.84
1 x Cheerios multigrain w/strawberries=$3.64
1 x Larabar cereal=$6.48
1 x Wonderworks Keto cereal=$6/98(yikes!)
1 x Shea Moisture men's shampoo clearance=$1.00* not an Ibotta offer but earned me 600 pts. on

Total OOP at Walmart....$57.40+$1.25 tax=$58.65  This was after using 3 coupons on 3 items(Gatorade, Celestial Seasonings, Colgate)totaling $2.25 in discounts too.

$7.00 in regular rebates at Rite-Aid
$24.60 in regular rebates at Walmart.
General Mills Bonus of .50¢
Alba Botanical/Celestial Seasonings Bonus of $1.00
$5.00 Midweek Bonus for doing 15+ reg. rebates.
$38.10 in rebates on Ibotta.

I also submitted to Coupons dotcom for a $2.75 rebate for the 3 cereals I bought($1 off Larabar, $1 Wonderworks, .75¢ off  Cheerios).
I submitted the Walmart receipt to Shop Kick and got 600 Kicks for the Shea Moisture men's item($2.40).
I submitted the Walmart and Rite-Aid receipts to Fetch and got 3,196 points back($3.19)/
I submitted the Walmart receipt to SwagBucks and got 253 points($2.53-it should have been 503 pts. but they shorted me 250 pts.on the toothpaste).
All these came to $10.87 in rebates.
When added to the Ibotta rebates the Grand Total earned is $48.97 in rebates on $58.65 spent OOP so $9.68 including tax for everything.

I would have been a slight moneymaker as I tried to use a $10 prepaid Visa card at Walmart but the self-check out wouldn't take it and I wasn't going to bother the CSM on duty for a third time to get it accepted.  I'll just use it at Weis where I know I won't have a problem with it(of course, now that I've written that, there will be a problem at Weis(PMITA)Markets.). lolz

Not a bad day of shopping. ;-)

Sluggy

Working the $10 Ibotta Bonus at Rite-Aid & Walmart

So I bought this at Rite-Aid last Friday and nothing was an Ibotta rebate item........

2 x large Lubriderm BOGO50%=$16.48
3 x med. Lubriderm 2 were BOGO50%, 1 20% Gold discount=$19.06
2 x 7th Generation baby wipes BOGO50%=$6.73
1 x Centrum vitamins on sale=$7.49
1 x L'Oreal lipstick 75% clearance=$2.37

SubTotal.......$52.13

I used these Coupons....

1 x $10 wyb $50 R-A in adQ=$10.00

5 x $2.50/1 Lubriderm IPQ=$12.50

1 x $4/1 Centrum IPQ=$4.00

1 x $3/1 any L'Oreal cosmetic item IPQ=$3.00

Total Qs=$29.00

$52.13-$29.00=$23.13+$1.06 tax=$24.19 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $17 in new BC($10 Lubriderm, $2 Centrum, $5 wyb2 7th Generation).

The $5 for the 7th generation didn't automatically credit so I had to call Customer Service to get it fixed.

Also on Friday I hit up Walmart and got this lot.......

2 x Malt o Meal cereal bags(1 was $1, 1 was .50¢)=$1.50
1 x Arnicare pain relief on clearance=$2.00
1 x Ivory body wash=$3.97
1 x Gillette col wave trial deodorant=$1.97
1 x Schick Hydro razor=$8.97
1 x Kandoo wipes=$1.88
1 x Degree recovery body wash=$5.47
1 x Degree rcovery bar soap=$4.97
1 x Sunsweet prunes w/berry essence=$3.28
1 x Quaker oatmeal packets clearance=$1.50
3 x American Greetings cards(.47¢ ea.)=$1.41
1 x Wheat Thins crackers=$2.18
1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢
1 x Starbucks coffee drink=$2.68
1 x Cracker Barrel slices=$2.98
2 x CORE protein bars=$4.48
1 x Townhouse crackers=$2.50
2 x Annie's mac and cheese=$2.00
1 x Gerber teether crackers=$1.96
1 x Cracker Barrel block cheese=$3.18

SubTotal.......$52.36

I only used 2 coupons--

1 x .50¢/2 Annies items IPQ=.50¢

1 x $4/1 Schick hydro razor ManuQ=$4.00

$52.36-$4.50=$47.86+$1.51 tax=$49.37

I used a free $25 Shop Kick Walmart gift card and paid $24.37 OOP.

I earned back $30.07 in regular Ibotta rebates including a Sunsweet, an Annies and a March Level 1 Bonuses.  I completed 20 of the 40 regular rebates toward the $10 Dublin' Cash Bonus.

I also earned 3,590 Kicks on Shop Kick between scan and submitted and a walk-in kick which translates into $14.36

And I earned 75 pts. on Fetch too.

$24.37 OOP

$44.43 back in rebates(not counting Fetch pts.).

I bought $50+ worth of stuff on Saturday at Rite-Aid(I forgot to take a photo of it)...it was 2 Irish Spring items, Cottonelle tp and Huggies, a Clairol hair color, another L'Oreal lipstick and a Dr. Scholl's heel cushion(all those 3 on clearance)and 3 more of those Got2Be hair chalks.  I spent $22.72 in Bonus Cash and got back $10 in new BC(for the paper products)plus $7.50 back on Ibotta for the Got2Be items so I spent BC down a bit and converted $7.50 of it to cash on Ibotta and I was up to 21 rebates toward the $10 Dublin' Bonus(9 more to go).

Ibotta rebates reset for me by Monday and we had to run some errands so I got a few more things at Walmart.......

1 x Gerber teether crackers=$1.96

1 x Focus FitAid drink=$2.48

1 x Wheat Thins crackers=$2.56(price went up since last Friday!)

1 x Townhouse crackers=$2.50

1 x Annie's mac and cheese=$1.00

1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢

1 x Country Crock stick marg.=$2.98

1 x Country Crock tub marg.=$2.18

1 x Sunsweet Prunes w/Berry essence=$3.28

3 x American Greetings card=$1.41*not pictured*

SubTotal........$22.33 +.30¢ tax=$22.63 paid OOP.

I had a $10 prepaid debit card to use but the self-check out wouldn't accept it and I didn't feel like going through the hassle of getting a CSM involved so I paid OOP for everything. n(I'll use that prepaid debit card at Weis(PMITA)Markets later today.)

This lot gave me another 12 regular rebates for Ibotta and $13.45 cash back on that app($12.45 + a $1 Midweek Bonus)so I am now 7 away from the 40 rebates needed for the Bonus.

And I submitted my receipt to Checkout51 for 1 of  the Country Crocks and got another $1 rebate there.

On to Monday's Rite-Aid hauls......

My card didn't have the $4/2 L2CQ for the Colgate toothpaste, just the $3/2 L2CQ.

2 x Clairol clearance hair color=$4.38

2 x Colgate advanced toothpaste on sale=$7.00

1 x Robin Eggs candy 20% Gold discount=$2.39

2 x Russel Stover candy eggs on sale=$1.00*not pictured*

SubTotal......$14.77

Coupons Used

1 x $5/2 Clairol hair color ManuQ=$5.00

2 x $3/1 Colgate R-A in ad Q=$6.00

1 x $3/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$3.00

Coupon Total.....$14.00

$14.77-$14.00=.77¢+ .18¢ tax=.95¢ paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $1 in new BC(Russell Stover)making this a .05¢ moneymaker. 8-)

Then later that day I bought this on Hub's card......

2 x Colgate advanced toothpaste on sale=$7.00

2 x Neutrogena make-up remover 20% Gold discount=$11.66

2 x Snickers 100 cal. bars on sale=.78¢

2 x Russel Stover candy eggs on sale=$1.00

SubTotal......$20.44

Coupons Used

2 x $3/1 Colgate R-A in ad Q=$6.00

1 x $4/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$4.00

1 x $3/1 Neutrogena make-up IPQ=$3.00

1 x $3/1 Neutrogena make-up L2CQ=$3.00

Coupon Total.....$16.00

$20.44-$16.00=$4.44+.34¢ tax=$4.78 paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $7 in new BC($6 Neutrogena, $1 Russell Stover)so a $2.22 moneymaker. ;-)

Plus the Snicker bars qualified for another Ibotta rebate of .50¢ so I have 34 rebates done and only 6 more to earn before the Bonus goes away on the 28th of March.

I think we'll get there handily before that Bonus ends. 8-)))

Except for that prepaid Debit card snafu I am happy with how the shopping went.  I got close to the Ibotta Bonus, had a couple moneymaker transactions and spent down some Bonus Cash which I needed to do.(I plan to spend it all down on a couple of cards until Fall and take a break from Rite-Aid.)

If you need toothpaste this is the week to get it for better than free at Rite-Aid(plus a couple of free Easter candies).

Are you working on an Ibotta Bonus?

Sluggy

More Rite-Aid Deals This Week

 I needed to spend/roll more Bonus Cash plus I needed 4 more unique offers to get my MidWeek Bonus on Ibotta so I did this on my card.....

1 x Axe spray deodorant....$6.69
1 x Vaseline men's lotion....$8.49
1 x Degree men's deodorant..$5.79
1 x Suave men's body wash...B2Get1 Free
1 x Dove men's deodorant....B2Get1 Free
1 x Dove men's body wash....$7.29
1 x Got2Be men's hair styling product clearance=$1.99
1 x Centrum vitamins=$7.49
5 x Got2Be hair color chalk clearance($1.74 ea.)=$8.70
1 x Nutella on the Go 20% Gold Discount=$1.51
1 x L'Oreal lipstick clearance=$2.37
1 x Sally Hansen Miracle Gel nail polish clearance=$2.49
SubTotal....$52.81

Coupons Used
1 x $10/$50 Rite-Aid Q=$10.00
1 x $2/2 Dove men's items L2CQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Vaseline men's item IPQ=$1.00
1 x $4/1 Centrum item IPQ=$4.00
1 x $3/1 L'Oreal cosmetic item IPQ=$3.00
1 x $1/1 Degree item IPQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$21.00

$52.81-$21.00=$31.81+$1.84 tax=$33.65 paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $4 in new BC(2 x $1 wyb2 Axe/Dove/Degree/Suave, $2 Centrum).
I earned back $17.50 on Ibotta(5 x $2.50 Got2Be, $1.50 Got2Be, $1.00 Sally Hansen, .50¢ Nutella and $1 Midweek Bonus, $1 Got2Be Bonus).
I earned back the equivalent of $14.10 in Shop Kick points for buying 5 of the men's items.

BC used......$33.65
BC/cash back/Shop Kick earned...$35.60
That means I got paid $1.95 to take all the items above home. 8-)))

I might have another transaction in me before the weekly sales end at R-A, if some of my Ibotta offers reset by Saturday.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....The March 12th Edition

 Here are the few things that happened around here this past week that are considered frugal.......

*  My shoe order arrived!

2 weeks ago now I ordered 4 pair of ugly shoes to wear in the house that were clearanced at 75% off from Easy Spirit.
I am actually very pleased with what they look like!  The online photo(at least how it showed on my computer)showed them as peach w/grey ferns/palm fronds but IRL they are green and peach, not grey.  So they aren't as butt ugly as I thought they'd be which is a bonus.  The best part was the low price of $14.75 per pair for shoes with support for my feet. 8-)

*  I got off of the CVS Extra Care Bucks hamster wheel this week.

The case of water I brought home was free and these wipes only cost me $2.07 OOP after sale/Q/ECBs and I earned no new ECBS back.  I gave CVS a good try for most of 2020 but it's just not as good as Rite-Aid for me(and not as close by to where I live which is a factor in the Winter here)so I am done with them.

*  We hit the discount outlet on Wednesday.  I spent a whole $19.45--on 2 large bags of Collard Greens(.79¢ each), a box of tea($1.99), a small port wine cheese ball($1.29), 1 large box of Krusteaz cornbread mix(.89¢), a quart of macaroni salad($179), 1.09 lb. of fresh green beans(.59¢ lb.), 2.59 lb. yellow squash(.39¢ lb.), 1.82 lb. bananas(.29¢ lb.), a bag of granola(.79¢).  Almost $9.00 of my OOP was spent on this though.....

6 x12 pack bags of Pirate's Booty.  I know it's branded for Halloween but it's still in date for freshness.

I did a deal at Rite-Aid earlier this year because it was free.  I'd never tried this snack before then and man, oh man!  I love it!!!  It's sort of a cross between Cheetos and popcorn(but not as salty as Cheetos which I can't stand).  A 6 oz. bag of this will run you $5.99 at Weis(PMITA)Markets.  These were 6 oz. bags total for $1.49 each.  Sluggy for the win! lolz

*  We also picked up two freebies at the discount outlet while there.....

2 bottle of Triple Sec Syrup(sorry for the blurry photo).  Do I hear Margaritas calling my name this Summer?;-)

And 2 large bags of corn tortilla chips.  We'll give one bag to Ex-College Boy tonight when he comes over.

Tip-even if tortilla chips or shells are stale, you can pop them in the oven to dry them out and make them crispy again.

*  I hit Walmart and Weis this past weekend and finished two Ibotta Bonuses as well as all the regular Ibotta rebates....

Between the two stores I spent $53.68(that total was with using a $25 free gift card)on Ibotta/Shop Kick items, earned $62.51 back in rebates so I got paid $8.83 to bring all that home. 8-)

*  I returned to Weis the next day on Sunday to get this.....

$5 because the Catalina didn't print on Saturday.  I had to show the Deal from the ad on my phone(and I bought my receipt and all 6 of the items that qualified for the deal with me).  Abe went into my post coupon/store refund envie to be added back into the food budget at the end of 2021.

*  I found money!

Picking up an Rx at Rite-Aid on Saturday I found this penny.

While self-checking out at Walmart I saw these 2 pennies in the change return of the machine I was using.

I noticed a coin under the machine next to me so I waited until the person using it was finished and left and scoop up the dime on the left.  As I turned around to leave I spied another dime about 2 feet out into the open area of the self-checkouts so that FDR went home with me too. ;-)

When I went back to Weis on Sunday to get my $5 refund for the Catalina that didn't print I spied this penny under one of the self-checkout machines.

Total Found This Week.... .24¢

Total Found This Year....$1.52

That's about all I got this week.

Any frugal wins in your world this past week?

Tell us all about them!

Sluggy

Ibotta Bonuses Lured Me In & I'm Glad of It!

I started off March by not grocery shopping the first week....or so I thought!  Then Ibotta presented me with two bonuses that stacked--a $5 Weekend Bonus wyb 18 items and a $10 Money March Bonus wyb 20 items.  Obviously the weekend bonus expired Sunday night and the MM bonus expired on Sunday as well.

I had gone to Weis(PMITA)Markets on Saturday for a few things(weekend specials of asparagus for .99¢ lb., whole chickens for .59¢ lb.)so I looked around for other items that had Ibotta rebates.  I found 2 different Cliff energy drinks w/$1 rebates each(for Ex-CB), a bottle of Nature's Truth turmeric with a $2 rebates that was also half price on sale(for me)and these items........

While the Heinz ketchup didn't have an Ibotta rebate it was part of  a Catalina Deal-Spend $15 on select items and get $5 back.  Each items was $2.99 so $17.94 spent OOP on these 6 items.  

(The Spend $15 Get $5 Back didn't work so I went to the Customer Service Desk to complain and they just gave me $5 back.)

The Maxwell House had a $1 rebate and the Kraft cheese had a .25¢ rebate.  So with all 5 rebates that was $8.25 back from Ibotta and I only needed 13 rebates now for the WWBonus and 15 rebates for the MMBonus.

Then while I was waiting on my Weis purchased to credit through my store card I saw that the Maxwell House rebate was back and was now $1.25 per can.  I clipped it for next time but when my Ibotta credits came through late Sunday evening I got both the $4 rebate(4 cans x $1)that expired on Sat. and the $5 rebate(4 x $1.25)that was new on Sunday.

$ spent on Ibotta items....$27.71(with tax)

$ earned on rebates.....$13.25

Then on Sunday early I went to Walmart because that's the only place around here w/enough Ibotta rebate items at the lowest price.  I threw in a couple ShopKick deals too.  I got all this......

2 x Luvs diapers=$9.94

1 x Jergen's lotion=$3.84

1 x Powerade Ultra drink=$1.00

4 x Beechnut baby food on clearance(.25¢ ea.)=$1.00

1 x Ritz crackers=$2.68

1 x Ritz cheese crispers=$2.93

1 x Wheat Thins=$2.18

2 x Stur drink mixes=$5.96

1 x Annie's mac and cheese=$1.00

2 x Maggi chicken bouillon=$2.76

1 x Spark women's razor=$7.97

1 x Spark women's refill=$7.97

1 x Oral B 3 pk toothbrushes=$1.97

1 x Skintimate razors=$5.97

1 x Oui yogurt=$1.34

(These items below didn't have Ibotta rebates, but ShopKick rebates instead)

2 x Danimals yogurt drinks(1 strawberry, 1 blueberry)=$5.96

2 x Malt o Meal cereals(1 Crunch Berries, 1 Frosted Flakes)=$2.00

Total for all these items.....$66.47

I had $15.50 in coupons making this all $50.97 subtotal.  I used a free $25 gift card earned through SwagBucks bringing my OOP to $25.97.

I earned cash back of $21.31 on 15 Ibotta rebates(it should have been 14 rebates but I also got a .10¢ any diaper cream rebate....maybe for buying the diapers?lolz).

I also earned 3,050 Shop Kicks for the Danimals and the Malt o Meal which comes out to $12.20 in rebates on that app.

Since I had done at least 18 rebates over the weekend I got the WW $5 Bonus.

Since I had done 20 rebates I got the MM $10 Bonus as well.

I also got a .75¢ Breakfast Bonus for buying 3 unique items that qualified-doing the Maxwell House and Kraft cheese this past weekend and the Gevalia at Rite-Aid a couple of weeks ago.

Total spent on Ibotta/Shop Kick items at both stores....$53.68

Total earned on Ibotta regular items.....$34.56

Total earned on Ibotta Bonuses......$15.75

Total earned on Shop Kick.....$12.20

Grand Total rebates earned...$62.51

$53.68-$62.51 rebates=$8.83 moneymaker for all. 

Between food bank donation(baby food, diapers and maybe the cereal if Ex-CB doesn't want it), stuff Ex-CB may want(energy drinks, crackers, coffee, yogurt drinks), stuff for giveaways(razors, lotion, toothbrushes) and what we'll use of what is left nothing will go to waste here.

Getting paid $8.83 to take all this home and bless others too?  You bet I'll do it! 8-)))

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the February 19th Edition, on Saturday

The more I do, the behinder I get some days.  I wanted to mention the R-A deals before the week was over(and the Spend $50/Get $15 Bonus Cash Q expired)so I posted that on Friday instead.

So here is the Frugal Friday post a day later than usual.......

*  My Weis(PMITA)Markets Points were expiring last Sunday so I used 100 of them to get .10¢ off each gallon of gas I bought.  I only earned 154 pts. in the last 6 week period since I didn't shop there much and you have to use them in 100 increments so .10¢ off gas was the best I could do.

I went on Saturday and saved a whole .54¢ since I had half a tank still in my car.  Hey, .54¢ is .54¢, right?

*  I already posted about my Walmart trip....

Spent $17.37 OOP and earned back $26.65 in cash rebates there.

*  I also cashed out some Shop Kick points to purchase a $25 Walmart gift card before checking out at Walmart which brought my OOP on the previous shop down by that amount. 8-)

*  And my Rite-Aid trips.........

Spent Zero OOP and earned back $21.70 in cash rebates and $66 in Bonus Cash.

*  I found money!

After getting the discounted gas on Saturday I swung by Mickey D's for an iced tea.  When I stopped at the first window to pay I saw change on the ground so I opened my door while waiting on the cashier and scooped up this dime and quarter.  Yay!

On Tuesday I was chatting with my friend in the R-A break room while she ate her lunch and found this penny tucked under the fridge in there.

When I was leaving Walmart on Wednesday I spied this abandoned penny peeking out from under a candy rack.  He came home with me of course!

Found Money This Week... .37¢

Found Money This Year.... .89¢

*  Last Friday Hubs and I hit the P and R Outlet again since we were over that way.  Mostly we bought lunchmeats, cheese plus produce and oatmilk.

Here are the freebies they were giving out that day--bags of pork rind snacks and 8 pack boxes of kids crackers.  I think these cracker are cheese flavor so they will be eaten at Chez Sluggy or I can give them to Ex-CB.

*  I returned some items to Rite-Aid last week that weren't needed/wanted.........

They give back cash instead of BC when you have paid with Bonus Cash now so I got a cash refund of $17.08 which went into my "Refunds/Post Coupon" envelope to be added back into my grocery funds at the end of 2021.

That's about it from here.

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

Sluggy

Walmart & Rite-Aid This Week Between Snowstorms

We had a bright sunny day on Wednesday and I had a $3 Ibotta Bonus if I bought 15 items mid-week.

So I bought this at Walmart on Wednesday, but not without a few hiccups......

2 x Trident gum=$2.24 *not pictured*
2 x Scott tissues=$1.72-.75¢=$.97
1 x Poise pads=$4.84-$2 Q=$2.84 **
1 x Alka-Seltzer gum=$4.24-$2 Q=$2.24
1 x Core protein bar=$2.24
2 x Chobani flips=$2.44
1 x Ocean Spray juice boxes=$2.98
1 x Bic Soleil razor=$4.92 **
1 x Power-Ade Ultra=$1.00
4 x Renuzit cones=$3.88-$1/4 Q=$2.88
2 x Ritz toasted Chips=$5.36
1 x Pringles scorchin' chips=$1.48
1 x Malt o Meal Crunch cereal=$3.48
1 x Malt o Meal Spooners cereal=$4.12
1 x Palermo pizza=$5.00-$3/1 Q=$2.00  *not pictured*
2 x Mead folders on clearance=.50¢  *not pictured*

Subtotal=$41.69+.68¢ tax=$42.37

I used a free $25 Walmart gift card(earned through Shop Kick)so paid $17.37 OOP.

I earned $18.57 on Ibotta.
I earned $1.29 rebate for one of the packs of Trident on Coupons dotcom.
I earned 1300 Shop Kick points*equal to $5.20* for the Malt o Meal cereals.
I earned 1590 Fetch points*equal to $1.59* for the Poise pads.

Hiccups were.....

* I didn't read the Ibotta Poise offer correctly.  It changed from a buy 1 to buy 2 on my account so it didn't count there but I still got Points and finished a Bonus for it on Fetch.

* I had both a women's and a men's Bic razor in my order but neither of the $3/1 IPQs would scan and the cashier wouldn't push them through. waa waa  So I put back the higher priced men's razor and just got the women's razor.  I "should" have bought enough items for the mid week Bonus just at Walmart but without the Poise and the men's Bic I was two items short.

So I hit Rite-Aid and bought this................

2 x R-A insoles BOGO50%=$3.73
1 x DSC 6 blade shave kit w/Gold discount=$7.99
1 x DSC 4 blade shave kit w/Gold discount=$5.59
1 x KY lube w/Gold discount=$13.59
1 x Schick Hydro razor kit w/$3 off=$7.99
1 x Schick Hydro refills w/Gold discount=$12.79
2 x Dove mini chocolates=.78¢
SubTotal.......$52.46

Coupons Used
1 x Spend $50/Get $15 BC Q
1 x $5/1 KY lube=$5.00
1 x $4/1 Schick razor L2CQ=$4.00
Coupon Total......$9.00

$52.46-$9.00=$43.46=$1.83 tax=$45.29 paid for with a combination of Bonus Cash and free gift cards.
I earned back $28 in new BC($15 wys $50, $3 wyb2 insoles, $5 KY, $5 wys $20 Schick).
I also earned 2300 Shop Kicks*equals $9.20 for the DSC items.
I earned $10 in Ibotta(2 x $3 Schick, $1 Schick  Bonus plus the $3 mid-week Bonus).

Then I bought this on my card.........

2 x Nivea lotion on sale=$11.98
1 x Ensure shakes on clearance=$2.37
2 x Nature's Truth Melatonin BOGOFree=$12.99
2 x Nature's Truth Turmeric BOGOFree=$15.49
2 x Nature's Truth Elderberry BOGOFree=$11.99
SubTotal......$54.82

Coupons Used
1 x $15BC wys $50
1 x $2.50/1 Nivea L2CQ=$2.50
1 x $2/1 Nivea IPQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Ensure ManuQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$6.50

$54.82-$6.50=$48.32+.45¢ tax=$48.77 paid for with Bonus Cash and free R-A gift card.

I earned $38 in new BC($15 wys $50, $20 wys $40 Nature's Truth, $3 wyb2 Nivea).
I also earned $2 rebate on Coupons dotcom for buying Nature's Truth.
I earned 50 pts*equals .50¢ in Fetch total for both R-A receipts.

To recap--

I spent $17.37 OOP.
I earned back the equivalent of $47.90 in cash back between coupons and all rebate apps.

Here are my referral codes if anyone wants to join up-
Ibotta  mkaaxa
Fetch  GC73D
ShopKick  FUN260238

Sluggy

More Rebate Shopping This Week

 I only got a $1.00 MidWeek Bonus on Ibotta if you did 12 offers so I got what's listed below--(price/rebate listed)

1 x 2 pack of Great Day hard boiled eggs .98¢/.25¢
1 x Box of Band-Aids  $2.98/$1.00
1 x Alka-Seltzer gum $4.24/$2.00
2 x Mead folders $1.94/$1.00
5 x Buddig lunchmeat pouches $2.90/$1.00
1 x Kraft boxed mac and cheese .98¢/.20¢
1 x Lucky Leaf scoop cake mix $2.50/$1.00
2 x Powerade Ultra drinks $2.00/.40¢
2 x Gerber baby food naturals $1.96/$1.00
1 x Gerber fruit water pack $1.98/$1.50
1 x Cocktail Artist grenadine $3.24/$1.62

SubTotal was $25.70. I used $5 in Qs so $20.70.  I used 3 x $5 Walmart gift cards to pay(all those free from other deals)so $5.70+.35¢ tax=$6.05 OOP

Ibotta rebate total was $10.97 on these 11 items.

I also double dipped some items.....
I also got 1,042 points on Fetch for the Alka-Seltzer and the Budding meats.
I also got 100 kicks on ShopKick for buying the Powerade.
I also got $1.25 back on Checkout51 for buying the Mead folders.

Then I bought 2 cans of Blue Diamond almonds at Rite-Aid for $6, used a $2/2 L2CQ, earned $2 in BC back and .50¢ on Ibotta which made them .75¢(paid for with Bonus Cash)for each can after all that.

And the nuts made 12 items this week so I got the $1 MidWeek Bonus on Ibotta so OOP

Ibotta rebates total this trip(Walmart/R-A)...$12.47.
Checkout51 rebate this trip...$1.50.
Shop Kicks rebate this trip... .40¢
Fetch Rewards this trip....$1.42

That makes $15.79 in rebates.
Paid OOP.....$6.05

Not a bad trip, spending less than I made plus 3 donation items for the food bank and I am 44 rebates out of the 75 I need to get that $20 bonus.

Sluggy