Since I didn't leave the house much last week there isn't much to report in on, out of the ordinary(cooking meals, free entertainment at home, etc.)but here goes anyway.........
* I finally went to Weis on Wednesday and got a couple of grocery store deals.......
Weis now doubles all coupons up to .99¢(so anything .99¢ or less doubles fully). I got 8 cans of Campbell's soup, on sale for $1 a can. I used 2 x .80¢/4 Qs(which doubled fully to $1.60 off each).
8 x $1=$8.00-$3.20 in Qs=$4.80 for all or .60¢ a can.
Of course I had a problem with the cashier(she usually works in the pharmacy and doesn't now how to deal with coupons when they don't scan, so we had to get a manager involved so I got my full value on those Qs). lolz
The other good deal was San Giorgio pasta was on sale $1 a box. I paired 2 x $1/3 Qs and got 6 boxes of assorted pasta for .67¢ each.
* I did the Mix and Match/Buy 6 Items, Get $3 off Instantly Deal once, buying 2 bottles of dish soap, 2 bags of frozen veggies and 2 packs of Klondike bars(we were out of ice cream). On sale that all came to $12.94. The $3 didn't come off so I had to go to CS and get $3 cash. Then I got $1.25 back from Ibotta for these 6 items so $12.94-$4.25=$8.69 OOP or $1.45 each.
* But the best deal I got this week was this...........
Leftover bags of Xmas Lindt Truffles at Weis(PMITA)Markets. Reg. price of $6.59 each. The sign in the bin said $3.09 each. I had printed off $1/1 Lindt truffles bags coupons from Coupons dotcom(NLA)and had them with me.
I got two and figured $2.09 per bag of 20 truffles was a decent price for something I could tuck into a giveaway box or two.
The cashier rang them up and $6.09 came off, making them .50¢ a bag OOP!!!
I rang back and got the other 6 bags in the bin.
$6.59 x 8=$52.72-$48.72=$4.00-$2 in Qs=$2.00 for all 8 bags or .25¢ per bag.
Woot!
* I dug 2 old whole chicken breasts out of the chest freezer this week. After sauteing them up I diced up the meat and split the resulting amount for two meals. I also found an old bag of mixed frozen veggies in the freezer as well as a 2 pack of store bought leftover pie shells, both of which needed to be used asap.
I used 1 of the pie shells, the frozen veggies and the diced chicken(along with 2 cans of chicken soup, an onion, some spices and a hand rolled second pie crust to make a big chicken pot pie. There was a serving of veggie/soup/spices/chicken filling leftover but into the fridge that Hubs will most likely have over rice for a lunch this weekend.
The other pie crust was used to bake a sweet potato/pumpkin pie, using extra filling mix from Thanksgiving that I had put into the freezer, as the recipe I had used made more filling than usual because I added in canned sweet potatoes that I wanted to use up.
I was going to make College Boy this pie at Christmas but we had so many other treat foods I decided to wait. An extra pie during the Winter doldrums is a pleasant surprise, right? ;-)
* On Thursday Hubs and I went to have my Free birthday burger at Red Robin.
I had an old Red Robin gift card to use for Hubs meal. Between the burger and the steak fries it was enough food for me and I had water to drink so no charge for that either. I couldn't believe how much the price of the burger I usually get there has gone up! It was over $11. I remember when this area got a RR and that burger was under $8.
Hubs decided to get a large expensive beer with his burger. Hmmmm I am such a frugal hard-ass that I made him pay me $5 out of his WAM to reimburse me partially for that beer as I didn't want to spend more than 1/4 of my gift card on a beer and it wasn't HIS birthday after all! lolz Unless we are specifically going out to drink alcohol I don't "spring" for drinks. Buying liquor at a restaurant is so pricey and goes against my grain, ya know? ;-)
* Tonight's dinner is that free ham I got at Christmas time from Weis(PMITA)Markets.
I'm going to put it into the slow cooker before I go out to Weis for a few groceries. This 10 lbs. of ham will give us more than one dinner. Sliced again into ham steaks for meal #2, diced into quiche meal #3, into omelettes meal #4, etc. The bone will go into soup eventually too.
I don't buy/serve ham often(maybe twice a year since the sodium content is so high)but every now and again it's on the menu. That being said, if I spy a leftover ham shank on clearance this time of year I'll pick it up for cheap and throw it into the freezer. 8-)))
That's about all this week at Chez Sluggy.
What frugal things have happened at your house lately?
Sluggy
* I finally went to Weis on Wednesday and got a couple of grocery store deals.......
Weis now doubles all coupons up to .99¢(so anything .99¢ or less doubles fully). I got 8 cans of Campbell's soup, on sale for $1 a can. I used 2 x .80¢/4 Qs(which doubled fully to $1.60 off each).
8 x $1=$8.00-$3.20 in Qs=$4.80 for all or .60¢ a can.
Of course I had a problem with the cashier(she usually works in the pharmacy and doesn't now how to deal with coupons when they don't scan, so we had to get a manager involved so I got my full value on those Qs). lolz
The other good deal was San Giorgio pasta was on sale $1 a box. I paired 2 x $1/3 Qs and got 6 boxes of assorted pasta for .67¢ each.
* I did the Mix and Match/Buy 6 Items, Get $3 off Instantly Deal once, buying 2 bottles of dish soap, 2 bags of frozen veggies and 2 packs of Klondike bars(we were out of ice cream). On sale that all came to $12.94. The $3 didn't come off so I had to go to CS and get $3 cash. Then I got $1.25 back from Ibotta for these 6 items so $12.94-$4.25=$8.69 OOP or $1.45 each.
* But the best deal I got this week was this...........
Leftover bags of Xmas Lindt Truffles at Weis(PMITA)Markets. Reg. price of $6.59 each. The sign in the bin said $3.09 each. I had printed off $1/1 Lindt truffles bags coupons from Coupons dotcom(NLA)and had them with me.
I got two and figured $2.09 per bag of 20 truffles was a decent price for something I could tuck into a giveaway box or two.
The cashier rang them up and $6.09 came off, making them .50¢ a bag OOP!!!
I rang back and got the other 6 bags in the bin.
$6.59 x 8=$52.72-$48.72=$4.00-$2 in Qs=$2.00 for all 8 bags or .25¢ per bag.
Woot!
* I dug 2 old whole chicken breasts out of the chest freezer this week. After sauteing them up I diced up the meat and split the resulting amount for two meals. I also found an old bag of mixed frozen veggies in the freezer as well as a 2 pack of store bought leftover pie shells, both of which needed to be used asap.
I used 1 of the pie shells, the frozen veggies and the diced chicken(along with 2 cans of chicken soup, an onion, some spices and a hand rolled second pie crust to make a big chicken pot pie. There was a serving of veggie/soup/spices/chicken filling leftover but into the fridge that Hubs will most likely have over rice for a lunch this weekend.
The other pie crust was used to bake a sweet potato/pumpkin pie, using extra filling mix from Thanksgiving that I had put into the freezer, as the recipe I had used made more filling than usual because I added in canned sweet potatoes that I wanted to use up.
I was going to make College Boy this pie at Christmas but we had so many other treat foods I decided to wait. An extra pie during the Winter doldrums is a pleasant surprise, right? ;-)
* On Thursday Hubs and I went to have my Free birthday burger at Red Robin.
I had an old Red Robin gift card to use for Hubs meal. Between the burger and the steak fries it was enough food for me and I had water to drink so no charge for that either. I couldn't believe how much the price of the burger I usually get there has gone up! It was over $11. I remember when this area got a RR and that burger was under $8.
Hubs decided to get a large expensive beer with his burger. Hmmmm I am such a frugal hard-ass that I made him pay me $5 out of his WAM to reimburse me partially for that beer as I didn't want to spend more than 1/4 of my gift card on a beer and it wasn't HIS birthday after all! lolz Unless we are specifically going out to drink alcohol I don't "spring" for drinks. Buying liquor at a restaurant is so pricey and goes against my grain, ya know? ;-)
* Tonight's dinner is that free ham I got at Christmas time from Weis(PMITA)Markets.
I'm going to put it into the slow cooker before I go out to Weis for a few groceries. This 10 lbs. of ham will give us more than one dinner. Sliced again into ham steaks for meal #2, diced into quiche meal #3, into omelettes meal #4, etc. The bone will go into soup eventually too.
I don't buy/serve ham often(maybe twice a year since the sodium content is so high)but every now and again it's on the menu. That being said, if I spy a leftover ham shank on clearance this time of year I'll pick it up for cheap and throw it into the freezer. 8-)))
That's about all this week at Chez Sluggy.
What frugal things have happened at your house lately?
Sluggy
