Frugal Friday...the August 15th Edition

 Not much frugal going on here.

*  We went to Aldi and I found these Lo Mein meals marked down to $2.00 each..........

I should have filled the freezer at that price!

*  We hit up Ocean State Job Lot after my orthopedic appt.  

Some of this was from their "Eat for free" table.  I got the cost of those items back in a gift card and I used a gift card to pay for the items that weren't on the "Eat for free" table. 8-)

*  I found money!   2 Pennies at Dollar General.

                        

 At the beer Store Hubs told the owner/cashier I collect Change I find so he dumped the change jar into Hubs hand.

Let folks know and they hand over the change. lol

That's 36¢.

I found .27¢ at the self-checkouts at Walmart.

Then I found 2 quarters at Aldi.

Found Money The Past Week.... $1.25

Grand Total Found in 2025....$5.26 

That's all I got.

What frugal things did you do this past week?

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the Aug. 8th Edition

 Not much frugal going on here other than not going anywhere.

*  Hubs went up to Shoprite, our local grocery store.  He got some needs and loss leaders.

*  We went to Walmart last Friday.  This was my first outing besides doctor appointments.

I found a dime in the checkout line.  Of course Hubs had to pick it up for me or I'd have gone ass over tea kettle. 8-)

Found Money The Past Week.... .10¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$4.01

That's all I got.

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Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the May 30th Edition

Here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  We didn't get take-out all week.

*  Entertainment this week was playing with the dogs and sitting out on the front porch when the sun was out.

*   I found money!

I only found 1 grimy penny in a parking lot somewhere this past week.

Found Money The Past Week.... .01¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$3.91

That's all I got.  Not a lot to report this week.  Hopefully next week will be better.

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

Sluggy        

Frugal Friday.....the April 18th Edition

Here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  There was a digital coupon for $1.99 strawberries this past week so I bought the limit of 5 lbs.  Some marked down broccoli, green beans and air fryer Brussels Sprouts were procured as well.  I also bought a few things to donate for Bingo prizes at my Group Therapy that also had Ibotta rebates for them

.

*  We had to buy 2 pairs of curtains as I am not leaving my curtains in those rooms.  We went to Ollie's and I picked up two different sets of curtains.  One was a Pioneer Woman brand(I don't care her show but I liked these curtains anyway.  The package said there was one panel inside so I bought two packs.

Come to find out that there were  TWO panels in a packaged so each pack covered one window.

Since I opened the second pack I now have a set for myself.  I had debated in the store about buying a set to take to PA but decided against it.  Turns out I didn't need to! 8-)

And they were only $4.99 a set!

*  We used up some more pantry items as well.  The less we have to move the better.  We went through the pantry last weekend and Hubs took a large donation to the food bank. 

*  Goodwill also got a large donation of goods we don't need any longer and don't use.  I think there will be one more trip to Goodwill plus they will send a truck to pick up some furniture next week.

*  I sold some toiletries locally finally.  You would thing with the financial uncertainly lately and with people getting tax refunds they'd jump at the chance to buy new toiletries, etc. for pennies on the dollar.

People here are so flaky and won't commit.  I didn't have this problem up in PA.

*  We are going to have stuff left in the freezer still once we are ready to bug out as I did 't stop buying frozen foods soon enough.  Hubs arranged to have a neighbor who has helped us out before take what we don't eat.  He's got 5 freezers and 2 are empty.(He hunts and fishes.)  What will be left won't even fill 1 of those freezers but I am happy to give him what we can't eat.  I'll have 7 packs of butter so come and get it Kim and Kay! lolz

This neighbor is also going to mow the grass for us until the house sells.  This is the least I can do for him and his wife.

*  It's been quite warm here so the heat has been off most days.  We had to put the a/c on some days for a time.  This house is very well insulated and keeps in the heat or a/c.

* Entertainment last week was some tv shows, You Tube, sitting on the deck reading when the pollen isn't so high. I've also been sorting through items and packing.....don't know if that is "fun" but if it gets me out of here, I'll call it fun! 8-)))

*  I found money!

I found .01¢ at Kroger on Friday.

I found 3 pennies in Walmart on the way out of the store on Sunday.

I found a quarter in the parking lot at a dr.'s office on Thursday when I went to meet someone locally to sell some toiletries.

Found Money This Week..... .29¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$2.63

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy       

Frugal Friday....the April 11th Edition

Here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  There was a digital coupon for $1.99 strawberries this past week so I bought the limit of 5 lbs.  The lure of Ibotta sucked me back in so I bought some items for the food bank that had Ibotta offers.  

*  We used up some pantry items as well.  The less we have to move the better. I'll be going through the pantry this weekend and culling a donation to the food bank.

* I finally got to take Hubs out for his birthday.  He wanted Greek food.  I paid with my WAM cash and they gave a small discount for paying with cash.

*  It's been quite warn here so the heat has been off most days.  We had to put the a/c on some days.  This house is very well insulated and keeps in the heat or a/c.

* Entertainment last week was some tv shows, You Tube, sitting on the deck reading when the pollen isn't so high.

* I found money!

I found 12¢ in the parking lot at group therapy on Tuesday.

I found a penny in the parking lot of the dr.'s office on Wednesday.

I found another penny in the foyer of Kroger on Thursday.

Found Money This Week..... .14¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$2.34

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy      

Frugal Friday....the April 4th Edition

Here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  The lure of Ibotta sucked me back in so I bought some items for the food bank that had Ibotta offers.  I also got some marked down produce, salads and I found these three catfish fillets....

Not only were they marked down but they were also part of the Mega sale(buy 5, get $1 off each)so that made them $1.93 each.  I also bought 2 6-packs of Gold Peak tea which I'll need when we are moving, making it 5 items(and the tea was on sale and had an Ibotta rebate too!

*  We used up some pantry items as well.  The less we have to move the better. I'll be going through the pantry this weekend and culling a donation to the food bank.

*  There was no eating out this past week.  

*  Made a sale locally of a ton of laundry detergent.  The people here are so flaky about showing up so I was glad to make this sale.

*  It's been warm here so the heat had been off during the day.  We actually had to put the a/c on a couple of days too.

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, sitting on the deck reading or doing genealogy.  Still slogging my way through the Jesse James tome.

*  Played Bingo at Group Therapy on 

Thursday and I won a pair of socks. 8-)

*  I found money!

Found a nickel at Walmart on 4/1, Tuesday.

          

Found .56¢ in the Walmart parking lot when  we went to pick up a new Rx.

Found Money This Week..... .61¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$2.10

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy     

Frugal Friday.....the March 28th Edition

Here are the frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  I only did a small shop at Kroger and Walmart so far this week....a couple of marked down salads, some marked down shredded asiago cheese, a big marked down can of tuna, and some beef brisket patties on clearance.  I also picked up a bakery treat for my group therapy gang(and some clearance cinnamon no sugar added applesauce cups for the 2 diabetics in the group).

I also found some thermal base layer top and pants marked down to $1 each, a zippy jacket for 

$9 and a 3 pack of heavier Dr. Scholl's socks for $3 at Walmart.  I'll be needing these for our cruise in June in Svalbard near the Artic Circle. 8-)

I found something for Hubs birthday which is coming up as well.

*  We used up some pantry items as well.  The less we have to move the better. ;-)  

*  There was no eating out this past week.  

*  It's been warm here so the heat had been off during the day.  We actually had to put the a/c on a couple of days too.

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, sitting on the deck reading or doing genealogy.  Finished the Roger Daltrey book and am slogging my way through the Jesse James tome.

*  I sent $25 from Swagbucks to my bank and used some of my Ibotta rebate monies to cash out for gift cards to pay for groceries.

*  I got a $3.99 full rebate for Schar gluten-free cookies I bought for the food bank.

*  I found money!

Found a quarter in the closet on 3/21.

I found this dime in Kroger on 3/24.

I found this penny in Walmart under a drink cooler on 3/26.

          

Found Money This Week..... .36¢

Grand Total Found in 2025....$1.49

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy    

Frugal Friday....the March 7th Edition

Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  Got some Burger meat on clearance, some veggies on sale, bagged salad on clearance, more strawberries for $1.88 lb., Greek yogurt on sale, and got 4lb. of Catfish fillets for $9.95 at a different store.

*  We used up some pantry items as well.

*  We also had no food waste last week.   We cooked at home and then ate some leftovers this past week. There was no eating out.

*  While grocery shopping I picked up some items for the food bank we donate to.  It wasn't much cash out of hand but helps folks struggling here out and makes us feel good.

Spending money on groceries not for us isn't frugal but it certainly is frugal for others.  Especially if it's toiletries or paper goods which they can't use EBT/Snap benefits on.

* It's been warm here so the heat has been off during the day.  Not "hang your laundry out to dry warm" but warm enough not to need the furnace days.

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

                    

              

Between Walmart and Kroger I found .12¢ total-a dime and 2 pennies last week.

Found Money This Week.... .12¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .69¢

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy   

Frugal Friday....the February 28th 2025 Edition

Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  I found 2 dented cans of crushed tomatoes(or double crushed if you count the cans lol)markes down to .09¢ each, a carton of oatmilk to use in my oatmeal was a $1.01 moneymaker,  some clearance marked Hummus and Spinach Yogurt Dip, 2 lbs. of Smoked Sausage for $1.99 total after sale and digital coupon, 2 1lb. packs of Ground Sirloin on clearance for $5.16 each, a 3/4 lb. of salmon  for $1.65 after clearance price and mega sale, 4 lbs. of strawberries for $1.88 each after digital coupon sale, 2 bottles of Panera Blueberry/Pomegranate Vinaigrette dressing clearance to $1.24 each after sale price and mega sale, and 5 packages of Jiffy cornbread mix marked down to .33¢ each.

*  We used up some pantry items as well.

*  We also had no food waste last week.   We cooked at home and then ate some leftovers this past week. There was no eating out.

*  I sold a length of fabric last week.  Of course I took an offer that was less than I probably paid for it and I hadn't updated my bank account info since the move so it went to an account that doesn't exist. lol  Stupid me.  Hopefully that bank returns it and I do finally get the cash.  

*  While grocery shopping I picked up some items for the food bank we donate to.  It wasn't much cash out of hand but helps folks struggling here out and makes us feel good.

Spending money on groceries not for us isn't frugal but it certainly is frugal for others.  Especially if it's toiletries or paper goods which they can't use EBT/Snap benefits on.

* It's been warm here so the heat has been off during the day.  Not "hang your laundry out to dry warm" but warm enough not to need the furnace days.

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

Between Aldi and Kroger I found .27¢ total-a quarter and 2 pennies last week.

Found Money This Week.... .27¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .57¢

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy   

Frugal Friday....Feb. 7 to Feb 20

 Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  I found 2 bag of fresh veggies with stickers, an individual salad, a piece of cod  marked down  as well as a bag of protein cereal AND both were part of the mega sale too, plus a container of tuna salad.

*  We used up some pantry items as well.

*  I sold a length of fabric this past week finally on eBay.  Basically after fees I may have broke even.  At least it's one thing out of the house.  I'll probably donate the rest and take the tax write-off.   That will be mush easier and quicker to accomplish. ;-)

*  We also had no food waste last 2 weeks.   We cooked at home and then ate some leftovers this past week. There was no eating out.

*  Even with our record cold temps here lately our electric bill wasn't much higher.  I'll take that as a win!  My brother in VA got 12 inches of snow which is very rare for that area and they are snowed in.

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

I found a penny in the parking lot of Kroger right behind our car 2 Friday's ago.  Since then it's been a big old dry spell.

Found Money This Week.... .01¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .30¢

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy   

Frugal Friday.....Feb. 7th to Feb 13th

Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart).  I found that Kevin's Thai Chicken dish on clearance that I wrote about on Monday.

I also found some veggies and a couple of bagged salads with clearance stickers too.

*  We also had no food waste last week.   We cooked at home and then ate some leftovers this past week.   I had green onions that were going South so Hubs used them in his Thai meal.

*  We didn't run the heat most of the week as the temp has been so high here right now.  It hit the 80Fs a couple of days this past week.  Crazy for February!

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, YouTube watching, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

We went to Walmart to pick up an Rx and I found 7¢ strewn about the floor beyond an actual manned checkout register as we walked by it on the way to the entrance/exit.

Found Money This Week.... .07¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .29¢

That's all I got.

Except--

I've been out of sorts and after trying to get a discussion going on another blog.  The blog owner lashed out and her sycophants hurled personal insults at me.  Now I've got an ex-reader emailing me after she was told that her emails were unwanted and unwelcomed and she won't stop.  I don't need this kind of shit.  Has everyone in this world gone bat shit crazy?

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

Sluggy   

Frugal Friday....the Jan. 24th Edition

If you don't like my blog and what I write about then don't come here, leaving your nastiness in my comments which no longer will be published.  I speak truths that some people don't want to hear or can't accept so don't come here spewing your hate and telling me that my children are correct to stab me in the back and keep my granddaughter from me because of my political views and/or because I am a bad person.  My bad mood isn't due to medications but due to awful adult children who have stolen from me. I am tired of you haters so just go away and torture someone else.

S.

Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart). I found some salads this past week and a tub of tuna salad. I did a little Ibotta shopping for the food bank too. 8-)

I find it inconvenient that you have to submit your whole receipt from Kroger to Ibotta and not just the barcode like you can at Walmart.  I spent way too much of my time this week trying to get my receipt corrected from Kroger.  Turns out Ibotta rejected my 1/17/25 receipt 3 TIMES before correcting their error and shorted me on numerous rebates plus the Weekend $5 Bonus. Argh.

I'm rethinking just doing Ibotta at Walmart and not doing Ibotta deals at Kroger.  Nobody needs this sort of stress.

*  We also had no food waste last week.   We ate lots of leftovers this past week.

*  I cashed out a total of $83.70 from Ibotta.

*  We turn down the thermostat 2 degrees as night.  Being under blankets we don't need it as warm when we are in bed. ;-)

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

I thought I was going to get skunked this week but I found a penny on my birthday in Walmart.

Found Money This Week.... .01¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .22¢

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy