Frugal Friday....the May 20th Edition

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

*  I made two online orders at Rite-Aid this week.

This transaction was a $1.67 moneymaker.

This order was a $5.74 moneymaker.

*  Of course holding the Stockpile Sale was pretty frugal.  Got some coins for items obtained for little or nothing and those who bought the items from me got a great deal.  Razors, hair coloring and deodorant for $1?!!  Great deals.  Honestly I could have stood to get rid of more of it but I am happy with what left.

*   Spend a long day/night working the election, earning myself a few tax-free dollars. woot!

*  Went shopping with Hubs on Thursday to Ocean State.  I used free gift cards and we bought a few things with no OOP.

*  The painting in the house is almost done.  Just the kitchen and den left to go.  We have saved a bit by not hiring this job out.

*  We had a big lunch out on Thursday at Applebee's.  I used a gift card(it wasn't full so didn't quite cover the full cost + tip)and we paid a little OOP.  Better than paying fully OOP for food out. ;-)

*  It's been unseasonably warm here this past week as well as last week.  That= means not running the heat=we'll have a lower than normal electric bill for May.  Works for me!

*   I found money!

This penny at Rite-Aid on Friday.

This dime also on Friday at Rite-Aid.

 

This penny at the stockpile sale.  A gentleman dropped it and I picked it up to hand it to him but he said keep it.  You  don't have to tell me twice! lol

I went to Rite-Aid on Monday and found this dime there on that day.

Not bad for a found money week considering I only went to Rite-Aid two times this past week and I didn't go anywhere else besides to work the polls.

Total Found in last Week...... .22¢
Total Found This Year......$12.51

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

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

And have a good weekend!  

Sluggy  

Frugal Friday....the March 26th Edition

Here are the few things that qualified as frugal wins over the past week here in Sluggyland.........

*  I forgot one thing from a couple of weeks ago(some days I really miss my mind!lol)--We had a 15% off Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)discount coupon to use.  Hubs found flea and tick treatments for a ridiculously cheap price(compared to buying it from the vet's office) + the additional 15% off so I made him buy enough boxes of it to get us almost through all of 2021.  It just makes sense as it was a great discount(and it's one we've used before so we know it's good), it doesn't take up a lot of space and it won't expire before we use it up.

Score!

*  I hit Rite-Aid a few times this week..........

See previous posts on R-A for details on all this.

Needless to say I didn't spend anything out  of pocket there.

*  Hubs and I went to Ocean State Job Lot on Monday to pick up a new dog tie-out for the backyard.  I used one of my free OSJL gift cards(earned from buying food off the Eat Free Table-you pay for those purchases and get a gift card equal to what you spent).  I have so many of those gift cards we used part of one for the tie-out even though I prefer to use them on food.

I did pick up some food while we were there too.  The 3 bottles of oyster sauce and the Jordan almonds cost ZERO because I used some off a free gift card on those.

The other 4 items to the left were on the Eat for Free Table...2 cannisters of Ocean Spray Vanilla Chai flavored dried fruits and nuts, a jar of orange marmalade and a bag of dark chocolate w/lingonberries.

Those 4 cost $11.96 total out of my food budget and earned me back an $11.96 gift card. ;-)

And that vanilla chai trail mix stuff is SO GOOD!

* I forgot to mention yesterday when I wrote this post that on last week's trip to the Discount Outlet we got 2 freebies..........

A couple of packs of Gerber baby food.  I added this to the food bank donation pile which I am hoping to drop off this coming week.

*  I found money!

I found this nickel at Rite-Aid last Saturday by the front register counter.

Then I found this penny at the check-out in Dollar General later that same day.

I was back at Rite-Aid on Monday and found this .16¢ in change in front of the second register counter on the floor.

Then I found another penny back by the vitamin aisle too.

I was back at Rite-Aid to pick up an Rx on Wednesday and found 2 pennies where the shopping carts are corralled.

Total Found This Week.... .25¢

Total Found This Year.....$1.90

Other than working on an Ibotta $10 Bonus(I need 1 more item to finish and then I'll post about that) that's it from here for this past week(and beyond).

 

Any frugal wins on your end lately?

We want to hear about them all!

Sluggy