Frugal Friday......the March 8th Edition

Let's see what frugal stuff went on this past week at Chez Sluggy.............

*  Almost free cereal x 2.....

This is the second batch of cereal I got this week.  None of these rang up the wrong price so I paid $8.70 then got $5.25(.25¢ was a bonus for buying MOM in 2 trips)back on Ibotta so $3.45 for all 5 bags OOP.  The first batch of 5 bags cost me $3.06 due to 2 bags ringing up reg. price/incorrectly(the first batch also had 1 bag which was larger/cost more).

*  Found change at 2 Rite-Aids...........

A penny at two different Rite-Aids this past week.

* I got my Friday Freebie at Weis last Friday......

Of course it was almost Lent and there is a large population of Polish descent Catholics in my town so pierogi was a VERY popular freebie.  I do believe this was the freebie sometime during Lent last year too.  ;-)

*  Free samples at Rite-Aid............

 I found these Hydralyte samples with $1 off Qs at a Rite-Aid I went in.

These Ricola immunity drops were on the Wellness table at my Rite-Aid on Wednesday.

*  Wellness Wednesday Haul.......

The WW haul update-This last photo of the transaction on my son's card "cost" me $1.18 in Bonus Cash.  I earned back $6 in new BC($1 Russell Stover eggs, $3 wyb Max Ensure, $3 wyb2 Ziplocs).
Grand Total "spent" in BC/gift card on Wednesday for everything brought home-$28.61.
Grand Total "earned" in BC/Ibotta on Wednesday for everything-$44.25.  I grew my Bonus Cash by $16.54 on Wellness Wednesday.
8-)

*  Almost free grocery shop at Weis on Tuesday...........

After Qs and overage my OOP was .85¢.
Sweet. 8-)))

* Found change at Weis too.........

Another penny over by the CS desk.

Besides money I also found this last Saturday at Weis(PMITA)Markets.........

A Visa card.  It was half tucked under the magazine rack across from the last check-out register.  I turned it into the Customer Service Desk and no, I didn't buy a cart full of groceries with it first. lolz

*  A Free dog food coupon

This free bag of Purina dog food Q finally showed up in the mail.

* I received $14.60 since last Friday in Ibotta rebates.  I am up to a total of  $75.20 in Ibotta rebates for 2019 so far.

*  We almost had a frugal misstep this past week.  Hubs and I went to Bob Evan's for lunch on Tuesday.  I gave Hubs the $5 wyspend $25 Q to apply to the bill and he went to pay.
He takes his cc receipt and we start to go to the car.  Of course, he didn't actually LOOK at the receipt and the cashier hadn't applied the $5 off, but I, of course, caught it and hauled him back in.

It took the hostess/cashier, the manager(he was new)and a long time employee who we had to wait to come out of the ladies' room to fix it.  20 MINUTES later and they had cancelled the first c/c receipt and reran the charge through w/the $5 discount.
Seriously?  20 minutes and the lady waiting behind Hubs' to pay her bill was none too pleased either.
I guess I need to take care of "complicated" transactions like this from now on? lolz

What Frugaliciousness did you experience this past week?

Anything good??

Let us hear all about it!


Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the April 27th Edition

Let's see what frugal wins we had here at Chez Sluggy this past week.......

*  Assorted Deals and discounted meats at Weis(PMITA)Markets this week.....

I spent $87.28 at Weis this week and earned back $3.15 in cash rebates this week.

*   4 transactions at Rite-Aid bringing home items we can use(and/or can be put into the giveaway boxes).

 Spending down Plenti Points, earning Bonus Cash..............

All the while trying to make heads or tails of the transition from the old reward system to the new one.

*  I found more money laying on the ground again...........

A lowly Tom Jefferson coin but hey!.....found money adds up!

*  I used up leftovers from last week, incorporating them into new dishes this week.........
--The leftover rigatoni I cooked up for a pasta and fresh sauce dinner a week ago Sunday got baked with cheese and sauce and served on Tuesday with a Caesar Salad. I also put about 4 Tablespoons of pizza sauce leftover from when I made pizzas into the sauce I made for the baked pasta dish.
--This past Sunday I took some leftover pork 'cue, 2 tubes of crescent rolls dough, some cheddar and a bit of bbq sauce and made a BBQ ring(like a taco ring).  Used up a leftover and some rolls tubes that needed to get used.
--On Thursday, Hubs took most of the extra meatloaf I made last week and turned it into taco filling.

*  I got this flyer in the mail from an online store I buy clothing from on occasion........

I have a $10 reward for them I earned this past Winter that expires in May.  I'll make up a list of items worth picking up/that are needed and be sure to use my reward and do some shopping during this sale.  Maybe I'll get lucky and find a free shipping code to boot!  And I'll be sure to go to the site via a cash back savings portal too.  8-))


*  On Monday we had a hankering for Chinese Take-Out so I got everyone's order that morning and I went to the restaurant before 3 pm and got 3 dinners for us.  Before 3 pm you can get the Lunch prices/amounts which cost $2 less per entreé.  Hubs went ahead and ate his early but the rest of us heated up our entreés at dinner time.  I find that the reg. dinner time quantities are too much(I can generally get 3 meals out of my single entreé).  Nobody here likes the same thing so sharing an entreé between us isn't going to happen.

*  I am so glad I picked up a 5 lb. log of Cooper sharp cheese a couple of weeks ago.  It is saving me scads of money buying it this way!

This product runs $7.99-$8.99 per lb. at deli counters in the grocery stores here and sometimes I can find it on sale for $5.99-$6.99 per lb.
The restaurant supply store has it sliced, prepackaged(in plastic wrap on a styrofoam tray)for $4.99 sometimes but I hate buying that because of all the packaging waste and because they wrap it so tightly that the slices get stuck together and you can't get them out singly for a sandwich.

So I invested in a good cheese slicer awhile back and now I slice about a lb. at a time and store the slices in a ziploc bag(which is washed and reused).  I just have to make sure to wrap whatever is left of the cheese log well so it doesn't dry out.  Buying a block of cheese costs me $17.99 for 5 lbs.(unless I find it on sale for $15.99)so it's costing me $3.60 lb. when I do the slicing myself(or $3.20 lb. if I find it on sale).

And those pesky bits and pieces of slices that come off the bottom end of the log when slicing?

I use them along with a heel of a loaf of bread(which nobody eats)and make myself a cheese toast breakfast after slicing!  Add in the turkey sausage patty I cooked up and you have a filling meal.

Or if I slice cheese and it's not meal time, I put the bits in a baggie because someone around here is likely to have nachos, tacos, a salad, etc. where they want shreds/bits of cheese on/with it. ;-)

*  I didn't get the Weis Friday Freebie last week because it wasn't something we'd eat/use.  It was a reusable grocery bag in homage to Earth Day rolling around this year.  I really don't need MORE reusable grocery bags so I didn't get one.  Just because something is free, if you can't/won't use it/have enough, you don't have to take it.

*  Monday saw me back at the dentist's for a filling replacement................

I got a few toothpaste Qs($1/1 Colgate)and asked for more sample size freebies.  Two more tubes of Sensodyne for Hubs and 2 bottles of Listerine.  Always ask for dental freebies because you never know if they have them if you don't ask!


*  But the best frugal buy this week was this.........

5 lbs. of matzoh for a quarter.


A good week of frugal wins here.....how about you!
How has frugality helped your personal economy this week?

Sluggy