Frugal Friday.....the September 7th Edition

Here's the frugal stuff that went on here at Chez Sluggy this past week.......

*  I got the Weis Freebie last Friday........

A box of pierogies.

*  Harvested more veggies from the garden.......

We are up to 95+ lbs. of veggies for the Summer.  Things are quickly tapering off in the garden now and I doubt we'll get to 100 lbs. before it's done for the year.

* I managed to wait until 5 pm to do laundry this week.  We have peak/off-peak rates here so that helps on saving where electricity is concerned.

*  Lots of free stuff from Rite-Aid..........just some of what I got--

$317.11 worth of reg. retail in goods and I got paid $16.49 in cash to bring everything home with me.
This came about with some effort and planning and by combining sales, Bonus Cash, coupons and cash rebates.

*  Canned more tomatoes............

5 more jars for the stockpile.

* I received $41.00 in cash rebates this past week between Ibotta and SavingStar.

That's about it for us this week.

Any frugal wins at your house?

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....June 22nd Edition

Let's take a look around and see what frugal wins we had this past week.........

*   Basically free after BC mouth wash at R-A this week....

*  I sold some diapers locally this week.....

$65.50 back in my pocket.

*  Hubs picked up the Weis Friday Freebie last Friday.......

Free Weis "Pop-Tarts".  Somebody around here will eat these(not me). 8-P

                                     
*  More free items at Rite-Aid last Friday.  The toothpaste was totally free and didn't use any of my Bonus Cash even!

*  Remember that Aleve I also bought at Rite-Aid last week?
There is an offer for a free movie ticket this Summer when you buy qualifying Aleve products.  $5 off a ticket for 1 bottle, $13 off two tickets for 2 bottles(when purchased on the same receipt).
Details on the offer HERE.
I received my movie ticket code on Wednesday.
I'll use this the day Hubs decides to do his beer brewing since the smell is overpowering to me and I'll want to be somewhere other than the house.  I'll do a little grocery shopping after the movie since I'll be near a few food stores down there.

* I earned .25¢ back on Ibotta. whoopee! lolz

*  Hubs and I had a yearning for some Chinese food so we had a lunch date out at our local Asian restaurant. Lunch prices and lunch sized portions are good for our wallet and our waistlines.  8-)

*  I picked the first greens from our garden this week......

4 ounces of leaf lettuce.  Ok let's call it a quarter pound because that sounds like more. lol

*  I bought 2 pair of shoes on Thursday online.  Easy Spirit was having a one day sale on the Summer Solstice. (I know how Belinda loves these things at the grocery store!) 
I found something I could use that was on sale plus purchasing them on the Solstice gave me a code for an additional 30% off.....AND free shipping too! 8-)

*  In conjunction with buying the shoes I went through a cash back site to make the purchase and earned back $1.10 cash, so an additional discount on the footwear.

So what frugal-ness did you experience this past week?
Tell us all about your wins.....

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the June 9th Edition

Let's see what got done around Chez Sluggy lately that was frugal.

*  I already talked about my trip to Rite-Aid for some freebies.........

We needed the plastic bags, the emery boards will be showing up in an upcoming Giveaway box(if I continue with those)and the gum goes into the Christmas gift giving stash.  This all "cost" me less than $2 in Plenti Points.

* I needed to wrap some coins up as the change jar was about to overflow.......

That's $17.50 to add to the rolled coins for 2017, making a grand total of $28 so far for the year.  It's well below what we have usually accumulated by this point in the year for two reasons really-1, Hubs was off from work on disability for a few months(or working from home)so he wasn't taking cash withdrawals for walking around money(WAM)to spend and generate change for the cup and 2, I've been using the credit card instead of cash withdrawal for grocery money most of this year so I am not generating anywhere near the change that method of payment did.
Less change just means more money is staying in the bank really so I am good with that.  ;-)

* Speaking of freebies..........

The first Wednesday of every month is Wellness Wednesday and they have samples and/or coupons + 1 Day only coupons available on that day.  Most of the samples are geared toward Senior Citizens(read denture tablets and adult diapers)but sometimes they have stuff I can use.  I got the lotion, 2 new Band-Aid products and 4 Callous cushion samples.  Both bandage and cushion packages have a Q inside too.  Yes!

* I had enough points in one of my hotel loyalty accounts to send for this........

A Choice Hotels $50 gift card.  I'll be using it on our 2017 Summer Road Trip™ to reduce one night of lodgings somewhere out West.  Have you seen what they charge for a motel room out there?!?  It isn't pretty......

* I pretty much stayed home this week, just going out in the car for the usual errands(groceries, drug store).  I tried to do electricity driven activities during the off-peak hours(vacuuming, washing, drying, dishwasher running).  I made a point to cut off the a/c window units in both the kids' rooms if they weren't home(as one of them is notorious for leaving it on)and making sure they were set to FAN and not COOL since it hasn't been hot enough here yet to use the a/c.

*  Before I got home from Virginia I asked Hubs to prepare the garden area and buy some plants and put them in for me, since I wasn't home to do it.
Hubs bought the plants(and also some beans seeds)and College Boy prepped the bed and planted it all.
This is what I saw when I got home.......

Hubs even had the fencing up.  They didn't plant or prep the half barrels flanking the bed so this week saw me dumping soil in and planting some squash seeds I found we hadn't used last year.  They "should" germinate aok but if not maybe I can pick up a pack or two at the Dollar Tree if there is still time to put something in(or maybe I'll pick up some discounted flowering plants at Home Depot or Weis Markets.

* I went with Hubs to the notary this week to sign/notarize papers for his annuity and then he faxed them in.  This makes sure payments start on time for our timeline and we don't have to wait weeks extra for the passive income to start rolling in(and cover that stretch with our non-retirement monies.

* Speaking of retirement, Hubs gave me the exact monthly annuity net figure(we are having federal taxes taken out of that money so it's not a headache at tax time).  I have been sitting down this week working on our real life budget starting July 1st.  This won't be hard for me(doing a budget, keeping inside it will be another story lolz) since I am so use to doing budgets and tweaking them.

That's about it here.
Did you do anything especially frugal lately?

Sluggy