Frugal Friday....the April 5th Edition Happy Birthday Hubs!!!

There are very few Frugal wins this week but here goes....

* I already posted about the rebating I did earlier this week but I did some more rebating on Thursday.........

Walmart Haul

4 x Fabuloso

3 x Palmolive

2 x Werther's Caramel Popcorn

1 x Swiffer Duster Kit

1 x Hellman's Mayo

1 x The Good Bean RTE

1 x Dove Deodorant

1 x 12 ct. Cesar dog food

4 x Mateo taco seasoning

1 x Gum dental picks

8 x Clorox Wipes

1 x Gillette razor 1 ct.

1 x pack of Burritos *not pictured*

Total after using a free $25 Gift Card and 1 x $3 Q=$57.28

Kroger Haul

4 x Annie's Mac Cheese clearance=$4.28

2 x Gatorlyte Hydration packets clearance=$7.52

1 x Bachan's Japanese bbq sauce=$8.99

2 x Gatorade Zero tablets clearance=$6.12

3 x Propel Zero tablets clearance=$9.18

4 x Verb Caffeinated bars=$3.75

3 x Cover Girl eyebrow pencils=$6.47

1 x One Touch test strips clearance=$15.48

Total=$61.79

Total Spent for all=$119.07

All Rebates gotten or pending(Alexa, KCB)=$125.75

If all the rebates come through this all is a $6.68 Moneymaker. 8-)

*  I also found some dog treats on clearance........

3 x Dentalife treats on clearance $4.00 each

1 x Ginormous Beggin' Strips on clearance $10.50

Nice.

I also found a 30ct. Claritin in the clearance bin at Kroger for $8.50.  This is regularly $19.99 so I picked it up even though I had no coupons or rebates on it.  Allergy meds for less than half price?  Yes, please!

*  I waited until we had a full load for the dishwasher and the washing machine.  I hung out a few larger items(comforter, sheets, etc.)instead of putting them through the dryer.

*  I had purchased an 8 oz. bag of what I thought was Cashews at Kroger a few weeks ago(they were in the clearance bin).  When I opened them more than half the bag contained Almonds(turns out, though it was labeled "Cashew Crave Mix" the primary ingredient was Almonds, not Cashews).  Now I like Almonds but really, I thought this marketing/labeling was a tad deceptive.  So I found the company's email and told them I wasn't happy with this product, etc.(In a nice tone mind you.)  I got a response quickly and the CS person offered to send me any product they make for free because of my dissatisfaction with what I bought.  So I went on their website and found something else to try and they are sending it to me. The company is family run and located in Texas outside of San Antonio.  I'll let y'all know all about them once the new product arrives and I've tried it.  Hopefully I'll be a fan then.

*  I had some Rxs filled and since I am in the Medicare Part D "Catastrophic Phase"(don't ask if you aren't on Medicare lol)ALL my drugs are free and have been since early March.

(Let's not talk about how much the premium for my Part D is each month.) ;-)

*  We've been eating down the Easter dinner leftovers(plus a few other things).  Need to clear out the fridge before the cruise, so I haven't been buying any fresh produce this past week or any real groceries(maybe some rebating freebie here and there but it's either frozen or shelf stable).

*  The only eating out this week was yesterday to Observe Hubs Birthday.  We opted to do lunch on a Thursday instead of dinner on a Friday(tonight)to avoid all the weekend dining out folks.  While I didn't have any discounts or coupons to use for this Hubs enjoyed himself and I didn't even bitch that he had a beer at the restaurant(when he has plenty of beer at home). lol

A neon sign in Logan's.  I am so tired of "GO" being spelled in the French "GEAUX" everywhere down here. lolz  But the sign combining Geaux and Dos Equis beer was clever. ;-)

*  Oh, I lied.  We did get Whoppers on Whopper Wednesday at BK.  I had enough "crowns"(points)on my account to get a free Whopper and since it was WWed. there was a special of $3 for any Whopper so I used almost all of an old gift card to get Hubs one too.  Nothing spend OOP.

*  I bought Hubs 2 items at Dollar General last Saturday for his birthday(plus the greeting card)and used a $5 off $25 purchase digital Q(I bought some other things too that we needed to get to that $25.  I also purchased him 6 bottles of a wine he likes at Kroger.  The wine was on sale and if you buy at least 6 bottles you get an additional 10% off your purchase.  That's a win-win in my book! 8-)))

I also gave Hubs this Butler's Irish Whiskey Dark Chocolate bar I bought in Ireland last May.  I was hoarding saving it for myself but he is a Whiskey loving guy so I let it go.

His last gift arrived late in the day..........

*  I found money!

I went to our Bougie Dollar General on Saturday to pick up a few things.  I found 4 pennies in the parking lot behind my car.  Then I found another penny in the store on the floor.

I found a penny in the pocket of my coat on Sunday.

I was in our local Walmart on Monday.  I found two pennies in the course of walking around the store.

Then I found a penny by the clearance rack in Kroger.  Score! 8-)

Then I found another penny walking out of a different Kroger on Thursday.

Lately I've been finding pennies everywhere I go.  I think it's a sign from my mom....or people around here just not valuing pennies.  If that's the case, it's really says something about our society.....

Total Found in last Week.... .10¢

Grand Total Found this Year.......$2.79

That's all I got.  

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

Sluggy    

Frugal Friday....the January 19th Edition

There are a few Frugal wins this past week so here goes....

*  No doctor appointments this past week...Hurrah

*  We stayed home as the roads were impassable here from Sunday evening until Thursday.  Not going out and spending money counts as frugal, right?

*  Grocery shopping this past week for 2024....

A small haul at Walmart yesterday.(Ignore the Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets on the right. lol)

Everything pictured cost $42.70 OOP(I used a free $10 gift card too).  Got back $23.50 from Ibotta, $14.00 from Shopmium and $6.00 back from Tada, and I got $13 from Alexa on an Amazon gift card, making this an .80¢ moneymaker trip(plus $13 in Amazon in gift credit).

I didn't shop this week except for that so I won't be hitting that big Ibotta bonus.  Oh well, that's life.

*  When the roads thawed out on Thursday, we hit up World Market to see if any Xmas clearance stuff was left.  As nobody could go anywhere until that day this past week(and mot stores were not even open), the store still had lots of clearance, that was now 90% off.

I paid $36.53 for all the goodies show here.  That's $365.30 of reg. retail stuff.  8-)))

*  I had earned some kind of Gaming Points/Rewards in the 4th quarter of 2023 at Kroger by purchasing certain items(beats me what!lol).  I went on the website and used some points to get, so far, $3 off a piece of Salmon I bought and to get this item for free......

Hubs picked it out as he was going to be the one to drink it and he photo bombed the can. ;-)

*  Yesterday was free chicken salad scoop day at Chicken Salad Chick locations.  Since there was one of these less than .5 of a mile from World Market Hubs and I went in and got this......

2 Scoops of chicken salad.  Hubs ate his already and said it was very plain and "eh".  I plan to gussy mine up a bit before eating it.  If we had wanted to we could have gone to the town right over the river as there is another location there, and gotten two more freebies but neither of us really felt like doing that.

I found Money!

I found this shiny fellow at the register at DG Market last Saturday when I went to pick up some birthday cards.

Then on Sunday I found these fellows while leaving Walmart laying on the floor.

Total Found in last Week.... .03¢
Grand Total Found this Year........48¢

That's all I got.  I'm tired, sore, dirty and cold and I don't want to write anymore. 8-(

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

Sluggy