Frugal Friday....the October 8th Edition

Well I didn't go much of anywhere this past week, just Rite-Aid, the dentist and the bank.  I lead such an exciting life, don't I? ;-)

Here are the few frugal wins at Chez Sluggy......

* I had BC expiring plus I had gotten a few(4 exactly)$X off $XX coupons for Rite-Aid so I paired them with deals and coupons to pick all this up on the 2 cards I have with BC still attached to them.....

I believe there were a few more candy bars(4)left out of this photo but otherwise it's all correct.

The Cetaphil were 75% off and I had Qs that made it $1 or less each, Neutrogena Qs that made those items moneymakeres and I had tracking toward a second Nivea deal from last week so I finished that(plus the Nivea men's stuff have Ibotta rebates).  I returned 2 Tresemmes since the in-ad Q didn't scan for those 2 and a Colgate mouthwash since my L2CQ didn't come off so those 3 items are in the photo and not counted.

Total came to(including sales tax)$113.00.  BC and Qs used was $99.50(not all at once since I did multiple transactions and rolled it)so R-A gift card cred spent was $13.50.

I earned back $42 in new BC and $15.85 in Ibotta rebates so a $44.35 moneymaker. 8-)

*  I had a dentist appointment Thursday for a cleaning.  Need to go back in November for 2 small chips that need filling.  While I didn't ask for any samples this time(I'll do that in November if I remember to), I did raid the office's coupon stash......

Lots of Listerine brand Qs came home with me.  These don't expire until June or July of 2022.  R-A generally has some Listerine freebies and deals after BC during their Black Friday sales so maybe I can pair them up with some of those.

*  I found money!

Last Saturday was a stellar change finding day at my Rite-Aid.  A quarter, a dime and a penny at various places in the store(quarter under candy racks, dime under freestanding rack of more candy and penny wedged under the baseboard of the pharmacy counter.

A shiny penny sitting on the side of the "healthy candy" rack(protein bars)and a grody penny outside behind the trash can.  Sorry for the blurry photo....

On Wednesday I spied another dime back in the pharmacy area and it came home with me.

Money Found This Week.... .48¢
Money Found This Year.....$18.39

*  No grocery shopping happened this week.  I know it's shocking but it's true! lol  I haven't gotten an Ibotta Bonus since September Leaves one ended last Sunday.  No Midweek or Weekend ones either.  What the heck is going on?  Did Ibotta and the Universal hear me when I said I was going to try to stay out of the grocery stores in October??lol

That's about it for me for the week.

What frugal wins did y'all have this past week?

Let's hear all about it!

Sluggy

Walmart & Rite-Aid This Week to Get to My Bonuses

 Trying to spend down and/or convert my Bonus Cash to cash through Ibotta so I hit up Rite-Aid on Monday and brought this home..........

2 x Colorista temporary spray color 75% off=$5.26
1 x Almay eye product 75% off=$2.24
1 x Almay face product 75% off=$3.49
1 x L'Oreal lipstick 75% off=$2.37
3 x Vaseline tiny tubs clearance=$1.47
1 x Vaseline cocoa butter tub 20% Gold Disc.=$1.59
SubTotal.....$16.42

Coupon used was the In-Ad Colorista $4/2 R-AQ so Grand Total was $12.42+.75¢ tax=$13.17 paid for with Bonus Cash.

I earned $8 in new BC(2 x $4 Vaseline)and converted $13 via Ibotta on everything but the Vaseline products.

I then had 4 of the 15 offers for a $3 Midweek Bonus on Ibotta.

Tuesday I went to Walmart and got this stuff........

1 x Good Moo'd reduced lactose milk=$3.68

2 x Suave men's body wash(large ones on clearance-.75¢ ea.)=$1.50

1 x Suave lotion=$1.72

1 x Jergens lotion=$3.48

2 x Ritz toasted chips rollback=$5.00

1 x Frigo feta cheese=$2.12

1 x Sargento creamery cheddar slices=$2.95

1 x Cracker Barrel block=$3.18

2 x U by Kotex pads=$10.94

1 x 6 pack Deer Park water=$2.12 *not in picture

1 x Colgate Renewal toothpaste=$6.96 *not in picture

2 x XXX item=$6.22 (can't show/mention it as it's a gift)

1 x Old Tyme Raisin Bread=$2.78

Subtotal........$52.69

I used $11.25 in Qs so $41.44+.23¢ tax=$41.67

I used a $25 free Shop Kick gift card which brought my OOP down to $16.67.

I earned rebates back on the milk, all 3 cheeses, the Jergens, the Colgate, the XXXX items and the pads=$17.00 on those 8 rebates plus a $2 Level 3 June Bonus.

Then I hit a different R-A near that Walmart and got all this..........

8 x Vaseline tiny tubs on clearance=$3.94

3 x boxes of candy on sale=$3.00

5 x Health Warrior protein bars on clearance=$2.45

1 x Revlon brow kit 75% off=$3.24

1 x Revlon lip crayon 75% off=$2.49

SubTotal....$15.10+.58¢=$15.68 paid for with BC and gift card. (I used no Qs.)

I earned back $16 in new BC(4 x $4 Vaseline).

I also converted some BC to cash via Ibotta earning $12 there plus hit the $3 Midweek Bonus.

Total OOP for all 3 trips......$16.67

Total BC earned.......$24.00

Total Ibotta rebates earned....$47.00

Spent $16.67, earned/converted $71.00.

And my Bonus Cash pile is dwindling as planned. 8-)

Sluggy

More Rite-Aid Deals This Week

 I needed to spend/roll more Bonus Cash plus I needed 4 more unique offers to get my MidWeek Bonus on Ibotta so I did this on my card.....

1 x Axe spray deodorant....$6.69
1 x Vaseline men's lotion....$8.49
1 x Degree men's deodorant..$5.79
1 x Suave men's body wash...B2Get1 Free
1 x Dove men's deodorant....B2Get1 Free
1 x Dove men's body wash....$7.29
1 x Got2Be men's hair styling product clearance=$1.99
1 x Centrum vitamins=$7.49
5 x Got2Be hair color chalk clearance($1.74 ea.)=$8.70
1 x Nutella on the Go 20% Gold Discount=$1.51
1 x L'Oreal lipstick clearance=$2.37
1 x Sally Hansen Miracle Gel nail polish clearance=$2.49
SubTotal....$52.81

Coupons Used
1 x $10/$50 Rite-Aid Q=$10.00
1 x $2/2 Dove men's items L2CQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Vaseline men's item IPQ=$1.00
1 x $4/1 Centrum item IPQ=$4.00
1 x $3/1 L'Oreal cosmetic item IPQ=$3.00
1 x $1/1 Degree item IPQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$21.00

$52.81-$21.00=$31.81+$1.84 tax=$33.65 paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $4 in new BC(2 x $1 wyb2 Axe/Dove/Degree/Suave, $2 Centrum).
I earned back $17.50 on Ibotta(5 x $2.50 Got2Be, $1.50 Got2Be, $1.00 Sally Hansen, .50¢ Nutella and $1 Midweek Bonus, $1 Got2Be Bonus).
I earned back the equivalent of $14.10 in Shop Kick points for buying 5 of the men's items.

BC used......$33.65
BC/cash back/Shop Kick earned...$35.60
That means I got paid $1.95 to take all the items above home. 8-)))

I might have another transaction in me before the weekly sales end at R-A, if some of my Ibotta offers reset by Saturday.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the January 29th Edition on Saturday

I'm a day off this week but here's the Frugal Report I usually do on Friday with all the frugalness from the past week here around Chez Sluggy......

*  I hit a few Rite-Aid stores this week to grow my Bonus Cash a little bit.......

This trip on Monday netted me an additional $1 in BC after rolling the other $5 I already had.

 

On Thursday I hit a few other R-As and maxed out the stationery deal on each card.  I earned $4 for every two rulers I bought and they cost .74¢ + tax each so $1.56 for each pair and and $2.44 extra back in BC beyond what they cost.  But I got 1 bottle of body wash in one transaction w/2 rulers and in another I bought 3 clearance Nivea men's items($1.99 each)spending down that card's BC by $3.90 after earning the $4 BC for the rulers.

But there was method to my madness here since I earned $7.50 cash rebates on the Nivea items on Ibotta so really just converting some Bonus Cash to actual cash(plus more cash back than I spent in BC).  I grew that $3.90 in BC by $3.60 to $7.50 cash. 

Go. Me.

*  While I was across the street at R-A I hit up the discount grocery outlet too....

2 bags of baby carrots for .10¢ a bag.  

A bottle of lime juice for .59¢.

2 cans of water chestnuts for .79¢ each.

2 cartons of OJ for .99¢ each.

1 carton of nut juice for Hubs for $1.99

4.04 lbs. of BSCBreast for .99¢ per lb.

2 loaves of PF raisin bread for .99¢ each. *not pictured*

2 x 2lb. bags of frozen Brussels sprouts and stir-fry Veggies for $2.39 a bag. *not pictured*

2 x 1lb. bags of frozen Broccoli and Green Beans for $1.29 a bag. *not pictured*

1 package of napkins for $1.79. *not pictured*

I also grabbed 2 freebies-a package of organic wraps and a bag of ranch flavored popcorn for Ex-CB.

I may have forgotten a thing or two but this trip cost me $27.52 w/sales tax.

I'd call that a successful shopping trip, especially the chicken. ;-)

*  I found money!

I tagged along with Hubs last Saturday on a trip to Walmart and  found this penny at the self-checkout .

Then passing the Amazon lockers still in Walmart I spied this nickel underneath one....

These two pennies were found in Rite-Aid in two different spots in the front of the store on Monday.....

And this dime and penny was found on the floor at the checkout at P and R Outlet on Thursday.....

Total Found This Week....  .19¢

Total Found in 2021....  .38¢ This past week I doubled my finds for the year...woohoo!

*  I still had 25 rebates to do on Ibotta by Sunday night to earn the $10 Cold Hard Cash Bonus and I didn't think I could put together a deal that would get me there that wasn't a high spend because I'd have to do most if not all of those 25 rebates at Walmart.

So having a free day on Friday I gathered up my coupons and ideas and went to Walmart to see what I could do........

After Q and rebate the Kettle Chips were $3.96 for 2 bags.

After Q and rebate the Scottie tissues were .47¢ for 2 boxes.

After rebate the Breakstone cottage cheese was $2.64.

After rebate the Ritz toasted chips were $2.38 for 2 bags.

After rebate the Kraft shredded cheese was $2.38.

After rebate the Kraft singles cheese was $2.48.

After rebate the Ocean Spray juice boxes was .73¢.

After Q and rebate the Splenda was $1.98.

After Q and rebate the 6 soups were $5.09 total.

After rebate the Minute Rice was .98¢.

After Q and rebate the Bella dog food was .21¢ for all 4.

After rebate the Good Thins crackers were $2.56 for both boxes.

After rebate the 2 cans of Swanson broth were .52¢ for both.

After rebate the Philly cream cheese was $1.71.

After rebate the Siggi's yogurt was .98¢.

After rebate the Ore-Ida fries were $2.08. *not pictured*

After rebate the Mixed root veggie fries were FREE. *not pictured*

After Q and rebate the Poise pads were a .32¢ Moneymaker.

After Qs and rebate the Rolaids were a .32¢ Moneymaker.

After rebate the Coke w/coffee was a .10¢ Moneymaker(qualified for 2 rebates).

After Q and rebate the Rimmel face powder was a .28¢ Moneymaker.

After Q and rebate the Rimmel eye shadow was a $1.53 Moneymaker.

After Q and rebate the Rimmel lip gloss was .37¢.

After Q and rebate the Listerine ready tabs were .97¢.

After rebate the Alka-Seltzer gum was $2.24.

After rebate the 2 Listerine flossers were a .06¢ Moneymaker.

After rebate the clearance Almay eye shadow palettes were a $2 Moneymaker.

If the store had another $2 marked down eye shadow it would have been a $3 Moneymaker but I'm happy with what I found.

In total I spent $84.65 including tax.

I used a free $25 gift card earned from ShopKicks so I paid $59.65 OOP for everything above.

Now for the rebates...

I earned $52.99 on regular rebates. 

I earned that $10 Cold Hard Cash for doing 25+ rebates in this time frame.

I earned a .50¢ Perfect Pairings Bonus for buying the Tomato Soup(4 cans)and the Kraft Singles.

I earned a .75¢ Kraft Game Day Bonus for buying the Philly cream cheese, the Kraft shredded cheese and the Ore-Ida fries.

I earned a .50¢ Listerine Bonus.

I earned the $1 January Level 2 Bonus as well.

Total rebates earned came to $65.74.

I could have bought 3 less items than I did(sort of lost track on how many I had because I needed so many! lol).  I probably wouldn't have bought the yogurt, the Kettle chips and the cottage cheese if I had it to do over again but they are things we use so not a big deal.  That would have brought my OOP to $52.07 and made my Rebates total $63.74 so a bigger Moneymaker but I have no time machine to go back to yesterday and redo this transaction. lol

Oh I also got 110 Shop Kicks, 139 Points on Fetch and $1 on Checkout51 so a buck and a bit more earned back on other rebate apps too.

*  Our fridge has been having problems.  Hubs decided with encouragement from me to replace the freezer door gasket as it was split and coming off.

We searched online for the replacement piece and got one for around $50(don't recall right now the exact cost).

We watched some YouTube tutorials about how to replace a worn out gasket(trust me, if we could do it, it's an easy fix!lol)and voila!, the freeze is good as new now.

I would much rather pay $50+/- than replace the whole fridge/freezer so it's a money win in my book! 8-)))

That's about all from here.

Stay frugal and let us know what wins y'all had this past week!

Sluggy

Rite-Aid This Week

 So if you got(and everyone with an account did)the $10 off when you spend $30 Load2CardQ it's a good week to get some things you need for cheap or free after Bonus Cash received.

Here is what I did on my card using all digital Qs.......

2 x Maty's cough syrup 2 packs BOGO50% sale=$29.98
1 x Glide floss on sale=$4.00
1x Oral-B toothbrush 20% Disc. better than sale=$3.75
SubTotal.....$37.73

Coupons Used

1 x $10 off $30 L2CQ=$10.00
1 x $3/2 Crest/Oral-B/Glide items L2CQ=$3.00
Coupon Total..$13.00

$37.73-$13.00=$24.73 paid with Bonus Cash

I earned back $26.00 in new BC(2 x $10 Maty's, 2 x $3 Oral-B/Glide/Crest)so a $1.27 moneymaker.
If we received Unilever/Dove inserts here I would have had a $3/2 Dove ManuQ instead of the $2/2 digitalQ so that would have been a buck better for me(making this a $2.27 moneymaker instead), but alas!, we don't get Unilever or RetailMeNot inserts here anymore.

I also did this on Hubs' card the day before, again using all digital Qs.......

2 x Dove shampoo/conditioner disc. better than sale price=$7.98
1 x Dr. Scholl's insoles 75% off=$4.49
1 x Oral-B toothbrush disc. better than sale price=$3.43
1 x Glide floss on sale=$4.00
8 x Carmex lip balm BOGO50% sale($2.68 per pair)=$10.72
1 x Wahl moustache comb 20% disc.=$6.39
SubTotal...$37.01

Coupons Used
1 x $10 of $30 L2CQ=$10.00
1 x $2/2 Dove women's L2CQ=$2.00
1 x $3/1 Oral-B/Glide/Crest items L2CQ=$3.00
Coupon Total......$15.00

$37.01-$15.00=$22.01+.51¢ tax=$22.52 paid with Bonus Cash

I earned back $23 in new BC($2 Dove, 2 x $3Oral-B/Glide/Crest, 4 x $2 Carmex, $7 Wahl).
When I got home I found a $3/1 IPQ for the Dr. Scholl's so I'll go do a "post coupon" for that item too, which will bring this to a $3.48 moneymaker.  

I only needed 4 Carmex to get over the $30 threshold but I went ahead and maxed out that deal anyway.

The insoles and the mustache comb are a stocking stuffer for Ex-CB, the lip balm for both my boys as they are Chapstick addicts. lol  The oral care and shampoo will probably go to the food bank locally(or may show up in a Giveaway Box)and the cough syrup goes into the stockpile for us and family.

I have a $5 when you spend $25 Q to use before 11/26/20 but other than that I am done with Rite-Aid until the Black Friday Deals so you probably won't see any more hauls until then for R-A.
I'm reserving all my built-up Bonus Cash for BF.

Today I go to CVS to use/roll ECBs before they expire....can you tell I am thrilled? ;-)

Sluggy

What I "Bought" This Past Week at Rite-Aid

The Title should be what I brought home from Rite-Aid this week and not what I bought since no cash was spent. ;-)

I got this on Sunday to get further along on a Bonus Cash Challenge on Bic...

1 x Bic Razor and used a $3/1 ManuQ, spending $3.17 w/tax using my BC.

 

On Tuesday I finished up 3 BC challenges(Bic, Nature's Truth, R-A OTC)--

2 x Bic White-Out at BOGO50% and used a $1.50/2 Bic stationery L2CQ, spending $3.48 w/tax using BC.
1 x Nature's Truth(I thought it was still BOGO this week or I would have bought 2 the previous week darn it!)w/20% Wellness discount and I used a $2/1 IPQ making it $8.29 OOP using BC.
2 x R-A brand Melatonin and D3 Gummies at BOGO making both $9.99 using BC.

Then on Friday I did my "big" transaction....

1 x Kellogg's cereal at $1.99 and used a $1/1 reward Kellogg's Q from my Kellogg's account.
2 x Carefree liners at BOGO50%($6.88)and used a $3/2 L2CQ.
2 x L'Oreal Preference hair color $7.99 w/20% Wellness discount and I used a $5/2 In-Ad Q.
2 x Schick disposable razors $5.99 on sale and I used 2 x $3/1 Schick disposable IPQs.
2 x Colgate toothpaste on sale for $3.50 each and used 2 x In-Ad $3/1 R-AQs and stacked 2 x $1.50/1 select Colgate toothpaste IPQs(from email link Colgate sent me).

SubTotal for all this was $43.83.  After subtracting my $24 in Qs(*)and adding $1.15 of sales tax, I spent $20.98 in Bonus Cash to pay.

I earned $2 in new BC(the Carefree)and I converted $15 of that BC spent into cash through Ibotta rebates--Kellogg's($1), the Carefree($2), the L'Oreal($6), the Schick($6).

I also had a ManuQ of $5/2 L'Oreal hair color I forgot to bring with me so on Saturday I took that in and got $5 in Cash for it(basically I converted $5 of BC into $5 cash since I used $5 more in BC to pay for that transaction).

Goodness knows I don't need MORE toothpaste after the past couple of months and all the toothpaste deals BUT stacking the Colgate IPQs w/the In-Ad Rite-Aid Qs gave me $2 in overage to apply to other items I bought.

So after BC spent and BC/cash/rebates earned, the cereal was -.01¢, the liners were -.11¢, the hair color was -.02¢, the razors were -.02¢, and the toothpaste was -$2.00.

Not a bad haul for the week.
Looking at this week's ad I don't see anything urging me to go to R-A though all those Bonus Cash Challenge points become "live" this week so I have lots of BC to spend again(after I spent last week spending most of them up).
What's a gal to do? 8-))

Sluggy

Rite-Aid ClusterF&*k on Friday or How to Unintentionally Convert BC to Cash

I had to go pick up an Rx on Friday so here is what I also bought at R-A and how the transaction should have gone.
I had $13 in Bonus Cash on this card going in.........

3 x Professional Suave shampoos on sale=$7.50
2 x Suave men's shampoos(large bottles)on sale=$5.00
4 x Bic disposable razorsBOGO50% sale reg. $4.99 ea.=$14.96
SubTotal........$27.46

Coupons Used
1 x $4 when you spend $20 R-A snail mailed Q=$4.00
1 x $2/2 Suave Professional items ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Suave Professional item ManuQ=$1.00
3 x Bic $3/1 R-A in-Ad Q(from previous week's ad/good until 7/11)=$9.00
3 x Bic $3/1 Flex/Soleil/Comfort3 razor IPQ(Bic website)=$9.00
1 x $1 PeelieQ off the Bic Twin Select razor pack=$1.00
Coupon Total...........$26.00

$27.46-$26.00=$1.46+.78¢tax=$2.24 which I would have paid for with my Bonus Cash and earned $2 in new BC(2 x $1 wyb2 Bic razors).

There was also a $1 PeelieQ on one of the Comfort3 Bic razors but I told her to put that aside as I was using one of those $3/1 Qs on it.

But things didn't go that way now, did they? lolz
I put in my card into and press yes to use BC.  That part went well.
Cashier scanned my items, ok.
Then as she scanned the $4 off $20 purchase Q and started bagging everything up before putting anymore Qs through and the register decided to become HAL from 2001:A Space Odyssey.



So the cashier didn't even touch the register and it just applied my BC without the cashier scanning another single coupon.
So with that move by the register's computer my total went from $24.76 to $7.76.
$24.76-$4 Q-$13 BC and we are at $7.76.
After we both shook our heads over what just happened the cashier scanned $7.76 worth of Q in and the register wouldn't let her take anymore Qs.($2, $1, $3 and $1.46 worth on another R-A in-ad $3 Q)as my total was now Zero!
And she could take off the $1.46 worth of the $3 Q either.
It was crazy!!

The assistant manager had to come over and deal with this, so I ended up using some Qs, the $13 in Bonus Cash on the card and putting the .78¢ sales tax on a free R-A gift card.
And then I got handed this wad of cash..............

$14 on cash.
I pointed out that she gave me cash for that $1 Peelie Q which I wasn't using in this sum but at that point the Asst. Manager was so frustrated she said, "Just take it."

So I used $13 in CB, .78¢ on a R-A gift card, got back $2 in new BC and $14 in cash.
I can't work out how this is correct in my head or with a calculator but there ya go!

I should be .24¢ down(even after earning back $2 in new BC)but I'm up $2 something.

I seriously think the computer at this R-A is possessed!  I know the cashier didn't have her hands anywhere near the register when it pulled a HAL.  We both just stared open mouthed in non-belief at the register as it's bells and whistle noises went off.  Then we both looked at each other like, "did you just see what I saw?!, in a I don't believe what just happened way.
After we called the Asst. Manager over and tried explaining what just happened I don't think she believed either of us(and the cashier wasn't so new employee either, she's the back-up Asst. Manager).

Crazy times at Rite-Aid.............

Sluggy

Frugal Friday--the July 3rd Edition

A brief check around Chez Sluggy to see what frugalness we stumbled into this past week...........

* I got an email from the cash rebate portal company I go through for all my online shopping saying they were cutting and mailing me a check and it arrived on Thursday.
I am $23.27 richer. woohoo!

Obviously I haven't done a lot of online shopping but I'll take that little check and smile all the way to the bank with it. lolz

* I hit Weis(PMITA)Markets last Friday and spent $75+.  I went on Friday to get one of the Fantastic Friday Deals-Shrimp for $4 per lb in 2 lb. bags!  I found boneless pork ribs BOGO with a $2 instant sticker on one pack, a small roasting chicken with a $3 instant sticker and a pack of thinly sliced Perdue breast meat with a $1 off instant sticker.  I also found the fresh Rana brand pasta(mushroom variety)in the deli/produce department on sale for $3.99 a bag with $2 instant stickers on them so they were half off so I picked up 2 of those as well.  Around here the store was well stocked(no obvious holes where products were missing and the tp aisle was loaded with goods.

I also found a couple of clearance deals-blueberry flavored applesauce cups 50% on clearance(.99¢)and boxed organic letntil soup likewise 50% on clearance($1).

* Since I didn't go many places this past week I didn't find much money but I DID find some!

These two pennies I found in Rite-Aid last Friday when I went there.  One was by the self-checkout register and the other was down an aisle(which aisle escapes me now).

And this penny was found at Weis(PMITA)Markets on Friday half tucked under the Coin Star like change counting machine next to the Customer Service Desk.

The only other place I went this week was the hospital for tests and no change was found there. 8-(

Total Change Found this Week....... .03¢
Total Change Found this Year so far...$46.45

* Though this happened last week here is the rundown on my Ibotta score I had talked about........

Not everything I got is pictured because I left some with my brother and sister in-law as they could use those items and Ex-CB ate some stuff before I got a photo...........

32 items were bought(19 items pictured)and 29 offers were submitted for(some offers required 2 items to be purchased)between Kroger, Walmart and Rite-Aid stores.

$42.86 was spent OOP and $12.45 in Bonus Cash was used on items bought at Rite-Aid(so no OOP there and I earned $6 back in new BC too).
$38.22 in regular Ibotta rebates were earned along with $16.50 in Ibotta Bonuses making a total of $54.72 in cash rebates back, thus all this was a $11.86 moneymaker. 8-)))

* I also bought this at Rite-Aid this past Sunday..........

2 x Suave men's shampoo on sale=$5.00
2 x Bic Comfort 3 razors BOGO50%=$7.48
1 x Yoohoo drinks(for Ex-CB)on sale=$1.00
1 x Bumble Bee tuna packet 75% off=.42¢
SubTotal.............$13.90

Coupons Used
1 x $1.25/1 Suave men's shampoo ManQ=$1.50
2 x $3/1 Bic razors(Flex/Comfort3/Soleil)IPQ=$6.00
2 x $3/1 Bic razors(Flex/Comfort3/Soleil)In-ad Q from previous week but valid until 7/11/20=$6.00

Coupon Total....$13.50

$13.90-$13.50=.40¢

I earned $1 in new BC for buying 2 Bic razors so a .60¢ moneymaker. 8-)

* I also got $4 cash post coupon back at Rite-Aid this week..........

I found 4 clearance 75% off BenGay at a Rite-Aid last week in VA.  But even though sister in-law said she'd print me off some Bengay Qs to use but she didn't have adobe on her computer so no coupons for me.  So when I got home to PA I printed off 4 $1/1 Bengay IPQs and took them, my receipt and those boxes of Bengay up to my local R-A and got $4 back for those Qs. 8-)))
The BenGay was $1.69 a box/tube on clearance and gave $2 Bonus Cash when you bought two so I got $4 in BC and ended up paying .69¢ per box/tube after "post coupon" refund so this was a $2.04 moneymaker in the end. Nice.

* Since I tweeked my left knee on Sunday and I wasn't up to standing in the kitchen to cook this week I used a free gift card to have Hubs pick up pizza one night to give him a break from cooking.

Other than the above, we stayed home, ate all our leftovers as well as a couple of "old dogs" from the stockpile here and didn't go anywhere.

What frugal stuff happened this past week in your world?

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Sluggy

Frugal Friday......the June 26th Edition on June 29th

***It's the last day for the June Giveaway winner to contact me before I pick a new winner.  Come out, come out wherever you are LISA B.!  *And no, you have never been known as Lisa B. Dr. Spo. ;-)

I am still playing catch up on blog and home stuff here.  I tweeked my left leg yesterday(that's my GOOD leg! ugh)so am bedridden for now and typing from the bedroom as I am verboten from going down the stairs(at least until Hubs gets tired of going up and down the stairs to retrieve me drinks/meal/stuff/etc.). lol


Here is my half-assed attempt at Fridays' Frugal post...................I say half-assed since I am looped up on pain meds right now. ;-)

* While in VA last week we took care of some legal/builder business.  Met the builder at the house and handled the lawyer stuff via Zoom from my brother's house.  There are no bills attached to these initial consults so yay us!

*  While not pillaging Rite-Aids or going to the grocery store(Kroger)with sis in-law we did some reading, free entertaining things online, watched tv or sat outside in the mornings on the porch talking.  And I took a LOT of naps!

*  I sprang for dinner on Saturday and used another free Chili's gift card.  Two Chili's meals in as many weeks is my limit!

*  I didn't want to make more work for my sis in-law so I bought about half of my own food at the grocery store so she didn't have to cook(plus she pays for all the groceries for the household out of her income)--stuff like salad fixings or frozen foods I could heat up when I got hungry.  Plus they eat dinner so late(7-9pm)and I just can't do that.  The money spent while down there that I ate down there I'll take out of the eating-out funds and not our grocery budget.
I went with her twice to Kroger where they shop so that was exciting. I had an old Kroger card Hubs and I picked up in our travels in TN or KY or somewhere but I used her card so she got the points which they use on gas there.  We don't have Kroger anywhere near here in PA so better for her to benefit from my points, right?

* I found money!

This .11¢ was found by my sister in-law's car in the driveway.  I am thinking it fell out of the trash pile that is her car's backseat. lol

This penny was found on the floor at Lidl when we went for asparagus and beer(to bring home to Hubs).

These two nickels were found under the floor mats in sis in-law's car.  I spied them while getting into her car and offered them to her but she said keep them.  She probably would have just thrown them into the back of the car's trash pile anyway. lol

This penny was found at an R-A sis in-law took me to to return an item.  It was on the sidewalk outside when I was walking into the store.

Total Change Found this Week....... .23¢
Total Change Found this Year so far...$46.42

*  Most of the Rite-Aid trips the second week in Va was returning an item and going back to stores to get a refund because two store cashiers didn't deduct R-A peelie Qs on products...........

This $1 on a box of cereal.

And this $2.15(taxable item)on a bottle of vitamins I bought for Hubs.

$3.15 cash back in my pocket and $3.15 less in Bonus Cash to have to roll.

* There were two Ibotta Bonuses worth doing that overlapped a bit over the course of the 2 weeks I was gone.  I ended up getting them both so $15 extra on that platform............

Everything pictured here(plus 2 x Arnicare leg cramp items on clearance at R-A that I gave to sis in-law, a coffee drink Ex-CB drank before I took this photo, plus two small Noosa yogurts I left with eldest son, a large Fage Greek yogurt I didn't finish and left w/brother and wife and maybe something else I can't recall as my paperwork for it all is downstairs right now)gave me an extra $16.50 in Bonus(the 2 big Bonuses, a .50¢ June Level 1 Bonus and a $1.00 for buying 2 or more Nuun items(the small canisters in the photo).

I'll do a post later this week about how all this was an $11+ moneymaker after rebates.
Oh, and I had two people sign up under my Ibotta referral link and buy something using the app before June ended(one of those folks being sis in-law)so I also got an extra $20 on my Ibotta account in June.
I earned $91.42 in June Ibotta rebates.....woohoo!!!

*  Not much Rite-Aid pillaging since a week ago Friday.
We did get this..........

The  previous week's Bic In-Ad $3/1 Q is valid until July 1 so I took a number of extra ads that first week to cut those out to use last week and this current week.
That Arnicare had a $3 peelie Q on it and was $2.99 on clearance and there's a $3 Ibotta rebate so a $3.01, the Compeed was $7 and gave back $3 in BC plus sis in-law got a $2/1 Compeed Q in her RMN insert and there is a $4 Ibotta on this so it was a $2 moneymaker.
The razors, while they didn't give $1 in BC back(that was the previous week's ad)after 20% Wellness Discount were $9.47 total, then I used a $2/1 Soleil ManQ sis in-law had and 2 x $3/1 RA In-Ad Qs.

Altogether this was $19.46, $6.46 after Qs and the purchase gave back $3 in BC and $7 in Ibotta rebates so even with whatever the sales tax was(again, I don't have the receipt in front of me)this was still a moneymaker.  I gave all these items to sis in-law too.

I also got these razors at the store where I went for the $2.15 peelie Q snafu(the original trip there when the Bic razors was giving $1BC wyb2).  With Wellness Discount the razors were $3.99 per package.  They each had a $1 peelie Q in them so I had to add a cheap item so all my $8 in Qs would come off even though the razors only cost $7.98 after discount.  The Cella cherry was .31¢ after 20% disc. so I paid .29¢ plus sales tax on the razors(.02¢?)and earned $1 in BC so better than free.

And I hit another R-A on the way up to Fredericksburg and got this.....
A different variety of Compeed so free after BC and Ibotta rebate.
And I found two Nexxus items on the clearance area for $2.49 each.  Last week when you bought two Nexxus items you got $10 in BC back so this was a $12 or so moneymaker($8 back in BC and $4 in Ibotta).

That's it from me on my latest vacation edition of Frugal Friday......

What frugal wins did y'all have this past week or so?

Sluggy