$5 Weekend Bonus-Done

 I went to Walmart armed with a $25 Gift Card(gotten for free through Swag Bucks)and a few coupons.  I needed 12 rebates to earn a $5 Weekend Bonus so I bought all this........

The 3 boxes of Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea were just a happy clearance find at $1.50 a box and didn't have a rebate attached.  The Degree body wash/soak and massage soap bar were a Shop Kick deal only($3.40 in pts)and $3 off in Coupons.  The Cover Girl concealer that I bought was a $1.50 moneymaker(on clearance for $1 and I had a $2.50/1 face coupon).  The One by Poise package was a Fetch Rewards($3 worth of pts. for it)and a Shop Kick deal($2.80 worth of pts.)plus I had a $3/1 Q.  The mini boxes of Werther's sugar-free candies were a Swag Bucks deal($2.96 paid and $3.00 back in Swag Bucks).

The rest of the items(plus the Werther's)were my 12 Ibotta rebates; 2 x Quaker S'mores oatmeal, Pringles French fried onions, Smart Water, Rold Gold pretzel twists, free Chex cereal(qualified for 2 separate rebates), better than free Crayola crayons, 6 pack of Craisins(qualified for 2 separate rebates), Jet-Puff marshmallows(also gave back .80¢ on Shop Kick), the Pure Protein bar and the 2 Safeguard Hand Soaps. I actually had 13 rebates because of a couple of items qualified for 2 rebates each.

Take out the non-rebate items(the tea)and I spent OOP after coupons and gift card $14.57.  I earned $21.14 from Ibotta individual rebates, the $5 Weekend Bonus so $26.14 on Ibotta so an $11.57 moneymaker on just Ibotta.  If my store had had more of the freebie items I could have paid even less.  Even including the clearance tea bags it's still a $7.07 moneymaker. 8-)))

I also earned $3.60 on Shop Kick, $3 on Swag Bucks and $3.27 on Fetch though I don't "count" those until I cash out for a gift card and use it.

Done any rebate shopping lately?

Sluggy

Walmart Ibotta Haul From Tuesday

 This will be my last Ibotta haul until September rolls around.  I went to Walmart on Tuesday to finish my Lunch Money $10 Bonus(needed 11 offers)and my $1 Midweek Bonus(needed 10 offers).  The offers overlap so getting 11 offers gave me $11 total(plus the rebates on the specific offers too).

I bought everything in the photo in addition to one more almond milk(Hubs already opened that one).
It was 12 offers done as the dog food and the Almay qualified for two separate offers each.

The cover girl lip gloss wasn't an Ibotta offer but it was on clearance for $1 and I had a $1.50/1 IPQ so I got .50¢ in overage to apply to something else for buying that.  The trial size Old Spice deo and body wash were also not Ibotta offers(though the Flipz and the Kotex pads were both SK and Ibotta offers along with some scan kicks I did in store) I got back $6.44 worth off points from Shop Kick as well.

I also cashed out for a $25 Walmart gift card on Shop Kick to use.

SubTotal.....$31.86
Coupons.......$4.45
Gift Card...$25.00
OOP.............$2.41

Earned back $19.29 regular rebates, $11 Bonus offers so $30.29 on Ibotta, making this a $27.88 moneymaker trip.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday on Saturday....the April 24th Edition

*** Don't Forget To Enter The April Giveaway!  You can enter once a day.  Go to the post or the link on the  right sidebar under Giveaway to enter.***

Life has been crazy business this past week.  Between RL stuff and preparing for a trip and working on Ibotta and going to Rite-Aid a bazillion times(plus repairing a friend's pair of jeans)I've gotten not much else done and what got done wasn't done in a timely manner.  Such is life.....  Which means FF on Saturday as I am a day behind.

Here are some wins from the past week.........

*  My desk lamp(actually a standing lamp next to my desk)finally got replaced.  It was a cheap clearnce find at a Walmart in West Virginia years ago but the screw on shade finally cracked all the way around so it was a bare lightbulb deal for the last few months and I felt like I was being interrogated by the coppers when using it. lol
I looked online for an inexpensive replacement lamp but came up empty, then we had to go to Lowe's to scope out replacment fixtures for the bathroom we are having redone and I wandered down the lighting aisle there and found a lamp that worked for me!

The best part it was free since I used the last of an old Lowe's gift card I earned through my credit card points. 8-))

*  Since I've spent almost nothing of the various "stimmy" checks Uncle Sam sent me and my desk chair was getting uncomfortable/worn out I had found one I liked online but the price was too high so I got on their notification list for if it ever went on sale/the price was reduced.  I know, I know....it was "free" money to begin with but I still wasn't going to spend more than $XX on a chair. ;-)  Finally got it as the price came down....

Now all my adult gamer children are lusting after it....except it's purple! lolz

*  I have been making Rite-Aid my bitch this week, using those 4 different Coupon Codes.  No photos yet because I am going out this morning to finish up and what's here is still laying in bags on the floor in the dining room. #notagreathousekeeper  

I'll do a massive haul photo shot tomorrow, probably just for Sonya Ann's enjoyment. ;-)

* Other than R-A I've hit two different Walmarts this week working on various Bonuses.  I did a blog post a day or so ago about the first Walmart trip so I'll get something done up about trip #2 from Friday later on and how much I "spent" OOP after rebates on various apps.

*  I found money!
Not a stellar week for change finds but it was something.

There may be another penny or two hidden amongst all the crap on my desk but I haven't had time to find it so 3 pennies it is.  It was all found last weekend or earlier this week so I don't even remember when or where but the probability is high they were all found at Rite-Aid since the only places I've been this week are at multiple R-As and Walmart.

That's all I have for this week.

Tell us your wins and remember to stay frugal my friends!

Sluggy

Walmart & the Weekend Warrior Bonus Moneymaker

I got a $5 Weekend Bonus for doing 18 rebates.  While I was in Walmart an extra Bonus of $2 for doing 10 offers popped up to and they stacked. Yay!
I had 6 freebies on my list too so I figured it would be an easy shop and low OOP but as always things don't always work out how you think they will. lolz

Here is what I got for Ibotta.  Prices I paid included with coupons used if any where used, and Ibotta rebates in parentheses).  The * means it earned ShopKick points.

1 x Lola tampons on clearance=$2.00($2.00)

2 x Equal on clearance=$1.88($1.50)

1 x Colgate "bougie" toothpaste=$6.96-..75¢/1Q($5.00)*

1 x Kraft shredded Parm=$2.98(.75¢)

1 x V8 Splash drink=$1.84(.50¢)

1 x Ritz crisps crackers=$2.98(.75¢)

1 x Beef short ribs=$4.50($2.00)

1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢(.10¢)

1 x Sargento sliced cheese=$2.95($1.00)

1 x Snuggle beads=$7.97-$1.50/1Q($3.00)

1 x Old Spice body wash travel size=$1.47 *

1 x Nestle strawberry morsels clearance=.25¢(.50¢)

1 x Degree body wash=$5.47-$2/1Q($2.00)

1 x Bai drink=$1.58(.25¢)

1 x Dove single bar=$1.18 *

2 x Core protein bars=$4.48($2.24)

2 x Malt O Meal cereals=$2.00 *

1 x Country Crock tub=$2.18(.75¢)

1 x Perfect protein bar=$1.98($1.98)

1 x Carbona stain remover=$2.28($1.00)

1 x Revlon 2 pack lip balm=$4.98-$2/1Q($2.00)

1 x 3 Musketeers bar clearance=.22¢**(.10¢) Not Pictured

SubTotal.........$63.11+$1.49 tax=$64.60

**I included the candy bar even though I didn't buy it for an Ibotta rebate because it did trigger a .10¢ any candy rebate.  I didn't "need" this rebate to hit the Bonus.

Take off the Qs used of $6.25 leaves a total of $58.35 spent.

I used a $50 gift cards from ShopKick to pay(earned from submitting receipts and earning points on purchases.  Everything with an * by it was either/or a ShopKick offer that earned me future points($10.40 worth)but I won't count those onto I cash out for a gift card again.

Taking that $50 off leaves a grand total of $8.35 OOP but on my credit card(which is paid off each month-I use it for c/c points).

On that $8.35 spent I earned back a total of $35.93 in rebates($34.93 on Ibotta, including the $5 Weekend Bonus, the extra $2 Willow Bonus and a .50¢ Level One Bonus AND another $1 back on Checkout51 for buying the Country Crock item).

$8.35 OOP-$35.93 back in cash rebates makes all the above a $26.80 Moneymaker. 8-)))

(I DID buy a couple other items-burritos, chili and raisin bread-which we needed that weren't part of my Ibotta shop.  Those came to $7.98.  Even if you count those items I still have an $18.82 moneymaker.)

Only 1 of the freebie offers did I find in the store(the Perfect bar)but I did find a Lola tampons box which the clearance price was the same as the rebate amount and a clearance Nestle morsels that gave me.25¢ in overage.

Nothing else was free but rebates/Qs/bonuses/free gift card did make it ALL better than free in the end.

I could have bought different things that would have been even less money but I chose to get things we either needed, wanted to try or could use or giveaway.

If you want to jump on the rebate app train I'd appreciate it if you used my referral codes so we both get extra cheddar. ;-)

Referral Codes-

Ibotta  mkaaxa

Shop Kick  FUN260238

Fetch  GC73D

Do you rebate shop?  What kind of success have you had with it lately?

Sluggy

Working the $10 Ibotta Bonus at Rite-Aid & Walmart

So I bought this at Rite-Aid last Friday and nothing was an Ibotta rebate item........

2 x large Lubriderm BOGO50%=$16.48
3 x med. Lubriderm 2 were BOGO50%, 1 20% Gold discount=$19.06
2 x 7th Generation baby wipes BOGO50%=$6.73
1 x Centrum vitamins on sale=$7.49
1 x L'Oreal lipstick 75% clearance=$2.37

SubTotal.......$52.13

I used these Coupons....

1 x $10 wyb $50 R-A in adQ=$10.00

5 x $2.50/1 Lubriderm IPQ=$12.50

1 x $4/1 Centrum IPQ=$4.00

1 x $3/1 any L'Oreal cosmetic item IPQ=$3.00

Total Qs=$29.00

$52.13-$29.00=$23.13+$1.06 tax=$24.19 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $17 in new BC($10 Lubriderm, $2 Centrum, $5 wyb2 7th Generation).

The $5 for the 7th generation didn't automatically credit so I had to call Customer Service to get it fixed.

Also on Friday I hit up Walmart and got this lot.......

2 x Malt o Meal cereal bags(1 was $1, 1 was .50¢)=$1.50
1 x Arnicare pain relief on clearance=$2.00
1 x Ivory body wash=$3.97
1 x Gillette col wave trial deodorant=$1.97
1 x Schick Hydro razor=$8.97
1 x Kandoo wipes=$1.88
1 x Degree recovery body wash=$5.47
1 x Degree rcovery bar soap=$4.97
1 x Sunsweet prunes w/berry essence=$3.28
1 x Quaker oatmeal packets clearance=$1.50
3 x American Greetings cards(.47¢ ea.)=$1.41
1 x Wheat Thins crackers=$2.18
1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢
1 x Starbucks coffee drink=$2.68
1 x Cracker Barrel slices=$2.98
2 x CORE protein bars=$4.48
1 x Townhouse crackers=$2.50
2 x Annie's mac and cheese=$2.00
1 x Gerber teether crackers=$1.96
1 x Cracker Barrel block cheese=$3.18

SubTotal.......$52.36

I only used 2 coupons--

1 x .50¢/2 Annies items IPQ=.50¢

1 x $4/1 Schick hydro razor ManuQ=$4.00

$52.36-$4.50=$47.86+$1.51 tax=$49.37

I used a free $25 Shop Kick Walmart gift card and paid $24.37 OOP.

I earned back $30.07 in regular Ibotta rebates including a Sunsweet, an Annies and a March Level 1 Bonuses.  I completed 20 of the 40 regular rebates toward the $10 Dublin' Cash Bonus.

I also earned 3,590 Kicks on Shop Kick between scan and submitted and a walk-in kick which translates into $14.36

And I earned 75 pts. on Fetch too.

$24.37 OOP

$44.43 back in rebates(not counting Fetch pts.).

I bought $50+ worth of stuff on Saturday at Rite-Aid(I forgot to take a photo of it)...it was 2 Irish Spring items, Cottonelle tp and Huggies, a Clairol hair color, another L'Oreal lipstick and a Dr. Scholl's heel cushion(all those 3 on clearance)and 3 more of those Got2Be hair chalks.  I spent $22.72 in Bonus Cash and got back $10 in new BC(for the paper products)plus $7.50 back on Ibotta for the Got2Be items so I spent BC down a bit and converted $7.50 of it to cash on Ibotta and I was up to 21 rebates toward the $10 Dublin' Bonus(9 more to go).

Ibotta rebates reset for me by Monday and we had to run some errands so I got a few more things at Walmart.......

1 x Gerber teether crackers=$1.96

1 x Focus FitAid drink=$2.48

1 x Wheat Thins crackers=$2.56(price went up since last Friday!)

1 x Townhouse crackers=$2.50

1 x Annie's mac and cheese=$1.00

1 x Kraft mac and cheese=.98¢

1 x Country Crock stick marg.=$2.98

1 x Country Crock tub marg.=$2.18

1 x Sunsweet Prunes w/Berry essence=$3.28

3 x American Greetings card=$1.41*not pictured*

SubTotal........$22.33 +.30¢ tax=$22.63 paid OOP.

I had a $10 prepaid debit card to use but the self-check out wouldn't accept it and I didn't feel like going through the hassle of getting a CSM involved so I paid OOP for everything. n(I'll use that prepaid debit card at Weis(PMITA)Markets later today.)

This lot gave me another 12 regular rebates for Ibotta and $13.45 cash back on that app($12.45 + a $1 Midweek Bonus)so I am now 7 away from the 40 rebates needed for the Bonus.

And I submitted my receipt to Checkout51 for 1 of  the Country Crocks and got another $1 rebate there.

On to Monday's Rite-Aid hauls......

My card didn't have the $4/2 L2CQ for the Colgate toothpaste, just the $3/2 L2CQ.

2 x Clairol clearance hair color=$4.38

2 x Colgate advanced toothpaste on sale=$7.00

1 x Robin Eggs candy 20% Gold discount=$2.39

2 x Russel Stover candy eggs on sale=$1.00*not pictured*

SubTotal......$14.77

Coupons Used

1 x $5/2 Clairol hair color ManuQ=$5.00

2 x $3/1 Colgate R-A in ad Q=$6.00

1 x $3/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$3.00

Coupon Total.....$14.00

$14.77-$14.00=.77¢+ .18¢ tax=.95¢ paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $1 in new BC(Russell Stover)making this a .05¢ moneymaker. 8-)

Then later that day I bought this on Hub's card......

2 x Colgate advanced toothpaste on sale=$7.00

2 x Neutrogena make-up remover 20% Gold discount=$11.66

2 x Snickers 100 cal. bars on sale=.78¢

2 x Russel Stover candy eggs on sale=$1.00

SubTotal......$20.44

Coupons Used

2 x $3/1 Colgate R-A in ad Q=$6.00

1 x $4/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$4.00

1 x $3/1 Neutrogena make-up IPQ=$3.00

1 x $3/1 Neutrogena make-up L2CQ=$3.00

Coupon Total.....$16.00

$20.44-$16.00=$4.44+.34¢ tax=$4.78 paid with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $7 in new BC($6 Neutrogena, $1 Russell Stover)so a $2.22 moneymaker. ;-)

Plus the Snicker bars qualified for another Ibotta rebate of .50¢ so I have 34 rebates done and only 6 more to earn before the Bonus goes away on the 28th of March.

I think we'll get there handily before that Bonus ends. 8-)))

Except for that prepaid Debit card snafu I am happy with how the shopping went.  I got close to the Ibotta Bonus, had a couple moneymaker transactions and spent down some Bonus Cash which I needed to do.(I plan to spend it all down on a couple of cards until Fall and take a break from Rite-Aid.)

If you need toothpaste this is the week to get it for better than free at Rite-Aid(plus a couple of free Easter candies).

Are you working on an Ibotta Bonus?

Sluggy

2020 4th Quarter Small Economies Grand Total

 

2020 4th Quarter Review..........Small Finances Year End Totals

The fourth quarter of 2020 is in the books now.
Let's see where some of my small pots of savings look like for the Year End.
These stats are all effective as of December 31st, 2020.

*  Rolled coins--$3.50.  1 roll of nickels and 3 rolls of pennies.  This is my personal change from my WAM after cleaning out my change from my wallet.

* Found Change--$54.55  Finding money is the best!

This photo is only the coins I found, not the bills.  I did something different with that, which you'll see. ;-)

*  Refunds & "Post Coupons"--$126.98 Mostly Weis(PMITA)Markets and Rite-Aid.

*  Cash Rebates--
   * Ibotta--$1,255.49
   * SavingStar--$52.75 

   * Coupons app--$23.50        

   * Shop at Home--$23.27

Grand Total......$1,540.04 in small economies monies.

(I also had about $11 in the Checkout51 app but not enough to cash out so I am rolling that amount over into 2021.)

But this year I am not using it ALL to put toward the food/toiletries spending.

I am only putting the found change($14.55 of the $54.55 found)toward the food spending.  (I used the $40 in bills I found to buy food to give to the food bank.)

I am still putting the Refund/Post Coupon cash, and all online rebates except the Shop at Home one toward food spending.(Not using the Shop at Home monies as I didn't buy any food/HBA/Toiletries/paper goods for that rebate.)

My OOP spending on groceries came to $4,714.40 for 2020.
Add in the $1,473.27(what is left without the rolled coins, $40 of found $ and Shop at Home rebate)toward the grocery spending and the food/toiletries spending drops to a Grand Total Spent of $3,241.13 for 2020.

Do you stash non-income money aside to put toward a goal?
Tell us about it and what strategies work for you in savings money!


Sluggy

2020 Third Quarter.....Small Economies Report

** I just noticed I forgot to publish this post from back in October. ugh.  Not that it's relevant now but here it is. **  --slug

The third quarter of 2020 is in the books now.
Let's see where some of my small pots of savings look like so far 3/4 though the year.
These stats are all effective as of September 30, 2020.

*  Rolled coins--$3.50

I rolled a whole .50¢ in pennies since March. lolz

*  Found Change--$49.44  Finding money is the best!  Nobody can argue with that, right? 8-))

*  Refunds & "Post Coupons"--$80.76 Mostly Weis(PMITA)Markets and Rite-Aid.

*  Cash Rebates--
   * Ibotta--$777.58
   * SavingStar--$47.75
   * Checkout51--$13.75
   * ShopAtHome--$23.27

Total.........$996.05 so far in 2020 to put toward the grocery spending in December. I can only withdraw $982.30 of this so far(as I haven't reached the Checkout51 threshold).
At this 3/4 of the way point in 2020 that means our OOP on food spending is $2,523.46 with that $982.30 in small economies deducted.
Nice.

Plus I have $20 in Visa prepaid gift cards, $10 in Walmart gift cards(and another $15 in prepaid Visa cards if my P and G rebate card comes before the end of the year)I can apply to the food spending for 2020.

Do you stash non-income money aside to put toward a goal?
Tell us about it and what strategies work for you in savings small amounts of money!


Sluggy

2019 3rd Quarter Review.....Small Finances

The third quarter of 2019 is in the books now.
Let's see where some of my small pots of savings look like 3/4 into this year.
These stats are all effective as of September 30th, 2019.


*  Rolled coins--$13.50.  Two rolls of dimes, a roll of nickels and three rolls of pennies.  Rolled coins have taken a big hit since Hubs stopped working for a living. lolz

*  Found Change--$39.46  Finding money is the best!  Nobody can argue with that, right? 8-))

*  Refunds & "Post Coupons"--$145.49  Mostly Weis(PMITA)Markets and Rite-Aid.

*  Cash Rebates--
   * Ibotta--$242.47
   * SavingStar--$42.25
   * Checkout51--$38.75
   * ShopAtHome--$9.63(I think I need $20 to cash out of this.)

Total.........$521.92 not counting ShopAtHome) to put toward the grocery spending come December.
9 months in and I have more than enough in small finances to cover December's food spending.

And this doesn't count those OSJL gift cards totaling $83.48 I plan to use on future grocery spending, a $15 gift card from doing a P & G Deal at Rite-Aid in March and the discounted Target gift card balance I still have.

Now how cool is that?!?

Three more months to get some more small monies into the pot for 2019.
Next update on the Small Finances coming at the end of December to wrap up the year.

Do you stash non-income money aside to put toward a goal?
Tell us about it and what strategies work for you in savings money!


Sluggy