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Friday, July 1, 2022

Frugal Friday....the July 1st Edition

 So here are a very few frugal things that happened here at Chez Sluggy this past week.......

*   Took Sissie out to lunch last Saturday and used a gift card to pay.  Here we are the evening before when Sissie treated me and Hubs.

*  Took Sissie to Ocean State Job Lot later that day and paid for the goodies she got with my free gift card there. (Except for her bottle of sparkling water.)

*  I did minimal food shopping last Friday morning before Sissie arrived for a brief stay.

*  I drove to NJ for a couple of days to see oldest and his wife.  I stopped in Western NJ before crossing over to PA on my way home and filled my gas tank.  Saved .30¢ per gallon on the gas purchase by doing that. 8-)

*   I found money this past week!  

On Monday on the way to see my son and my DIL I stopped at a Rite-Aid over in NJ.

I found the penny in the parking lot and then the dime and quarter at the register under the candy racks.  8-)

Total Found in last Week.... .36¢
Total Found This Year.....$13.41

That's about all I've got for this past week.  

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

And have a good weekend!  

Sluggy  

Friday, June 17, 2022

Frugal Friday.....the June 17th Edition

So here are a few frugal things that happened here at Chez Sluggy this past week.......

*  Not really frugal but a win nonetheless.....


I culled more items from the house to send off to charity.  
More stuff out of our lives that we can't/don't use. 
Here's the tote I cleared out from the kitchen pantry.  I only kept 1 item that was in there-my immersion blender.  This is the 4th tote I've emptied this year. ;-)



*  I had a free $5 in Kohl's script that was expiring so I went last Sunday and found 2 small stocking stuffers for Daughter(not showing them in case she is reading).  After my 30% discount and $5 script I paid $1.06 on my Kohl's card.

*  The only eating out this past week was on Tuesday.  I picked up Subway since the kitchen was not fully operational while Hubs is painting.  Used a gift card to pay.

*   Again, another not strictly frugal item--I went through all my paper recipes.  They were either cut out from publications or printed from online or handwritten.

Here's the stack of recipes I threw out.  It's stuff I'll either never make or recipes I did make and we didn't care for so why have all this clutter laying around for no reason?

*  I did some Ibotta deals at Rite-Aid which I already recounted....




More stuff for free.  Some to keep, some to sell and some to give away.

*  On my Monday post I said I was doing Lobster this week.  I found out Weis(PMITA)Markets was going to have Lobster on sale for $2 less per lb. than the place I usually get them.  Even though it's a splurge I'll say when I can by paying less for the product than I was planning on.

*   I found money this past week!  


When I was out on Tuesday I found a penny by the Rite-Aid waste basket.  Whoopee..... ;-)

Total Found in last Week.... .01¢
Total Found This Year.....$13.04

That's about all I've got for this past week.  

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

And have a good weekend!  

Sluggy  

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Doing the Weekend Warrior Bonus on Sunday & Saturday

I had a $5 Bonus for 18 rebates this past weekend on Ibotta.  I had picked up a few items at my R-A on Saturday already earning me 3 items toward the 18 rebates.

Hubs and I went out on Sunday and I got this.....


At Rite-Aid I picked up 3 Ibotta items on Sunday-the Tom's deodorant, the 2 Max Freeze and 4 Nestle Crunch bars giving me 4 rebates totaling $25.71 paid with BC.  I got back $11.70 in rebates and $6 in new BC.  The Tom's deo was on clearance for $1.99 and I used a $1/1 L2CQ and then got back $1.70 on Ibotta.  That was great!  The Nestle bars all had .50¢ freshness peelies on them so after sale price of .88¢ each they were $1.52 total and I got back $1 on Ibotta.

I also picked up the Sweet-Tarts, Nature's Truth(BOGO)*not in photo*and Pink Vitamins*not in photo* on Saturday at my R-A.  Again used BC to pay so Zero OOP for those and they earned me 3 more Ibotta rebates totaling $4.  I am at 6 rebates earned and 12 more to go to hit the Bonus.

At Walmart, the Renpure body wash was on clearance for $1.61 a bottle so I picked that up even though there was no Ibotta rebate for it as it was a good deal.  The other 9 items(not the Oxi-Clean)all had Ibotta rebates-some were "any XX item" rebates, some were particular brand rebates.  I only used 1 Q $1/1 Alka-Seltzer item ManuQ for the kid's bottle of chewy Alka-Seltzer.  The 9 Ibotta rebate items came to $20.50 w/tax and I paid with a free SwagBucks gift card(I also put some other non-Ibotta items on that gift card as it was for $25.).   I got $7.90 back on Ibotta and was at 15 rebates.

On the way out of Walmart I saw an abandoned receipt outside so I scooped up the litter(hehe)and scanned it(actually I scanned this one before I scanned my own)and there were 3 more rebates earned from that receipt(any item bread, crackers and juice-though I would have gotten that juice one anyway as my Ocean Spray juice would have double dipped had I scanned that receipt first), giving me my 15 rebates and another $5 Bonus.

Total spent.....$0.00
Total earned...$22.70+$5 Bonus=$27.70

The Oxi-Clean was $16.87 for 2 w/tax.  I earned back $9 on Swag Bucks, $4.74 on Checkout51 and another $1.50 for a Coupons dotcom rebate so $16.87 spent and $15.24 in rebates so $1.63 OOP for 2 of those which is a great deal!

In conclusion I spent $1.63 after rebates on the Oxi and got $27.70 back after rebates and Bonus on the Ibotta items having spent Zero OOP on those.

I haven't gotten a MidWeek Moneymaker Bonus but I am 20 more items away the Super Bowl $10 Bonus that ends Saturday.  Don't know if I'll get there or if I want to try to but I am happy with how I did so far. ;-)


Sluggy

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Last Rite-Aid Trip & Walmart This Week

 I only did a very small transaction at Rite-Aid last week.  I needed 8 items for a $1 Midweek Marker Bonus.....


2 x Aveeno lotion BOGO50%=$5.23
1 x Vick's Pure Zzzs clearance=$2.37
1 x Berri Fit drink 20% Gold discount=$2.23
1 x Evolve shake drink 20% Gold discount=$2.79
2 x AirHeads candy bags on sale=$4.00
1 x Almay eye palette clearance=$2.74
SubTotal=$19.36

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Evolve hangtagQ=$1.00

$19.36-$1.00=$18.36 +.64¢ tax=$20.00 paid for with Bonus Cash/gift card.

No BC was earned but I earned $12.20 on Ibotta counting the $1 Bonus for hitting 8 rebates(the Berri Fit drink qualified for 3 rebates).  So I spent down all the BC on one card.

I hit Walmart yesterday to do a $5 wybuy 10 items Mid Week Money Maker Bonus........


1 x Softsoap hand soap=$1.98
1 x 9 Elements cleaner=$4.94
1 x Barilla pasta=$1.28
1 x Rise coffee drink clearance=.38¢
1 x Rimmel mascara clearance=$3.97
2 x Rimmel face make-up clearance=$2.00
1 x Breakstone cottage cheese/fruit cup=$1.06
1 x Core coconut protein bar=$1.98
1 x CB sliced Provolone cheese=$2.98
SubTotal...$20.57

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 9 Elements ManQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Rimmel eye ManQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Rimmel any ManQ=$1.00
Coupon Total..........$5.00

$20.57-$5.00=$15.57+.47¢ tax=$16.04

While I only did 9 'different' rebates, there were 2 separate rebates for the Softsoap, giving me 10 rebates total.

I earned back $16.38 on Ibotta plus another $5 for the Bonus for doing at least 10 offers, making it $21.38 in rebates and a $5.34 moneymaker for these items.  I also used part of a $25 free gift card from Fetch to pay so it was Zero OOP on all this.  The coffee will go to Ex-College Boy, the dark face make-up and the mascara will be donated or go in a giveaway and we'll use the rest.

I did purchase other non-Ibotta items(some canned goods for Hubs, some clearance items and a pork butt to smoke)so the overall trip wasn't free but cost me $11.52 for everything bought.  That total will show up in next Monday's post when I do my weekly spending on groceries/toiletries/etc.

I also tried to find the free spicy Hormel pepperoni at 2 different Walmart stores but neither of them carry that type.

Sluggy





Friday, January 15, 2021

Frugal Friday 2021....the January 15th Edition

 Here's what passed for frugal last week around Chez Sluggy.........

* I finally! returned some clothes I got on clearance last January for Ex-College Boy to give him for Christmas in 2020.  Seems when he moved out in July he found a bunch of never worn clothes similar to these in the disaster that was his bedroom so he no longer needed these items.  I wanted to make sure he didn't need the clothes so I waited until Christmas was over and I ALWAYS keep receipts. lol


Just short of $49 in shopping credit back to spend on ME! ;-)

*  My CBD oil order finally arrived safely.  I ordered this back in early December.  According to the UPS tracking it made it to the NEPA distribution center here and then UPS sent it back to the company!  I got an email that it was delivered right after Xmas so went outside to find it....nope nothing there.  So I expanded the details and Shannon from the loading dock  received the package.  Hmm, no Shannon's here and we don't have a loading dock so it seems UPS sent the package back to the company in IL. lolz

Long story longer, said company reshipped it and UPS decided to actually deliver it to me this go 'round.  The company is still waiting on an explanation why they did that other thing last time.


I'm just happy it arrived NOT broken(glass bottles were not packed well).  I got a great deal on this lot-buy 1 bottle and get 5 free plus free shipping.  go. me.

* I found money!


I found 3 pennies at Dollar General last Saturday.  Two near the register and another on the sidewalk outside the building as I was walking in.


Then I found this dime at Rite-Aid.  It was in the sliding door entrance track just waiting for me to cross the threshold and pick him up!

Found Money This Week.... .13¢
Found Money This Year...... .17¢

* I found an on sale Larabar at R-A on Tuesday with a peelie coupon........


Paid .49¢ in Bonus Cash and the Coupons dotcom app sent me $2.29 to my Paypal account for buying it. ;-)

*  I finished the Ibotta $10 Bonus this week between offers at CVS, Rite-Aid and Walmart(plus shops last week at Weis and Rite-Aid)......






I also earned $ on ShopKick, Checkout51 and Fetch Rewards for some of this, stacking various rebate offers.  I used $30 in free gift cards at Walmart to bring the total OOP at all stores down to $45.79 and earned $108.39 back in cash rebates.

*  I also got a refund one one R-A transaction because my 20% Wellness Discount didn't come off of the regular priced items..........



This money went into my Refund/Post Coupon envelope and basically converted $7.73 of Bonus Cash into real cash.

*  We got Stromboli from a local pizza joint last Friday as Ex-CB came over. I made a Caesar Salad to go with it. Finished using a gift card for that joint so only had to pay OOP for a little more than half of the cost of the Strombolis.  It was a lot of food and we've had the leftovers twice for lunches this week(plus sent some home with Ex-CB).  

We also got lunch out at Applebee's on Tuesday and used a $25 gift card so only $12.63 OOP including the tip.  Gotta keep on top of these gift cards!

* On the "Use Down the Pantry/Freezer" Front.......


This is an old popcorn barrel I washed to reuse to store dry goods.  I filled it 3/4 full last year with a bulk elbow pasta buy at one of the Amish grocery outlets around here for very little money.  We've been working our way through this dried pasta supply all of 2020.  I made macaroni salad yesterday in prep for tonight's dinner.  I think one more dish of mac and cheese, American Chop Suey or a soup with noodles with finish this off.  rah.

That's about it from my part of the world.


What's going on frugal-wise in your corner of the world?


Sluggy