Let's see what frugal wins we had this past week.........
* I did a $40 shop at Weis this week. Here are the best deals I got.........
VO5 products were .77¢. I used 2 x .50¢/2 Qs that doubled to $1 and bought 4 bottles. OOP cost was .22¢ per bottle. I don't use this brand on my hair(I get moreexpensive shampoos for free at Rite-Aid)so I'll use these watered down to refill hand soap container. I should be able to get 2 refills from each bottle so 8 refills total. 8 bottles of hand soap even at the Dollar Tree cost $8. I'll take $1.76 spent OOP over $8 any day.
These ready-to-use pasta bags were on sale $1.50 each. I used 2 x $1/1 Qs plus a digital e-coupon came off my loyalty card so I paid $0.00 for both.
4 x Hormel quick wraps have been a monthly deal at Weis when you buy 4 they are $1.25 each so $5 for 4.
I used 4 x .50¢/1 IPQs that doubled to $1 each so $5-$4Qs=$1.00 for all 4 packages so .25¢ each.
College Boy has been eating these as they are a quick to grab meal when he is rushing off to the music studio.
* Last Week's Freebie at Weis(PMITA)Markets.....
A box of popcorn. Again, Customer Service had no CLUE this was Friday Freebie freebie. Good thing I sent Hubs because he's got a knack of getting them to give him the freebie without a hassle(maybe because he's a man?lol).
This will get used and saved me from spending money on it so it's a win!
* I tried a new side dish last week-Zucchini with Anchovies and Capers. Recipe
HERE.
I don't usually keep anchovies in our pantry so had to buy them to make this dish. Luckily the anchovies were on sale at least. ;-)
Afterwards I was left with 1/2 a tin of salty fish to use up.
So I decided to put homemade pizza on the menu this past week to use them up.
I got out about 6 bags of partially used shredded cheese(why don't these people here use up a bag before opening a new bag?!?), 2 cans of pizza sauce I picked up at the grocery outlet last Summer, a small bag of pepperoni from the freezer, a can of olives and an onion in the pantry and that half tin of anchovies. I made enough dough for 3 pies(one XL)--a pepperoni and onion, an anchovy and olive and onion, and a pepperoni and olive pie. I forgot to take a photo of the anchovy pizza and this is all that is left after the meal(and
College Boy hitting the leftovers for two late night meals. 8-)
* I found a penny in the Weis parking lot.
Hey! It's a small win but picking random change that gets abandoned in a parking lot adds up.
I also found someone's key in a different parking lot with nobody around to ask if they lost it, and turned it in to the store.
* I sold this on eBay last Friday..........
"Would you believe?" It's a complete dvd set of the 1960's series Get Smart(see what I did there?lol).
Hubs dearly loved this tv show as a kid so when they came out with this boxed set of the series I got it for him for Xmas about 10 years ago. I think he watched 3 episodes and put it away. He said the show didn't "age" well and wasn't so fun to watch now. I bit my tongue about saying how some PEOPLE don't age well either. hehehe
I took a lower offer on it just to get it out of the house and I am trying not to think about the sunk costs and instead about how this dvd set will make someone else happy. Considering what I paid for it I lost money here but it's gone and I've got $44.30 after fees back in my pocket.
* And there was a small trip to Rite-Aid this week......
I should have been able to use $2 in BC or PPs on this(as my total should have been $2 after Qs)but 2 of the toothpastes were less than $3.50 with the 20% Wellness discount($3.43)so my total was at $1.86 instead of $2(A rookie mistake but even I am not at the top of my game some days.)
So I put the $1.86 on my R-A gift card.
* Cheap Mouse for the Win!
My computer mouse went KAPUT! about 10 days ago so I went and got a new wireless mouse.....
It was a choice between this or a purple one with geometric shapes on it. This one was a bit less expensive of the two on Amazon(an unpopular design they were clearancing out?). It was free shipping with Prime, cost me $11.61 w/tax which was less than any brick and mortar wanted to just a plain boring black or blue name brand wireless mouse.
* The federal tax refund hit our bank account. After $381.03 in fees(for tax software and monies we had to pay the states of PA and LA and mailing costs for 1 state return we banked $5362.97. Likely the fed. refund was so high due to Hubs working 50% of the year and having such high withholding in his checks so that when we dropped down to the retirement income level we had a large credit of withholding. That doesn't sound quite right but I can't figure out how to say it right now. lolz
Anyway, we didn't go blow that check on a down payment on a car(people do that with tax refunds, use it to get a car but it only covers a down payment and then they are saddled with a new recurring car paymentbill), or spend it on something else that was a want. If we had debt we'd have thrown it onto that bill but we don't thankfully at this point in our lives.
So we will transfer it to our online account(which will earn a tad more than at a brick and mortar bank)and just let it sit for now until we make a plan for that money.
* While Hubs was out running an errand I had him hit the Bread Outlet since he was going right by there.........
I gave him a list with options. He picked up 3 3/$3 items and 3 3/$4 items. (A package hamburger rolls is missing because we used them that evening before I thought to take a photo.) He spent $7 on bread products that would cost $24.14 at the grocery store(not on sale, but even on sale it would have been at least $12+).
That blue labeled bread is Organic and goes for $5.99 a loaf!!
With that 5 lb. log of Cooper Cheese I bought
College Boy is eating a LOT more grilled cheese sandwiches(he will eat 3-4 at a sitting!)so the bread was very low so I am glad we got restocked.
So tell us what Frugal wins you had this past week?
Sluggy
