Let's see what frugal wins we had this past week at Chez Sluggy......
* Hubs went to Weis last Friday and picked up the Friday Freebie as it was something we can use.......
Free Hot Sauce. That bottle won't last long in this house. lolz
* Since Hubs out patient surgery was delayed 1.5 hours on Wednesday they gave me 2 x $8 vouchers that can be used in the hospital cafeteria and/or the gift shop. I used one to get a free lunch while Hubs got cut up. lolz
Then I found a Vera Bradley wallet on 75% clearance while browsing the gift shop.....
After 75% off it was $14.31 w/tax.
I used the second $8 voucher on this purchase so I spent $6.31 OOP for this! This will be sold or given as a Xmas gift so either way it's put into the WIN column. 8-)
* I also scored something else at Weis for the Xmas box AND something for the pantry stockpile......
2 x 12 packs of K-cups. The French Vanilla is discontinued at my store so was marked $3.29(reg. $6.29) and I had 2 x $1.50/1 Qs for this brand so they cost me $1.79 per box. I know a few folks on my Xmas list who would love these(ssshhhh, don't tell!). ;-)
And I had 7 Ragu Qs expiring on Thursday for .75¢/2 jars of sauce that doubled to $1.50/2 jars. Ragu went on sale starting on Thursday at Weis so I stocked the pantry with ready made sauce for $12.84 for 14 jars after sale/Qs so .92¢ a jar. I usually make my own sauce but sometimes you need ready made and I can't make sauce for that price anyway. ;-)
* I also got almost free razors this week at Rite-Aid.......
$5 each and gave back $5 in Bonus Cash so the tax spent down my BC on this by .60¢ for 4 razors.
* I made $1.50 on Ibotta and .75¢ on SavingStar cash back last week.
* While at Weis(PMITA)Markets the cashier shorted me on one of my Ragu coupons. Weis policy is double fully any Q up to .99¢/4 like Qs per order(unless it states on the Q not to double it). I had 7 Qs so I purposely went through the register twice so I could double all 7 of these Qs.
A couple of the Qs didn't scan for some reason(they were valid and I had bought the proper products to use them on)so she had to manually put the Qs through. They were for the same amount/same products but she didn't double the second Q. She was too busy wanting to chat to pay attention to what she was doing.
I thought about just letting it go and not making a fuss but then I thought, "Damn it! It's MY money and I should fight for it back!" I know it was only .75¢ but over time if they keep shorting me that adds up and it could pay a bill or something. If I got shorted this amount every month, that's $9 a year, every week, that's $39 in a year. That's REAL $$!
I was in the right so I went to the Customer Service desk and got my .75¢ back. It only took a minute out of my day. You can imagine how many customers don't try to right this sort of wrong and let it go.....it's just like rolling down your car window and throwing money out the window.
Now imagine how many more folks don't even pay attention and know that the store cheated them!
Any time you are out in the marketplace and are spending your hard earned $, Pay. Attention!!!
What frugalness did you experience this week?
Sluggy
* Hubs went to Weis last Friday and picked up the Friday Freebie as it was something we can use.......
* Since Hubs out patient surgery was delayed 1.5 hours on Wednesday they gave me 2 x $8 vouchers that can be used in the hospital cafeteria and/or the gift shop. I used one to get a free lunch while Hubs got cut up. lolz
Then I found a Vera Bradley wallet on 75% clearance while browsing the gift shop.....
After 75% off it was $14.31 w/tax.
I used the second $8 voucher on this purchase so I spent $6.31 OOP for this! This will be sold or given as a Xmas gift so either way it's put into the WIN column. 8-)
* I also scored something else at Weis for the Xmas box AND something for the pantry stockpile......
2 x 12 packs of K-cups. The French Vanilla is discontinued at my store so was marked $3.29(reg. $6.29) and I had 2 x $1.50/1 Qs for this brand so they cost me $1.79 per box. I know a few folks on my Xmas list who would love these(ssshhhh, don't tell!). ;-)
And I had 7 Ragu Qs expiring on Thursday for .75¢/2 jars of sauce that doubled to $1.50/2 jars. Ragu went on sale starting on Thursday at Weis so I stocked the pantry with ready made sauce for $12.84 for 14 jars after sale/Qs so .92¢ a jar. I usually make my own sauce but sometimes you need ready made and I can't make sauce for that price anyway. ;-)
* I also got almost free razors this week at Rite-Aid.......
* I made $1.50 on Ibotta and .75¢ on SavingStar cash back last week.
* While at Weis(PMITA)Markets the cashier shorted me on one of my Ragu coupons. Weis policy is double fully any Q up to .99¢/4 like Qs per order(unless it states on the Q not to double it). I had 7 Qs so I purposely went through the register twice so I could double all 7 of these Qs.
A couple of the Qs didn't scan for some reason(they were valid and I had bought the proper products to use them on)so she had to manually put the Qs through. They were for the same amount/same products but she didn't double the second Q. She was too busy wanting to chat to pay attention to what she was doing.
I thought about just letting it go and not making a fuss but then I thought, "Damn it! It's MY money and I should fight for it back!" I know it was only .75¢ but over time if they keep shorting me that adds up and it could pay a bill or something. If I got shorted this amount every month, that's $9 a year, every week, that's $39 in a year. That's REAL $$!
I was in the right so I went to the Customer Service desk and got my .75¢ back. It only took a minute out of my day. You can imagine how many customers don't try to right this sort of wrong and let it go.....it's just like rolling down your car window and throwing money out the window.
Now imagine how many more folks don't even pay attention and know that the store cheated them!
Any time you are out in the marketplace and are spending your hard earned $, Pay. Attention!!!
What frugalness did you experience this week?
Sluggy
