Expiring RRs So It was Off to WAGS this Week

I had Register Rewards expiring on Wednesday so I stopped into WAGS to see about rolling them.
I wandered up and down the aisles and not much interested me that would have let me roll the RRs.
Hubby drinks instant coffee on occasion and we had less than half a jar left and NONE in the stockpile.  The Maxwell House was part of a Nabisco/Kraft Deal ($5RR WYB $20) plus I had some decent cookie Qs.  I had wanted to get some Nut*rition nuts(lurv the cashew/almond/macadamia combo!)but they were wiped out.....as usual! ugh

I finally settled on the following....

1 x Glade Sense & Spray=$5.99
3 x Dental Floss/Toothbrush/Pocket Packs=$9.00
4 x assorted Nabisco Cookies on sale($2.50)=$10.00 *need these like a hole in my head!*
3 x Maxwell House Instant Coffee on sale($3.99)=$11.97 
SubTotal....$36.96

Coupons Used
1 x $4/1 Glade Sense & Spray ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Glade Sense & Spray WAGS booklet Q=$2.00
3 x $1/1 assorted Floss/Toothbrush/Pocket Packs ManuQs=$3.00
1 x $5.01/3 WAGS flyer Q=$5.01
1 x $1/2 Nabisco Cookies Home Mailer Q=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Oreo Cakesters IPQ=$1.00
1 x FREE Cookies Home Mailer Q=$2.50
Coupon Total....$18.51

RRs Used
$4 P&G
$4 P&G
$2 Goody?
RR Total....$10.00

$36.96-$28.51=$8.45+$.32tax=$8.77 OOP
Received $5RR for buying $20 or more of Nabisco/Kraft items(4 cookies/3 coffee).

So I rolled it a bit.  The Sense & Spray was free(plus 1¢ overage) and after coupons, the 3 dental items were a total of .99¢ for all. 

Between the WAGS here being wiped out of all the good deals by 1am(they are a 24/7 store)on Sunday morning, the 'deals' there usually not being something I want/need and the RRs expiring every 2 weeks(or less sometimes), I won't be shedding a tear when I have used this last $5 one up.

I don't know......
I seem to be doing my Ray Charles impersonation and singing, "The thrill is gone!" lately.  ;-)

Sluggy

Another Fine Giveaway at MARILYN'S MONEY

My Buddy MARILYN over at Marilyn's Money is having another Giveaway!

Go on over and check it out HERE.  Tell her I sent ya...

Have a great Friday everyone!!

Sluggy

My Week at Rite-Aid.....5 Trips Doing the P&G Single Check Rebate

Ok....I just don't have the umph to break this down into the Five, Count 'Em Five trips it took me to buy all this stuff.
So I am just listing it all together.  I broke the trips down so that I can submit various receipts and complete the P&G SCR #18(Purchase $30 in selected P&G items/Get a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card) twice...once for BIL's account and once for my account.

More later on the other sundry SCRs it all qualifed for....

Here's the big honking picture of the goodies.....

4 x NyQuil on sale($4.99)=$19.96
2 x Always wellness discount($3.59)=$7.18
2 x Metamucil fiber pills on sale($9.99)=$19.98
1 x Gillette Shave Gel w/wellness discount=$4.31
1 x Gillette Shave Gel w/wellness discount=$4.04
1 x Oral B Toothbrush on sale=$2.74
1 x Crest Toothpaste on sale=$2.74
2 x Puffs Tissues w/wellness discount($2.24)=$4.48
2 x Almay Eye Shadow on BOGO sale=$7.49
2 x Luden's Cough Drops on sale($.99)=$1.98
2 x Ricola Cough Drops on sale ($.99)=$1.98
2 x Trident Layers Gum on BOGO sale=$1.49
4 x Cover Girl Face products on BOGO sale($7.49)=$14.98
4 x Cover Girl Face products on BOGO sale($9.39)=$18.78
SubTotal.....$112.13

Coupons Used
5 x $5 off $20 Purchase=$25.00
4 x $1.50/1 NyQuil ManuQ=$6.00
1 x $1/1 any OTC pain meds over $2.99 Wellness CRT Q=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Always ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $3/1 Metamucil ManuQ=$6.00
2 x $1/1 Gillette Shave Gel ManuQ=$2.00
2 x $1/1 any shave product over $1.99 Wellness IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Oral B Toothbrush ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Crest Toothpaste ManuQ=$1.00
2 x Puffs Tissues FREE WYB 2 Nyquil ManuQ=$4.48
2 x $2/1 Almay product ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/2 Luden's Cough Drops ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $.25/1 Luden's Cough Drops GOL Q=$.50
1 x $1/2 Ricola Cough Drops ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $.75/1 Trident Layers Gum ManuQ=$1.50
2 x Cover Girl Face products BOGO ManuQ=$14.98
2 x Cover Girl Face products BOGO ManuQ=$18.78
Coupon Total....$90.24

$112.13-$90.24=$21.89 OOP

The $21.89 OOP was put on 2 different Gift Cards that were free from previous rebates, so ZERO OOP.
The first 7 line items qualified for the SCR #18(P&G)so that's 2 $10 Gift Cards.
The other cash SCRs qualifed for in these transactions....
#7 Almay--$5.00
#13 Metamucil--$5.00 x 2=$10.00
#19 Nyquil--$2.00 x 2=$4.00
#39 Oral B/Crest--$1.00 x 2=$2.00
#51 Always--$1.00 x 2=$2.00
TOTAL....$23 in cash & $20 in gift cards.

Even if you didn't have any gift cards to put your OOP on, you would get back $1.11 MORE in cash rebates than you would have paid for it all.  Plus the $20 in gift cards.

Not too shabby, huh?
And then my John Frieda Qs showed up in the mail on Thursday so I've got 2 days left to get in on the John Frieda products SCRs(#41 & #4).

Next week will be working on the J&J SCR #24 with a side of Veet #42 thrown in since I haven't done that one yet.  Then I am done for the month at Rite-Aid.
I need a little time off from Rite-Aid....

Rite-Aid running total so far for this rebate period---
Total OOP...$2.34

SCRs.....$32.00/Prevacid Rebate...$24.99 gives us.....
Total Cash Rebates....$56.99
Total Gift Cards.....$20.00

Sluggy

Teenage Fatigue

I generally am a pretty happy person.  Well, maybe not but I can usually keep my disatisfactions to myself.
But I've been having a really rough patch lately.

Have I mentioned I have 3 teenagers?

Since the oldest #1 son is off living the high life at college I can't complain too much about him, as I'm not dealing with him on a day-to-day basis.

It's the other two alien life forms living in my house.
Yes, I called my beloved children aliens....deal with it!

Because afterall, that's what teens are....aliens.
The hormones have overtaken their brains and bodies, turning them into people I don't know anymore.
And most days, that means people I would really rather NOT know!

And it's just to the point where I can't even say a word to them without being demeaned in some way....either with a look, a sarcastic tone, a negative put down.
I've.
Had.
IT!

It's parent abuse.
It's got me depressed.
And I just want to run away.

I find myself thinking as I'm doing a chore around here, why the hell do I even bother?
Doing their laundry.....why do I bother since they'll just dump it on the floor.
Cooking meals....half the time they say they don't want to eat since it's something they suddenly don't like.
Cleaning up after THEIR dogs.....it's easier just to do it because I am tired of fighting with them to do their chores.
Why do I go through all the hassle and trouble to coupon and shop strategically so I can get the things they want and not go broke in the process?
What does it get me?   A snarl, an eye rolling, a put down.

Yes, they KNOW everything and I'm just a pitiful old stupid woman who's ready to be wheeled to the nursing home.

When school lets out in the afternoon, I spend the rest of the day/evening avoiding my own children.  

Yah, I know this phase will pass but please, can it pass a little faster?
I just don't get why mothers have nervous breakdowns when they become empty-nesters!
I'll be the mom throwing a block party the day the last kid pulls out of the driveway headed for college.

Ok, I'm done with my depressing babbling for now.
Time to go get a spoon and seek out my only true friends, Ben & Jerry.....

Sluggy

Fried Fish...A Breading Idea

If someone is cooking fish and there is a southerner involved, you know that fish traditionally will be fried.  While fried fish is NOT the healthiest choice around, sometimes you just have to give in to your inner Southerner and make it!

In the south when it comes to frying fish, like Shakespeare might have said if he was from North Carolina, "The breading is the thing."
If a southerner is frying up a mess a' fish that breading will involve cornmeal. 

Everyone has their own ratio of meal to flour that they prefer....some even fore go the flour altogether and bread in straight cornmeal.

I also love one of the quintessential southern side dishes that goes with fried fish....hush puppies!  That slightly sweetened, oniony ball of fried dough takes me back to my youthful days.  Nothing beats a good puppy....

But fried fish and fried hush puppies are just too much fried for my old clogging arteries.
Here is how I get the taste of both with half the grease....

I use hush puppy mix to bread my fish!

This simple yet elusive taste combination was borne out of neccessity.  One night as I went to bread some fish for frying, I discovered I was out of cornmeal..oh the horrors!  I didn't even have one of those handy little boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix to substitute for the missing ingredient.
But I remembered I had a bag of hush puppy mix, which is basically cornmeal and flour with some spices and a touch of sugar.
So I used the puppy mix for my breading.
Let me tell you, it was a taste of heaven!

And not only was it a great way to get BOTH taste treats and a grease & calorie reducing move(since I only consumed 1 fried item, not 2)but it was a time saver too since I didn't also have to make the hush puppies.lol

Sluggy