End of September Weekend Garden Harvest...Still Picking!

Just a quick update on the garden.....

While we didn't get some of the beds cleaned up or the compost moved, Hubs & I did pick veggies Sunday.  Well, he did most of the picking and I held the containers and supervised.lol

I got another 3 quarts of tomato sauce made last week......good thing too, because here's another large colander 3/4 full of Romas.lol   At this point I complain but I will be sad when I can no longer make a BLT sandwich with fresh REAL tomatoes....

We also picked another larger container of Big Boys, 3 each of the Red Bell and Green Italian Roasting Peppers, 2 Jalapenos that had turned RED(hot!).  The 4 little pale Green Bell Peppers were because Hubs snapped off the top of one of the plants they were growing on so we had to harvest them 'early'.lol
And we picked 5 of the Butternut Squashes too.  There are 7 more left on the vines including a large one that is late in turning the pale color they are suppose to turn.  I'm hoping the other 6 get a bit larger before the vines die off but they are all still large enough to eat at this point.


This Harvest----
Tomatoes--7 lbs. 4.5 oz.
Peppers--1 lb. 11 oz.
Squash--14 lbs. 11.2 oz.

TOTAL....23 lbs. 10.7 oz.
Garden Harvest Weight Total to date....77 lbs.  2.72 oz.

Besides the other Butternuts we still have Tomatoes & Peppers coming plus the Collard Greens after the freeze, which HOPEFULLY will hold off on coming until I make some room in the freezer!lol


What did you harvest from your garden this week?  Leave a comment and let us know!

Sluggy

2 Last Transactions & Sept. SCR Period Totals at Rite-Aid

Yes, I need a life....

While I waited for #2 son and Hubs to return from the Marching Band Tournament Sat. I hit up Rite-Aid one last time before the September Single Check Rebate Period ended that evening.

Here is what I brought home....

Two Transactions.

The 1st transaction was the 3 packs of diapers.

Please hold your congratulations!
They are NOT for me.
Bite.
Your.
Tongue.
lol

I got paid $4.03 in a way to buy them.
Between the +Ups I got back and the $10 Gift Card, Rite-Aid is sending me for buying them, I come out $4.03 ahead.
Value of Items....$37.47
I don't hang with the "babymaking set" so I'll either donate them(food bank that takes this kind of stuff or make up a gift basket for a charity auction/raffle) or take them to the flea market if they are still hanging around here when I get around to doing that again....if I get around to doing that again. ;-)

The diaper transaction was $.47 OOP after all the coupons and +Ups I used, and that change was put on my gift card.
I received $6 more in +Ups and I'll get a $10 Gift Card(#70) through the SCR program.

The other stuff pictured(plus a Sobe drink that is NOT pictured)was bought in a second transaction.
The Lamasil Spray was $5.99 after $2/1 IPQ.
The Quaker Oats was $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Oral-B Toothbrush was $1.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Crest was on clearance($1.99)and $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Tuna cans were on clearance($.47)and were $5.64 total for 12.
The Always was free after FREE ITEM Q(daughter gave me from a magazine).
The Sobe was free after FREE ITEM Q(won online).
SubTotal was $15.60.
Used $5 off $25 purchase Q=$10.60.
Used $10 in +Ups=$.60 OOP put on gift card so Zero spent.
Value of Items....$53.12

Earned +Ups....3 x $1 for 12 cans of tuna, 1 x $1 for Quaker Oats, 1 x $2 for Oral-B Toothbrush=$6.00
Will submit Lamasil(#40)& Crest toothpaste(#55)for BIL's SCR account=$7.00
This Crest purchase also put him over the $5 Oral Care gift card threshold=$5.00 gift card.
So after +Ups the Oatmeal and Toothbrush were -.01 each and the Lamasil cost me -.01 after SCR.

Spent $10 in +Ups, earned back $6 in +Ups & $7 SCR=$13 so this transaction put me ahead $3.02.
$4.03+$3.02=$7.05 moneymaker or $12.05 if you count the $5 gift card.


THESE TRIPS
Total Spent....$1.07(put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$90.59
SCR qualified for...$7.00
Gift Cards earned....$15.00
+Up Rewards earned...$12.00
+Up Rewards spent...$21.50
These trips were a $12.50 moneymaker.

GRAND TOTALS-September Rebate Period

Number of Transactions......14
Total Spent....$20.80 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$579.66
SCR qualified for....$16 in cash and $15 in Gift Cards
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....a Glam Bag
+Up Rewards spent....$106.00
+Up Rewards earned....$126.50
+Up Rewards left....$20.50

Spent $20.80 on gift card and getting back $31 in cash and more gift cards, plus I have $20.50 in +up rewards(=Rite-Aid currency).  Do you get how this Rite-Aid shopping can be addictive? 8-))

How well did you do at Rite-Aid in September?  Leave a comment and let us all know!

Sluggy

Randomness on a Saturday

As I sit here contemplating one last run up to Rite-Aid before the September Single Check Rebate Period ends this evening, I've got some randomness on my mind to share.

Well, one thing I won't share since I'm expanding my thoughts on it into a full blown blog post all it's own.
I know, I know.....you can't wait for that, but you will have to. ;-)

* First I want to thank everyone who left comments on the passing of our BAGEL(Beagle/Basset Mix) Hound, Peanut.  Your heartfelt words were very much appreciated and touched me deeply even if I wasn't able to email and thank each one of you.
Peanut & I butted heads alot due to both of our rather large passive/aggressive streaks but he added joy to our family when he wasn't eating us out of house and home.  The photo above was one of the last ones taken of him before he left us.  It's fitting that he's sporting a rather large drool bubble on the left side of his muzzle(on the right facing the photo).  Though he was crippled and incontinent and half-deaf, in true Peanut style he NEVER lost his appetite when there was food around.   The week or so before he died he had resorted to opening up the cabinet where the trashcan was located.  #1 son always said Peanut was an idiot savant of the Dog World....dumb as a mud fence but when it came to food, he was a genuis.  ;-)

* Let me say that I sure didn't expect the negative reactions to THIS POST earlier this week.  I received quite a few hateful comments for my unvarnished honesty about my feelings on the subject.  Everyone has their own opinion and that's what makes the world go round, right?
I'm cool with diverse opinions but....when you call me evil and a witch, how can I not feel a tad unloved?
Fortunately for me, I moderate all comments(due to spamming issues) so those comments won't be published. 
However, if the commentators in question would like to step up and not hide behind posting as "Anonymous", I am more than willing to put through their comments.
Sluggy ain't afraid of being called an ass as long as I know who is doing the calling. ;-)

* Tomorrow after harvesting yet MORE tomatoes and a few other things, we'll be putting some of the garden to bed for the year.  Basically all that's left in the garden is the aforementioned tomatoes, collard greens, peppers(red bells, roastings, jalapenos)and the butternut squashes.  Most of the fences will be coming down and some of the compost moved into the beds that we clear.  I will leave the collards until the 1st frost because every Southern gal knows that collards left to harvest until after a frost are sweeter and tastier.....

I'm also hoping to get some cleaning done Sunday while the manly men are home to help me with the heavy lifting and moving part of it.  Plus get some things into Hubs trunk so he can make a Salvation Army run this week.

* I'm waaay ahead of schedule for this coming week with my Meal Plan.  Between the meals we changed up this week and didn't fix/eat and the meal ideas I listed already using what we have on hand, I've got 10 meals now for the family to choose from.
And I really hope there is a good deal soon on pork here since I am down to my last package and it would be a good way to use those OYNO of meat Cats I need to use this coming week at Weis.

* I guess my "Call for PA Bloggers" was a raging failure, as I haven't heard a peep from anyone.  I have 2 local/sort of local PA blogs I follow.  Go check them out......HERE and HERE. 
Strictly Deal Bloggers who cover most stores in PA and are located around Philly are HERE and HERE.

* I just found out yesterday that my mother's family's Yearly Family Reunion is/was being held today/Saturday.  Would have been nice to have had some advance notice.  Oh well....
It's not like we could have attended anyway.  We are in the midst of Marching Band Season here so most Fridays and Saturdays are full up.  Fridays for football games and Saturdays for band tournaments.  Today #2 son is down near Quakertown PA for a tourney.  Hubs is driving the prop/equipment truck and I get to stay home with the doggies since Daughter is working and the pups can't go all day without food, water and toileting.  Just me and doggies....Do I have to mention that it's been a nice quiet day here?lol

Have a nice Sunday and I'll be talking to ya'll on Monday!

Sluggy

Go Win a Movie Ticket!

Moviefone is having a giveaway.
Free Movie Tickets.
20,000 of 'em!
Go HERE for the link to take a brief movie quiz(4 movie related questions) and maybe win a free Movie Ticket....or maybe you'll be a big winner and win Movies for Life!

If you don't see the link on the home page to the giveaway, scroll down and on the righthand side at the bottom click on "free giveaways" under MORE From MOVIEFONE.
Please note...the comments seem to indicate that Moviefone is having some technical difficulties at times with this offer so just keep trying.
The free tickets you could win are good through Dec. 31st of 2010.
One entry per day it seems....

Sluggy

Food Shopping at Rite-Aid....75% Clearance!

You need to check out the food and cleaning supplies aisles at your local Rite-Aid stores as some of the stores have marked the clearance items down from 50% off to 75% off!
There is a thread on SlickDeals were they have compiled a list of the items to look for HERE.
So when I went out to do my errands yesterday I stopped by 2 Rite-Aids to see if I could find anything.
The store downtown in the metro area was still only at 50% off so I just got this....

1 x Gallon Milk=$3.25
2 x Oreo Cookies on sale $3.00=$6.00
2 x Bounty Towels on sale $.88=$1.76
1 x Ace Cold Pack(in travel sizes area)=$1.03 with wellness 20% disc./reg. price $1.29
1 x Crest Toothpaste Pro-Health on sale=$2.99
3 x Campbell's Tomato Soup clearance(50%)$.99=$2.97
SubTotal....$18.00

Coupons Used
1 x $3/$15 One-Time emailed Wellness customer IPQ expires 9/30=$3.00
1 x FREE Oreos WYB 2 Cookies and Gallon of Milk IPQ(monthly facebook Q)=$3.00
1 x $.75/1 Oreo ManuQ(from tearpad/booklet from Jan.)=$.75
1 x $1/2 Oreo Packages AdPerks/VV IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Bounty Towels(P&G insert)=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Ace compress item(no longer available)IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Crest Toothpaste(P&G insert)=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste(RA flu booklet)=$1.00
1 x $.50/2 Campbell's Soup at Hand ManuQ=$.50
Coupons Used....$12.25

$18.00-$12.25=$5.75
+Ups used....$5...$5.75-$5=$.75 OOP put on Rite-Aid gift card
Value of items bought....$27.16

+Ups I received....$1(Oreos), $2(Crest)=$3.00
$5 in +Ups spent, $3 in +Ups received so I am down $2 in +Ups after this store.

Even though the Tomato soups were only at 50% off, #2 son loves these tomato ones so it was an ok deal for me.


And I hit the 75% off mother lode at this store.....

5 x Celestial Seasonings Tea clearance(75%) .92¢=$4.60
2 x NatraTaste Sweetener clearance(75%) .72¢=$1.44
2 x Campbell's Garden Select Veg. Soup clearance(75%) .62¢=$1.24
6 x Campbell's Soup at Hand Tom. Soup clearance(75%) .49¢=$2.94
12 x COS Chunk White Tuna clearance(75%).47¢=$5.64
2 x Nature Valley PB Granola Bars clearance(75%).99¢=$1.98
1 x Campbell's Tomato Soup Bowl clearance(75%)=.54¢
1 x Skippy Peanut Butter-creamy clearance(75%)=$.74
1 x Nutrisse Hair Color on sale=$5.99
SubTotal.....$25.11

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 IPQ(pdf from newsletter sent to me earlier this year)=$5.00
2 x $1/1 Celestial Seasonings IPQ(no longer available)=$2.00
1 x $.50/2 Campbell's Harvest ManuQ=$.50
2 x $.50/3 Campbell's Soup at Hand ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Nature Valley Granola Bars ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars AdPerks/VV IPQ=$.50
1 x $1/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars(RA flu booklet)=$1.00
1 x $3/1 Nutrisse Hair Color IPQ(redplum website)=$3.00
1 x $2/1 Nutrisse Hair Color(RA flu booklet)=$2.00
Coupon Total...$16.00

$25.11-$16.00=$9.11
I used +Ups...3 x $3=$9.00
$9.11-$9.00=$.11 Out of Pocket and put on free Rite-Aid gift card
Value of items bought....$87.47--Like I would ever pay retail for food at Rite-Aid, puhleeze!lol

And here's the crazy part...some of the clearance items also printed $1 +Up Rewards.
12 $1 +Ups printed!!
The +Ups part of my receipt was over 3 feet long.lolol  I would have taken a pic of the receipt but my arm isn't long enough to hold it up and far enough away from the camera to get it all in. ;-)

+Ups received....5 for the Celestial Seasonings, 2 for the NatraTaste Sweetener, 3 Tunas(1 for every 4 cans I bought), 1 GM for the 2 Nature Valley granola bars and 1 for the 2 Campbell's Harvest Select soups.

So in the end, after adding in the +Ups I got back.....I got paid .08¢ for each box of tea, .28¢ for each box of sweetener, .26¢ to buy 2 cans of the Harvest Select soup and $1.52 to take 2 boxes of granola bars home=$2.74 moneymaker on these items.
The tuna, while I didn't have any coupons for it, after the $1 +Ups for each 4 cans, came out to .22¢ a piece.
We still have peanut butter left over from last fall's Acme sale so I didn't dare drag anymore jars of that home under penalty of death. ;-)


THESE TRIPS
Total Spent....$.86 (put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$114.63
SCR qualified for...$.00
+Up Rewards earned...$15.00
+Up Rewards spent...$14.00
These trips were a $1 moneymaker.

MONTHLY TOTALS-September Rebate Period

Number of Transactions......12
Total Spent....$19.73 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$489.07
SCR qualified for....$9 in cash and $10 in Gift Cards
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....a Glam Bag
+Up Rewards spent....$84.50
+Up Rewards earned....$114.50

Total 'Spent'...$19.73 on gift cards
Total Cash I'm getting Back=$9
Total Gift Cards I'm getting=$10+Glam Bag
+Up Rewards left to spend=$30.00

I also ran to the Restaurant Supply Store and got another 5lb. block of sharp Cheddar Cheese as we were out of slicing cheese.  $16 for 5lbs.=$3.00 lb. vs. $4.99-$6.99 lb. at the grocery store deli dept.

Cheese, tuna and soup stock-ups...hmmmm....I wonder what is on the fall menu at Sluggy's house for quick and easy dinners?lol

Have you found any good clearance deals lately?
Tell us about it! 8-)

Sluggy