Check out this New Cooking Show!
I wonder when the cookbook will come out?
And will it have any recipes for preparing troll?
Sluggy--Winning Blog Goddess
Friday, March 11, 2011
Move Over Bobby Flay.....
Check out this New Cooking Show!
I wonder when the cookbook will come out?
And will it have any recipes for preparing troll?
Sluggy--Winning Blog Goddess
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
What I Did to Save Money Yesterday
* I ran my errands in a big loop, saving gas. Have you seen the price of gas lately??!!
* I filled my car's tank while I was out, as prices are expected to keep going up. We have 2 gas stations within spitting distance of each other. The one on the northbound side of the road has $3.47 per gal. gas. The one on the southbound side of the road has $3.55 per gal. gas. The cheaper gas was on my side of the road heading out to do errands, so I filled up as I passed it. No point in doubling back on the way home to get the cheaper gas.
* I hit the $ Store.
I got some junk foods to send in #1 son's college care package, but I did find some real food too....Lasagna noodles, Sweet Potato Fries and Scrapple. I don't buy processed french fries usually as buying a bag of potatoes is much more cost effective. But for what sweet potatoes would cost me at the grocery store per lb. in a 'raw' state, I couldn't make them into fries cheaper. Lasagna noodles at the grocery store are never $1 a box here, since they are never included in any dried pasta sales. The Dollar Store also had a few other good food deals....frozen fruit, as well as ravioli and pierogies. I was tempted by the Hunt's 'No HFCS' Ketchup but I have quite a supply of Ketchup already so I passed on that one.
The local $ Stores stock these Airwick brand solid air fresheners. I don't usually buy air fresheners(unless I get them for free from Rite-Aid and then I sell or give them away). I do buy the pet odor ones in the warm months to use near the dog crates since they can get smelly. But these LILAC scented ones were irresistible....oh, they smell sooooo good! Lilac makes me think of Spring and I am so ready to think Spring. ;-)
Anyway, I spent $9.12 w/tax.
*Then I hit the bread outlet.
I haven't been in about 4 weeks and we were down to our last few slices of bread. I chose a very good day to go since they had alot of items on the discounted racks for $1 or .89¢. I spent $14.23 for $70.04 worth of bread/bakery products. I got an assortment of bread, bagels, rolls as well as some danish and doughnuts. This should last us about 3 weeks or so. I store them in the frigid garage(almost as good as in the freezer)so they will keep 3 weeks or longer. What doesn't get used by then will go into the freezer.
* I made my own Sloppy Joe Sauce for dinner. I could have used a can of sauce(I have 1 or 2 left that cost me $1 a can) but wanted something less sugary. I find the canned stuff is too sweet for me so I've taken to concocting my own so I can control what goes into it. There are tons of different recipes out there you can use as a guide to making your own. None of them are difficult...most just are a matter of dumping ingredients in a pan and heating it up. I use some tomato paste, tomato sauce, a touch of vinegar, a dash of garlic powder and if I want some sweetness I'll squirt a bit of ketchup into it or add a little hunk of brown sugar. I dice some onions and fry that up with the ground beef as well. If I have some peppers, I'll add that if I feel like it. The point is that it takes very little effort and even less money to combine a few things in your pantry to make your own sauce. Heck, you can even use BBQ sauce as the base if you have an old bottle of it malingering on your shelves. Why spend for a new can of Sloppy Joe Sauce when you have everything you need to throw together your own custom blended sauce. I won't be buying Sloppy Joe Sauce again since it's not a multi-tasking product, unless some deal comes along and the store wants to pay me to take a case of it home. lol
* My Netflix DVD arrived. I watched that, as well as another movie instead of renting 2 movies at $1 a piece or instead of going to the cinema and plunking down $6 per movie for a couple of matinees. 4 hours of entertainment on the cheap.
* Worked on my Meal Plan for the week. Yes, I am very late getting it finished. We've had Spaghetti w/Meatballs and Garden Salad, Subway sandwiches on a crazy schedule night and Sloppy Joes w/Corn so far.
Tonight is Fish, Sweet Potato Fries and Spinach Salad.
Thursday is Corned Beef, Cabbage and Potatoes.
Friday is homemade Pizza w/Pepperoni, Onions and Peppers.(Plus Olives on my pieces.)
Saturday is Chicken & Broccoli Casserole.
* I washed a full load of laundry in my HE washer, using 1 tablespoon of detergent I got for free at Acme in Aug. 2009 and 8 squirts of Spray n' Wash. I hung the clothes to dry on racks in the upstairs hallway.
*As it was a bright sunny day, I opened the drapes on the southern facing side of the house to let in sunshine/warmth and closed them after the sun moved to the other side of the house. With the nice sunlight I kept all lighting off during the day except for the task light on my computer desk when I was working at my desk.
What did you do to save money?
Sluggy
* I filled my car's tank while I was out, as prices are expected to keep going up. We have 2 gas stations within spitting distance of each other. The one on the northbound side of the road has $3.47 per gal. gas. The one on the southbound side of the road has $3.55 per gal. gas. The cheaper gas was on my side of the road heading out to do errands, so I filled up as I passed it. No point in doubling back on the way home to get the cheaper gas.
* I hit the $ Store.
The local $ Stores stock these Airwick brand solid air fresheners. I don't usually buy air fresheners(unless I get them for free from Rite-Aid and then I sell or give them away). I do buy the pet odor ones in the warm months to use near the dog crates since they can get smelly. But these LILAC scented ones were irresistible....oh, they smell sooooo good! Lilac makes me think of Spring and I am so ready to think Spring. ;-)
Anyway, I spent $9.12 w/tax.
*Then I hit the bread outlet.
* I made my own Sloppy Joe Sauce for dinner. I could have used a can of sauce(I have 1 or 2 left that cost me $1 a can) but wanted something less sugary. I find the canned stuff is too sweet for me so I've taken to concocting my own so I can control what goes into it. There are tons of different recipes out there you can use as a guide to making your own. None of them are difficult...most just are a matter of dumping ingredients in a pan and heating it up. I use some tomato paste, tomato sauce, a touch of vinegar, a dash of garlic powder and if I want some sweetness I'll squirt a bit of ketchup into it or add a little hunk of brown sugar. I dice some onions and fry that up with the ground beef as well. If I have some peppers, I'll add that if I feel like it. The point is that it takes very little effort and even less money to combine a few things in your pantry to make your own sauce. Heck, you can even use BBQ sauce as the base if you have an old bottle of it malingering on your shelves. Why spend for a new can of Sloppy Joe Sauce when you have everything you need to throw together your own custom blended sauce. I won't be buying Sloppy Joe Sauce again since it's not a multi-tasking product, unless some deal comes along and the store wants to pay me to take a case of it home. lol
* My Netflix DVD arrived. I watched that, as well as another movie instead of renting 2 movies at $1 a piece or instead of going to the cinema and plunking down $6 per movie for a couple of matinees. 4 hours of entertainment on the cheap.
* Worked on my Meal Plan for the week. Yes, I am very late getting it finished. We've had Spaghetti w/Meatballs and Garden Salad, Subway sandwiches on a crazy schedule night and Sloppy Joes w/Corn so far.
Tonight is Fish, Sweet Potato Fries and Spinach Salad.
Thursday is Corned Beef, Cabbage and Potatoes.
Friday is homemade Pizza w/Pepperoni, Onions and Peppers.(Plus Olives on my pieces.)
Saturday is Chicken & Broccoli Casserole.
* I washed a full load of laundry in my HE washer, using 1 tablespoon of detergent I got for free at Acme in Aug. 2009 and 8 squirts of Spray n' Wash. I hung the clothes to dry on racks in the upstairs hallway.
*As it was a bright sunny day, I opened the drapes on the southern facing side of the house to let in sunshine/warmth and closed them after the sun moved to the other side of the house. With the nice sunlight I kept all lighting off during the day except for the task light on my computer desk when I was working at my desk.
What did you do to save money?
Sluggy
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Now What?.....How to Use Your Drugstore Knowledge
*This post is the follow-up to THIS POST on the basics of the Rite-Aid system.*
Now that you know all the lingo and have a basic knowledge of how shopping at Rite-Aid works & have signed up for your Wellness card, it's time to figure out what to buy when you go to the store.
What you are going to buy depends on these things...
1. What do you need/want to buy?
2. What are the deals this week?
3. What coupons do you have?
So you need to find some "Deal Blogs" to follow and consult.
"Deal Blogs" are those that post on what the upcoming sales are at a particular store. They are informational, cut and dried. Ok, some chat it up also but you are there for the info. Don't Read This;It's Boring! may mention specific deals now and again but I am NOT a Deal Blogger.
By following these blogs you can find out what is going on sale in future weeks as well as what is happening in the current week.
Deal bloggers will also do "coupon match-ups" for that store. This is a list of currently available coupons(both ManuQs and IPQs)that match up with a sale item. By matching the sales price with a coupon you can increase your savings when you buy that item.
These blogs are also where you can find out about hidden deals at the stores.
Many of these blogs will also give you actual "Deal Scenarios". These are actual lists of specific items to buy, what coupons/sales to use and what premiums(RRs, ECBs, +Ups, Catalinas, etc.)you will receive and how much out of pocket you will be after that specific transaction.
Deal Blogs
Finding Deal Blogs online is quite easy. Just google or use whatever search engine you prefer, and search under "deal blogs" or "drugstore blogs","drugstore deals", etc. For grocery store deals, google that specific term. Find a group of blogs and read them for awhile until you find the ones that give out the best information for you. If there is a store, there is bound to be a blog out there that follows it.
For the larger chains, you will find more Deal Blogs devoted to them, because, well, they are so large.lol
Some deal blogs follow more than one store. You will have to wade through many posts to find the Store Specific posts you need on those blogs.
When you find a few Deal Blogs that give you the information you want/need, go subscribe to them so you automatically get their posts sent to your email or into your Google Reader. This will assure that you don't forget to check their blogs for deal information you need and miss some gem.
Personally I like to follow Deal Blogs within my regional area whenever possible.
For Rite-Aid I consult I "Heart" Rite-Aid as Erica is very knowledgeable about all things Rite-Aid.
But I also follow Anne at Coupons Deals and More and Shannon at For The Mommas. Anne is in the Buffalo NY area and Shannon is outside of Philly. I don't have a Rite-Aid Deal Blogger in my specific area but those 2 are in what I consider my region and they are both cover the Rite-Aid stuff well.
Why follow regional deal bloggers? Sometimes Qs are regional, so you want someone who is matching up the Qs that YOUR area receives, in the denomination that you get. There is nothing worse than finding a great deal scenario only to find that your area of the country did not receive a vital Q you need to complete that transaction cheaply. There's nothing worse than planning out a scenario and then finding that you either didn't get that Q or that the one you got was not $2 but .50¢. 8-(
I also like to consult Building Up Da Benjamins. She is over in the San Diego CA area. 2 reasons I follow her....1-I like her style. 2-The southern CA area Rite-Aid deals begin on the Thursday before they begin in all other parts of the country on Sunday. So if something isn't working or there is a hidden deal to find, the bloggers/shoppers in this area will find out about it at the store and report back before the sales week even starts here.
Many folks read the Rite-Aid message board over at Slick Deals or at the 2 major Couponing Sites--A Full Cup and Hot Coupon World. These are huge sites and can be intimidating to new coupon users. I'd suggest you explore one of them to begin with and once you have a routine going, branch out and read the others.
There are tons of Deal Bloggers so go find a few that you enjoy reading and start getting up to speed on Rite-Aid deals.
As always if anyone has any questions about Rite-Aid or couponing or deal finding in general, feel free to leave a comment or email me privately if you prefer. If you have suggestions of things that have helped you find the deals, please feel free to share that with us all as well.
Sluggy
Now that you know all the lingo and have a basic knowledge of how shopping at Rite-Aid works & have signed up for your Wellness card, it's time to figure out what to buy when you go to the store.
What you are going to buy depends on these things...
1. What do you need/want to buy?
2. What are the deals this week?
3. What coupons do you have?
So you need to find some "Deal Blogs" to follow and consult.
"Deal Blogs" are those that post on what the upcoming sales are at a particular store. They are informational, cut and dried. Ok, some chat it up also but you are there for the info. Don't Read This;It's Boring! may mention specific deals now and again but I am NOT a Deal Blogger.
By following these blogs you can find out what is going on sale in future weeks as well as what is happening in the current week.
Deal bloggers will also do "coupon match-ups" for that store. This is a list of currently available coupons(both ManuQs and IPQs)that match up with a sale item. By matching the sales price with a coupon you can increase your savings when you buy that item.
These blogs are also where you can find out about hidden deals at the stores.
Many of these blogs will also give you actual "Deal Scenarios". These are actual lists of specific items to buy, what coupons/sales to use and what premiums(RRs, ECBs, +Ups, Catalinas, etc.)you will receive and how much out of pocket you will be after that specific transaction.
Deal Blogs
Finding Deal Blogs online is quite easy. Just google or use whatever search engine you prefer, and search under "deal blogs" or "drugstore blogs","drugstore deals", etc. For grocery store deals, google that specific term. Find a group of blogs and read them for awhile until you find the ones that give out the best information for you. If there is a store, there is bound to be a blog out there that follows it.
For the larger chains, you will find more Deal Blogs devoted to them, because, well, they are so large.lol
Some deal blogs follow more than one store. You will have to wade through many posts to find the Store Specific posts you need on those blogs.
When you find a few Deal Blogs that give you the information you want/need, go subscribe to them so you automatically get their posts sent to your email or into your Google Reader. This will assure that you don't forget to check their blogs for deal information you need and miss some gem.
Personally I like to follow Deal Blogs within my regional area whenever possible.
For Rite-Aid I consult I "Heart" Rite-Aid as Erica is very knowledgeable about all things Rite-Aid.
But I also follow Anne at Coupons Deals and More and Shannon at For The Mommas. Anne is in the Buffalo NY area and Shannon is outside of Philly. I don't have a Rite-Aid Deal Blogger in my specific area but those 2 are in what I consider my region and they are both cover the Rite-Aid stuff well.
Why follow regional deal bloggers? Sometimes Qs are regional, so you want someone who is matching up the Qs that YOUR area receives, in the denomination that you get. There is nothing worse than finding a great deal scenario only to find that your area of the country did not receive a vital Q you need to complete that transaction cheaply. There's nothing worse than planning out a scenario and then finding that you either didn't get that Q or that the one you got was not $2 but .50¢. 8-(
I also like to consult Building Up Da Benjamins. She is over in the San Diego CA area. 2 reasons I follow her....1-I like her style. 2-The southern CA area Rite-Aid deals begin on the Thursday before they begin in all other parts of the country on Sunday. So if something isn't working or there is a hidden deal to find, the bloggers/shoppers in this area will find out about it at the store and report back before the sales week even starts here.
Many folks read the Rite-Aid message board over at Slick Deals or at the 2 major Couponing Sites--A Full Cup and Hot Coupon World. These are huge sites and can be intimidating to new coupon users. I'd suggest you explore one of them to begin with and once you have a routine going, branch out and read the others.
There are tons of Deal Bloggers so go find a few that you enjoy reading and start getting up to speed on Rite-Aid deals.
As always if anyone has any questions about Rite-Aid or couponing or deal finding in general, feel free to leave a comment or email me privately if you prefer. If you have suggestions of things that have helped you find the deals, please feel free to share that with us all as well.
Sluggy
And the Pillsbury Giveaway Winner Is.....
And the # picked was Comment No. 10....
Congratulations to Mimi and her sausage!! ;-)
I'll be contacting her presently. If for any reason she can't fulfill her duties as Contest Winner, her runner-up will take over the crown.
Thanks to everyone who entered. Stay tuned to this Bat Channel for more Giveaways!
Sluggy
Monday, March 7, 2011
"The Time has Come," the Walrus said, "To Talk of Many Things..."
First things first.....here's a Rite-Aid shop from Saturday evening.....
I burned about $12 in +Ups on those trash bags. The rest of it was free at sale prices and Qs. I put .61¢ on my gift card and didn't get any +Ups.
And I finally got up to Rite-Aid Sunday late afternoon. The plan is to roll some +Ups into cash and get some freebies too. Here is what I got....
1 x Thermacare on sale=$3.19 *My 20% wellness disc. lower than sale price
1 x Keri Lotion on sale=$6.99
1 x Desenex powder on sale=$6.99
1 x Snickers candy bar=$.70 *20% wellness discount applied
2 x Colgate Toothpaste on sale$2.99=$5.98
2 x Sardines on sale BOGO50%=$1.93
2 x Valentine's candy 90%off=$.20
SubTotal....$25.98
Coupons Used
1 x $3.99/1 Thermacare In-Ad Q=$3.99
1 x $1/1 Keri Lotion IPQ=$1.00
2 x $1/1 Colgate Toothpaste IPQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$6.99
$25.98-$6.99=$18.99+$.11 tax=$19.10
I used $19 +Up Rewards and put .10¢ on my Rtte-Aid gift card.
I received back $6.88 back in +Up Rewards(2 x $2 Colgate, 2 x $1 for each can of Sardines and $.88 for the Snickers bar).
I'll submit for 2 SCRs...$6 for each the Keri Lotion and the Desenex, so $12 in cash rebates.
I got $18.88 'back' in +Ups/Cash and spent $19 in +Ups.
So did this transaction again, minus one of the Valentine's candy using BIL's card....
$25.88-$6.99=$18.89+$.14 tax=$19.03
Used $19 +Ups again and put .03¢ on the gift card.
Now, I totally don't understand why my tax was .03¢ more when I bought .10¢ less of products here.lol
Altogether I managed to 'roll' $24 in +Up Rewards into $24 in cash rebates. I only bought what we'd use or eat too.(Hubs loves sardines....bleck!)
Here are the numbers....
THESE TRIPS
Number of Transactions.....3
Total Spent....$.74 (put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$100.08
SCR qualified for...$24.00
Other Rebates earned...$0.00
Gift Cards earned....$00.00
+Up Rewards earned...$13.76
+Up Rewards spent...$38.00
+Up Rewards left to spend....$137.75
TOTALS--March Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......3
Total Spent....$.74 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$100.08
SCR qualified for....$24.00
Other Cash....$0.00
Additional Rebates....$0.00
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0.00
+UPS Totals for March SCR period
+Up Rewards carryover from 2/28.....$161.99
+Up Rewards spent....$38.00
+Up Rewards earned....$13.76
+Up Rewards left....$137.75 includes ALL +Ups not just ones from this SCR period
I still have a boatload of +Ups that expire on March 15th. I'm considering spending them down & rolling them into SCRs by buying a couple of electronic thingys that are giving $20 SCRs this month. That might be the solution to carrying these things from month to month. It's getting tiring finding ways to roll so many. I can spent 1/3 down, roll 1/3 into rebates and keep 1/3 for rolling into more +Ups PLUS get a couple gifty type items for giving out later.
What do y'all think? Good idea or should I just buy a year's supply of toilet paper or something with them all?
So if you were starting from 0 +Ups, here is what I would buy this week at Rite-Aid....
First buy 4 cans of sardines for $3.86 OOP. You'll receive $4 in +Ups back.
Then buy 2 tubes of Colgate Toothpaste....the on sale for $2.99 size. Use 2 $1/1 ManuQs. Add in a small filler item(90% Vday candy or something that's about .10¢). Use your $4 in +Ups to pay. Some stores will adjust down your +Ups, so you "could" possibly not add a filler item to your $3.98 total and they will adjust your $4 in +Ups down so no OOP. You'll receive $4 back in +Ups for the 2 toothpastes.
Then see if any of the SCR items available this week in the SCR Directory are things you can use. Most of them will end up costing .99 after the SCR. You could save your $4 in +Ups for next week's sale or roll them via a SCR item into cash back. IE-Get the Comtrex at $4.99 this week. Spend your $4+Ups plus $.99&tax(or $0 OOP if you have a Q for it) and submit your receipt info. for the $4 SCR on the Comtrex. By doing this, you spent $4.85+tax OOP and you will get back $4 of it via SCR, so you will be OOP .85+tax and you will have 2 cans of sardines, 2 tubes of toothpaste and a box of Comtrex.
5 items for .85¢ OOP.
When I got back out to my car at Rite-Aid Sunday late afternoon, it was coated in ICE! I had a nice slide back home.....
The ice storm kept going and going for hours. We lost power a few times before I decided maybe I should shut down the computer for the duration.
Yes, I am quick witted like that sometimes.
Before I went to bed the Snunder(Snunder=Snow+Thunder) and Lightning began.
I woke up to this......
Bright sunshine and about 5 inches of snow with an inch of ICE under it.
Who ordered this!!??!!
And the dogs were feeling squirrely.
The beagle with the back problems has decided that jumping up and sleeping in "Daddy's chair" is something she needs to be doing. So little "Miss Jealousy" chihuahua decides she needs to be in the chair too so she can bark at the beagle. Doesn't it look like the beagle is pleading with me to "get her off of my chair Mom, puhleeeez!"
I broke down on Saturday and bought a Netflix membership. Ok, so it's free the first month. I love movies but I don't buy them, nor do I go to the movies since I consider both of those huge wastes of my money. And we don't have any rental places close enough that would entice me to get in a car/go rent a movie/watch movie/get back in a car/return movie before the time limit expired or I owed more money for keeping it. Plus our library's collection of free rental dvds is miniscule and is mostly made up of Disney drek and kiddie films. I've seen enough kiddie films to last me a lifetime thankyouverymuch!lol
I can deal with paying $9.99 a month to see all the movies/shows I want without leaving my sofa.
At least until it gets to the point where I have seen everything I want to see or I don't utilize it enough to make it cost effective or everything left to see has to be ordered on dvds they mail me and can't be seen instantly.
This 'lifestyle inflation' will be re-evaluated every month.
I still have no Meal Plan done for the week yet and no clue what I am serving for dinner tonight....it's 4:45pm by the way....
I felt it was more important to watch a film about the history and evolution of Skateboarding with my 15 yr. old instead.
Yah see?....Netflix has already become a suckhole......
So what's up in your corner of the world today?
Sluggy
And I finally got up to Rite-Aid Sunday late afternoon. The plan is to roll some +Ups into cash and get some freebies too. Here is what I got....
1 x Thermacare on sale=$3.19 *My 20% wellness disc. lower than sale price
1 x Keri Lotion on sale=$6.99
1 x Desenex powder on sale=$6.99
1 x Snickers candy bar=$.70 *20% wellness discount applied
2 x Colgate Toothpaste on sale$2.99=$5.98
2 x Sardines on sale BOGO50%=$1.93
2 x Valentine's candy 90%off=$.20
SubTotal....$25.98
Coupons Used
1 x $3.99/1 Thermacare In-Ad Q=$3.99
1 x $1/1 Keri Lotion IPQ=$1.00
2 x $1/1 Colgate Toothpaste IPQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$6.99
$25.98-$6.99=$18.99+$.11 tax=$19.10
I used $19 +Up Rewards and put .10¢ on my Rtte-Aid gift card.
I received back $6.88 back in +Up Rewards(2 x $2 Colgate, 2 x $1 for each can of Sardines and $.88 for the Snickers bar).
I'll submit for 2 SCRs...$6 for each the Keri Lotion and the Desenex, so $12 in cash rebates.
I got $18.88 'back' in +Ups/Cash and spent $19 in +Ups.
So did this transaction again, minus one of the Valentine's candy using BIL's card....
$25.88-$6.99=$18.89+$.14 tax=$19.03
Used $19 +Ups again and put .03¢ on the gift card.
Now, I totally don't understand why my tax was .03¢ more when I bought .10¢ less of products here.lol
Altogether I managed to 'roll' $24 in +Up Rewards into $24 in cash rebates. I only bought what we'd use or eat too.(Hubs loves sardines....bleck!)
Here are the numbers....
THESE TRIPS
Number of Transactions.....3
Total Spent....$.74 (put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$100.08
SCR qualified for...$24.00
Other Rebates earned...$0.00
Gift Cards earned....$00.00
+Up Rewards earned...$13.76
+Up Rewards spent...$38.00
+Up Rewards left to spend....$137.75
TOTALS--March Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......3
Total Spent....$.74 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$100.08
SCR qualified for....$24.00
Other Cash....$0.00
Additional Rebates....$0.00
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0.00
+UPS Totals for March SCR period
+Up Rewards carryover from 2/28.....$161.99
+Up Rewards spent....$38.00
+Up Rewards earned....$13.76
+Up Rewards left....$137.75 includes ALL +Ups not just ones from this SCR period
I still have a boatload of +Ups that expire on March 15th. I'm considering spending them down & rolling them into SCRs by buying a couple of electronic thingys that are giving $20 SCRs this month. That might be the solution to carrying these things from month to month. It's getting tiring finding ways to roll so many. I can spent 1/3 down, roll 1/3 into rebates and keep 1/3 for rolling into more +Ups PLUS get a couple gifty type items for giving out later.
What do y'all think? Good idea or should I just buy a year's supply of toilet paper or something with them all?
So if you were starting from 0 +Ups, here is what I would buy this week at Rite-Aid....
First buy 4 cans of sardines for $3.86 OOP. You'll receive $4 in +Ups back.
Then buy 2 tubes of Colgate Toothpaste....the on sale for $2.99 size. Use 2 $1/1 ManuQs. Add in a small filler item(90% Vday candy or something that's about .10¢). Use your $4 in +Ups to pay. Some stores will adjust down your +Ups, so you "could" possibly not add a filler item to your $3.98 total and they will adjust your $4 in +Ups down so no OOP. You'll receive $4 back in +Ups for the 2 toothpastes.
Then see if any of the SCR items available this week in the SCR Directory are things you can use. Most of them will end up costing .99 after the SCR. You could save your $4 in +Ups for next week's sale or roll them via a SCR item into cash back. IE-Get the Comtrex at $4.99 this week. Spend your $4+Ups plus $.99&tax(or $0 OOP if you have a Q for it) and submit your receipt info. for the $4 SCR on the Comtrex. By doing this, you spent $4.85+tax OOP and you will get back $4 of it via SCR, so you will be OOP .85+tax and you will have 2 cans of sardines, 2 tubes of toothpaste and a box of Comtrex.
5 items for .85¢ OOP.
When I got back out to my car at Rite-Aid Sunday late afternoon, it was coated in ICE! I had a nice slide back home.....
The ice storm kept going and going for hours. We lost power a few times before I decided maybe I should shut down the computer for the duration.
Yes, I am quick witted like that sometimes.
Before I went to bed the Snunder(Snunder=Snow+Thunder) and Lightning began.
I woke up to this......
Who ordered this!!??!!
And the dogs were feeling squirrely.
The beagle with the back problems has decided that jumping up and sleeping in "Daddy's chair" is something she needs to be doing. So little "Miss Jealousy" chihuahua decides she needs to be in the chair too so she can bark at the beagle. Doesn't it look like the beagle is pleading with me to "get her off of my chair Mom, puhleeeez!"
I broke down on Saturday and bought a Netflix membership. Ok, so it's free the first month. I love movies but I don't buy them, nor do I go to the movies since I consider both of those huge wastes of my money. And we don't have any rental places close enough that would entice me to get in a car/go rent a movie/watch movie/get back in a car/return movie before the time limit expired or I owed more money for keeping it. Plus our library's collection of free rental dvds is miniscule and is mostly made up of Disney drek and kiddie films. I've seen enough kiddie films to last me a lifetime thankyouverymuch!lol
I can deal with paying $9.99 a month to see all the movies/shows I want without leaving my sofa.
At least until it gets to the point where I have seen everything I want to see or I don't utilize it enough to make it cost effective or everything left to see has to be ordered on dvds they mail me and can't be seen instantly.
This 'lifestyle inflation' will be re-evaluated every month.
I still have no Meal Plan done for the week yet and no clue what I am serving for dinner tonight....it's 4:45pm by the way....
I felt it was more important to watch a film about the history and evolution of Skateboarding with my 15 yr. old instead.
Yah see?....Netflix has already become a suckhole......
So what's up in your corner of the world today?
Sluggy
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