Welcome Home! Really?!?

When I got home last week some mail was waiting for me.

Both were from my good friends at State Farm......

       A $1,200+ car insurance bill.  It's $1,600 but after #1 Son kicks in his part it's only $1,269.20.

   And the homeowner's insurance bill of $634.00


Then a letter arrived for #2 Son the next day.......

       His college bill for the 1st semester.

I told him, "Hey!  They addressed it to YOU....me and your dad's names aren't anywhere on this thing, so I guess YOU get to pay it.  How much do you owe them anyway??

   $10,729.00 minus the housing deposit of $125.00 I already paid.

YIKES!

The moral of the story--Sometimes it doesn't pay to go home! 8-(

Sluggy

She's At It Again!

Yes, I went back to Rite-Aid today.

I haven't been up there since I bought my little car so that's what?.....since May.
I have no +Up Rewards to roll so I'm starting fresh.

I was itchin' to get back to deal hunting so in I went and came out with this stuff........

2 x Oral B battery op toothbrushes on sale $6=$12.00
1 x Tide detergent on sale=$4.94
1 x Crest mouth wash on sale=$3.99
1 x Dove Deodorant on sale=$5.00
2 x Simple Cleansers/wipes on sale $5=$10.00
Subtotal.....$35.93

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 MQ Oral B battery op toothbrush=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Load2Card Q Oral B battery op toothbrush=$2.00
1 x $2/1 MQ Tide detergent=$2.00
1 x $1/1 MQ Crest mouthwash=$1.00
1 x $1.50/1 MQ Dove deodorant=$1.50
1 x $1/1 Video Value Q Dove deodorant=$1.00
1 x BOGO Simple MQ Cleansers/wipes=$5.00
2 x $4/1 Video Value Q Simple cleanser=$8.00
Coupon Total.....$22.50

$35.93-$24.50=$13.43 + .29¢tax=$13.72 OOP

I received back $16 in +Ups(2 x $4 for Oral B toothbrushes, $3 for Crest mouthwash, $5 WYB $15 of Unilever products-2xSimple & 1xDove).

Tomorrow I'll roll those +Ups into something else.

Sluggy

 

This Week on the Dining Table

The "It's Nice to be Home Again" Edition........

This will be an oddball edition of TWOTDT since I have been away from home for 2 weeks(+ a few more days).
Hubs didn't make a plan for eating while I was away, nor did he keep track of what they did actually eat. 

All I could get out of him was--
*They finished up the leftovers(Lemon Chicken w/Zuke, a massive pan of Lasagna).
*Hubs made pasta at least 2 nights.
*They bought a pizza one night and Burger King another night.
*Hubs thought he defrosted BSCB but it turned out to be pork chops, so they ate chops one night.

 

Hubs ate what was here basically for 2 weeks.  He made 1 trip to the grocery store and spent $36.24 on $45.26 worth of groceries.
That was it.

So I stopped for groceries on the way home on Friday and spent $29.23.

Then Hubs and I hit Wegman's and the restaurant supply store on Sunday because the fridge was practically bare by then.  This trip added $165 to our grocery spending total for July.  I could have done less damage to the food budget if I hadn't bought that 15 lb. piece of brisket to make some barbecue with in my smoker later this week. 
But it was calling my name, and my name is "Sucker for a nice piece of meat". 
I'll smoke the whole thing up and then freezer 2/3rds of it for eating later on this Fall.


Going into this week, in leftovers we have.........not much of anything except for a leftover tub of pasta Hubs cooked while I was gone and 3 bananas he bought and never got around to eating.  (I see banana bread baking in my immediate future.)

On my big shopping excursion Sunday we bought--cabbage, chicken, romaine lettuce, corn on cob, carrots, green beans, brisket, shredded cheese and will be incorporating those items into the meal plan.

Here is the plan for this week......

1.  Chicken Cutlets in black pepper sauce, COC, Caesar salad
2.  Zucchini and Carrot casserole, Green bean casserole
3.  Tacos or Taco salad(had iceberg)
4.  Barbecue brisket, leftover casseroles
5.  Fish(had), Coleslaw, mixed veggies(had)(I'll have salad instead)
6.  Burgers on rolls(had), leftover COC, baked beans(had)
7.  Leftovers of some sort

And that takes us up to next Sunday.

 

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?
Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten that week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?

 

Sluggy

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Well I made it back home yesterday around 5:30pm last night.
I had to make a stop in Berwick PA to the Grocery Outlet and get some grocery deals....since I was driving right by it practically.

I had all this room left in the car now, since dropping off 35 bottles of beers in assorted sizes for my son in Pittsburgh and I knew Hubs did little, if any, grocery shopping while I was gone the last 16 days.

Please give me a few days before expecting me to start posting regularly again.
After all, I have tons of stuff to put away, a house to clean, a mountain of laundry to do(mostly MINE!), groceries to buy, meals to plan and eventually cook, blogs to get caught up on reading and a pile of digital photos from the trip to edit.....as well as my post-trip funk to get through.

Just a few things I need to attend to, right?

I will share this photo with y'all in the meantime--

This was Sonya Ann's attempt at a group "selfie" on the night before I blew outta Illinois.
Notice that her son and DH and I are IN(well parts of us are in) the photo and she is NOT.

Yah, she REALLY doesn't like having her picture took.......

Back as soon as I am able.
Talk quietly amongst yourselves until then.

Sluggy
 

Uh Oh!

Well I am back in PA at my son's apartment.

I had some time to kill before they got home so I had to find something to do this afternoon..

I ended up at the Outlet Mall and I left with these........

And inside of those bags looks like this......

I started my road trip out with spending on fancy pants balsamic vinegars and ended it with buying fancy pants handbags.
Yep, Sluggy went a little overboard today on purses......

I blame the Vera Bradley rampage on temporary insanity, brought on by driving 3K+ miles in 15 days,

Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!  ;-)

Tomorrow I leave for home and my own bed......aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

Sluggy