Rite-Aid This Week.....Trip #1

I made a trip to Rite-Aid Sunday afternoon to try to get some Lypsyl, but I was too late.
Saturday evening I had gone in to pick-up a prescription and there were 4 Lypsyls in the lip care aisle.
By Sunday afternoon they were all gone. sniff.

So I had to redo my plan and here is what I got......

4 x Irish Spring Gear Body Wash on sale=$12.00
2 x Colgate toothpaste (Rain Check item)=$1.00
1 x Vaseline lotion(Rain Check item)=.99¢
1 x Mitchum Deo 20% wellness discount=$3.59
2 x Bumble Bee tuna(Rain check item)=$0.00
1 x Glide dental floss on sale=$2.99
2 x Caress body wash on sale=$6.00
2 x Carmex lip care on sale=$2.00
1 x Ice Cub choccie filler 20% wellness disc.=.31¢
Subtotal.....$28.88

Coupons Used(What SHOULD have happened)
4 x $2/1 Irish Spring Gear Body Wash IPQ(coupons dotcom)=$8.00
1 x Colgate toothpaste(Total type)TearieQ from dentist office=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Vaseline lotion CatalinaQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Mitchum Deo ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Mitchum Deo In-AdQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Glide CatalinaQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Caress body wash CatalinaQ=$1.00
2 x .30¢/1 Carmex lip item IPQ=.60¢
Coupon Total.....$16.60

Coupons Used(What ACTUALLY happended)
4 x $2/1 Irish Spring Gear Body Wash IPQ(coupons dotcom)=$8.00
1 x Colgate toothpaste(Total type)TearieQ from dentist office=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Vaseline lotion CatalinaQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Mitchum Deo ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Mitchum Deo In-AdQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Glide CatalinaQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Caress body wash CatalinaQ=$1.00
2 x .30¢/1 Carmex lip item IPQ=.60¢
1 x $1.50/1 L2CardQ(on Gear Body Wash)=$1.50
1 x $1/1 L2Card(might have been for Colgate toothpaste?)=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$19.10

$28.88-$19.10=$9.78
But it didn't add up to $9.78, it was $9.10 on the receipt.
I used the $9 in +Up Rewards I need to spend/roll this week before they expired and paid .10¢ OOP.

Obviously 2 Load2Card Qs came off but didn't "un" come off when the Qs for those products I used were scanned, so the cashier entered them manually anyway.

I have been over this receipt 10 times at length and nothing adds up correctly.
A head scratcher that's for sure!

I did receive back $8.25 in new +Up Rewards(2 x $2 Gear body wash wyb2, $2 wyb2 Caress, $1 wyb2 Carmex, $1.25 Glide).

I have $3 in +Ups expiring during next week's ad so I may not go back this week, except to check if anymore Lypsyl comes in.(I did get a rain check though just in case it doesn't arrive before this week's ad is done.)

And the manager confirmed for me that yes, the +Up Reward program is ending so there you have it from the horse's mouth.

OOP .10¢
Retail of products brought home $60.35

Sluggy

 

This Week on the Dining Table

The "The Boy is Home" Edition ........

Went to pick him up on Saturday.  Stopped at Quaker Steak & Lube for lunch.


For the next week we are an eating family of 3 again.  Fun.

 

Here's what was planned last week.......

1.  Beef Stroganoff, rice, veggie
2.  Salmon, Squash casserole

3.  Pasta with meat sauce, salad or soup

4.  Pork filet or Country Fried Steak(diners choice), Steak fries, leftover squash casserole
5.  Pizza, Salad

6.  Leftovers or Soup & fresh bread
7.  Ginger garlic duck & veggie stir-fry, rice

 

And this is what actually happened--

1.  Beef Stroganoff, rice, veggie
2.  Salmon, Squash casserole

3.  Pasta with meat sauce, salad or soup

4.  Leftovers
5.  Pizza, Salad

6.  Leftovers or Soup & fresh bread
7.  Ginger garlic duck & veggie stir-fry, rice

Everything went as planned except because of extra leftovers we didn't have the pork filets meal.

Last week I made 1 trip to the grocery store(but I have that last trip in Feb. on this month's tab), so I spent  $51.24 OOP on $104.74 worth of reg. retail groceries.  I had 1 transaction at Rite-Aid(but I have 1 trip after I closed out the books on Feb.)and spend $1.38 OOP on $59.06 worth of toiletries, so $52.62 total spending on $163.80 worth of products last week.

$52.62 spent of my $300 March food budget, leaving us $247.38 for the month.

Leftovers going into this week are asparagus/leek soup and ham/bean soup and 1 helping of squash casserole.

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

1.  Leftover Pasta with meat sauce, Collards
2.  Roasted Turkey Breast, Stuffing, Corn, Cranberry Glop

3.  Lasagna, Salad or Soup

4.  Pork filet or Country Fried Steak(diners choice), Steak fries, Veggie TBD
5.  Corned Beef, Cabbage

6.  Leftovers
7.  Leftovers or Take-Out

 

What I need to buy for this menu......celery, milk, cabbage and corned beef.  That should come in about about $14 but there are few things on special I want to pick up this week as well so I am figuring about $100 for all.  This also includes some snacks and foodstuffs for College Boy to take back to school with him.

If course my entire menu could end up being totally different from this plan if College Boy wants something different.  Yah, now that we only see him infrequently I tend to cook his favorites when he is home.  8-)

 

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

Giveaway Winner

There were 119 valid entries.
I numbered them and then had Random dotorg pick the winner.

And the lucky person the website picked is.........

rondah s February 26, 2015 at 12:15 AM

Would love to win!
rjs_13 at yahoo.com

 

Congratualtions Rondah S!

 

Please email me within the next 2 days with your full name and mailing address and this chocolate will be winging it's way to you.

 

Thank you for everyone who played along and another Giveaway will be coming up this Spring so stay tuned!  ;-)

 

Sluggy

Last Chance for the Giveaway!

Ok, today is the last day to enter my current giveaway.
Go HERE or use the link on my side over there  --->

I have learned one thing over the past few giveaways.....if you want lots of people to enter your giveaway, give away nail polish and/or chocolate.  8-)))

Go enter before midnight tonight(Eastern Daylight Savings Time) if you are interested in winning free stuff! 

You could still be the winner.  Last giveaway someone who only entered once and on the LAST DAY won.
Take a chance.......

Sluggy
 

Good Financial Things

Well it's been a good few weeks around here financially--

First, hubs got a raise(rah!)so the biweekly paychecks are a bit heftier so that gives us a little more to tuck away into savings each month.

Secondly, hubs had his annual review and his bonus arrived in the last paycheck for February.  It's less than last year's bonus but still a goodly sum.  Now to figure out where to allocate it and soon, so that if anything will go into long term savings I would like to get that earning some interest asap.

Thirdly, the Feds accepted our tax return(rah!)and the refund was deposited into our account earlier this week.  I am still in a state of shock that I didn't screw up the Education Credit forms for the first time ever! this year.
While the tax refund was smaller this year(even with giving away TWO CARS to charity!!)we are thrilled to get anything back.  We did realize this year that hubs still had 4 deductions on the withholding from when our daughter was still a dependent so we dropped that down to 3.  Since hubs income was more last year with his bonus than it will be this year this will all be a wash in terms of refunds going up or down next tax season.

Fourthly, we have stayed out of stores(other than grocery types)the last 2 months so the credit card bill(which "cuts" on Monday or Tuesday next week)is under $300 so far, with no spending planned before then.  Now if only this fricking ARCTIC COLD would leave and stop playing havoc with our electric/heating bill, we could have a STELLAR month for lower expenses!

Fifthly(is that even a word?lol), we have satisfied our healthcare deductible as of a few days ago, due to all those tests I've had recently.
While this means we have $1,633.60 hemorrhaging out of our FSA(which is NOT a good financial thing in itself), it now means all my prescriptions and DME restocks will be at our 10% copay.  Yes, paying $35.00 for something is much better than paying $350.00 for it.  ;-)  I just hope the pre copay bills arrive in a staggered fashion so we don't empty out the FSA in one fell swoop, since I need some cash in it to pay for copays on Rxs later this month.
Having satisfied the $4K deductible also means that my cataract surgery in 2 weeks won't be paid fully OOP(or should that be OOFSA?).

Sixthly(yes it IS a word!), the quarterly dividends for our paltry stock portfolio should be arriving by month's end.  I'll throw these into wherever I end up putting a chunk of the bonus money.  It won't make much of a difference but it beats a poke in the eye with a stick.  8-)

How are your finances doing lately?

Sluggy