The Boring Blog Box GIVEAWAY Returns!

Did Someone Say Giveaway?!?

Summer has finally seemed to have arrived so why not have another Sluggy's Boring Blog Box Giveaway of 2015.

This is Giveaway #4 for the year.

And it's a "Girly Girl" box of goodies!  8-)

Check it out..........

 

 

1 x Veet facial remover strips
1 x Olay face cleanser
1 x Lindt/Lindor bag of truffles
1 x Colgate toothpaste
1 x Olay 2 pack beauty soap
1 x Dove deodorant
1 x NYC liquid make-up foundation
3 x NYC nail polishes

2 x Oh Lala nail polishes

1 x Revlon tweezer

1 x Cover Girl Eye Shadow palette(brown tints)

1 x Cover Girl powder blush palette

1 x Revlon emery boards

1 x Revlon nail polisher

1 x Scuncii ponytail holders pack

1 x Maybelline mascara

1 x Lip Smacker scented lip gloss

1 x Reach toothbrush

3 x single use facial cleansing wipes

 

 

Just some close-ups of the goodies.......

 

 

 I'll leave this giveaway open until July 18th, Saturday, at 11:59pm.  The next day I'll put all the valid entries into a container and draw out a name and that person wins.

You may get ONE ENTRY per Day by leaving a comment on this blog post until the Giveaway ends.

To get BONUS entries---

* Post about my Giveaway on your own Blog,  on Facebook on Twitter or some other Forum you frequent with a link to your post.  This will earn you 2 additional entries for each action and you can do this once during the course of this giveaway(8 entries total if you do all 4).  Please leave 2 additional comments on this blog post for each additional Bonus entry. 

 

* Become a Follower of this Blog to get 1 more entry.(Hit the "Join This Site" Button at the top right side of this blog).  Of course if you already Follow my Blog, leave a comment ascertaining that for 1 more entry.

Please leave a comment if you become a Follower or are a Follower already and give me your ID/name on there so I can verify it.

 

* Join the Bloggers United Federation if you have a blog to get 1 more entry.  Leave a comment saying you want to join up with your blog addy and I'll hook you up.

(All members who have already joined the BUF will of course get 1 Bonus entry as well but they need to leave a comment to get it.)

  Disclaimer--This giveaway is open to those with mailing addresses within the US or Canada only.
If you are in Canada, you will receive a smaller box of goodies, as the shipping rates internationally are ridiculous and I am not taking out a mortgage on my house to pay to ship this stuff.  ;-)

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If you need this shipped to Canada, I'll have to change the box and it's contents a bit.  I can ship a plain box weighing up to 3lbs. via 1st class mail, which, while more than the flat rate Priority to US addys, is still affordable.  These prize boxes usually weigh 7 or more lbs. when full, so if the winner is in Canada, I'll let them pick and choose which of the items they prefer sent in their box, until the box weighs 4lbs.  I hate to have to do this(not ship ALL prizes to them)but I would hate it even more to exclude them totally from entering the giveaway.

***NOTE***

Please make sure there is a way for me to contact you in your comment.  If you're not a registered Blogger User with your contact information on your User page, please put your email addy or email me your email addy privately when you leave a comment so I can get ahold of you if you win. If I can't contact you then you can't win.  Thanks!

So let's get this started!

Sluggy

Ocean City Fall Vacation 2013 Part 2

On Day 2 of our Ocean City trip we were in Milton Delaware to tour the Dogfish Head Brewery.

Since I was in a wheelchair due to a blood clot in my ankle we got a "special" individual tour.
Since the regular tour involves climbing stairs and walking around on elevated platforms one of the Dogfish Head employees named Chris took us around the facility and behind the scenes.

The links on Youtube to those videos are here--
PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
PART VI
PART VII
PART VIII

I realize that a brewery tour is not everyone's "cup of tea" but if you like this sort of thing, have a look.  Our tour guide Chris was very personable and enlightening and a good spokesman for the Dogfish Head brand.

Here are some random shots taken during the tour....lots of stainless steel and tanks and massive wooden barrels......

Then some shots of the public areas...........

 The ladies in the front office/reception.  (It was close to Halloween to explain the spider web thing. lol)

The mobile food truck(lunchbox) outside which was not open on our visit.

Giant holding tanks on the side of the complex.


After the tour, the free tasting that DFH offers and spending a big wad of cash in their gift shop(!!!)we headed back toward Rehoboth for dinner as it was getting about that time.

We decided to hit the Dogfish Head Pub for dinner before heading back to Ocean City.

 

There was a spirits(hard liquor)distillery upstairs with a tour but we were not up to doing that one too, so we just had dinner and drinks..........

A pair of steaks and fries with drink pairings.....

We even sprung for desserts......what a spendy dinner!

 Hubs had a brad pudding concoction....

And I had a chocolate blue cheese cheesecake.  This is just too too rich and I took most of it back to the hotel!

I took a shot of Hubs outside the Pub after dinner to commemorate his awesome beer soaked day.....

Then a couple of strangers offered to take our photo together......

We made copies and enclosed this one in our Christmas cards in 2013.


We took the coastal road back to OC, using the newly completed Indian River Inlet Bridge between Rehoboth and Bethany DE.

They light up the cables at night holding the bridge.......

 Sorry for the glare on the windshield and the bugs. lolz

It is kind of cool though.

Thus ended Day 2 of this trip.

Sluggy



 

Shopping Deals on Monday--Moneymaker 'Poo & Cheap Cheese

I went up to Rite-Aid Monday morning to get a prescription and was going to do a moneymaker shampoo deal while I was there but doofus me, I forgot to bring the coupon I needed for that deal. argh!

So it was off to Weis(PMITA)Markets next to do a few deals.  I made a boring video which is HERE explaining what I bought.

I had gotten a $10 OYNO Catalina on Saturday when I went up to Weis to get a couple of gift cards for Hubs for Father's Day.  That also earned me 10¢ in gas points too.
I used the $10 Cat to help pay for the groceries I bought in the video trip and thusly saved 79% over reg. retail.

After lunch, I then went back up to Rite-Aid(remembering to bring the coupon this time!)and bought this awesome MONEYMAKER.........

4 x Suave Professionals Shampoo on sale $2.50ea.=$10.00

I used these coupons--
1 x $3/2 Load2Card Suave Professionals Q=$3.00
1 x $3/2  Suave Gold Infusion Professionals ManuQ(Sunday's insert)=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$6.00

$10-$6=$4 + .24¢ tax=$4.24

I used $4 in Plenti Pts. on my card and put .24¢ on a Rite-Aid gift card so Zero OOP.
I earned  400 new Plenti Pts.(2 x 200 per 2 bottles bought).

I also clipped the $3/2 Suave Professionals Q on my Saving Star account so I'll get an electronic $3 cash rebate too.

Bring home 4 bottles of shampoo for free and get $3 cash back??
Yes, please!

Then I went back to Weis to do that Kraft Cheese Deal again.....

4 x Cracker Barrel cheese blocks on sale $1.99=$7.96(shelf price of $15.96)
Instant $5 off $15 shelf price purchase....
$7.96-$5=$2.96

I used that surprise $1 OYNO Catalina Q from buying those DiGiorno pizzas last week.

$2.96-$1=$1.96 OOP for 2 lbs. of cheese.
And a 87% savings rate....woot!

I'll be going back to do this cheese Deal a few more times as I need to be out doing errands this week.
Even without using that $1 Catalina this cheese breaks down into .74¢ a block with that $5 Instant Discount.

Nice.

Sluggy


 

Some Days I Just Shake My Head

I went to the Bakery Outlet last week and loaded up on 3 loaves of good bread and 4 boxes of Entemann's Danish, buns and donuts(these are for Hubs and CB)for $8 total.  Much better than paying regular retail at the grocery store, right?

So I get home from a trip to Weis(PMITA)Markets at 4:30pm and CB is flying out the door to get to work.  (He got up a whole 1hr. and 15 minutes previous to that-at 3:15pm-so he was rushed. hahaha)

Anyway, I spy a box of cheese Danish buns on the table which has been opened...........

On closer inspection I spy this......

Seriously?!
You couldn't take 5 seconds to put the knife in the sink and walk the 2 feet to the trashcan to throw an empty box away?

Please tell me I am not the only one with a brain-dead(or worse yet, an inconsiderate)teenage boy......

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

 

It's the "So Many Beers, So Little Time" Edition-- 

As for forecast for Father's Day was iffy we headed to Berwick on Saturday to celebrate Hubs early at our favorite craft brewery nearby.
I actually sat on a bar stool this time and I didn't fall off!   Not because I was drunk but because I am short....lol

 

Onward to the meal planning!

 

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

1. Sunday--Steak(bought last week), Green Beans, Grilled Pineapple
2. Monday--Hot Dogs(freezer) on rolls, Beans
3. Tuesday--Leftovers
4. Wednesday--Leftovers or Pizza or Pork Chops(freezer) or ?
5. Thursday--Flounder(freezer), Cole Slaw, Veg TBD
6. Friday--Smoked Brisket(freezer) on rolls, Cole Slaw, Green Beans or l/o Baked Beans
7. Saturday--Chicken Enchiladas

 

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Steak(bought last week), Green Beans, Grilled Pineapple
2. Monday--Hot Dogs(freezer) on rolls, Beans
3. Tuesday--Leftovers
4. Wednesday--Flounder(freezer), Cole Slaw, California Medley saute
5. Thursday--Leftover(Hubs had Taco Salad, I had the Fish, Cole Slaw, Green Beans
6. Friday--Smoked Brisket(freezer) on rolls, Cole Slaw(leftover)
7. Saturday--Pizza out

Everything as planned except an extra night of leftovers and no chicken enchiladas(as CB and his buddy ate them all).  We got a pizza while in Berwick on Saturday so it all worked out aok.

As for my grocery spending last week.....a few more trips than planned but it's all good.
I spent $56.78 on $117.11 of reg. retail food-4 shops between Ollie's, Weis and 2 transactions at the Shursave grocer.

Then on Saturday we hit Grocery Outlet while in Berwick and I hit Weis when we got home(meat discount stickers galore!!!).  Those trips will go on this week's spending since I had already tallied up last week's spending on Friday.

The food spending is up to $423.74 for June and we have 8 days to go still.  I may actually see $600 for food this month.   That hasn't happened in ages around here.

Leftovers going into this week--2 sausage sammies patties, a couple of spoons of chili, a container of enchilada sauce and maybe some lasagna if CB didn't attack it in one of his late night eating sessions.
 

Here is this week's food plan--

1. Sunday--Chinese take-out(what Hubs wanted for Father's Day)
2. Monday--Leftover Chinese take-out
3. Tuesday--Beef Stroganoff, Rice, Tossed Salad
4. Wednesday--Cauliflower soup, BBQ Chicken legs, Potato Salad
5. Thursday--Chicken Chiles Casserole
6. Friday--Beef Enchiladas, Corn
7. Saturday--Leftovers

I got a deal on mushrooms last week so I'll dig out beef from the freezer and make stroganoff.  I had an old head of cauliflower CB didn't eat when we were on our trip so I trimmed off the bad on it and made a pot of soup on Sunday we can use as "filler" during the week.  That package of chicken leg quarters I got on discount for .50¢ lb. was rubbed and smoked on Friday and waiting to be heated up and sauced this week for a meal.  The leftover enchilada sauce will be put on beef enchiladas(made from hamburgers minced up from that box of Steak-Um burgers in the freezer I got a deal on at the end of April-if the sausage patties are still hanging around they will get minced up into the enchilada filling as well).  The only cooking left to do this week is stroganoff and those 2 Tex-Mex dishes.

What I need to buy for this menu?.....not a thing.

This should be a small shopping week.  At Weis(PMITA)Markets, along with a deal on Wishbone salad dressings($1 OOP a bottle for the large ones), a Kraft  Deal($5.50 OOP for 2 cheeses, 2 sour creams)and Lay's chips-a buy ahead for July 4th cook-out-($3.29 for 2 bags after deal + coupon), plus I'll also scope out the .88¢ deals for napkins/facial tissues.

The Shursave grocer has Doritos BOGO(for CB) so I'll hit them for that item.

As always I'll have my eye out for instant mark-down meats and fresh produce.
I've got $100 left in my wallet for the rest of the month but I'm going to try to stay well under that.

With all the grocery shopping that happened in June and my upcoming eye surgery and then the trip to NC with eldest son and the ensuing packing and moving him we are doing in July I won't have a lot of time or energy to food shop next month.  We will go into July having spent a ton on food and I am hoping we can get through most of it without laying out much cash then for groceries.  July will be the "eating it all down" month here.
 

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