This Week on the Dining Table

The "How Can You Resist Me?" Edition--

This is Daughter's dog, the granddog Cinnamon.  She looks like a German shepherd but is half Husky too(notice the blue eye-the other eye is brown).  She is a very timid dog and she doesn't like men(due to abuse issues when she was a puppy we think).  She doesn't like men....except when they are eating chips!  That is Hubs she is begging from.
She is a cute beggar.  If she wants you to share what you have she will just lie her head in or near your lap and plead with you with her eyes.  This is a tad distracting at the dinner table.  
She is so pitiful, isn't she? lolz

Moving on......

Onward to the meal planning!

Here's what was planned last week--

1. Sunday--Leftover Lasagna or Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Salmon, Leftover Mac Salad, Asparagus

3. Tuesday--Baked Chicken Thighs, Brussell Sprouts

4. Wednesday--Baked Potatoes, Roasted Veggies

5. Thursday--Meatloaf, Sauted Yellow Squash, Leftover Corn Casserole

6. Friday--Leftovers

7. Saturday--Leftovers

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Leftover Lasagna or Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Salmon, Leftover Mac Salad, Asparagus

3. Tuesday--Meatloaf, Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Carrots

4. Wednesday--Greek Chicken, Roasted Potatoes, Squash Cassserole

5. Thursday--Sloppy Joes on Rolls, leftover Veggies

6. Friday--Lobster Ravioli, Garlic Bread

7. Saturday--Beef Stroganoff, Rice, Green Beans

7 meals cooked at home(though technically I didn't make the ravioli), 0 of them a night of leftovers or Fend For Yourself, and 0 night of eating-out.

If I find a "deal" that includes that lobster ravioli again I won't be tempted.  It was ok but I expect more from something made from lobster. ;-)

As for the grocery spending.....2 trips to Weis, 1 trip to Maine Source  and 1 trip to the Bread Outlet brought the food spending last week to $72.79 and brought my March food spending total to $72.79.  There are 25 days left in the month.
Shopping spending would have been $143.34 if I didn't use that gift card at Weis to pay for one of those shops.

My savings percentages last week was 78.10%.  It rather large rate was due in part to using the "paid for last year" gift card and the Bread Outlet shop(where I always save a lot due to the extra low prices there).

Leftovers going into this week.......Meatloaf, Corn Casserole, Baked Chicken w/Potatoes, Beef Stroganoff, Sloppy Joe mix.
In fresh produce I have carrots, asparagus, Brussels sprouts and a large head of cabbage.

Here is this week's "food plan"....
* Denotes "complicated" meals

1. Sunday--Chinese chicken w/sauce, fried rice w/veggies added

2. Monday--Leftover meatloaf and corn casserole, asparagus

3. Tuesday--Leftover lasagna

4. Wednesday--Leftover baked chicken w/potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts

5. Thursday--Tacos
6. Friday--Haddock, cole slaw, glazed carrots
7. Saturday--Leftover Tacos or Quesadillas using leftover Taco filling or Taco Salad

This week will see 3 new meals cooked, 0 nights of Take-Out/Eating-Out and 4 nights of Leftovers.
Due to lots of leftovers there won't be much new cooking this week.

What I need to buy for this menu? Haddock, lettuce, sour cream.  Haddock was BOGO last week and I got a rain check so I plan on buying it this week along with lettuce and sour cream which we are out of.  That's about all I anticipate buying this week(besides using a coffee rain check and any meat markdowns I find)at the grocery store.  If I can talk my Daughter into taking me to Sam's Club(for which she still has a membership)I'll pick up some drug type items and hydrogen peroxide for cheap.  I used peroxide in my laundry and I am almost out of the last bulk buy I did of that back in August of 2015.

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 last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?


Sluggy

A Rite-Aid Quickie Wednesday

The first Wednesday of each month Rite-Aid has a Senior Day.
Part of this special day is a sheet of Coupons available to redeem only on that day.

This past Wednesday, being the first day of March was that special day.
In the coupon sheet was one for $5 off a bottle of Hydralyte-a liquid electrolyte rehydration solution.
Think Pedialyte for adults. ;-)

This month there is also a Plenti point deal-buy 1 Hydralyte item and receive $4 in Plenti Points(limit 2 deals per card).

So I bought this on my Plenti card.........

2 x Hydralyte(6.99-20% off Wellness discount=$5.59)=$11.18
2 x $5/1 Rite-Aid Q=$10.00
$11.18-$10.00=$1.18 which I paid with my Rite-Aid gift card.

I received $8 in Plenti Points.

Then I used my son's Plenti card to buy this......

2 x Hydralyte=$11.18
6 x Snickers candy bars on sale .69¢=$4.14
SubTotal.....$15.32

Coupons Used
2 x $5/1 R-A Hydralyte Q=$10.00
3 x BOGOF Snickers IPQ=$2.07
Coupon Total.....$12.07

$15.32-$12.07=$3.25
I used Plenti points to pay and received $8 in new Plenti points.

So I am "up" $8 in PPs on my card and "up" $4.75 in PPs on my son's card.

I may take this week off from Rite-Aid.  There aren't any items I need and can readily figure out a deal to get them for free.
Is there any freebies you can find this week?


Sluggy

Last Call for Winner Carol Sue!

My giveaway winner has not contacted me yet.
If you are reading this CarolSue you have 24 hours from when this entry is posted on the blog to email me your full name and mailing address!

♡♥♬ Carolsue ♡♥♬February 28, 2017 at 4:11 AM

I lost my tweezers -- I could use some new ones!!
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If I don't hear back from her by them I'll pick another winner.
I think 4 days is a sufficient enough time to wait for someone to claim their prize, yes?

Sluggy

Net Worth.....March 1st Update

We are up almost $8k from the February 1st net worth overall(only liquid cash/investments/bonds, as I don't count housing or car values).  The retirement accounts were up almost $6K for March 1st 2017 from the February 1st 2017 calculations and the cash reserve/non-retirement accounts were up almost $2K.

We are up $71,857.19 from one year ago, from the March 1st of 2016's net worth snapshot.  

We are still in acquisition mode and Hubs still has a good income. Last month we were at a reduced pay for half the month due to Hubs disability/accident. This month we are back on our regular income/pay. 8-)

Life happens and is expensive so save as much as you can for those rainy days no matter your age or how close/far away you are from retirement.

Did you increase your net worth last month?
Do you have a retirement plan in place?

Sluggy

Grocery Deals This Week at Weis

Here are some of the best grocery deals I got at Weis(PMITA)Markets this past week/sales ad.

These 6 items were part of the Mix N' Match/Buy 6 Items Get $3 Off Instantly Deal.

4 x Dole dippers(fruit covered in chocolate)
2 x lobster ravioli in sauce(ready made dinner)
Regular retail on all this is $31.94

Sale prices this week for all was $24.94
Deduct $3 for buying 6=$21.94
Deduct $4 in coupons I had for the Dole products=$17.94
Deduct $6 for the 2 x $3 Instant Discount stickers on the ravioli=$11.94 for all 6 items.

After sale/deal instant/instant discount stickers the lobster ravioli were $2.99 per package, much better than the $7.99 they usually go for.
Now I know these aren't usual items in my menu-the ravioli was a bit of a splurge meal and I have been wanting to try those chocolate covered fruit things. 8-)

I picked up 3 1 lb. packs of mushrooms marked down 50% off($1.99)and 1 bag of shredded carrots also marked down 50% off($1.24).
We love mushrooms here but rarely find them 1/2 off.

A trip to the Day Old Bakery rack yielded Garlic Bread($1.50), Bagels($1.24), Oatmeal Cookies($2.50)and Muffins($2).  All 1/2 off.

Daughter requested Pop-Tarts. Since they were on special for $1.67 this week(Must buy 3 to get that price)and I had 2 x $1/2 IPQs for them, I got her 4 boxes for $1.17 each.  This should keep her sweet tooth in check for quite some time.

A wander down the condiment aisle and I saw these were on clearance for 50% off...Masterpiece BBQ sauce($1), Sweet Baby Ray's Special Sauce and BBQ Mustard Sauce-SC style bbq($1.09).
With grilling season coming I scooped these up.

Gorton's seafood was 50% off this week and when you bought 3 items you also got an instant $2 discount your order.
3 x $6.99=$20.97-$10.50 off=$10.47-$2 instant discount=$8.47-$2 in ManuQs I had=$6.47 for 3 bags of fish/shrimp or $2.16 per package.

New England Coffee was BOGO this week and Hubs and the Daughter wanted some plus I had a $1.50/2 ManuQ so two bags cost me $6.99 or $3.50 per bag.  A bit more than I like to spend on something I don't drink. lolz

These individual Minute Rice fried rice cups are regularly $2 each but on sale for 3 for $5 or $1.67 each this week and I had a $1/2 ManuQ so $1.17 each after sale and Q.
Hubs or Daughter can use these for quick lunches or I can send them to College Boy as this is something he can heat up in his room for a quick bite to eat.

Discount Sticker meats were plentiful when I went to Weis this week.
I got these end loin pork chops, regular price was $15.08-$6.55 for sale price=$8.53 and there were 2 x $2 instant discount stickers=$4.53 for both packages.  These totaled 2.85 lbs. so $1.59 per lb.

And my best deal were these 3 packages of 90% lean ground beef.  They had a sell by date of that day but that's just because it was the last day of the sales ad and I suppose the staff doesn't want to have to repackage and relabel all that meat.  This stuff goes for over $5 per lb. usually.
$38.35 reg. price these packages-$20.16(the sale price)-$9 in Instant Discount Stickers=$11.16 for 6.74 lbs. of ground beef or $1.66 per lb......for 90% lean!!!
I would have bought ALL the packages at that price except I have no room in the freezer for it.

Anyway, this trip was $70.55 and $164.88 reg. retail price so I saved $94.33 with sales/coupons/instant discounts. or a 57.21% savings rate.

Except I used one of those discounted Weis gift cards I bought on Raise dotcom last December for 10% off face value.
So IF I had paid for the gift card this year I'd have saved another 10% on this transaction(paid $63.50 for all)but since I paid for the gift card with last year's money I essentially spend $0 out of pocket  on the whole transaction.
Sweet.

Working the angles and working the deals to save us money here at Chez Sluggy.

What good deals have you found on groceries this week and where?

Sluggy