Last Day to Enter the Giveaway!

Here's the reminder that today(before 11:59pm ET)is the last day to enter the current giveaway.
The link to do so is HERE.

Here is a photo of what you can win if your entry is chosen........

1 x GE LED bright stick ligh bulbs 40W(2 pack)

1 x Simple moisturizing facial wash

1 x Dove shampoo

1 x Similisan Arnica Activ skin spray

1 x Centrum vitamints

1 x Physician's Formula lash boosting mascara

1 x Cover Girl aqua smooth powdered make-up(spf 15/natural ivory #715)

1 x Oral-B toothbursh

1 x Colgate Enamel Health toothpaste

1 x Eucerin skin calmin lotion(sample size)

1 x Wet n' Wild nail color(clear)

1 x Wet n' Wild nail color(yo soy)

1 x Revlon lip stick(plum)

1 x Julie nail color(super villian)

1 x Nutra Nail instant nail strengthener

1 x 10 ct. #2 pencils

1 x pack of Glide dental picks

12 x Cadbury Chocolates(5 x Dark Choc. w/Sea Sale & Caramel/7 x Milk Choc. w/Raisins & Almonds

So don't forget to enter sometime today. 8-)

* Please Note*

Some of you have entered already have NOT supplied an email address to me.  If I don't have your email address you can't win!  So either make sure you put your email address in your entry comment or you email me privately your email address.  If you assume your blogger id includes an email address please double check that.  If your User ID is through Google then your email address is NOT visible to me and you need to send me your email address privately to arcure(at)ptdprolog(dot)net.

Ok, I am off now to try and be productive with a puppy loose. hahaha

Sluggy

Crazy Weather Time

So we've had zero occasion to have the heat on and it's the 24th of October and I live in Northeastern PA.
This is madness I tell ya!

The last three days I've been tempted to turn the a/c on it's been so warm.  So not like our October normal here.

The trees were pretty drab at the beginning of the Fall foliage season.  We got some rain a week or so ago and the leaves have perked up in their brilliance as they die off.

And to show you how wacky it is, the forsythia bush is blooming again! lolz

This shot shows how some leaves are dying off like they are suppose to do this time of year but with yellow flowers peeping out at the same time.

Tomorrow isn't suppose to get above 60F and the rest of the week is rain and temps in the 50's with lows in the 40's at night, so we'll see what happens next.

Sorry if posting is a bit sparse for the rest of the week but I've got a teething puppy on my hands right now.   At some point I'll post about him and photos but not today.
Oh, the glamorous life of raising a puppy............

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "I Made a New Recipe" Edition--

I happened to catch "The Chew" last week on the day they were making a healthier version of Hungarian Goulash.  This one subs out some of the meat for mushrooms(portabella but I had crimminis) and sweet potatoes(fiber).
The recipe is HERE.  I had a big bag of sliced bell peppers(red/yellow/orange)in the frozen that needed using so this was a win/win. ;-)

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

Here's what was planned last week--

1. Sunday--Sweet Italian sausage sandwiches, baked beans

2. Monday--Homemade Clam and Corn Chowder, Rolls

3. Tuesday--Something with Mushrooms(Risotto?), Caesar Salad, leftover Garlic Bread(?)

4. Wednesday--Pork Tenderloin, Creamed Asiago Spinach

5. Thursday--Leftovers
6. Friday--Homemade Pizza, Salad
7. Saturday--Fend for Yourself

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Sweet Italian sausage sandwiches, Baked Beans

2. Monday--Homemade Clam and Corn Chowder, Rolls

3. Tuesday--Popcorn Shrimp, Creamed Asiago Spinach, Broccoli w/Cheese Sauce

4. Wednesday--Chicken Marsala w/Mushrooms, Farfelle pasta

5. Thursday--Hungarian Goulash over rice or noodles(diner's choice)
6. Friday--Pizza, Salad
7. Saturday--Leftovers/Fend for Yourself(I had Salad and 1 slice Pizza)

I got a discounted box of breaded popcorn shrimp and about 1 lb. of small sliced roast during last week's shopping so Shrimp and Goulash made it onto the menu during the week. 

Last week saw 6 nights of home cooked dinners, 1 night of leftovers and  0 nights of take-out.   I was on a roll with the cooking last week.

Last week's grocery spending at Weis and Shursave Markets came to $101.61.  That brings October's food spending to $372.45.  There are 8 more days in my shopping month.  I'll probably go over $400 at this point but not by much.  I do plan to buy some cleaning products, bread and lunch meat this week.

My savings percentages last week was 48.35% and the monthly savings so far ends up at 46.17%(without Rite-Aid trips added in).

Leftovers going into this week.......Clam Chowder, Chicken Marsala w/Mushrooms, 2 Rolls, 1 slice Pizza, Goulash.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Caesar Salad w/Chicken Strips

2. Monday--Tacos

3. Tuesday--Pork Chops, Harvard Beets, Garlic Mashed Potatoes

4. Wednesday--Leftovers

5. Thursday--Lasagna, Salad
6. Friday--? maybe Subs
7. Saturday--Leftovers or Fend For Yourself

This week will see 4 new meals cooked, 2 nights of leftovers and 1? nights of Take-Out/Eating-Out.
Leftovers carried forward into this week will be lunches for Hubs(and maybe me if I eat lunch).

What I need to buy for this menu? Just the Subs if we opt for that.  I've got everything else I need for this menu.  We are almost out of sandwich bread though and Daughter will need lunch meat for sandwiches.

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

My Last Word on This

While I appreciate some readers reporting to me what a certain unhinged blogger, who now has put up yet another blog(her 8th or 9th by my recollections),is saying on her new blog, please stop sending me reports of her postings.

I am aware of her hate speech directed toward me(and now another blogger whom she flamed, before that blogger banned her from her blog)but I am not going to dignify this by commenting further.

For some reason she took an informational post I wrote in September as directed personally at her in her paranoia, and she has since decided that I am the anti-Christ and she is spewing lies, half truths and fairy stories about me and calling me and others "idiots".

I will not give her a forum here to rant nor send any readers over to watch her personally attack folks and tilt at non-existent windmills.  If anyone wants to go read her, be my guest, but please don't bring her negative and toxic stuff over here.
I wish her well and I hope she can move on with her life.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the October 20th Edition

Well another week has come and gone here at Chez Sluggy.
I can't think of much that we did that was frugal and worth noting.

*  Adopting a puppy is decidedly not frugal and that's what took up the bulk of my week. lolz

Here is our newest member of the family on his ride home to our house.
We have had to buy "things" this week to keep him healthy, happy and safe.  Tried to use coupons and get deals and just buy what was needed so no frou-frou doggie clothes or gem studded collars and such.  We got a daytime crate, leash and a pet gate at Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap)and a couple of toys with a 10% off discount ticket I had.  Puppy food, a snuggly bed and collar for 20% off at the pet store.  Then Hubs went up to Walmart and procured was is really a cat carrier for his sleeping quarters at night.  Yes, he is that small. lolz
Money spend at the vet on a check-up, shots and medications were essential and we are cash flowing all his expenses.

*  No eating out this week as we don't want to both be away from the new puppy for a long stretch at a time(potty training time, ya know).

*  I talked about the diapers I bought to turn around and resell and the free TRU gift cards I earned and the small Weis trip I did.
I went back to Rite-Aid this week to spend my $10 Catalina the last diaper transaction earned me since I was there picking up rxs anyway.

3 x bags of chocolate Halloween candy on sale $5=$15.00
2 x Speed Stick deodorant on sale $2.99=$5.98
SubTotal.......$20.98

Coupons Used
1 x $1.50/3 Hershey candy bags ManuQ=$1.50
2 x $2/1 Speed Stick deodorant R-A In-AdQ=$4.00
1 x BOGOFree Speed Stick(certain varieties)ManuQ=$2.99
1 x $10 OYNO CatalinaQ=$10.00
Coupon Total........$18.49

$20.98-$18.49=$2.49
I paid with $2.49 in Plenti Points and earned $3.00 back in new PPs($3 wyspend $30 on select candy bags).
Not bad, spent down $2.49 and earned $3 in new PPs so a .51¢ moneymaker.

* On a Frugal "Fail" note-I neglected to notice and submit for a $1 cash rebate on my Checkout51 account on Wednesday(the last day to submit for the previous week's receipts)for the Sandwich Bros. item I bought.  There was a $1 off 1 purchase rebate that would have brought that Weis shop down to $12.52.  Oh well, nobody can win them all, right? ;-)

Any Frugal Wins at your house lately?


Sluggy