More Rite-Aid on Friday

Went back to refill an Rx and decided to roll/spent a few BC on son's card.........

2 x Gliss 'poo and conditioner on sale=$10.00
4 x Snickers special flavors on sale=$3.00
SubTotal.....$13.00

Coupons Used
1 x $4/2 Gliss ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Gliss PeelieQ=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$5.00

$13.00-$5.00=$8.00=.30¢tax(conditioners are taxed in PA)=$8.30 paid with BC.
I earned back $6 in new BC($4 Gliss wyb2, 2 x $1 Snickers wyb2)so spent down BC by $2.30

One of the Gliss have a PeelieQ on it, I told the cashier I was using a Q already but the register took that one too so an extra $1 off the bottles, making them .50¢ each(plus tax).

I then did the Snickers special bars on both the other cards.......

$3 per card spent, $2 earned back in BC.  These are being put away for Xmas stockings so shhhh, don't tell my family.  ;-)

I also forgot to share the freebie samples I got on Wellness Wednesday.......

Not much this week, 3 assorted Olay samples(2 with Qs on the back)and a couple samples of Hydro-seal Band Aids.
eh.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the July 13th Edition

It's been a slow week here at Chez Sluggy.
Not a lot going on other than some food and toiletries shopping.

Here are the frugal wins this past week.........

* Weis last Friday's Freebie

A bottle of ketchup(or catsup).  We can always use this, if not as is, then in making some sauces.

*  We finally got the balance of the water service deposit from Louisiana this past week.  They charged us a $2.50 late fee for one month of service out of it.....late fee for a bill they NEVER SENT US!!  And they also sent the refund to the LA house and not here and those morons who bought the house sent it back to the water company even though they have our PA address and could have forwarded to us.  Hubs is so over everything having to do with that house and LA so we aren't going to fight them for that $2.50.  Washing my hands of that whole episode of my life. ;-)

* Getting paid in Bonus Cash to bring stuff home from Rite-Aid........

*  Big Lots haul plus 20% off prices, restocking some staples plus a splurge on clearance of hot cocoa mix and a sleeve of cookies..........

* Weis haul.............

Cheap meats(steak, good hot dogs, stuffed chicken and bacon)and a cuke, almost free yogurts, plus 6 containers of ice cream(not shown).

* I earned back $1.75 in cash rebates this week on the yogurts(Saving Star), Halo top ice cream(Ibotta) and the Ice drinks(Checkout51).  The Ice drinks rebate was especially sweet since they were free already.  ;-)

* The Wegman's haul which I didn't photograph.  The 6+ lbs. of ground beef became burgers on Day One, then I made 42 meatballs and a small meatloaf.  We had half the meatballs on Day Two.  The meatloaf and other half of the meatballs went into the freezer for future meals.  The pork butt I got will be smoked this week and be turned into a LOT of pork bbq by next weekend when eldest son is slated to come visit.

*  Gardening.........

I picked more lettuce this week as well as basil.  I also gave Brother in-law and Nephew some of both when they stopped by on Thursday.

Been staying home otherwise and enjoying the yard and doing a bit of gardening.  Here's the front bed with our jungle of tomato plants.  The flowers haven't done much filling in this season yet.

We planted petunias and coleus.  The only petunias that are really blooming are the magenta/purple ones though.  These striped ones we put in this year are pretty fabulous.

*  Already paid for food........

Tonight we'll use these gift certificates for food from a local restaurant.  These were won at a Church auction last fall so I paid well under what they are worth and it doesn't add to this year's spending.

That's about it for us this week.

What frugal wins did you have this week?


Sluggy

Garden Update

Last time I showed the garden it looked like this in early June.....

 Along the back deck

 one oak barrel with lettuce, oregano and 3 volunteer tomato plants

2 basil plants, 2 Japanese eggplant plants and morning glory seeds sprouting

Well a month later, it looks like this.........

 Along the back deck and the barrel with lettuce, tomato and oregano

The other barrel with eggplant, basil and morning glories.  Two more volunteer tomato plants also emerged in this barrel and I left them there.

 We've got 4 baby eggplants now.

 Some baby yellow squash and I found a BIG zucchini yesterday too.

Lots of baby tomatoes as well.

The morning glories seem to have seeded themselves all along the back deck last Fall and I had vines mixed in among all the veggies now.  The heaviest concentration is on the one end of the deck in the garden and in the oak barrel and the vines are just now reaching the bird feeder poles and climbing high.

I'll update what we've harvested along with a recipe in a later post....probably this weekend.

Sluggy

Wellness Wednesday Scores

So Wellness Wednesday at Rite-Aid this month was yesterday not on July 4th(which was the first Wednesday in July)because the 4th was a holiday.

I gathered a few Qs, loaded a few Load2CardQs onto the only account that works(Daughter's)and went up to do a transaction that I heard might or might not have gone off well.
Mine went exceedingly well.........

1 x Boost 6 pack 20% Discount=$7.99
3 x Ice drinks on sale=$3.00
1 x Crest Scope mouthwash on sale=$4.00
1 x Centrum 100 ct. vitamins 20% Discount=$9.99
1 x Crest toothpaste on sale=$4.00
1 x Colgate toothpaste 20% Discount better than sale price=$3.43
SubTotal.......$32.41

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Boost IPQ=$2.00
1 x $4/1 Boost WWQ=$4.00
1 x $4/1 Boost WW/L2CQ=$4.00
3 x $1/1 Ice drinks WWQ=$3.00
1 x $2/1 Crest mouthwash L2CQ=$2.00
1 x $4/1 Centrum WWQ=$4.00
1 x $3/1 Centrum L2CQ=$3.00
1 x $4/1 Centrum WW/L2CQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Crest toothpaste L2CQ=$2.00
1 x .50¢/1 Colgate toothpast L2CQ=.50¢
1 x $3/1 Colgate RA In-AdQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$31.50

$32.41-$31.50=.91¢ OOP paid with Bonus Cash pts.

And I earned back $6 in new Bonus Cash($3 Crest mouthwash, $2 Crest toothpaste, $1 wyb3 Ice)making this a $5.01 moneymaker.
I also applied for and received a .50¢ rebate at Checkout51(buy 2 Ice drinks on the same receipt and get .50¢ back)so it's now a $5.51 moneymaker.  8-)))

The WW one day Qs were available in the store AND could be loaded to your Wellness card/account online so I got double off on the Centrum and the Boost items.  Plus there were two regular Centrum L2CQs on this account/card($4, $3)and BOTH came off!!  8-))

The Colgate, Crest items can be picked up all week for free and/or free after BC(if you have the L2CQs for the Crest and the Colgate ManuQ or IPQ-coupons dotcom).  And these Crest items double dip with the P&G monthly long Spend $30/Get $15 BC if you haven't finished that deal off yet.


I had another Colgate Q and the Mitchum Q from the inserts on Sunday so I also did this transaction on my card.........

1 x Mitchum deodorant 20% discount=$4.39
2 x Colgate toothpaste 20% discount less than sale price=$6.86
SubTotal.........$11.25

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Mitchum ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Mitchum In-AdQ=$2.00
1 x $1/2 Colgate toothpaste ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $3/1 Colgate toothpaste In-AdQ=$6.00
Coupon Total.......$11.00

$11.25-$11.00=.25¢+.03¢tax=.28¢ OOP paid with Bonus Cash.
No BC earned so I didn't roll the Bonus Cash, just spent it down by .28¢ here.
Toothpaste was negative .14¢ after stacked R-A and ManuQ and deodorant was .39 after stacked Qs so .14 applied to .39 left .25+.03tax due or .28¢.

I'm glad to roll those $6 in BC since the rest of July looks pretty dismal at Rite-Aid.  I need some good deals to roll BC by mid August.

Sluggy

An Orgy of Food Shopping

So I went out this weekend to Big Lots.  I like to hit them when they hold one of their "Friends and Family 20% Off Everything in the Store" Event.  Usually it's held 3-4 times a year.
This past weekend was one of these events.

Here are the items I bought that are paid for out of our food/toiletries budget........

2 x Soy Sauce(less Sodium)
2 x Ritz generic crackers
1 x Sirachi Chili Paste
1 x Coconut cookies
1 x Welch's jelly
2 x Pretzel crackers
1 x Veggie crackers
4 x cans of corn
3 x veggie oil
1 x gal.of vinegar
1 x almond extract
2 x tomato paste
2 x rice wine vinegar
1 x mandarin oranges cups

1 x Hefty baggies
1 x Zote laundry soap
3 x Spray n' Wash
1 x box of wet dog food
2 x Swiss Miss dark cocoa mix
2 x seashell pasta
1 x 2 lb. Tyson chicken breasts(not pictured)
$56.80 spent OOP at Big Lots

Everything was a good price regularly(lower or the same as what I pay other places)plus 20% off.
The cocoa mix was a deal because it was 50% on clearance already and I got another 20% off too.

Then I hit Wegman's on the way home.  I don't go there often but they had pork shoulders/butts for cheaper than Maine Source so I went to pick that and a large tub of hummus up(for ex-College Boy).
I also bought a pack of Portabella Mushroom caps and a package of 6.26 lbs. of ground beef, a smaller olive hummus for me and 2 2 lb. blocks of cheddar(Walmart is cheaper for that I couldn't face also having to go to Walmart on a weekend). ;-)
No photos of all that but it came to $58.15 OOP.

Then I hit Weis(PMITA)Markets on Tuesday for all this.......

1 x 2.70 lbs. steak on sale $3.99 lb=$10.77
2 x Nathan's hot dogs on sale $7 used 2 x .55¢/1 Qs that doubled-$2.20=$4.80
4 x stuffed chicken Florentine $11.54-$5 in meat stickers on packages=$6.54
2 x Dannon fruitside yogurt $2-2x .40¢/1 Qs that doubled-$1.60=$.40
3 x Yoplait mix-ins yogurt $3-3 x .40¢/1 Qs that doubled-$2.40=$.60
1 x cuke on sale=$1.00
4 x Value Time bacon 1 lb. packs $3.27=$13.08-5 x $1 off meat stickers=$8.08

I also bought(but not pictured)--
4 x Breyers ice cream on sale $2.99=$11.96
1 x Halo Top ice cream on sale=$4.49
1 x Ben and Jerry slices ice cream on sale=$3.99
The ice cream came to $20.44
I used a $2/1 CatQ on the Halo Top and a $2/1 IPQ on the BandJs, the $1 OYNO Cat I earned for buying 2 Breyer's before, plus got $6 off for buying 6 items so the ice cream all came to $9.44 after discounts/Qs/sale.
Plus I got a .75¢ rebate on the Halo Top on Ibotta which brings my OOP on the ice cream to $8.69
And I got .50¢ rebate on my Saving Star  account for buying the yogurts.

Everything came to $40.63(no tax)or $39.88 after rebate.
The bacon was the same stuff I bought last week with .50¢ meat stickers on them but this week they had $1 stickers and one pack had 2x $1 stickers on it so the bacon was $2.37, $2.37, $2.37 and $1.37.

A totaled the food/toiletries/HBA/paper goods shopping came to $155.58.
I still need to pick up a few things this week(mostly milk and produce).
I'm up over $234 for July and we are only 1/3rd of the way in. sigh.

Sluggy