Puppy Cuteness for Saturday

One of our errands this past week took us to the local pet/puppy store looking for some bling for Chester.

They had this cutie out in the play area......

Alexa the Akita.
How come I always think a great name for an Akita is Evita, like in the song lyrics from "Rent"? lol

Alexa is 4 months old and quite large already.....look at those massive paws!

I sent my daughter a text with Alexa's picture and she wanted me to bring her home.....of course my daughter loves all largish dogs and wants them all too live with her.  ;-)

The pet store had gotten in some new chihuahuas too; 2 long hair males, 1 long hair female and 1 short hair female(the runt)-all the same litter.

They didn't have photos of the girl huas on their website so I asked in the store if they had the photos there.  The lady said she had them in the back.

I thought she meant she had the photos, so imagine my surprise when she carried this little cutie-patootey out......

This is Chaca.  A terrible name for an adorable 2 month old puppy.  I held her and got lots of little puppy kisses and nibbles.
And no, I didn't bring her home.  I'm not crazy enough to spend what they were asking for her...Yikes!  Not as bad as the $3500 for a French Bull Dog they had but still........

I don't think Chester would cotton to the competition of another Chihuahua.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....The November 30th Edition

Taking a look around Chez Sluggy, this is what I'd call our frugal wins this past week.......

* I am considering changing my nickname from Sluggy to Money Magnet after all the change I found this week!

On Tuesday while out in a town South of us Hubs and I stopped at Walmart there to look for Xmas lights.  On the way out I found .6¢ on the floor.

Then on Wednesday while crossing the parking lot at Weis I spied this dime on the crosswalk.

Later that day leaving Rite-Aid I saw .23¢ strewn on the little landscaped area by the walkway near the door.
That .39¢ is now safely tucked into my change envelope.  8-)))

*  I hit Weis(PMITA)Markets the day after Thanksgiving for a few Deal items and hit the Pumpkin Clearance foods jackpot........

Lots of pumpkin stuff for $1(though the Pumpkin Jello was .50¢ a box).

*  In the photo above is the Friday Freebie from last Friday-a cup of yogurt.  WOW...what a great freebie. hahaha

*  Hubs wanted a burger on Wednesday so while I was out I used the Burger King app on my phone to get him a Whopper for $1.  BK sent me a digital Q for that.  $1.06 for a Whopper with that Q vs. $4.23 for a Whopper w/out that Q.  Sluggy for the Win! lolz

*  I got an offer a while back from a vendor on Amazon for a free bottle of Turmeric Curcumin(as I had bought a bottle previously from them and they sent me a survey, which I filled out and for giving them feedback they sent me a code for a free bottle).  I redeem that code and received that free bottle this past week.

*  Other than the clearance deals my best buys at the grocery store were these........
Got paid $1 to buy two Febreeze sprays at Weis.
Got 2 Krusteaz mixes(pumpkin clearance)for .50¢ total(after sale, coupon and SavingStar rebate).
Got 2 meat discount sticker marinated pork loins(over 3 lb. total), $18.74 reg. price for $6.48 after sale price and discount sticker.
A better than free package of Cottonelle TP because the cashier didn't' ring one up but pushed the Q through. ;-)

*  Better than free toothbruhses and toothpaste at Rite-Aid....

*  And better than free Rimmel make-up at a different Rite-Aid..........

That's about it from here............

What frugal wins did y'all have this past wek?



Sluggy

Rite-Aid Plunder This Week So Far

This week is the last one to earn the $10 Rite-Aid gift card(the Spend $50 on "Beauty" products/get $10 GC).
There is also a Crest/Oral-B monthly Deal I just saw(ends this week)and some of the $3 on sale Crest toothpaste double dip with this deal and the weekly Crest Deal($3 toothpaste, use $2/1 Q, Get $1 BC making it free-limit 2).
Unfortunately to do a moneymaker overlapping the weekly Crest and the monthly Crest/Oral-B deal you'd need 7 $2/1 Crest toothpaste Qs.....
7 x $3 Crest=$21-$14 Qs=$7 and earn $10 BC back.  But I didn't have 7 of those Qs. 8-(

But if you can find a certain Oral-B toothbrush you can get 4 toothpastes and 2 toothbrushes free after BC earned.
We stopped at a R-A south of here while out shopping on Tuesday and I found the qualifying toothbrushes.

So I did this, part on Tuesday/part on Wednesday.........

2 x Oral-B pro-flex toothbrushes on sale BOGO50%=$9.88
4 x Crest 3D White  toothpaste(Radiant-mild mint)on sale $3=$12.00
SubTotal...$21.88

I used--
2 x $1/1 Oral-B toothbrush ManuQs=$2.00
3 x $2/1 Crest toothpaste ManuQs=$6.00
1 x $2/1 Crest toothpaste L2CQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$10.00

$21.88-$10.00=$11.88 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned $12 in new BC(2 x $1 wyb $3 Crest toothpastes, $10 wyspend $20 on select Crest/Oral-B)so a .12¢ moneymaker as there is no sales tax here on toothpaste/brushes.

I also found a R-A store on Tuesday with Rimmel makeup on clearance.  There is a Deal(buy 2 Rimmel/Get $5 BC)and the clearance stuff qualifies...woohoo!

I bought 4 items on each of our 3 cards/account.  Clearance prices ranged from .94¢ to $3.49, most were 75% off.
I paid a total of $20.85 for all with sales tax using Bonus Cash.
I earned a total of $30 in new Bonus Cash back so $9.15 moneymaker over 3 cards.

I also bought this stuff on my son's card during the 4-Day sale this week(Wed. to Sat).........

1 x Max Freeze on sale=$7.00
1 x Hydralyte tablets on sale=$6.99
2 x Herbal Essences renew shampoo on sale but 20% Wellness disc. better=$11.66
SubTotal......$25.65

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Max Freeze ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Hydralyte IPQ(from their website)=$2.00
1 x $5/2 Herbal Essence ManuQ=$5.00
Total....$9.00

$25.65-$9.00=$16.65+.40¢tax=$17.05 paid for with BC
I earned back $11 in new BC($6 Zim's, $5 Hydralyte)and the coupon for the Free $10 Rite-Aid gift card offer printed so I redeemed that for the GC so spent $17.05, earned back $21($11 BC, $10 GC).

The Max-Freeze ended up being a $1 moneymaker, the Hydralyte a .01¢ moneymaker and the Herbal Essence earned me the $10 Beauty GC.
I also applied for a $1 Ibotta cash rebate for the Herbal Essence.

On Friday the 30% off Friends and Family Sale starts at Rite-Aid.  I'll buy more Herbal Essence and Head and Shoulders since it will be even cheaper than the sale price and I should be able to earn another $10 Beauty Deal GC on that card.

Sluggy

Unexpected Buys at Weis Last Friday

Here's some good deals I got at Weis this past Friday........

I went in for.....
* Prego sauce x 4, on sale for $1.69=$6.76.  I had .75¢/2 IPQ that doubled so $3 off=$3.76 for all 4.
* Brown sugar x 2, 50% off on Friday=$1.59.
* Hormel chili x 8, part of the .88¢ ea. when you buy 8 Deal=$7.04
* The Friday Freebie, a cup of Weis yogurt(wow!lol)=Free.

What I found when I went in was lots of pumpkin and/or maple related products cheap so how could I resist?! ;-)
So I also came out with this as well.....
* 2 x big Hunt's natural pudding(not pumpkin but 50% off)=$2.50 both
* 2 x Eagle Brand condensed milk, maple flavor(will be great to make maple fudge!)$1 a can=$2
* 5 x assorted Krusteaz mixes(all pumpkin flavors)$1 a box and I had a $1/2 digitalQ come off=$4 for all 5(these retail for $2.99 to $3.59)
* 2 x Jello pudding(pumpkin).50¢ a box and I used a .50¢ Q=.50¢ for both
* 2 x Febreeze air sprays(harvest pumpkin scent)$1 and a $3/2 digital Q came off= -$1(moneymaker)
* 2 x Life cereal(pumpkin spice)$1.88 each(I used a $1/2 ManQ too)=$2.76 for both
* 1 x Mini-Wheats cereal(pumpkin flavor)$1.88(I used a .50¢/1 Q that doubled)=.88¢

I also bought a container of Nutella, it was $1.99 on Friday and I used a $1/1Q so .99¢ out the door.
The Krusteaz earned me an additional .50¢ rebate on SavingStar as well.

Also bought 4 packs of Cottonelle and Viva towels as they were on a weekend sale for $4.50 each when you bought in groups of two.  I had 4 Qs that each doubled to $1 to use on those 4 items so they should have been $3.50 each out the door. And the register should have printed out a $2 OYNO Catalina(for the 2 Cottonelle packs)but didn't.  Hmmm

After studying my receipt at home, I couldn't make heads or tales of my receipt and the total, until I finally figured out that the cashier didn't ring up one of the Cottonelle packs......but he put through both Cottonelle IPQs AND a digital Q attached to my card which meant I paid $13.50 for 3 paper packs and got $5 in Qs worth of discounts so paid $8.50 for the 4 packs I left the store with(and that exxplained the lack of a Catalina printing).LOLOLZ

A trip like this makes up for all the Qs the cashiers miss on the "bad" trips. ;-)

If you see great deals(that you will use)that are unexpected how likely are you to pick them up?


Sluggy

3 Days of Rite-Aid Pillaging from Black Friday Sales Ad

Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday was the Black Friday Deals at Rite-Aid.  Other than the grocery store, Rite-Aid is the only place I go Black Friday shopping. 8-)

For the purposes of full disclosure, I bought various gift cards on Thursday(along with all the Freebie and near freebie deals after Bonus Cash earned).  The gift cards are ones I would have bought anyway and it's better for me to buy them at Rite-Aid and earned Bonus Cash than buying them at the grocery stores for piddly discounts on gas fill-ups.
  I don't count the price of the gift card spending in my Rite-Aid purchases budget.  The Bonus Cash earned from buying the gift cards is used to "pay" for my Rite-Aid plunder.

No actual cash was used in any of the following transaction, just Bonus Cash.

No point in laying out all the transactions at this point so I'll just do a synopsis of what I got and show photos of all the loot.


On Thursday I bought this on the Daughter's card.....

These 4 Kleenex were .37¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.39 for both after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
This 1 Colgate toothbrushes was -.33¢ after sale/In-ad Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Butterfingers were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Hair ties were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 pair of ear buds were $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 3 boxes of cereal were $1.48 each after sale/Q.
This 1 bag of Coffee was $1.99 after sale/Q/Saving* rebate.

On Thursday I bought this on my card........

These 4 Kleenex were .37¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.75 for both after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were -.61¢ each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
These 2 Colgate toothbrushes were .50¢ each after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 4 Butterfingers were .25¢ for all 4 after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Hairbrushes were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
This pair of ear buds was $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.

But I forgot to bring $725 in Qs to use, so I burned $7.25 in Bonus Cash on those 2 transactions and got $7.25 in cash the next day with a "post coupon" transaction.

On Friday I bought this on my daughter's card........

These 2 Blue Diamond nuts were $1.50 each after sale/Q.
These 2 Pepsis were .50¢ each after sale/Q.
These 2 DiGiorno pizzas were $3.00 each after sale/Q.
I also bought 4 packages of Sparkle paper towels(not pictured)for $13.23 total after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned. 
These burned more BC than I wanted as my good L2CQ didn't come off and I had to use a .75¢/1 peelie stuck to one of the packages.

On Friday I bought this on my son's card........

These 4 Kleenex were .25¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Planters were $2.99 per set after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.75 for both after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManuQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were -.61¢ each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
These 2 boxes of K-Cups were $3.74 each after sale/Q.
These 2 bags of coffee were $3.99 after sale/Q.
These 2 bags of Luden's cough drops were .25¢ each after sale/Q/Saving* rebate
These 2 Hair ties were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 pair of ear buds were $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Butterfingers were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.
I also bought a bottle of Pepto-Bismol(not pictured)per Hubs request, which after 20% Wellness discount/In-ad Q/stacked ManuQ cost me $4.43 in BC.

The Kleenex purchase also triggered a $20 Bonus Cash earned on my Allergy Rewards for this card. 8-)))



On Friday I bought this on my card......

These 2 Vera Wang fragrance sets were $8.99 after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate/Checkout51 rebate(1 set).
These 2 Planters gift packs were $2.99 each after sale/Bonus Cash.
This L'Oreal shampoo was $4.39 after 20% Wellness disc./peelie Q.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This Udderly Soft hand cream was $1.00 after sale.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC
These 2 Pantene conditioners were $2.29 each after 20% Wellness disc./Q.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC


On Saturday I bought this on my son's card........

These 3 cereals were $1.18 each after sale/Q.
This 1 men's fragrance gift set was $7.99 after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate/Checkout51 rebate.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.
This 1 Neutrogena moisturizer was $1.36 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This 1 Neutrogena foam cleanser was $1.61 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This 1 Neutrogena face make-up was $2.99 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
I also bought 2 24 packs of Big Win water on sale at $1.75 each.(not pictured).

In addition to the rebates above I have now earned a $5 Saving* rebate for buying over $25 worth of fragrance sets and an additional $1 Ibotta Bonus rebate for buying 3 qualifying Neutrogena items in this transation.

Lastly, on Saturday I also bought this on my son's card........

These 3 cereals were $2.99 for all 3 boxes after sale/Q//Ibotta rebate.
These 2 bags of Luden's cough drops were $1.25 for both after sale/Q.
This 1 Colgate toothpaste was -.25¢ after sale/In-adQ/stacked ManuQ.

In Total......
* $321.36 in Bonus Cash was used.

* $174.00 in Bonus Cash was earned.
* $6.75 in Saving* rebates was earned.
* $21.30 in Ibotta rebates was earned.
* $4.00 in Checkout51 rebates was earned.
* $7.25 in "Post Coupon" cash was earned.

Bottom line.....I "spent down" $108.06 in Bonus Cash with $13.00 of that being state sales tax($95.06 before tax).
Not bad for $639.15 reg. retail worth of stuff, huh?  ;-)

What did ya'll buy at Rite-Aid during the Black Friday sale?



Sluggy