Ok, so I have TWO sets of the pencil case, scissors and calculator so I drew two names to win this Giveaway. (The second case is dark blue and the scissors are lime green.)
I love to win perhaps to motivate me back into using coupons. I used to be an avid couponer - now, not so much. I know it can save a lot $$$ - and now that I am retired, I certainly have more time . . . but for some reason, for the most part it has gotten away from me.
I think this might help me to get into couponing. It is very intimidating to me, but when I see how much you and other people save, it is certainly worth the effort!!!
Now, one question, if I win, does it come with a tutorial from you, lol :)
Sue L.
Congratulations Kim N. and Sue L.!!! The both of you please email me your full name and mailing address within 48 hours of this post going live so I can get these prizes out to you asap.
Thanks to everyone for playing along this month.
September Giveaway will be going up in a couple of weeks.
* I haven't left the house much lately. I've been enjoying the cooler temps around here since last Friday though and not having the a/c running. I need to pick tomatoes again today if the rain holds off too.
My hermit time will end tonight when I go to Weis, use the $5 off Q, and get gas with my points(they expire Labor Day I think).
* We spent the weekend putting Hubs' room back together mostly(plus I've been working in the garage too). He's dragging his ass a bit stopping to do other things so not everything is back where it needs to be and out of the way and still in my room or our bedroom.
I hope to have everything in the upstairs relocated and where it needs to be before this coming weekend is over. Then I can share photos of it all.
Really, it's not that great of a change or a beautiful makeover or anything. But I just want it done so I can move on to other issues.
* Tomorrow I go to the Chronic Pain Clinic.
Oh joy!
I need to stay out of ERs. This last time was quite pricey, even with insurance because they ran a bunch of tests I didn't need. I knew what was wrong with me but they had to rule out stuff in their minds because not being my doctor they don't know my history personally and gawd forbid they miss something, I die and they get sued. ;-)
I got two bills, the first one totaled $13,987.35 before insurance.
I added the second bill and it all came to $15,513.35 before insurance. EEK! And I had to pay just under $750 in co-pays. ick
And they didn't actually "do" anything to help me at the ER other than give me a valium(and the ER doc wouldn't write me a script for it either, just for a drug that didn't help and he KNEW it didn't help....so worthless).
So let's hope the CPC(Chronic Pain Clinic)is a little more helpful. I suspect it will be A LOT less expensive than the ER. lolz
* I've almost gotten the garage cleaned up enough to hold a stockpile sale in September(depending on the weather). I have filled the living room up with toiletries and a few yard sale type items.
Then after that happens I'll relist my diaper stash on the local tag sale site and start listing stuff on eBay for the Holiday season buying time.
* I went and joined a Dave Ramsey group on Facebook. Stupidest thing I ever did in hindsight! I thought I could help some folks there with questions/issues about money and debt. But really some of these folks are clueless and nothing but a good ass kicking will get them to see the light. lolz
This group is a bunch of prodigious posters and I have to scroll through so many posts to see anything not this group related. As a wise woman once remarked......
* We have decided to drive to LA for Daughter's wedding instead of flying. We ran the numbers and renting a car, gas, motels, food for the trip, extra days to kennel the dogs vs flying is cheaper than plane tickets and cabs/Uber to and from airports, etc. The only problem may be weather in early January on our end(and would also be a problem if we fly out of and into PA). It will be a mad dash halfway across the country and then back in the middle of Winter.
Oh fun.
* Our wedding anniversary is tomorrow, Wednesday. 37 years married.....where does the time go? ;-)
Hubs actually had HAIR back then and I had a very very bad perm. lolz
6. Friday--Pizza(maybe), Salad
7. Saturday--Leftovers
Plus we will have sliced tomatoes and cukes to fill in if we are a low on a dish or someone doesn't want something served(me usually).
And this is what actually happened--
1. Sunday--Tacos and/or Taco Salad
2. Monday--Garlic Pork Loin, Corn on Cob
3. Tuesday--Baked Catfish and Salmon, Cabbage, Roasted Sweet Potato cubes
4. Wednesday--Turkey Enchiladas(I had beans)
5. Thursday--Hot Dogs, Squash and Onions
6. Friday--Leftovers
7. Saturday--Rigatoni and Meatballs, Salad
Last week saw 5 nights of home cooked dinners, 1 nights of leftovers/ffy, and 0 nights of Eating Out/Take-Out. The pork loin was done in the crockpot as Monday was still hot/muggy. Wednesday I was able to use leftovers-turkey already cooked from the freezer. I cooked Wednesday's dinner on Tuesday as I was running the oven then. The Enchiladas just needed reheating on Wednesday. The sweet potatoes were long in the tooth and needed using so I was glad to get those cooked/served. I did sauce and 2 packs of those meatballs in the crockpot on Saturday. We had Rigatoni/Salad with them Sat. and there is enough for another meal or two lunches this week. I'm not planning on meatballs again for a dinner since, well, Hubs. lolz
What got put into the freezer last week.....
* 10 lbs. of meatballs
* 3 lbs. of nitrite-free bacon
What got taken out of the freezer and used last week..... * Cooked Turkey Breast slices
* a Pork Loin
* medium Catfish fillet
* small Salmon portion
* 8 hot dogs
Two trips to Malacari's produce($57.27)-and 12 lbs. of meatballs later-brought the weekly spending to $57.27 and my August total to $238.43.
I shot for $60 in food spending last week and I kept to it. go me. lol
My savings percentage last week was 56.35%(without Rite-Aid trips)and August's monthly savings total comes in at 49.13%(w/out R-A). I have 5 more food shopping/spending days in August and $161.57 left in my $400 food budget for this month. I guess I will stay under budget this month on food
Leftovers going into this week......Pork Loin slices, 2
Enchiladas, Mixed Veg, Cabbage, 2 Corn on Cob, Rigatoni and Meatballs.
I'll strip the kernels off the corn and either freeze them or put them in the pot pie I am making tonight. Hot weather rolls back in Tueday so no more running the oven for awhile and back to stove top/grill/crockpot meals for awhile longer.
Here is this week's "food plan".....
1. Sunday--Chinese Take-Out
2. Monday--Chicken Pot Pie
3. Tuesday--Kielbasa on Rolls, Sauerkraut(optional), Harvard Beets
hope i win!, august is not my favorite month, school is back soon
marthicafer @ gmail.com
Congratulations marthicafer! Please email me your full name and mailing address within 48 hours of this post going live so I can get this box of goodies out to you asap.
Thanks to everyone for playing this month.
Don't forget to enter the Couponers Giveaway which ends on Aug. 27th(Tuesday)too.
Another Sluggy's Boring Blog Box Giveaway will work it's way down the pipeline some time in September so be watching for it. ;-)
The Bulldog Ibotta rebate was back on my gallery Friday morning so I bought this on the son's card.........
1 x Bulldog face scrub 20% Wellness disc.=$6.07
2 x Nature's Truth turmeric BOGOFree=$15.49
SubTotal.........$21.56
I used a $3/1 Bulldog item L2CQ so the total was $18.56 +.18¢ tax=$18.74 paid for this Bonus Cash.
I now have .52¢ in BC left on that card.
I submitted and have already received $7 in cash rebates on Ibotta($3 Bulldog, 2 x $2 Nature's Truth)for this transaction
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I now only have $15.05 in BC left between 4 Wellness cards.
But I also have a $15 P&G prepaid card to use by the end of September that I received for free at Rite-Aid spending BC.
The Bulldog will make an appearance in a family member's stocking this Xmas and the Turmeric is something I take daily. These 2 bottles will keep me in Turmeric for 2 months.
