About The Giveaway, Ibotta Weekend Warrior Bonus, Weis & Rite-Aid

Ok, some of ya'll must think I have magical powers.
I'm a savvy shopper but do you really think I got all this for $1-$5 total?........

Dang!  I wish!! 
Now if it had been Rite-Aid, weeeeeell...........lolz

Let's see some higher guesses going forward, ok?

Here is the list of what is in the photo.........
4 x Dove men's gift sets
5 x Axe men's gift sets
2 x Dial men's gift sets
5 x Dr. Teal's gift sets
1 x Calgon gift set
1 x Whole Blends mini gift set
1 x Colgate twin pack toothpaste
2 x Suave men's shampoo
2 x Head and Shoulders conditioner
1 x 6 pack Dial soap
2 x DG ladies razor packs
4 x Assorted bottles of body wash(Palmer's/St. Ives/Dial/Nivea)

Regular retail of all this at Dollar General is in the neighborhood of $200.
Of course I didn't spend that after coupons and clearance prices but it wasn't anywhere near $1-$5. ;-)

Everything was marked a % off on clearance(between 10% and 50%)PLUS another 50% off that price for the Clearance Event.  I used $5 in digital DG Qs on 5 of the items, plus since it was bought in two different stores/two different trips I also used 2 x $5 when you spend $25 Sat. Qs.(I bought other things that got me over $25 subtotal but for Giveaway purposes I am applying the whole $5 off $25 Qs just to the items pictured above.)

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I happened to be near Walmart last Friday and there was a $5 Weekend Warrior Bonus on Ibotta so I went to see what I could score with my Ibotta app and my trusty pencil case of coupons.

I think I did fairly well, check it out........

2 x Oui yogurt $1.34=$2.68
6 x Oikos new blue yogurt cups .87¢=$5.22
3 x Grands! biscuit rolls $1.77=$5.31
1 x OEP tortilla pack=$1.74
1 x Knorr's ready to eat rice dish=$1.50
1 x Country Crock "plant" butter w/olive oil=$2.18
1 x Axe body spray clearance=$2.50
2 x Axe solid deodorant clearance $2=$4.00
SubTotal........$25.13

Coupons Used
2 x Oikos $1/3 ManuQ=$2.00
1 x Grands! $1/3 ManuQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$3.00

$25.13-$3.00=$22.13 +.39¢ sales tax=$22.52 OOP
I earned back $17.13 in Ibotta rebates($2.68 for Oui, $2.50 for Oikos, $1.20 Grands!, .50¢ EOP, .50¢ Knorr's, $1.00 Country Crock, $1 Axe body spray, $2 Axe solid deodorant, .25¢ for buying any yogurt, a .50¢ Bonus for buying 2 different types Axe and the $5 Weekend Warrior Bonus for redeeming 8 Offers.


$22.52-$17.13=$5.39 OOP after rebates for all the items pictured above.

After individual rebates(and the 3 manu Qs I used), the Oui yogurts were free, the Oikos were .37¢ each, the whack biscuits were $1.03 each, the tortillas were $1.24, the Knorr side was $1.00, the margarine was $1.14, the Axe spray was $1.50 and the Axe solid deodorants were $1.00 each.

Then ,25¢ any yogurt, a .50¢ Axe Bonus and $5 for the WW Bonus came off. 8-)))

The only item we won't eat/use is the Knorr ready-to-eat side so that goes into the food bank donation box(and it's the type of thing my FB always asks for along with condiments, kiddies foods and cold cereal).

Speaking of kiddie foods, the Oral-B toothbrush rebate was back in my Ibotta gallery so I hit Weis up and bought this on Sunday........

6 x Spaghettios $1 on sale=$6.00

3 x Oral-B toothbrushes on clearance $1.89=$5.67

SubTotal......$11.67

I used 

2 x $1/3 Spaghettios ManuQs=$2.00

1 x $5/3 Oral-B/Crest items Weis digitalQ=$5.00

Coupon Total......$7.00

$11.67-$7.00=$4.67 paid OOP

I earned back $5 in Ibotta rebates($1 Spaghettios wyb4, 3 x $1 Oral-B, $1 Feb. Level 2)so after rebates this was a .33¢ moneymaker.
Sweet!

The Spaghettios are heading to the food bank with the Knorr side. ;-) 

And while I was out I hit Rite-Aid too on Sunday........

2 x Nivea lip balm on sale=$4.00

I used a $2/2 ManuQ so $2.00 after Q.

I used the last $1 in Bonus Cash on Hubs card to pay and put $1.12 on one of my free R-A gift cards.

I am now down to 2 cards with BC on it(mine and son's)and this is probably the extent of my R-A shopping for this week unless something pops up.

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Would You Eat These?" Edition................

Sonya Ann dearly loves boiled peanuts.  I saw these at the Weis(PMITA)Markets south of here last week in my travels and at 50% off I immediately thought to buy and send them to her.  Then I remembered where she lived and remembered that it would cost me approximately $15 just to ship these 4 cans to her.
So I sent her a photo of them instead. lolz

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning-

This is what was planned for last week.......

1. Sunday--Roast Chicken, Stuffing(for some), Carrots
2. Monday--Beef Pie(at least for some of us)
3. Tuesday--Spaghetti and Meatballs, Sausage, Salad, Garlic Bread

4. Wednesday--Doing something with the leftover roast Chicken?

5. Thursday--TV dinners in the freezer?

6. Friday--Leftovers?
7. Saturday--Leftovers?

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Roast Chicken, Stuffing(for some), Carrots
2. Monday--Hamburgers, Salad
3. Tuesday--Fend For Yourself

4. Wednesday--Beef Pie(at least for some of us)

5. Thursday--Had Lunch out/Dinner FFY(I had soup)

6. Friday--Shrimp Scampi over Linguini
7. Saturday--Fend For Yourself

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners, 3 nights of leftovers/FFY or TV dinners, and 0 night of Eating Out/Take-Out(for dinner, we did have a lunch out).
I am still consuming a lot of soup, jello, hot tea, etc. as my throat is sore and my taste buds are still off.
Spaghetti and TV dinners didn't happen but Hamburgers/Salad and Shrimp Scampi did so the aforementioned will happen this coming week.

I wanted to make something special for Hubs on V-day so I used most of that skewered shrimp I picked up after Thanksgiving on clearance..........

30 shrimp per pack for $2.50.  I just had to take the tails off and remove them from the skewers.  Garlic, white wine, green onion because I didn't have a shallot, crushed red pepper flakes and a bit of butter to make the sauce and it was done.
The rest of the third pack of shrimp I used in a pot of Chinese Sizzling Rice Soup I made.  I've been eating off that pot of soup since Friday(most lunches and a couple dinners).

What got put into the freezer last week....
* 2 bags of shrimp/crab ravioli(Aldi find)
* 3 packages of chicken cutlets(Weis Deal + Q)
* 2 bags of fried rice(Weis Deal + Q + Ibotta)
* 8 pork chops(Weis Deal)
* 3 lbs. ground beef(Weis Deal + $3 Sticker)
* meat from 1 roasted chicken(1 of my .52¢ lb. chickens)

What got taken out of the freezer and used.....
* 3 bags of frozen shrimp skewers
The rest of the proteins used(ground beef, chicken)were bought fresh and used last week.

Lots of spending this past week in the amount of $122.66(Weis x 2, Aldi, Ollie's, Walmart x 2) brings my February Grand Total spending on food to $321.76 so far.
I've earned $69.25 in Ibotta rebates too in February so far.

My savings percentage last week was 51.15%(without Rite-Aid trips)and February's monthly savings total comes in at 48.28%(w/out R-A).  

I have 12 more food shopping/spending days in February.

Leftovers going into this week.....Corned Beef(enough for a couple of sandwiches), Beef Pie, Shrimp Scampi, Roast Chicken, Chinese Soup.

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

1. Sunday--Frozen Pizza(Hubs/Ex-CB, soup for me)
2. Monday--Chicken Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole(using leftover roast chicken)
3. Tuesday--Pork Chops, Veg TBD, Noodles or Rice of some kind(Hubs is cooking this)

4. Wednesday--Leftover Beef Pie

5. Thursday--Spaghetti and Meatballs, Veg TBD

6. Friday--Leftovers?
7. Saturday--Leftovers?

What needs buying for this menu?Nothing really....maybe some salad greens?  We've got frozen veg otherwise.

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 February Giveaway Without Groundhogs....Come Enter!

Ok, I lied.  There ARE Groundhogs........



But I promise no Groundhogs were harmed in the constructing of this Giveaway however. ;-)


Time for the third Sluggy's Boring Blog Giveaway for 2020!

Here is what is in the February box o' goodies..............

1 x Febreeze Gain Scent Small Spaces Air Freshener
1 x Pantene Color Shine Shampoo(I can substitute another variety here)
1 x Colgate Optic White toothpaste
1 x Jergens Lotion
1 x Robitussin Cough + Chest Congestion DM
1 x Dog Shaped Silicone Tea Infuser
1 x Centrum Silver Vitamins
1 x Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleaner
1 x Listerine Chewable Tablet Ready Tabs
2 x Kinder Bueno Chocolate Bars
16 x Lindt Truffles(assorted flavors)

Close up shots of these goodies..........

Here's how it will work....
From all the VALID entries I receive I'll pick a winner at random.

* This month's Giveaway Box of goodies is open to ALL readers, previous winner or not.

Your entry must include a guess about how much I spent(before sales tax)on my Dollar General score pictured below at their Clearance Sale on February 8th.

There is a limit of ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PER DAY for this Giveaway.  Come back every day and enter though!

If you are on my Giveaway emails list just leave a comment and your name to enter. If you aren't on the Giveaway emails list make sure you leave your email in your comment OR email me your email privately after you leave a comment.

I'll leave this giveaway open until Monday, February 24th at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time. On February 25th, Tuesday, I'll draw the winning entry and post who won.

*Please note these rules*
I'll post the name/ID of the winner on this blog on  and that person has 48 hours from the time stamp on that post to contact me privately via email(my email addy is listed on my "About Me" page, as well as on my side bar).

If I am not contacted via email, I'll attempt to contact the winner via the email they supplied with their entry(or gave me to add to the Giveaway Data Base)and if that email is not responded to within another 48 hours I'll pick another winner.

Disclaimer--This giveaway is open to those with mailing addresses within the US only.  As the cost of postage to foreign countries has gotten too high I am sorry to say I can no longer afford to mail boxes outside the US.  These giveaways are not sponsored by any companies.  I pay for it all(the cost of items given away and the postage to mail it all)out of my own pocket.

***PLEASE NOTE***

Please make sure there is a way for me to contact you in your comment.

If you're not a registered Blogger User with YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION on your User page, please put your email addy in your comment or email me your email addy privately when you leave a comment so I can get a hold of you. If your Blogger associated user profile is a GOOGLE one make sure your email info is linked to your profile.

If I can't contact you then you can't win.  I am still having to disqualify entries due to this issue and I sure don't like doing that.  Thanks!


So let's get this February Giveaway started.  Good Luck to everyone!!!

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the February 14th Edition

Another loop around to see what frugal wins we had this past week at Chez Sluggy...........

*  I got the Weis(PMITA)Markets Freebie last Friday............

A bottle of hot sauce.
Yep, this will be used. ;-)

*  I forgot to mention on last week's FF post that I had done the Weis Pepsi-Fritos-Lay Super Bowl Deal from the previous week of "Spend $25 on select P/F-L items, Get a $5 OYNO Catalina".  The Cat didn't print on the transaction that hit the $25 mark, so I got this instead at the Customer Service desk.............

It's now tucked into my refund/rebate/post coupon envie to put toward the food budget later this year.

*  I found a bunch of clearance at Dollar General last weekend.........

 All this chili came out of the food monies at .39¢ a can.

And a few things among all these toiletries also got applied to the food/toiletries spending.  The rest will be gifts, for giveaways or I might sell some of them locally once the Holidays roll around this year. ;-)

* I found money!

At the Dollar General I hit on Saturday in town.  2 pennies and 1 dime all found in different parts of the store on the floor.

And 2 pennies at the DG I hit on Saturday South of town.  One found inside and one found on the sidewalk out front.

And this pitifully rock salt encrusted penny(bet you couldn't tell it IS a penny!lol)outside the building at Rite-Aid when I went to get my drugs there for this sinus/ear gunk infection on Sunday.

I found 2 pennies when I went back to Rite-Aid to return and buy different make-up items on Tuesday...........

Both were near the check-outs.

Then at Weis(PMITA)Markets afterwards I found these 2 pennies wedged into the scanning machine at the self-checkout.................

At least I didn't have to bend over to score these two. lolz

On Wednesday I went out for awhile to hit some stores.............

I found this penny on the floor at Aldi's by the shelf where you bag your groceries.

I found 3 pennies in or outside of Walmart. (1 inside the store by a display, 1 by the soda machine outside the door and 1 next to my car in the parking lot.)

I also found another penny at Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)..........

This was on the floor by the check-out register.  I saw 10 customers step over/on it while checking out before it was my turn to pick it up! lolz

Total Found Money this Week.... .20¢
Total Found Money for 2020......$42.62

*  I got all this from Rite-Aid this past week.........

Returned the 2 eye brow pencils pictured above and bought these 2.......

Spent $30.36 in BC and free gift card scrip.
Earned $24 in new BC.
I also earned .45¢ in Ibotta rebates on sll this(.25¢ Dunkin Coffee, .20¢ Buy Any Item).

*  I needed a phone case for my new phone(we changed phone companies thus new phone).  Instead of paying $20+ in the store for one I liked I ordered this one through Amazon............

of course, it's Purple!!! lolz  
And I used a piece of an Amazon gift card(that was a gift)so free.

*  Hubs and I went out to lunch on Thursday to Bob Evan's.  I got my big salad with chicken and Hubs also got a big salad.  I almost fell over when he ordered one as he NEVER does. *thud*

I used a $5 off wyspend $25 Q which covered the tip.  The waitress also gave me a full to-go cup of iced tea when I asked for a cup to take the rest of my tea refill home.  A cup and a refill in the restaurant plus a full to-go cup of tea meant my $2.79 tea cost less than $1 a cup in the end.  ;-)

*  Best deals last week..............

Marked down whole roaster chickens with $3 off instant discount stickers as well, made the cost less than .52¢ a lb.
Then there was all this at Weis(PMITA)Markets....

 And all this at Walmart........

After Ibotta rebates I "spent" $14.90 w/sales tax for all that.

On Wednesday I bought what's pictured above at a different Weis that's larger than ours.
All these items(plus a second package of Ball jars I forgot to put in the photo)gave me a total of $8.75 in Ibotta rebates($1 Spaghettios, 2 x $1.25 Ball jars, .50¢ Propel water, .75¢ Musselman's, 4 x $1 Oral-B toothbrushes). I also earned the .50¢ Feb. Level 1 Bonus and the $10 Cupid Love Bonus so $19.25 back in rebate monies.

$15.56 OOP after $9 in ManuQs(well $7.56 really because the ball jars don't come out of the food budget) so after sales/Qs/rebates I spent negative $11.69 on all this. 8-)))

The best were the toothbrushes that were on sale for $1.89 each, gave $1 Ibotta rebate cred each and there was a $6/4 Crest items Weis digital Q!
$7.96-$6Q=$1.96-$4 Ibotta rebate= -$2.44. for the toothbrushes. 8-)))

That's about all I can remember frugal that happened last week.

Any frugal wins in your world lately?
Tell us all about it!

                                                       
Sluggy

Weekend Ibotta Shopping & Dollar Generals Clearance Deals

Even feeling like crap I still did some Weis and Walmart shopping over last weekend to earn the $5 Weekend Warrior Bonus when you buy 8 qualifying items.

First at Weis......

Spent $24.67 w/sales tax
Earned $10.32 on Ibotta

Then Walmart........

Spent $11.28 w/sales tax
Earned $5.73 on Ibotta

Got the $5 Bonus so $21.05 in Ibotta rebates total.
$35.95-$21.05 rebates=$14.90 OOP for all 9 items.

The 4 best deals here were the Nivea lotion was $1.23 after 2/1 ManQ/2 rebates, the Noodle cups were .03¢ total after rebate, the Minute Rice cup was a .21¢ moneymaker and the Nivea shave foam was a $1.60 moneymaker(2 x $2-$2/2 ManQ-$3.60 rebates).
We NEVER get Nivea ManuQ in our inserts here but we did a week ago last Sunday so I am making an effort to use them! lolz

I need to buy only 3 more qualifying Ibotta items before 2/17 to earn another $10 "Cupid Cash" Bonus so that's the "mission" this week. ;-)  The Weekend Warrior Deal was over the weekend but this Cupid Cash runs 10 days and everything bought during the WWD applies toward the CCD too.
Except one of my store trips(the Weis one)isn't showing as counting toward the CCD presently but that one was within the time frame for both deals.  I guess I have to write to Ibotta about it but I did make a trip yesterday to Weis and bought more items that qualify(luckily)so maybe I'll just wait a bit.

Then last weekend I hit the Dollar General Clearance Event on Saturday and utilized the $5 when you spend $25 digital Q.
I also hit another DG south of me that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere because I figured they'd have more/better stuff and they did.  Plus since my total was over $25 there the manager/cashier gave me another $5/$25 printed Q to use on that order.
Sweet!

At the first store among my scores was this food item........

Cans of chili for .39¢ each.  This stuff is not Hormel by no means(what Hubs and Ex-CB prefer)but they have had it in the past and it is serviceable on their burritos.  So for that price I got 8 cans.
I got Ex-CB 3 Powerades too....$1 off when you bought 3 and with the piece of the $5/$25 each bottle was .54¢.

I bought other items in my orders(socks, doggie treats and other things that don't count in my food/toiletries budget/spending)but here is the rest of what I bought not including the stuff noted above........

4 x Dove men's gift sets
5 x Axe men's gift sets
2 x Dial men's gift sets
5 x Dr. Teal's gift sets
1 x Calgon gift set
1 x Whole Blends mini gift set
1 x Colgate twin pack toothpaste
2 x Suave men's shampoo
2 x Head and Shoulders conditioner
1 x 6 pack Dial soap
2 x DG ladies razor packs
4 x Assorted bottles of body wash(Palmer's/St. Ives/Dial/Nivea)

All were discontinued/discounted items at various %s then 50% off that amount for the clearance sale plus I used 2 x $5/wyspend $25 Qs and I also used $5 total in other digital DGQs on assorted items in the photo.
I'm not divulging what I actually spent on all this OOP yet as the February giveaway will involve guessing that amount. 8-))

Some of the above will be used as Christmas gifts, some for giveaways in the future and what we are keeping has been accounted for in my food/toiletries spending from this past week on last Monday's post.

I confess that I don't shop at Dollar General really but if I am up for going out I'll hit these Clearance Events they hold because you never know what goodies you'll find.  I believe my last trip to one was Last May.
The only other time I go there really is when they have discounted gift card deals sporadically.

Did any of y'all hit the DG clearance sale?
Any great buys there?


Sluggy