More Rite-Aid Trips This Week + Weis & Ibotta

That $10 when you spend $40 In-AdQ at Rite-Aid this week was too tempting so I went back and used my card to try to uses it/earn it.

Here's what I bought.........

2 x Nature Valley granola bars 20% discount($3.43)=$6.86
4 x R-A Hydrogen Peroxide 20% discount($1.75)=$7.00
1 x Mitchum men's deo 20% discount=$3.59
1 x Mitchum "Nature Power" ladies deo 20% discount=$4.79
6 x Orbit gum on sale 3/$3=$6.00
1 x Bic Flex 5 razor 20% discount=$5.99
1 x Uno card game 20% discount=$6.39
2 x Nature's Truth Vitamin E stick BOGO=$1.99
SubTotal.......$42.61

Coupons Used
* 1 x $10 BC wys $40 Q
2 x $2/1 R-A peelieQ(on Nature Valley)=$4.00
1 x .50¢/1 Nature Valley L2CQ=.50¢
2 x $2/1 Mitchum R-A In-adQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Mitchum Nature Power deo ManuQ=$2.00
6 x .50¢/1 R-A peelieQ(on Orbit gums)=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Bic Flex razor R-A In-adQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Bic Flex razor ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $1 Catalina good on anything/earned on Gerber foods=$1.00
Coupon Total........$20.50

$42.61-$20.50=$22.11+.41¢ sales tax=$22.52 paid for with BC.

I earned back $19 in new Bonus Cash($10 wyspend $40, 2 x $2 wyb2 Peroxide, $5 Uno).
I earned $2.10 in rebates on Ibotta($2 Nature's Truth, .10¢ when you buy anything).
I also earned $1.50 on a Bonus Cash Challenge for Orbit gum once April gets here.

So $22.52 spent and $22.60 earned back in BC and/or cash rebates.

I also found this at a different R-A in their clearance section and bought it........

Marked down 75% so it was $3.62 and I got back $5 in an Ibotta cash rebate.  I got paid $1.38 to take this home. ;-)

Here's another trip to R-A on son's card to a different store this week.  I was looking for the Natural Power Mitchum so I could use my stacked Qs for it.  I also found some 75% clearance items that I had Qs for and discount candy with .50¢ off stickers so I made a $15 transaction(for 2 of the Bonus Cash Challenges for this account).

1 x Mitchum deo 20% discount=$4.79
1 x Love Beauty Planet hair spray 75% off=$2.24
2 x Almay lip sticks 75% off($2.07 ea)=$4.14
2 x Nature's Truth Vitamin E sticks BOGO=$1.99
1 x R-A pencil sharpener 20% disc=.79¢
5 x candy bars on sale 77¢=$3.85
SubTotal.........$17.80

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Mitchum In-adQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Mitchum Natural Power ManuQ=$2.00
1  $1.50/1 Love Beauty Planet IPQ=$1.50
2 x $2/1 Almay lip item ManuQ=$4.00
5 x .50¢ instant R-A stickers=$2.50
Coupon Total........$12.00

$17.80-$12.00=$5.80 + .26¢ tax=$6.06 paid for with Bonus Cash.

I earned another .75¢ for a R-A HOME BC Challenge and another $15 or over visit so I only need one more $15 trip on this card to earn $7 for the Visit 6 times BC Challenge.
I also earned $2 cash from Ibotta for buying the Vitamin E sticks.

There is a Weekend Warrior of $5 for buying 4 items this weekend in my Ibotta gallery so I put together a little scenario for that as well on Thursday. All but the first item were bought at Weis on Thursday......

2 x Nature's Truth Vitamin E sticks(the same ones above/I didn't buy 2 more lol)=$1.99
1 x bag of Ruby Frost apples=$2.99
4 x Purina high protein wet dog food $1 ea.=$4.00
1 x Nutrish dog treats on sale=$2.50
Total.......$11.48

Ibotta Rebates
Nature's Truth=$2.00
Apples=$1.00
Dog Food=$1.00
Dog Treats=.75¢
WWarrior wyb4=$5.00
Ibotta Total....$9.75

$11.48-$9.75=$1.73 OOP for all items in the photo.

I also went to Weis on Friday to get the freebie and the Friday deals.......

Friday deals-Lysol toilet bowl cleaner was .99¢  I used 4 .50¢/1 Qs that doubled to $1 so .04¢ in overage to apply to other items in my order.
The Keebler cookies are $1.97 this ad and I used 2 .75¢/1 Qs that doubled to $1.50 so each pack cost .47¢.
I also printed the .55¢/1 Little Debbie fudge brownie with English walnuts Q x 2 that was on coupons dotcom last week or so(it's NLA now).  I found this variety at the Weis across the street from the R-A where I found the make-up clearance pictured above, and LD snacks are 3/$5 this week, so I got 2 boxes of brownies for $1.14 total OOP(.57¢ each).
The Pure Leaf was a clearance find(not marked on the shelf-I found out about it from a Weis Q group on FB)$1.49 per bottle for the Hibiscus Lemonade Tea variety.  Between my store and the Weis in the town West of here let's just say I am well stocked on that now. lolz  And no, I didn't clear them out.

I saw lots of panic buying on Thursday and Friday at various Weis stores while I was out. Crazy!  People are not making fun of me for having a well stocked pantry now, are they? ;-)

It's always a good idea to keep extra food/paper goods as your extra cash allows. 
You never know when your store supply chains will be disrupted. 
Blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes(where I grew up), earthquakes and now pandemics with a fear of being quarantined or having to self-isolate.  These are all reasons to keep your wits about you but have a stockpile of whatever size works for you.

Do you keep a stockpile?
If you don't you should.


Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the March 13th Edition

Oh Goody!
Friday the 13th so let's recount this past week's frugal wins to scare off the evil spirits(and the online trolls that seem to be virulent lately) ;-)

Here's a photo I snapped yesterday of the paper goods aisle at my local Weis(PMITA)Markets.............

Just a few rolls of paper towels and down at the end some facial tissue.  I can't believe there was facial tissue left since it's just like TP just a little more expensive.

Onward to the frugalness..........

*  I got the Weis Friday Freebie last Friday.........

A box of Weis brand Hamburger Helper.
We don't care for this but the food bank likes to get it so off it goes in my next load to them.

* Hubs and I used a gift certificate won at the Church auction last Fall for a new BBQ joint in town for dinner on Tuesday.  We split a beef brisket dinner and after applying the gift cert. it cost us $3.18 OOP for dinner.

*  I found money!

A penny next to my favorite self-check out machine at Weis on Friday.

I did a load of laundry and found all this in the washer afterwards.  Sluggy's house rule, "I do the laundry and I keep the change you leave in your pockets", makes me .37¢ richer. tee hee

My trip to Rite-Aid garnered me .12¢ on Tuesday.  Each coin was found at different locations in the store.

On Thursday I found a nickel by the ATM at Rite-Aid when I went to pick up an Rx..........

Don't know why there since ATMs only give bills back, not change. lol

Then at Weis(PMITA)Markets later that day I found this..........

a dime right near the door where you walk in, under a display of Wonderful Pistachios.

It was a great week for finding change here!

Total Found Money this week...... .65¢
Total Money for the Year so far....$43.81

*  I earned $12.45 total in Ibotta rebates this week.

*  The deals I got at Rite-Aid.......

Total spent in Bonus Cash $16.33
Total earned back in BC $26.50 and in Ibotta Rebates $2.00 back as well.

My Weis deals above cost $24.44 OOP
I earned back $3.70 in Ibotta rebates on all this.

*  Hubs and I went to Bob Evans for lunch on Wednesday, the last day the $X off Q I had was good before expiring.  I got my usual big salad but this time Hubs, true to form did NOT get a salad too.  He opted for a meatloaf dinner this time.


That's about it for me this week.

What frugal wins did ya'll have?

Sluggy

March Over Here and Enter The Giveaway!

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

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

1 x Robitussin Cough medicine
1 x Nivea lotion
1 x Gain Scent Boosters
1 x Suave shampoo
1 x Olay Foaming Cleanser
1 x FDS feminine spray
1 x Crest toothpaste
1 x Speed Stick men's deodorant
2 x Freeman facial masks
1 x Jergen's lotion tube
12 x Lindt truffles asssorted flavors
6 x Prince of Peace Ginger chews
8 x Dove sea salt dark chocolates

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

Depending on where you shop the winnings have a reg. retail value of approximately $40.00

From all the VALID entries I receive I'll pick a winner at random.

* This month's Giveaway Box of goodies is ONLY open to folks who have never won one of my giveaways before.

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

In your entries I'd like to hear about your Spring plans, if you are putting in a garden this season and what you plan to grow, if you have any big projects this year for where you live, etc.
Stuff like that.

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 Saturday, March 21st  at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time. On March 22nd, Sunday, 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 March Giveaway started. Good luck to everyone!!!

Sluggy

Clearance Finds at Weis(PMITA)Markets Lately

Weis is in clearance mode lately, getting rid of products and reducing them to 50%.
I got a few goodies this past week.........

6 x Pasta Roni broccoli and cheddar noodles .50¢ a box=$3.00
1 x Weis mac and cheese big box of single serves=.99¢
4 x Chef Boyardee throwback pasta cans .83¢ a can=$3.32
2 x Chef Boyardee Paw Patrol pasta .50¢ a can=$1.00
4 x Knorr's Pasta Selects $1 per pack=$4.00

The Knorr sides are for Hubs, the mac and cheese for EX-CB and the Paw Patrol cans and 2 of the Pasta Roni boxes will go to the food bank so $2 of what I spent above won't come out of my food budget but the other $10.31 will.
I will confess the throwback Chef Boyardee cans are for me.  I still like Beefaroni sometimes and this reminds me of a cherished piece of my childhood. ;-)

I also got this on that trip..........

2 x WW string cheese 12 pack on clearance $2.14=$4.28
1 x Sargento balanced breaks cheese/granola snacks 2 pack on clearance=$1.89
2 x Hormel snacks(for Hubs)reg. price $2 and I used 2/.50¢ Qs that doubled to $1=$2.00
4 x Borden shredded cheese on sale BOGO($1.49 per)=$5.96

I also earned back $3.70 in Ibotta rebates(2 x .75¢ WW cheese, 2 x $1 Hormel snacks, .20¢ any shredded cheese).  Would have been nice to have had coupons for more of this but alas! I had none.

Have any of y'all found any good clearance buys at Weis lately?


Sluggy

Rite-Aid on Friday & Sunday

So my 4 L'Oreal shampoo Qs arrived on Friday and I headed up to R-A to get this stuff on my card/account.......

8 x L'Oreal Elvive shampoo on sale 2/$8=$32.00

Coupons Used
1 x $3 wyspend $30 R-AQ=$3.00
4 x $4/2 Elvive ManQ=$16.00
1 x $2/1 Elvive R-AQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.......$21.00

$32.00-$21.00=$11.00+.66¢ sales tax=$11.66 paid for with Bonus Cash.
Just a reminder that any Qs that print out on your receipt or Qs that R-A snail mails to you are R-A Qs and can be stacked with ManuQs(from inserts, peelies/tearpads or printed out from online).

I earned back $10 in new BC plus I'll get another $5.25 in BC in April as I completed the Bonus Cash Challenge for L'Oreal products with this purchase. woot!

That makes $11.66 spent and $15.25 earned so a $3.59 moneymaker.  8-)))

Then on Sunday with the new sales ad week at R-A I bought this stuff on my son's card/accountm again taking advantage of lots of R-A Qs to stack with ManuQs.........

1 x Mitchum deo 20% discount=$3.99
1 x Mitchum deo 20% discount=$3.59
1 x McCafe Coffee on sale=$5.99
1 x Bic Flex 5 razors 20% discount better than sale price=$5.99
2 x Almay make-up remover pads BOGO50%=$9.73
2 x Cover Girl concealers BOGO50%=$11.23
SubTotal........$40.52

Coupons Used
* 1 x $10 BC wyspend $40 Q(to earn BC/doesn't take anything off my total though)
1 x $3 wyspend $30 CatQ=$3.00
2 x $1/1 Mitchum deo ManuQ=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Mitchum deo R-A in-ad Q=$4.00
1 x $2/1 McCafe Coffee ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $3/1 Bic Flex 5 razor ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Bic Flex 5 razor R-A adQ=$3.00
1 x $3/2 Almay make-up removers ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Almay make-up remover pads Receipt R-A Q=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Almay make-up remover pads R-A mailed Q=$3.00
2 x $3/1 Cover Girl face items IPQ=$6.00
1 x $2/1 Cover Girl items make-up removers R-A mailed Q=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Cover Girl items Receipt R-A Q=$2.00
Coupons Used.........$36.00 *

$40.52-$36.00=$4.52+ .15¢ sales tax=$4.67 paid for with Bonus Cash.
And I earned $10 in new Bonus Cash using that In-Ad Q making this a $5.33 moneymaker.
Plus I achieved the $1.25 BC level for buying the Cover Girl on this card's Bonus Cash Challenge so a $6.58 moneymaker once April rolls around. ;-)

Now there is some confusion over the BIC In-ad R-A Q this week. 

Some folks are saying it's a ManuQ and you can't stack it with a reg. ManuQ but it doesn't say it's a ManuQ though it is beeping if you try to use it with a ManuQ.
So make sure you hand over this In-Ad Q BEFORE the insert ManuQ.  If the In-Ad Q beeps they can't push it through manually but they CAN push through the insert ManuQ and if the staff tries to tell you the In-Ad Q is a manuQ point out the wording and that it says "Also Save Up To $5 off with coupons in most Sunday papers".

Ok, that's all I got on the Rite-Aid front for now.  The ad isn't very exciting this week but if you can put together $40 worth of stuff(but have Qs so you don't actually PAY that much! lol)it's worth doing that for the $10 BC Deal.

Everything I got on these two trips will be Giveaway items except 1 concealer and the coffee....and I have to exchange the coffee for the bagged type as we don't have a Keurig thingy but that was all they had in stock at my tiny store.

If you "do" Rite-Aid tell me if you are one of the lucky ones who got the Bonus Cash Challenge Offer(as not everyone got the email about it)and what challenges you selected.


Sluggy