Still Waiting on the June Giveaway Winner to Step Forward!

I don't want to post anything new until the Winner comes forward.
So if you are out there Lisa B., please email me to claim your prize before time runs out.

thanks,

Sluggy

Belatedly, Here's the June Giveaway Winner Announcement

I finally had time to go through all the Giveaway Entries(root out the invalid ones too)and pick a winner.
And the winner is the 43rd valid comment on your hit parade(wow! That's an old person reference. lol)........

Lisa B!

Lisa BJune 14, 2020 at 4:20 PM

I havent been shopping too much. Some pastas have been low but i have enough stockpiled. Not much selection in canned goods but I rarely use them. Thanks for the giveaway.

Congratulations Lisa B!

You have 48 hours from the time stamp when this post went live on the blog to email me your full mailing address to claim your prize.

After that I'll pick another winner from whomever is left on this list of 109 valid entries.

Thanks to all for reading and entering these little Sluggy Boring Box Giveaways.

There were 117 entries(and a couple who didn't want to enter but wanted to comment)out of which only 109 were valid, which leads me to say this...........

I implore you, if you enter and don't send me your email addy privately, have it linked from your Blogger profile(please check it to make sure it's there)or leave it in your  giveaway entry/comment(if I don't already have you on the master list of email addys for giveaways), GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDY!  

The following folks entered this go around but were invalid--Nancy x 2 comments(blogger profile is blank), D Fuller(again blogger profile is blank), Anonymous(with no link to anywhere!), Mrs. Shriver(again, blogger profile is blank).  I don't put this out there except to make these folks aware that they need to take action to have their entries counted, not to embarrass anyone.

If one of these folks have sent me contact info, it was not received yet and not put on the master list and for that I apologize, so send it to me again.  I just hate having to disqualify entries for no contact info. and it wastes both your time entering and my time having to weed through comments too.

Ok, I am off to get unpacked fully and get my usual life going again.

It's been two jam packed weeks and a LOT of driving(which made my knee very unhappy!) and I'll talk about some of it at a later time.

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table--On Tuesday

* Please Note-I don't have time to pick the June giveaway winner until I get home so that won't be until Friday.  There is just so much going on here, plus my internet connection and my computer set up(a rickety tv tray w/no room for my mouse/mouse pad, and bad lighting)is less than optimal so I can't get much done until I get home to PA.  Sorry but life sometimes gets in the way, ya know? ;-)

The "Peony" Edition..........

My peony finally bloomed right before I left town.  I think I'll have Hubs dig it up in the Fall and relocate it to a different spot in the flower bed not so close to the house and front porch.

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning-

This is what was planned.........

1. Sunday--Didn't eat Dinner(Had a big salad for lunch and applesauce later.)
2. Monday--Taco Salad
3. Tuesday--No Clue

4. Wednesday--No Clue
5. Thursday--No Clue

6. Friday--No Clue
7. Saturday--No Clue

And this is what really happened.......

1. Sunday--Didn't eat Dinner(Had a big salad for lunch and applesauce later.)
2. Monday--Taco Salad
3. Tuesday--Teriyaki Beef with Bok Choy in a Ginger Garlic Sauce, Rice

4. Wednesday--Chopped Salad w/Tangerine Viniagarette, Pizza
5. Thursday--Grilled Chicken, Corn on Cob

6. Friday--Leftovers(I had Pizza, Salad)
7. Saturday--I treated us to Chili's takeout

Last week saw 3 nights of home cooked dinners, 1 night of leftovers/FFY, and 2 nights of Take-Out and no dinner for me on Sunday.

What got put into the freezer last week....
* I doubt Hubs put anything in the freezer last week.

What got taken out of the freezer and used.....
* No clue what Hubs made at home except chicken tikka masala using chicken out of the freezer.

1 pillaged a few R-As down here and sister in-law took me to Kroger twice and I'll tally up spending when I get back so my total so far s $149.61+ whatever I spent at Sharp Shopper on the way to VA, a bit at Ollies, Kroger and Rite-Aids down here

I am at $38.30 total earned in Ibotta rebates in June so far.

My savings percentage last week was ?%(without "regular"Rite-Aid trips)for June and the monthly savings total comes in at ?%(w/out R-A).

I have 8 more food shopping/spending days in June.

Leftovers going into this week.......no clue what they ate or didn't at home and frankly I don't care right now. lol

Here is this week's "food plan".....my Sister in-law is in charge this week. ;-)

1. Sunday--Steak, Asparagus,
2. Monday--Steak, Asparagus(plus Salad for me)
3. Tuesday--Maybe Pizza? or Leftovers

4. Wednesday--No Clue
5. Thursday--No Clue

6. Friday--No Clue
7. Saturday--No Clue

What needs buying for this menu? Don't know the menu so don't known what needs buying.  I'll throw my sister in-law some cash toward whatever.

What's left on my master list of meals Hubs can make from what's at home...........
* Shrimp Tempura
* Tuna Casserole
* Roasted Chicken
* Shrimp/Crab Ravioli
* Cheese Ravioli

* Spaghetti and Meatballs

* Breakfast for Dinner

* Grilled Chicken  new

* Grilled Steak  new

* Haddock Fish Dinner  new
* Chicken Tenders  new

* Beef Liver  new

Plus lots of thinly sliced Chicken Breast, grass fed Ground Beef and Ground Turkey in the freezer.

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

Last Day to Enter the Giveaway!

The June Giveaway closes tonight, Sunday, June 21st, at 11:59pm EDST.
Go HERE to enter or use the link on the sidebar.

I'll pick a winner Monday though it may be later in the evening as we have two appointments in regard to the reason I am in Virginia presently so it's a jam packed day.
My Monday Meal Plan post may also be delayed until Tuesday this week as well. ;-)
I won't be able to ship the winner their prize until I get home later in the week either.

And Happy Father's Day to all the dad out there!
And call your dad if he's still living. 8-)))

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the June 19th Edition

And here's what I could find frugal for this past week spent down in Virginia..............

* I opted to take the ferry and avoid the heavy interstate traffic on a Friday into Hampton Roads........

Here I am in line in Jamestown as the ferry pulled in from Scotland Virginia.  A much nicer/relaxing way to get to my brother's house-riding a FREE ferry across the James River.

* Once we landed in Surry VA I found a place to gas up the Sonic that was .20¢ cheaper than all the other gas stations I've seen down here.  $1.59 per gal. as opposed to the $1.79 per gal. I am seeing down here.  Gas win for me! lol

* We hit Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap)on Sunday to use our 15% everything you buy discount flyer.
The only food I bought was this......

2 boxes of generic Rice Krispies at 75% off so .37¢ per box.  1 box is missing because I've been eating it for some breakfasts here. ;-)

That's not to say I didn't buy me some cheap books at Ollie's too(that's my cart in the foreground in the photo above). lolz

* Hubs said my $20 prepaid Visa card for "spending" $75 on Allergy meds at R-A arrived this week at home.
Go me.

* I found money!

I can't even remember where I found this penny but it's the oldest on the camera and I took it in the car so I am saying it was either at the 7-11 I stopped at on the way down to Chesapeake on Friday or at the Ollie's my brother took us to on Sunday

 A penny at Walmart in an aisle when I went with sister in-law food shopping.

And another penny when I picked up bagels at Panera.

 I found this penny under the floor mat in my sister in-law's car when we went out on Thursday to run errands.  I told her I was keeping it since she didn't seem to want ol' Abe and she said "knock yourself out!".

Then I found these two pennies on the way out of the R-A we pillaged visited on Thursday.  One was half tucked under the side of the floor mat leading out of the store and the other was just outside the store where the automatic sliding door leads into the foyer/cart area.  To pick it up I had to bend down right in the doorway so that my rear end was IN the store but the rest of me was OUT in the foyer.  Thankfully the door didn't try to close and hit me in the ass! lol

But the best "find" of the week was this quarter at Aldi's.  As sister in-law wheeled "our" cart to the  car to unload it I spied a cart not corralled and nobody in sight so I returned it and got the quarter from it.
Then I walked to our car and turned back to see my sister in-law just left "our" cart by the door with MY quarter still in it so I turned heals and walked "our" cart back to the corral so I could retrieve MY quarter from it.
I gave her a look of "What? You couldn't walk that cart 3 feet more and corral it?
Evidently many folks who shop here just leave carts with quarters in them all over this parking lot.  I told her we could make more serious bank just hanging out in this Aldi's parking lot working the cart money! 8-)

Found Money this week...... .31¢
Found Money this year so far.....$46.19

* Speaking of Panera--I went on Tuesday and got a Baker's Dozen bagels for the discount price on Tuesday and used my free with c/c points gift card to pay.  I did put a cash tip in the tip jar however.

*  When not sitting at my brother's house visiting or napping I've been hitting Rite-Aid stores 75% off clearance sales down here.

The Cascadian Farms cereal was $1.37 and had a $1 instant Q on it so .37¢.
The Knorr rice side was .49¢ and had a .50¢ instant Q on it so they paid me .01¢ to take it out of the store.
The 2 packs of lady Bic razors were $1.98 plus tax after Wellness disc. and $3/1 In-ad Qs and gave back $1 in Bonus Cash so .49¢ per back.
The Vitacup K-cups were $2.74 and I got $3 back on Ibotta for them so a .26¢ moneymaker.
The AdvilPM was $2.62 on clearance and had a $1 Peelie Q so $1.62.
The R-A brand Naproxene Sodium tablets were $1.94 on clearance.
The Gevalia K-cups were $2.12 and had a $1 instant Q so $1,12 for that box.
The Good Day melatonin chocolate sleep gummies were $3.99(75% off-not cheap even at that price but I wanted to try them.
And the 160 ct. Advil was $4.74(75% off).
I forgot to put the box of Pop-Tarts cereal in this picture-it was $1.24 marked down and also had a $1 instant Q on it was .24¢ for the box(Ex-CB will love this!)

I've gotten much more than this but I'm too busy with other issues right now to post more of my pillages. ;-)

* I also ended up being talked into going to an Estate Sale waaaay too early on Thursday.  Not much social distancing going on there although they only let 15 people in at a time.  I actually bought something there but you'll have to wait until I get home to hear/see that. ;-)

That's about it other than my sister in-law treated me to breakfast on Thursday after she dragged me to that Estate Sale.

Stay frugal out there!
Tell us about your frugal wins this past week.


Sluggy