The Great White North Giveaway Begins Now!

Who's ready for the Seventh Sluggy's Boring Blog Box Giveaway for 2021?!?

It's August and the dog days of Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't wait to enter as you only have a limited number of days to enter this Giveaway!

Let's take a look at what is in the Giveaway Box this month........

1 x Right Guard deodorant

1 x Eucerin lotion

1 x Soft Soap pomegranate body wash

1 x Herbal Essence shampoo grapefruit and mosa mint

1 x Neutrogena oil-free acne wash

1 x Carol's Daughter black vanilla leave-in conditioner

1 x Almay make-up pads

1 x Dentek flosser handle

1 x Compeed blister pack

1 x Rimmel flawless face make-up

1 x Crest Charcoal toothpaste

1 x Bic Silky touch razor pack of 12

1 x e.l.f. eye shadow brush

1 x Revlon Insta-Sculpt palette(blush)

1 x Physian's Formula lipstick(mauve color)

3 x Health Warrior pumpkin seed bars

1 x Scunci hair bands(browns)

1 x Visine red eye comfort drops

3 x Freeman masks(gel mask + scrub/clay mask/water gel mask)

Close up shots of these goodies.....

Depending on where you shop, the winnings have a reg. retail value of between approximately $60-$90.

Here's how this is going to work.....

* The giveaway is open to ALL readers, previous winners or not.

* There is a limit of ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PER DAY.  Come back each day to enter again.

* Only VALID entries will be posted.  A Valid entry is a limit of one per day and I MUST HAVE VALID CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOU(either you are on the Giveaway Contact List which I maintain, your comment is connected to a Google/Blogger profile which links to your email address or you email me directly(my email is in the side bar on the Blog)your email address.

IF YOU ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AND DON'T SEE YOUR COMMENT It's because I'll be offline next week and won't post entries until I am back online.

From all the VALID entries I receive I'll pick a winner at random and the winner has 48 hours from when the post goes live to contact me with their full mailing address.

In your entries I'd like to hear if you've ever been on a cruise and where did you go?  What did you enjoy and what did you dislike about the trip?  What do you think Sluggy wants to do/see most in Alaska?  What do you think Hubs wants to do/see most in Alaska?  Where do you think we will be stopping(ports)?  What will Sluggy buy(if anything)?  What will Sluggy do on the ship in between ports of call?  Will Kim survive without Diet Coke(the cruise serves Pepsi products)or will Sluggy need to toss her off the ship?

If you are on my Giveaway emails list just leave a comment and your name(with last name initial please)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(my email is in the side bar area under "About Me").
I'll leave this giveaway open until August 30th, Monday at 11:59 pm Eastern  Daylight Savings Time. On August 31st, Tuesday, I'll draw the winning entry and post the Winner that evening or so.

*Please note these rules*
I'll post the name/ID of the winners on this blog on  and those persons have 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).

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.

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

Alaska Bound Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the August 20th Edition

 Well this wasn't a stellar fugal week in some ways but in others, it was..........

*  Only two trips to any store this week....

Both to Rite-Aid and "made" $21.87 on those trips.

*  I resisted the urge to do any Ibotta for this weekend as I got a $5 Bonus.  Must resist....must resist!

*  I found no money this week.  *Whomp Whomp*  Kind of a result of sitting my butt home. lol

Total Found This Week...00¢
Total Found This Year...$13.67

*  We used up all the leftovers this week and did minimal laundry.

*  Got ahead of a few things here with no driving anywhere.

*  Gave away ready produce we couldn't use before leaving.  Hopefully when we get back there will still be tomatoes ripening.  BLTs....yum!

That's about it.  I know it's a piss poor frugal showing.  Whatcha gonna do?

Tell me about all your frugal wins while I am off spending my children's inheritance in the Land of Cold and Snow..... 8-))

Sluggy

Bon Voyage Soon Y'all

 Some cute puppies waiting for a treat before heading to the doggie hotel........

After Saturday I'll be offline for awhile.  

Here's a musical send off that might give you a hint of where I'll be..... ;-)

Sluggy

My Name is Sluggy......

 ...and I'm an Ibotta addict. ;-)

So I got a $1 Mid Week Bonus for 5 offers.  This is something I could do just at Rite-Aid so I hit up a different Rite-Aid which would have more inventory than mine.  Armed with a $10 off $50 R-A Q, I bought this......

2 x Unisom $10.23 Gold discount=$20.46
3 x Nivea lotion clearance $2.49=$7.47
1 x Hollywood Glam body wash Gold discount=$5.43
1 x Hollywood Glam jelly oil Gold discount=$4.79
3 x Carnation evaporated milk Gold discount=$4.29
2 x Genexa Arnica clearance=$7.48
4 x Extra gum on sale=$4.44

2 x CORE bars(1 blueberry/1 coconut-not pictured)Gold discount=$4.94
Subtotal.......$59.30

Coupons Used

1 x $10 off $50 R-AQ=$10.00

2 x $8/1 Unisom IPQ=$16.00

1 x $3/2 Nivea lotion ManQ=$3.00

1 x $1/1 Nivea lotion ManQ=$1.00

2 x $1/2 Extra gum IPQ=$2.00

Coupon Total......$32.00

$59.30-$32.00=$27.30+.65¢ tax=$27.95

I used Bonus Cash and a piece of R-A gift card to pay.

I earned $19 in new BC($4 Nestle, $10 Hollywood Glam, $5 Unisom).

I also submitted for $18.98 in Ibotta rebates plus the $1 Bonus and a .50¢ Extra Bonus so $20.48 back in cash. (They missed 1 gum pack so I submitted a ticket for that.)

I used $27.95 in BC/gift card, got $39.48 in cash/BC back.

Then I hit my R-A that evening armed with coupons and I got all this.......

8 x U by Kotex 2/$10 sale=$40.00

3 x Carnation evaporated milk Gold discount=$4.77

2 x Nivea lip balm clearance=$3.48

1 x Almay eye shadow clearance=$2.24

1 x Revlon lip gloss clearance=$2.37

SubTotal.......$52.86

Coupons Used

1 x $10 off $50 R-AQ=$10.00

4 x $4/2 Kotex items IPQ=$16.00

1 x $2/2 Nivea lip balm ManQ=$2.00

1 x $3/1 Almay eye item ManQ=$3.00

1 x $3/1 Revlon lip item ManQ=$3.00

Coupons Used.....$34.00

$52.86-$34.00=$18.86

Paid for with $18.86 in Bonus Cash.  Earned back $24.00 in new BC making this transaction a $5.14 moneymaker.

I also earned $5.30 in Fetch points on both receipts.  All that Kotex will be going to the Food Bank when we get back from Alaska.

To recap--

Spent $46.81 in BC/gift card.

Earned $43 in BC, $20.48 in Ibotta rebates and $5.30 on Fetch.

Not a bad couple of trips for my short shopping week.

And I am loaded up on evaporated milk for Pumpkin Pie making season. Woot!

Sluggy

What's Your Story Morning Glory?

It was a beautiful morning(cool for a change)on Sunday.  I happened to go out on the deck and noticed my morning glories were looking pretty darn good.

Lots of blooms!  As their name suggests they bloom in the morning and close up later in the day.  There are over 1,000 varieties of morning glory and they are related to the sweet potato.  The family is Concolvulaceae.

Can you see the pollen grains on the blooms below?

The flowers of the plant last one day before dying and dropping off.  Yet the vines produce oodles of blossoms for your viewing pleasure from late Spring to the first frost.

A close-up of a bloom with lots of pollen grains to entice bees and hummingbirds.

I tried to get a shot of a bee inside the flower above.  You can barely see their tiny bottom in the center of the flower.

Here is the bee leaving the bloom above.  

I haven't planted morning glories here in years since they just reseed themselves now and come back each Spring season.

I made a brief video below touring the vines.  No narration to ruin it but it was a nice quiet morning and the birds were singing.  Take a look....

Do you plant flowers?  Morning Glories perhaps?  They are really a low maintenance plant in my opinion except the vines will take over all your garden if you let them. ;-)

Sluggy