Frugal Friday.........the February 25th Edition

 So here are a few of the frugal-ish things that happened here this past week.......

*   No food waste.  I didn't cook much last week as we were leaving for a few days for the wedding so we ate leftovers and just fended for ourselves a lot.  Free hotel breakfasts for 2 mornings, free wedding meal.  Let's not count the rehearsal dinner we shelled out for or the suitcase of White Castle burger my kids talked me into paying for on Saturday night. ;-)

*  I used an old Chili's gift card to buy Hubs, 
Ex-CB and I lunch on the way to NJ on Saturday so no OOP spent.  Ex-CB covered the tip.

*  I bought all  this at various Rite-Aids on Sunday and Thursday.......

Got  $5 in Ibotta rebates on the Max Freeze and Mitchum and spent BC on everything.

Bought this stuff at R-A South of town.  Nothing spent OOP and $6 in BC earned, $3 earned at Swag Bucks(Baby Ruths)and $11.75 earned through Ibotta($8 Max Freeze, $1.50 Honest, $2 Manuka, .25¢ Quaker).

I bought this stuff at my R-A.  For some reason a $2 ManuQ didn't come off and the register wouldn't take my BC to pay so I had to use a gift card.  I earned $13 in BC($3 dry skin, $3 Nivea, $1 Manuka, $5 Honest spent $15).
I earned $9.50 on Ibotta.  I also got a $1 post coupon on the Caress(forgot to use it).

* I bought all this stuff for Ibotta rebates on a trip to Walmart on Thursday....

Not pictured is a loaf of Nature's Own bread, 2 different bags of Back to the Roots Soils, a pack of BTTR seeds and a lb. of Challenge Butter.

The beans qualified for 2 rebates as did the Maxwell House coffee.  The Soft Soap refills were on clearance for $1 and gave me $2 each in Ibotta rebates so better than free,=.

The only items not Ibotta rebates was the kids Dove items.  That was a Shop Kick deal.

Spent $28.55 after coupons and free $25 gift card and earned back $34.38 back in reg. rebates and bonuses.

The Shop Kick items cost me $1.78 total after kicks.

*  I found some clearance deals at Walmart when I went to do my Ibotta haul as well.......

The 8 Nestle morsels and Fudge Kits were .50¢ each,  the Rempure rose body wash was $3.55(Rose scent is my Achilles tendon), the 2 immunity packs were $2 each, the Bic razors were -.04¢ after coupons and the probiotics were $1.

Not a bad haul overall.

*  I received 3 J&J gift cards in the mail totaling $25.......

Still waiting on that $50 R-A gift card corporate is supposedly mailing to me.  It's been 4 weeks almost and their HQ is a 2 hour drive from here.  By now I could have
walked there and gotten it in person!!!

*  I got lots of freebies at the hotel where the wedding was held..............

From mints to little bottles of toiletries to K-pods to tea bags and creamer packets to Kleeex to Tylenol to pens and notepads.  Even a dishwasher pod. lol

I also got some free sodas and water.......

*  I also got some extra sodas from the rehearsal dinner...

More on that later. 8-)

*   I found money!

I found a penny and a quarter at Walmart on Friday.

I found 3 pennies at the Burger King drive thru also on Friday.

I got .50¢ from my daughter before she flew home as she doesn't "use" money.

Silly Rabbit!

2  pennies and a crusty dime in the parking lot on Tuesday on the sidewalk outside of Rite-Aid.

And 2 pennies in Aldi and a quarter from an abandoned shopping cart in the parking lot on Thursday.

Big money this past week!+

Total Found in last Week...... $1.18
Total Found This Year......$3.27

That's about all I've got for this past week.

Let's not even talk about the money spent this past weekend in Jersey!!(rehearsal dinner, gas, hotel, bar drinks though I am pretty good at getting men to buy me drinks lol, late night snacks, booking trips, paying to Kennel dogs, etc.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend and stay warm!  

Sluggy  

Frugal Friday....the February 18th Edition on February 23rd

 So here are a few of the frugal-ish things that happened here this past week.......

*   No food waste so far. ;-)  We've got lots of leftovers this week to use up or repurpose.

*  I found some clearance deals at Walmart when I went to do my Ibotta haul........

3 x 5 lb bags of rice .50¢ a bag!

1 x 1 box of Cascadian Farms cereal for .50¢

2 x bottles of maple syrup for .50¢ a bottle

2 x frozen boxes of broccoli/carrots/red taters to roast for .50¢ a box *not pictured*

$4 total for all that!

* I bought all this stuff on a trip to Walmart on Wednesday....

Spent $19.57 and earned back $29.78 back in reg. rebates and bonuses(bonus including the Rite-Aid below).

*  I did 3 Rite-Aid transactions this week utilizing BC, Catalinas and coupons but don't have any photos of it all yet.  It was a very small haul and some of it was today so won't appear until next week's FF post.

Here's most of Wednesday's haul, except for a free Air Wick after Q kit and 2 Bic Silky Touch razor packs that didn't make it into the photo.  Nothing spent OOP, used Bonus Cash and I earned back $6.70(of the $29.78 mentioned above)on Ibotta for it all.

*  I got $1 back for a post coupon at R-A on Wednesday.

Still waiting on that $50 R-A gift card corporate is supposedly mailing to me.  It's been 3 weeks almost and their HQ is a 2 hour drive from here so I suspect I'll have to raise hell some more over it.

*   I found money!

A penny found somewhere on Saturday the 12th?

A penny on Wednesday on the sidewalk outside of Rite-Aid.

Another penny in the coin return of the self-checkout machine I used at Walmart later on Wednesday.

3 whole cents this past week....woot! lol

Total Found in last Week...... .03¢
Total Found This Year......$2.09

That's about all I've got for this past week.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend and stay warm!  

Sluggy  

No Frugal Friday Today

 We are in full on wedding mode right now and putting out fires(like the airline cancelling my daughter's flight tomorrow).  And they are predicting snow tomorrow here.

Ah, isn't life grand???

I'll be back online after this festive affair is over.
Enjoy your weekend.  I'll be shitfaced as soon as possible. 8-)))

Sluggy

February 2022 Giveaway.....Who Wants This Stuff?

Who's ready for the Another Sluggy's Boring Blog Box Giveaway for 2022?!?

Stuff for your beautiful face, stuff for your mouth, stuff for your armpits, hair stuff, stuff for when your body does too much, stuff to put into your body to make it healthier, coffee drink to caffeinate you and chocolate!

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

1 x Lady Speed Stick dedorant

1 x Coke w/Coffee Mocha drink

1 x Suave Sleek and Shine shampoo
1 x Stop Pain topical spray
1 x Alive! women's vitamins

1 x Neutrogena face mask
1 x Freeman apple cider vinegar mask
1 x Colgate Toothpaste
1 x Almay make-up face pads
1 x Bic Soleil Razor pack(3)
1 x Plackers dental picks
1 x Almay mascara
1 x Revlon eyebrow pencils
1 x Revlon eye palette

17 x Snickers fun size candy bars

Close up shots of the goodies.........

Depending on where you shop, the winnings have a reg. retail value of approximately $50-$65.

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 within a few days it's because I don't have your contact/email info.

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 about how you are surviving the inflation, supply chain shortages.  Are you changing what you eat and/or what you spend?  Are your meals more driven by loss leaders you can find?  Are you finding you're going to more stores than usual to find a better deal?  Are you rebating/coupon more or less now?  Stuff like that.

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 February 27th Sunday at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.  I'll  pick and post the winner on February 28th Monday.

*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!!!

Sluggy

It's Wednesday!

 I am off to Jersey to do "wedding stuff" today so this is the best post I can cobble together. ;-)

Here's some music to get y'all over the Hump........

Back tomorrow,

Sluggy