And the Winner Is.....

 I marked all valid comments and had Random dotorg choose the winner of the Giveaway Box.

And the winner is.......

D FULLER!

D FullerJuly 7, 2022 at 7:07 PM

No plans, just trying to stay cool. No garden this year

Congratulations to D Fuller!  Now you need to email me your full name and mailing address so I can mail this box o' goodies out to you.  You have 48 hours from the time stamp when this post goes live to contact me.

Thanks for playing along everyone who did, and come back for more giveaways in the future. 8-))

Sluggy

House that I Might Have Remodeled lolz

Found this house while browsing Zillow.

You would think I remodeled the interior of a few of these rooms.

Can you guess why? ;-)

HERE

**It's the last day to enter the Giveaway.  Leave a comment on the appropriate blog post by 11:59 pm tonight. **

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Pitiful Zombie Pansies" Edition....

This poor old flower refuses to die.  It's 4 years old now.  After the first Summer when we bought it, I had Hubs put it in a black garbage bag and hang it in the garage for the Winter.  Surprisingly after all that neglect it lived to bloom another Summer.  Rinse and repeat x2 and here it is again folks!  Thus we refer to them as the Zombie Pansies.

The plastic hanger straps buster year 2 so it's hung up with some twine now.  Might look trashy but it's my yard so nobody else has to look at it. 8-P

Onward to the meal planning!

Here's what was planned.....

1. Sunday--Breakfast for Dinner

2. Monday--Steak, Corn on Cob, Grilled Veggies, Pie, Watermelon, Almost New Pickles

3. Tuesday--Hot Dogs, Zucchini Tempura,  and leftover 4th of July stuff

4. Wednesday--Spaghetti, Meatballs, Salad

5. Thursday--FFY

6.  Friday--Bratwurst, Pierogi, Almost New Pickles

7. Saturday--Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches, Veggie TBD

And here's what actually happened........

1. Sunday--Breakfast for Dinner

2. Monday--Steak, Corn on Cob, Grilled Veggies, Pie, Watermelon, Almost New Pickles

3. Tuesday--Hot Dogs and leftover 4th of July stuff

4. Wednesday--Chicken Tenders, Grilled mixed Veggies

5. Thursday--Subway Subs

6.  Friday--Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches, Almost New Pickles

7. Saturday--I took a nap so Domino's! 8-)

I wasn't feeling the spaghetti, brats or pierogi last week so we made some substitutions.  I planned fish and sweet potato fries on Saturday later in that week, but I woke late from an afternoon nap so it was take-out pizza. yum yum

What got put into the freezer last week....

*  Not a danged thing

What got taken out of the freezer and used...

*  Frozen Grilled Veggies

*  Steak

*  Chicken Tenders(I just cooked the whole bag)

*  3 Pork Chops

                                                   

I spent $14.60 on food/toiletries/HBA this last week at Walmart.  

This brings our food/toiletries/paper goods Total to $93.76 for July.  

There are 20 shopping days left in July.

I've earned $45.73 on Ibotta in July.

I've earned $2.49 on Checkout51 in July.

I've earned $0 on Coupons dotcom in July.

I've earned 4,070 points from shopping on Fetch in July.

I earned 500 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July. 

I've earned $8.88 from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.

That's $48.22 in rebates(not counting the Shop Kick/Swag Bucks/Fetch)on $93.76 in grocery spending so in reality it's $45.54 spent after the 3 rebate apps I count.

My savings percentage for the last week was 46.05% (without "regular" Rite-Aid trips)and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 42.23% so far(w/out R-A).  

Leftovers going into this week....pizza, almost new pickles, watermelon.

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

1. Sunday--FFY

2. Monday--Fish, Sweet Potato Fries

3. Tuesday--?

4. Wednesday--?

5. Thursday--?

6.  Friday--?

7. Saturday--?

Hubs is having a dental procedure Tuesday so I'm not sure if he'll be on a special diet(liquids and/or soft foods)for this so I'll fix him his gruel then fend for myself OR there are no diet restrictions I'll turn to the freezer and we'll have a Surprise Menu.  How does that sound?

What do I need to buy to fix everything on this menu? Only Houdini's Ghost knows and he ain't telling.

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 deals on food at your stores this week?  The deals have been nonexistent around here for all of 2022.  And to add insult to injury not only did my bread outlet close down but the Amish outlet I frequented 3 or 4 times a year is gone too.  It's a sad time here for frugal food shopping....

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the July 8th Edition on Saturday

So here are the few frugal things that happened here at Chez Sluggy this past week.......

*  I only made 1 food shopping trip and it was to Weis.  I did get $9.25 in Ibotta rebates even though I just bought things we needed.

*  Used a free gift card to buy subs at Subway on my shot day as Hubs didn't deal with dinner that night.  He's been doing a lot of painting around here instead.

*  Spent a good deal of time this week cleaning and clearing out clutter instead of mindless spending and shopping.

*   I found money this past week! 

I found this penny walking out of Weis(PMITA)Markets last Friday.  That's the only place I went(other than R-A)all week.

Total Found in last Week.... .01¢
Total Found This Year.....$13.42

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!  

Sluggy  

Giveaway for July is OPEN!

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

July is here so let's have another Giveaway!

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

1 x Mentos Clean Mints

1 x Tresemme shampoo

1 x Suave Sweet Violet Body Wash

5 x Sally Hansen nail polish(151-Warm Cacao, 014 Take the Reigns, 300 Sweet Berries, 359 Pretty Piggy, 252 Rose and Shine)

1 x Neutrogena Make-Up Wipes

1 x Oral-B toothbrush

1 x Revlon  eye shadow palette 715 Precious Metals

1 x L'Oreal Color Juice Lipstick 710 Plum Crazy

1 x Almay Skin Perfecting Make-Up 130 Medium w/SPF 25 Sunscreen

1 x Colgate Gum Protection Toothpaste

1 x Zone Perfect Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar

1 x EOS Lip  Gloss

1 x Trident cinnamon Gum

2 x Orbit Gum(1x Sweet Mint, 1x Peppermint)

1 x Japonesque Emery Boards Pack

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

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

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 your Summer plans(if you have any), what your garden is growing(if you have one), what you like to cook/eat in the Summer, 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 July 13th, Wednesday at 11:59 pm Eastern  Daylight Savings Time(EDST).  I'll  pick and post the winner on July 14th, Thursday.

*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