Liar Liar Pants on Fire

Not to start something but I know I'll catch heck from some of y'all.......this guy has made a profession out of plaigarising from other/smarter politicians.  He is a political hack and you can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth.  It's time to cut bait. 

And no, I am no fan of Donald Trump either.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday.....the June 21st Edition

There are a few Frugal wins over the past week.

*   Picked up prescriptions at Walmart with no money OOP.  Filling that Humira prescription the first time put me in the Catastrophic category so I pay nothing for medications until the year ends and everything resets.

*  Every PT session I grab a bottle of water from the fridge there.  So free 14 bottles of water so far and counting. 8-)

*  I hit up Walmart on Tuesday after PT........

10 x Cesar wet dog food for $9.80.

2 x G-Fuel drink mix sticks for $13.96

That's $23.76 spent.

I got back $7 on Ibotta, $8.26 worth of points on Shop Kick, $4 on Shopmium, $4 worth of credit on Alexa and $6.98 on VTAGZ for the G-Fuel or $30.24 in cash and credits.

I bought all this at my local Walmart that same day.....

2 x Gatorade Water=$3.36

2 x Beggin' Strips=$6.96

2 x Carefree Pads=$17.46

5 x Dove Hand Soap=$24.85

1 x Colgate Toothpaste=$4.96

1 x Barilla Pasta=$2.52

1 x Soft Scrub Toilet Cubes=$3.77

1 x Soft Scrub Cleaner=$3.27

1 x Dial Body Wash=$3.97

Total....$43.98 after using a free $25 gift card and $7.25 in coupons.

I received back $33.25 Ibotta, $4.12 Shop Kick, $6.00 Shopmium, $3.63 OTC Offer, $5.00 Alexa credit, $4.25 Swag Bucks and $9.50 on Fetch or $65.75 in cash or credits making all this a $21.77 moneymaker.

The pads, pasta, toothpaste and body wash will go to the food bank.

*  Remember that $20 gift card we won at Trivia last week?.....

Well we went back for trivia on Tuesday and the freaking place was closed!  They closed up that day and never notified anyone or even put a sign on the door.  Great!  We win a gift card and now we can't even use it.

So this regional chain only has one location open now so we drove there Wednesday to use the card and play trivia. 

*  So we drove to the bar's other location on Wednesday for trivia and to use this gift card.  This is their last location.  And even though I was scared now to win, we got 3rd place! lol

*  On the way home from the closed bar Tuesday evening, we stopped at CVS so I could use my $5 in ECBs......

2 x Garnier Shampoo on sale=$8.00

1 x Cereal on sale=$1.99

I used a $4/2 Garnier Q and paid with my $5 ECB and .63¢.

I earned back a $2 ECB for the shampoo. Agh, another trip to CVS is on my horizon now. ;-)

This pictured is all bound for the food bank.

*  After PT on Thursday I stopped at where else? Walmart and picked up all this....

1 x Old Spice deo=$12.97

2 x Dove Shampoo=$11.96

2 x Clorox toilet cleaner=$5.36

1 x Crest toothpaste=$8.97

6 x Cesar dog food=$5.88

1 x Bactine liquid bandage=$5.97

2 x Splenda liquid sweetener=$6.99

Total.....$58.10

The only items bought at Kroger were the Splendas, they were BOGO and I got $4.10 from Ibotta(2 x $2 Splenda and a .10¢ any sugar substitute offer).  Plus these were bought on Wednesday got me to my $5 Midweek Bonus.

The rest of the rebates/credits were $22.99 Ibotta(including a $3 Weekend Bonus), $13.34 Shop Kick, $1.50 Shopmium, $4.00 Alexa, $8.50 Swag Bucks, $4.00 TaDa and $2.50 on Fetch.  $60.93 in rebates in total so a $2.83 moneymaker in total on all that.

The deodorant, toothpaste and shampoo will all go to the food bank.

*  As for Kroger and my KCB account...it continues to be a f**king cluster!  The last phone call was with "Charleen" and she can't find the $3.30 from 5/17 or the $12.50  I am owed from 5/19.  She can only see I didn't get a .75¢ KCB offer and put a ticket in.

On Wednesday I get a Korporate form letter from "Mherie Ruth".  After checking with the KCB team it shows that "the offer has already been redeemed on 05/19/2024 with 2 total redemptions".  WTF!  This tells me nothing....no specifics or identifying information.  It's just word salad.  Then she goes on to tell me how to send my KCB to my shopper's card.  I am not an idiot....I know full well how to do that!  That is not the problem.  So I responded in kind and just laid them out as the worthless pieces of sh*t they are.  ALL the items I didn't get back KCB for are going back to the store(except for the Tortilla chips Hubs ate lol)and I am done with this totally dysfunctional operation.  They would rather dance around customers and talk nonsense to them than Fix. Their. System!  This is a major corporation and there is no excuse for offering a system, making a customer jump through hoops to comply with this system and then deny the customer what they are owed.  Ridiculous.

*  I saw a new neurologist this week.  She is on the ball and gave me the thumbs up to fly to VA and try to have that Focused Ultrasound Procedure.  She doubled the amount of meds I was on for ET too as I was severely under medicated for the condition.   I have now transitioned away from that crappy Healthcare System to a new one that is competent.  I am so relieved!

*  I found money!

I found two pennies in Walmart when I went in to return something on Saturday.  1 penny by the CS desk and another by a self-checkout machine.

This penny was found in a different Walmart on Tuesday.

This penny was found in CVS on Tuesday evening by their self-checkout.

This penny was found on the carpet by the vending machines at PT.  I got there early so used the restroom and spied this coin.

And then I found this dime at the Walmart by PT under one of the self-checkout machines.

Total Found last week.... .15¢ 

Grand Total Found this Year.......$5.11 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got.  

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

Sluggy     

 

Doug Townson...A Legend of a Used Car Salesman in Louisiana

This guy is hilarious and quickly becoming a legend in Louisiana.  He's a used car salesman who posts on Youtube, etc.

I can only seem to share these shorts as a link HERE

And HERE.

And HERE

And HERE  

Some of these make me spew out my nose.

Don't look if you don't like foul language.....

Sluggy

To-Do List....How I Did for May 2024

 

My To-Do List and how I did......

*  Pay Bills  DONE  Always paid first and early or on time

*  Have Bloodwork Done  DONE  Had labs drawn before I saw my PCP in May.  Everything was good.

*  Start Shoulder PT  DONE  Started and continued through May.  

*  Go to 3 Dr. Appointments  DONE  It seems all I do is go to medical appointments.  Saw the PCP, Orthopedic Doc and medical safari to MS to see my Dermatologist.

*  List 12 Items to Sell  FAIL  I just didn't get to this.

*  Take Box to One Kid  DONE  I drove over and left it on the front porch as Daughter didn't even have the courtesy to answer the door.  So I taped a note to her front door and she has made no attempt to contact either of us.  Sad.

*  Finish Arrangements for Trip and Cruise  FAIL  Well, I finished paying for the cruise but we still have to make plans for the flights out to Idaho.

*  List 2 Items on Facebook Marketplace  PASS  I DID  list 2 items on FB Marketplace.  I listed the two derelict boats in the back 40 that the previous owners left here.  I put them up for free.  We don't have the titles to either of these boats but previous owners have not made any attempts to come get them(so they have been abandoned here).  I got deluged with folks wanting one or the other or both, even in the bad conditions they are in and one of the boat trailers has no tires on it.  So Hubs looked up what is involved with actually selling/giving them away legally and it's quite a lot of paperwork involved so we are going to find another way to get rid of them where we don't have to pay fees and such to the state.   So I DID list them but we still have them. 8-((

*  Go Through Old Photos  PASS  I had to go through photos in order to put photos in Daughter's box.  

*  Contact Lawyer with Changes  FAIL  Ran out of time before we left.

*  Read/Finish Two Books  FAIL  Just hadn't felt much like reading.  Some days it's hard to hold a book still enough to read words with this danged Essential Tremor.

*  Buy Stuff for House(Always)  DONE  Hubs bought something, even if it was just kerosene for the burn pile. lol

*  Giveaway/.Donate Clothes That are Salvageable  DONE  I treated all the baby clothes I've been carrying around since the 1990's with Biz and everything that got cleaned went to Goodwill and anything too stained went into the garbage.  I gave each kid the outfit them came home from the hospital in and sent a box of boy clothes to my new Great Nephew, born in March.

As a Bonus I was able to donate some shirts and a new bra to Goodwill too. 8-)

*  Have Bone Density Scan  DONE  That wasn't much of anything other than laying on that hard "bed" at the scanner place.  ouch  Was done with that within 5 minutes and my bones all look dense and good.

*  Take Food to Food Bank  DONE

Everything pictured above got hauled to the Church Food Bank in May.

*  Edit More Photos  DONE  I got more photos on my computer edited but, I came back from the cruise with even more of those type of photos. I don't think I'll every get all these done.  lolz

*  Post About Old Trips  DONE  Worked on the 2017 Trip Out West and got near the end of that saga(finally).

*  Work on Genealogy  DONE  I was contacted by a 3rd cousin 1 x removed on Find A Grave, concerning some work I had done there putting up some memorials of relatives.  I didn't know she was my cousin until we got to corresponding about some errors in my FAG memorial placement.  Perhaps we'll stay in touch once we get this FAG issue hashed out.  We share my 3x GGrandfather Vassar but her Grandmother's maiden name is Snead and she is my 1st cousin 3 x removed too.  See what I mean about having a family macramé and not a family tree. lol

*  Buy Poly Mailers to Ship Fabric  DONE  I ordered and received the poly mailers.  Now I just have to photo and actually list fabric so I can sell and ship it. ugh

*  Photograph Fabric for Listings  PASS  I only got 3 pieces of yardage photographed before the month ended.

May turned out to be a busy month and June is about as busy.

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table.....the June 17th Edition

The "They Just Won't Go Away" Edition.....

      

I snapped this photo as I neared our street late last month.  This is the "committee" of buzzards who roost nearby where we live, waiting for me to die so they can pick my bones clean. lol  I don't plan on kicking off anytime soon.  Look for a free meal elsewhere vultures!

Onward to the meal planning!

This is what was planned for last week...........

1. Sunday--TV Dinner(me), Jello for Hubs Nom Nom

2. Monday--Hubs wants Chinese buffet after procedure so we'll have that

3. Tuesday--Dinner out at Trivia?

4. Wednesday--Leftover Lasagna, Salad

5. Thursday--Something with Chicken-Fajitas?

6. Friday--Asparagus Risotto, ?

7. Saturday--?

And here's what actually happened....

1. Sunday--TV Dinner(me), Jello for Hubs Nom Nom

2. Monday--Chinese Buffet at Hubs request

3. Tuesday--I had a Cheeseburger at Trivia

4. Wednesday--Crab Cakes, Leftover Roasted Broccoli

5. Thursday--Chicken Fajitas

6. Friday--Home Chef meal(Beef in Burgundy Sauce, Carrots and Whipped Potatoes)on clearance at Kroger

7. Saturday--Chicken Teriyaki w/Stir-Fry Veggies

I was good at the buffet on Monday-had sushi, half a plate of green beans, some General Tso, some Baked Chicken and my downfall of Crab Rangoon. ;-/

I had half a Rotisseries Chicken leftover so sliced the meat off the bone and put it into the Fajita filling on Thursday.  We found a couple Home Chef ready to eat meals on clearance at Kroger on Friday.  The rest of my marked down Rotisserie Chicken went into the Teriyaki Stir-Fry.  We had enough leftover rice for Hubs to have with the Stir-Fry.

What got taken out of the freezer last week....

* 1 TV Dinner(me)

*  1 pack of Crab Cakes

*  Some Red and Yellow Peppers

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

*  1.25 lb. Catfish Filets

Last week we spent $97.30 on grocery shopping.

Total shopping comes to $336.47 for June.   There are 13 shopping days left in June.  

Rebate monies earned this month so far.....

I've earned $106.03 on Ibotta in June.

I've earned $13.25 on Shopmium in June.

I've earned $0 on Alexa app in June.

I've earned $37.25 on Kroger Cash Back in June.

I've earned $13.04 on TaDa in June.

I've earned $7.26 on Checkout51 in June.

I've earned $62.74 on Aisle, etc. in June. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley/Mott's Snacks rebates yet.)

I've earned 13,808 points on Fetch from food shopping in June.

I've earned 10,362 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in June.($41.44)

I've earned 10 Points on My Points in June.($)

I've earned 4,357 SB from food shopping on Swag Bucks in June.

That is $195.28 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa)on $336.47 of grocery spending so in reality it's $141.19 in food spending after the rebate apps I count. I now separate out the Food Bank donations and don't count those in the grocery spending.

My savings percentage for the last week was 47.13% and the monthly savings total for June comes in at 48.69% spent.

Leftovers going into this week.. Lasagna, a little bit of Asparagus.

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

1. Sunday--Ribeye Steak, Bake Potato, Roasted Corn on cob(Father's Day)

2. Monday--Leftover Fajita stuff of Stir-Fry

3. Tuesday--Dinner out at Trivia?

4. Wednesday--Catfish, Broccoli Slaw, Baked Sweet Potato Fries

5. Thursday--Whatever we didn't have leftover on Monday lolz

6. Friday--Cheddar Broccoli Potato Bake

7. Saturday--Don't know?

I've got everything planned above and leftovers.  The only unknown is Saturday's dinner.  Might be something I find cheap at Kroger on Friday. ;-)

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?  

Sluggy