Finished My Bonus

 I went back to Walmart on Wednesday and bought a few things to hit my $5 Midweek Bonus.

Besides I also had to pick up a pair of clogs for Hubs as his have worn out.

2 x Bush's Zero Sugar Beans $4.34
2 x Febreeze Gain Fabric sprays  $3.94
1 x Barilla Pesto sauce  $2.64

Total.......$10.92

I earned back....
* $11.94  Ibotta
* $3.00  SwagBucks
* $1.50 Checkout 51
$16.44 earned back so a $5.52 moneymaker.  Add this lot to Monday's lot($1.54 OOP)and we get a $3.98 moneymaker for the week.

That's all I got for today.  I am 19 items away from the big $10 Fireworks Bonus so probably won't finish that one before the weekend is over.

I somehow jacked up my leg the last few days and we sat in the ER for hours last night but they found nothing(no blood clots or broken bones)so I am going to do a lot of laying in bed(if I can straighten my leg out)and taking Naproxen like the ER doc said to do.  I hope to gosh this resolves or gets better before I fly out and then have to lay flat on a Cat Scan bed, etc. next week.  ouch

Sluggy

Rebate Shopping on Monday

 I hit up Walmart on Monday and did some rebate shopping well before Beryl hit and reeked havoc here.

It wasn't a very large shop but it turned out well.

1 x Hemp Protein Powder $7.82
1 x Skyy Vodka $14.98
2 x Old Spice Gentlemen's Body Wash  $25.94
2 X Old Spice Total Body Deodorant $16.00
2 x U Kotex liners $6.96
6 x Cesar wet dog food $5.88
Total was $77.58

I used a free $25 Walmart gift card making this $52.58 OOP
I got back....

*$32.00 from Ibotta
*$3.00 from Swag Bucks
*$3.00 from Shopmium
*$13.04 from Shop Kicks
Total rebates came to $51.05 so I am $1.54 OOP after I get back all that.

The Kotex is headed to the Food Bank...maybe the Hemp Powder as I really don't make pancakes or baked goods anymore.  The dog food is for our puppies.  The Old Spice items will be sold locally.  The vodka is for making my own vanilla if I can remember where I put those Vanilla Bean Pods I have. ;-)

Sluggy

Beryl Was NOT a Lady!

 

We finally got power back and Beryl has left town.  I can't say I was sad to see her go either.  Like clockwork, as soon as it started raining heavily, our power went out, as well as our internet.  We had to go out to eat as there was no power here around dinner time.  Poor me, I didn't have to cook. ;-)

I am so over this place.  I am scaring Hubs because I said maybe I won't come back after going to Virginia and having this operation.  Ok, he knows I'll come back(eventually)because living with my brother long term would be even worse. lol  Joking, we get along fine.

I'm in packing mode now and counting down the days until I leave.....

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table....the July 8th Edition

The "Might Have to Eat Out" Edition.....

Louisiana or rather LSU is know for the phrase, "Who Dat?"  The local Pizza House has come out with a flyer for their new app saying, Who Dis?.

As I type the beginnings of Madame Beryl from the Gulf has begun her assault on my area.  When we get large rain and wind storms we usually lose power for unknown and varying amounts of time.  This being said, we will probably need to eat out for dinner, if we can go anywhere that still has power.  I'll talk at y'all when we get back to normal. 8-(

Onward to the meal planning!

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

1. Sunday--Tuna Sub

2. Monday--Pot Roast, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions

3. Tuesday--Leftover Crab Cakes, Green Beans

4. Wednesday--Salmon and Roasted Broccoli

5. Thursday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad

6. Friday--Asparagus and something lol

7. Saturday--?? Beats me

And here's what actually happened....

1. Sunday--Tuna Sub

2. Monday--Pot Roast, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions

3. Tuesday--Leftover Crab Cakes, Green Beans

4. Wednesday--Salmon and Roasted Broccoli

5. Thursday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad, Corn on cob

6. Friday--Leftover Salmon, 

7. Saturday--Lobster Cakes, Asparagus

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

* Provolone Cheese slices

*  Hunk of Meat

*  4 Pieces of Salmon 

*  1 Hot Dog

*  2 Hamburgers

*  4 Lobster Cakes

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

*  1 Pint of Ice Cream

*  2 bags of Greek Yogurt "ice cream" balls                        

Last week we spent $115.67 on grocery shopping.(Again it was a good amount of dog food.)

Total shopping comes to $115.67 for July.   There are 23 shopping days left in July.  

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

I've earned $52.48 on Ibotta in July.

I've earned $8.50 on Shopmium in July.

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

I've earned $3.00 on Kroger Cash Back in July.

I've earned $0 on TaDa in July.

I've earned $0 on Checkout51 in July.

I've earned $14.78 on Aisle, etc. in July. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet from June.)

I've earned 14,194 points on Fetch from food shopping in July.

I've earned 4,553 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July.($)

I've earned 340 Points on My Points in July.($)

I've earned  2125SB from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.($21.25)

I've earned a $15 virtual gift card from The Insiders.

That is $75.76 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks/The Insiders)on $115.67 of grocery spending so in reality it's $39.91 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 43.10% and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 43.10% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad, Pot Roast w/Carrots & Potatoes, and Roasted Broccoli.

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

 1. Sunday--Leftover Pot Roast dinner

2. Monday--Pasta and Sauce, Leftover Broccoli

3. Tuesday--Catfish, Green Beans, Cole Slaw

4. Wednesday--Subway

5. Thursday--Meatball Subs

6. Friday--Tacos

7. Saturday--?? Beats me

With this storm who knows what will happen as far as meals.  If we keep power it will be full steam ahead, if we lose power all bets are off.

We did plan on getting Subway sammies for Wednesday.

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   

Stuff Around Here

 Just a post about what I have noticed around here lately.

That's a photo of an Indian Shot or Canna Indica.  

It's a tropical flowering plant and I've counted 5 "shoots" so there are 5 plants in there and it seems to spread/propagate too.

I got this piece of mail the other day offering me a student loan opportunity. I am 65 years old so they are about 45 years too late on this one. lol

They had this "beer tank" set up in the Walmart across the river.  That town is what it is because of the military base near by.  Military....tanks....red and blue cases of beer.  Yeah....someone at that Walmart has too much time on their hands to think up shit like this. lol

This Dodge Charger muscle car was parked next to me in a handicapped spot.  I can't imagine an elderly person(most people parked in handicapped spots are elderly)around here being  able to afford a car like this.  I guess this is their dream car from their youth and/or they have a car note at least or they got a big settlement with one of the ambulance chaser lawyers that advertise heavily in the area.  If this guy was messed up in an accident, that would explain him parking in a handicapped spot too. ;-)

I bought a zippy jacket on clearance two clearance events ago at Dollar General for very cheap.   I needed a light colored one and liked this turquoise color.
I didn't notice until I got it home and tried it on and saw it had one of those holes in the cuff for your thumb.  ???
WTF is up with all these shirts/jackets having a slit for your thumb?  Is it a new fashion trend?

I saw this on someone's Facebook wall and had to steal it. LOLOLZ  Yes, Keith Richards looks that old!

Here's what passes for a low daytime temperature around here in late June

And here's another day, another opportunity for heat stroke!

Yeah, this would be me in public if I wouldn't get arrested for public indecency. lol

My last online order from the fat lady store(they do carry smaller sizes too)and just look at all the crap they put in my parcel.  Catalog after catalog.  But wait!  There's more.....

I couldn't fit it all into one photo!  And besides the catalogs there are ads for absolute crap that has nothing to do with clothing.  My package would have weighed HALF of what it was without all this junk in it.  Unbelievable....

They are building a house near us in a fallow field.  The resident vultures roost at the back of this field on an old chain link dog kennel.  This shot was taken a little over a week ago on  the way home from taking the dogs to their vet appointment a week ago Friday.  The workmen had done the groundwork and poured the concrete pad the previous week and it looks like they have made major strides with the framing rather quickly.

Here is the same house in progress on Saturday evening as I was driving home from Dollar General.  The roof was on and the whole house has been wrapped.  I can't wait to see how this progresses.

And speaking of vultures....I went out back on Tuesday morning and looked up and saw 40+ vultures circling overhead.  I tried to take a photo but you really can't see them in this.  Maybe if you enlarge it you can see tiny  specks of black which would be the vultures.  I was amazed at how many where up there.

And as I have noted before, this state and this area in particular is a very poor part of the state.

It was no surprise to me to see that the local city bus was wrapped in an ad for "Keeping Your Medicaid".  Don't lose your coverage because your contact information isn't up to date!  There are ads on the tv constantly as well as many, many billboards around town about not letting your Coverage lapse.  The great Medicaid state, Louisiana!

We've had the handyman here the end of last week.  We've gotten 2 doors inside and the glass shower door fixed and they used extra siding left under the house to patch the siding on the house with holes in it. rah!  They removed the shitty old holey skirting on the house(our nekkid house pictured above)and we are suppose to get delivery of the new skirting on Monday so they can install it.  Well, there is Somebody called Beryl wanting to cause problems here with torrential rains on Monday so the skirting can't be installed and Beryl will flood under the house so then we'll have to wait for that to all dry up before the work can be finished. sigh

And to finish this off, I received this in the mail a couple of weeks ago.  An "EARLY" Birthday invitation to the Golden Corral, from one of those Medicare insurance agents, trying to get me to sign up for a plan through them so they get a commission.  Only problem is I turned 65 in January and am already on Medicare.  I should go for the meal and then the laughs on them! lolz

So what's going on in your world?

Sluggy