Frugal Friday....the July 19th Edition on Tuesday

There are very few Frugal wins over the past week.

*  I flew up to VA by myself a week ago last Sunday.  The ticket was pretty cheap after using airline miles. Hubs is driving up to get me when I am done.

*  I am staying with my brother and sister in-law while here and he is driving me to places I need to go instead of staying at a hotel and renting a car.

*  I grabbed a few things at Kroger this week down in Virginia and at Walmart.  Got some deals and finished the Weekend Warrior Bonus on Ibotta.

*  I found money!  It was a great week for found coins.

My sister in-law asked me to do a load of laundry.  I found a quarter in the dryer.  Score!

I found a penny at the ER on Tuesday.  go me.

My brother took me to Aldi and we found 2 carts in the middle of the cart corral with quarters still in them.  If you wanted to use those "free" carts you would have had been able to get to them they were so far in the "herd".  Weird.

Total Found last week.... .76¢ 

Grand Total Found this Year.......$5.91 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got.   

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

Sluggy     

 

 

This Week on the Dining Table....the July 15th Edition on July 21st

 Sorry this post is 6 days late.  I've got a lot going on right now so consider yourself lucky I am even doing this much! lolz

Onward to the meal planning!

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

 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

And here's what actually happened....

 1. Sunday--Leftover Pot Roast dinner

2. Monday--Pasta and Sauce, Leftover Broccoli

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

4. Wednesday--Don't Remember

5. Thursday--Don't Remember

6. Friday--Don't Remember

7. Saturday--Don't Remember

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

* Catfish

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

*  Don't Remember                      

Last week we spent $36.55 on grocery shopping.

Total shopping comes to $152.22 for July.   There are 16 shopping days left in July.  

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

I've earned $107.68 on Ibotta in July.

I've earned $11.50 on Shopmium in July.

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

I've earned $13.00 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 $16.76 on Aisle, etc. in July. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet from June.)

I've earned 26,429 points on Fetch from food shopping in July.

I've earned 5,444 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July.($)

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

I've earned  2128 B from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.($21.25)

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

That is $135.94 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks/The Insiders)on $152.22 of grocery spending so in reality it's $16.28 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 66.57% and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 51.31% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...Beats me, I'm not home. lol

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

 1. Sunday--No Clue

2. Monday--No Clue

3. Tuesday--No Clue

4. Wednesday--No Clue

5. Thursday--No Clue

6. Friday--No Clue

7. Saturday--No Clue

I'm not in charge up here.  My sister in-law had gastric bypass surgery a few years ago so she eats different and my brother is picky.  Meals are always an adventure and a surprise here. ;-)

I bought some salad kits and seafood so we cobble something together.

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   

CVS Haul

4I know I am nuts to get back on the CVS merry-go-round...........but I did.

Here is what I got.......

 All but the hair color was an online order to pick-up.  By doing an online order I got an additional 20% off by using their code.

The toothbrush was $1.55.4
The Crest was $1.55
The Chiggerex was $4.66
One of the Cover Girl palettes was $1.96.**They were out of the other Cover Girl palettes I ordered so cancelled that one so I had to buy a different one in the store when I went to pick up my order.
The 2 Tom's of Main toothpaste, one was $2.25 and the other was $2.67.

All this totaled $14.64 after using my $2.02 in ECBs.

I earned back $5 for the 2 Crest/Oral-B items, $2 for the Tom's of Maine and $5 for the Chiggerex.

I told the manager I had to get another eye pallet for the ECB reward so she said she would force print me the $6 ECB in case something went wrong with buying one in a separate  transaction.  The eye palette bought in store cost me .53¢ and another $6 ECB printed out.

Which is good because for some reason I can't link my Ibotta account to my CVS account so I was unable to get $4.00 back on Ibotta for those two Tom's of Maine. 8-(

I  then bought 2 Clairol Touch-up Hair Colors.  I had a BOGO paper coupons which glitched with the CVS digital BOGO Q so both of those were free(just tax).  And I earned $6 in ECBs for buying those.

Now I have $28 in ECBs and .45¢ in 2% back in rewards.  .16¢ in those 2% rewards expire 7/24 but all the ECBs don't expire until 8/9 so I've got some time to either use them on stuff for my brother and sister in-law while in VA or roll them into more ECBs and use those later when I get back to LA for more items to take to the food bank.

As for all I got on this trip-I'll be selling the hair color locally, keeping the Chiggerex and the rest will go to the food bank(except the eye make-up, those will go into a giveaway box).

What deals did you find at the drug stores this week?

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the July 12th Edition

There are very few Frugal wins over the past week.

*   I grabbed a few things at Walmart and CVS this week.  I blogged about the Walmart stuff so here is the CVS haul....

2 x Tom's of Maine toothpaste
1 x Chiggerex biting bug cream
1 x Crest toothpaste
1 x Oral B toothbrush
2 x CoverGirl eye shadow palettes

This all, after coupons and my whole $2.01 in ECBs came to $15.92

I got back $28 in ECBs and ,45¢ in percentage back ECBs for all this.  I should get another $4 in Ibotta rewards for the Tom's of Maine toothpaste but I may have goofed that up as I can't get my CVS account linked to Ibotta like it has to be to credit you an online order. sigh
I am not thrilled I am back on the CVS merry-go-round but if they expire before I come home I can buy some toothpaste or something for my brother and his wife up in VA. ;-)  

Most of the above will be headed for the food bank or sold too.(Might be a good idea to keep the Chiggerex though. lol)           

*  No trivia this week.  Instead we spent 5 hours in the ER because of my leg/hip.  So no win on Wednesday and I can't wait to see what they charge me. *insert eye roll*  Luckily they found no DVT or broken bones, but unluckily they found no explanation for my pain.  So I am resting the leg as much as possible and if it doesn't improve I'll bring it up to my Orthopedist when I get back to town.

MY PCP's office called about coming in to see the NP but it can't happen yesterday or today so(last two days I am in town)so that will have to wait as well.

Add in that Hubs and I hadn't eaten since breakfast and he wanted to stop somewhere for fast food. So that was OOP too. 8-(

*  I found money!  It wasn't a great week for found coins but at least I didn't get skunked.

I went to a small neighborhood Walmart *the ones that don't carry hard goods*on Tuesday because it is the only one around that carried "Stur" drink flavorings here and there was a full price rebate on it.

Leaving the store I found a dime next to a checkout and a penny heading out the door.

Total Found last week.... .11¢ 

Grand Total Found this Year.......$5.26 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got.   

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

Sluggy     

 

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