This Week on the Dining Table......Jan. 26th to Feb. 1st

* Still taking names/emails of people who want continued access to the blog after I take it private.  If you left me a comment with your email or emailed me I have you, don't worry. 8-)

The "I'm Confused" Edition........

I was in Walmart last week and saw this sign.  The Rollback price is higher than the regular price?  The other side of the bin also had the same configuration--$1.08 lb. reg. price and the Rollback price being $1.48 lb.  WTF???

I mentioned this discrepancy to a produce employee, who brought it to the attention of his manager and the manager removed the $1.08 lb. sign right in front of me.  Walmart-what a bunch of crooks!  I would have been so mad if I was a low-income shopper who thought she was getting that squash for $1.08 lb. because of that sign only to be tricked into paying $1.48 lb. at the register.

Onward to the meal planning!

Here is what was planned for the last week.....

1. Sunday--Chicken and Dumplings

2. Monday--Beef Pie

3. Tuesday--Lemon Pepper Chicken w/Zuke

4. Wednesday--Soup and Cornbread

5. Thursday--Leftovers

6. Friday--Leftovers

7. Saturday--Salmon, Sweet Potato Fries

And here's what actually happened....

1. Sunday--Chicken and Dumplings

2. Monday--Eat Out Lunch

3. Tuesday--Eat Out Lunch

4. Wednesday--Lemon Pepper Chicken w/Zuke

5. Thursday--Beef Pie

6. Friday--Caesar Salad, Pizza

7. Saturday--Salmon, Leftover Green Beans,

Corn on the Cob

Got a day old Rotisserie Chicken to use in Chicken and Dumplings.  Got some marked down Chicken Thighs to make the Lemon Pepper Chicken. some marked down Ground Beef-some to make Hamburgers, some for Beef Pie and some for the Freezer for later.  We ate out for my Birthday 2 lunches, used a gift certificate for one of those meals.

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

* Ground Beef

* Chicken Thighs

* Salmon

* Pizza

Last week we spent $76.27 on groceries(proving that eating healthier is more expensive)and the savings rate came in at 50.71%. Spending for the month is $367.64 and the savings rate so far is 38.57%.

There are 5 days left in the month.  I may actually come in under $400 this month for food shopping.  That's just so unheard of!

Leftovers going into next week...1 slice Meatloaf, 2 Hamburgers, 2 helpings Lemon Pepper Chicken w/Zuke, Beef Pie, lots of Chicken and Dumplings.

Here is what was planned for this week.....

1. Sunday--Leftover Chicken and Dumplings

2. Monday--Chicken, Green Beans

3. Tuesday--Leftovers(probably the Hamburgers and a Veg)

4. Wednesday--Shrimp, Baked Sweet Potato Fries

5. Thursday--Pasta in Mushroom Sauce with Meatballs, Salad

6. Friday--Leftovers

7. Saturday--Salmon or Chicken Burgers, Leftover Green Beans

I really like the Kroger shrimp and it was on special this week so we picked some more up.  I also bought 4 lbs. of strawberries as they were $2.99 per and I'll be eating those with yogurt for breakfast or for a snack at night this week.  Got a bag of 2 lbs. of green beans and 4 corn on the cob so those are on this week's menu(well the corn got eaten Sat. evening).

Just trying to eat down what is here when I'm not getting great deals.  I chose my meals by cherry picking the deals and building meals around those items, combined with what is my freezer.

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? 

Sluggy  

Two Big Announcements

First off, I am going to revamp my Blog Roll.  I have lots of closed and/or haven't published in years Blogs over on there from years ago and I need to thin those old links out.  I also have links there to blogs I no longer read so I would like to hear from y'all which blog links to keep and/or which blogs you read, both ones I have on the Blog Roll and ones I don't have.

Secondly I am taking my Blog private.  I will give folks ample time to get invites to the blog before it goes private.  This is the only way going forward I can keep bad actors from invading our community and causing undo strife and causing mental health issues(for me).

So if you want an invite to the Blog just either leave me a comment(which will NOT be published)with your email address/name or send an email with that same information to my email(over on the right side under "About Me").

The time has come to piss or get off the pot as the expression goes.

To those who have been reading and no longer wish to continue I wish you well.

To those who have come here just to stir up shite, farewell and good riddance.  Nobody needs the hate you have been peddling.

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the Jan. 24th Edition

If you don't like my blog and what I write about then don't come here, leaving your nastiness in my comments which no longer will be published.  I speak truths that some people don't want to hear or can't accept so don't come here spewing your hate and telling me that my children are correct to stab me in the back and keep my granddaughter from me because of my political views and/or because I am a bad person.  My bad mood isn't due to medications but due to awful adult children who have stolen from me. I am tired of you haters so just go away and torture someone else.

S.

Here are our frugal wins for this past week....

*  I love finding marked down foods at Kroger(this really doesn't happen at Walmart). I found some salads this past week and a tub of tuna salad. I did a little Ibotta shopping for the food bank too. 8-)

I find it inconvenient that you have to submit your whole receipt from Kroger to Ibotta and not just the barcode like you can at Walmart.  I spent way too much of my time this week trying to get my receipt corrected from Kroger.  Turns out Ibotta rejected my 1/17/25 receipt 3 TIMES before correcting their error and shorted me on numerous rebates plus the Weekend $5 Bonus. Argh.

I'm rethinking just doing Ibotta at Walmart and not doing Ibotta deals at Kroger.  Nobody needs this sort of stress.

*  We also had no food waste last week.   We ate lots of leftovers this past week.

*  I cashed out a total of $83.70 from Ibotta.

*  We turn down the thermostat 2 degrees as night.  Being under blankets we don't need it as warm when we are in bed. ;-)

*  Entertainment last week was free tv, doing genealogy or reading.

*  I found money! 

I thought I was going to get skunked this week but I found a penny on my birthday in Walmart.

Found Money This Week.... .01¢

Grand Total Found this Year....... .22¢

That's all I got.

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

Sluggy   

Blood on Your Hands

Face the facts folks.....Joe Biden was a third rate Senator from Delaware who spent decades lying and plagiarizing other politicians work.  He would have disappeared long ago but for Obama having plucked him out of obscurity to make him the first D.E.I. hire(if a white man can be classified as a D.E.I.)as his VP.  He showed his true colors by going back on his word by preemptively pardoning the entire Biden Crime Syndicate along with that criminal Anthony Faucci, Liz Cheney and Mark Milley among others.  It's been said if you accept a preemptive pardon you are accepting guilt as well so if they don't think they did anything wrong, don't take the pardon.

Just another stain on one of the worst, if not THE worst POTUS in American's history.  There will be a special place in hell for this man.

I am also mad as hell at every legacy media person, bureaucrat or elected official that saw Biden's non compos mentis state and never said anything or moved to invoke the 25th Amendment during his 4 year Reign of Terror and have him removed from office.  You are all complicit in the cover up and I hope you can live with yourselves and answer for your actions(or inactions)when you meet your maker.

Sluggy

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

 

Well I made it another revolution around the sun.  And I have now outlived both my oldest brother and my mother(she died 4 days before her 66th birthday)so unless a bus mows me down today I'll be around for awhile longer to annoy idiots and morons. ;-)

That's all I have to say.

Go forth and party!

Sluggy