This Week on the Dining Table

The "The Plan Will Happen Later This Week" Edition........

I am still in Virginia lazing around. 
We are going home tomorrow so I can't make a plan until I get back.


Onward to the meal planning.....................

What was "planned" last week--

1.  Pizza, Salad
2.  Steak, Cauliflower, Spaghetti Squash

3.  No Clue

4.  No Clue
5.  No Clue

6.  No Clue
7.  No Clue

 

And this is what actually happened--

1.  Pizza, Salad
2.  Steak, Cauliflower, Spaghetti Squash

3.  Mexican Food Out

4.  Spaghetti w/Meatballs, Tossed Salad, Garlic Bread
5.  Leftovers

6.  Burgers Out
7.  BBQ Pork Chops, leftover Cabbage, Green Beans
  

Last week I bought some drinks at Food Lion plus made a trip to Harris Teeter grocery store to get some deals to bring home.  I'll figure out what I spent down here after I get home and get everything sorted out. 

Here is the plan for this week.........

1.  Fried Chicken, Coleslaw, Corn, Biscuits
2.  No Clue

3.  No Clue

4.  No Clue
5.  No Clue

6.  No Clue
7.  No Clue

I'll get a menu together on Wednesday after we get home and settled.  I haven't been feeling very frugal this week with eating out.  Well my trips to Rite-Aid HAVE been frugal....lolz

 

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 that week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week, other than clearance deals on Xmas themed plastic and paper goods?

Sluggy

Last of the Rite-Aid This Week

I hit a couple of Rite-Aids on Saturday while I was out shopping.
I had that $25 rx transfer +Up Reward to use before I leave to go home......

4 x L'Oreal 'Poo 20% Wellness disc.=$15.96
2 x L'Oreal hair treatment on clearance=$6.98
4 x Q-tips 20% Wellness disc.($2.79)=$11.16
1 x Old Spice 6-pack soap clearance=$2.49
2 x Ice Drink BOGOFree=$1.49*
1 x Degree Spray Deo=$4.97
2 x Axe Deo on clearance($1.34)=$2.68**
SubTotal.......$45.73

Coupons Used
2 x $4/2 L'Oreal 'Poo ManuQ=$8.00
2 x $2/1 L'Oreal treatment ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Old Spice IPQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Degree Deo IPQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Degree Deo VideoValuesQ=$2.00
Coupon Total........$17.00

$45.73-$17.00=$28.73 + .91¢=$29.64

I used $27 in +Up Rewards and paid $2.64 OOP.
I earned $11 in new +Up Rewards($5 wyb $20 L'Oreal, 2 x $2 wyb2 Q-tips, $2 wyb2 Axe).

*SavingStar's "Friday Freebie" this weekend is a full refund when you buy a 17 oz. ICE drink.  Rite-Aid had Ice drinks Buy One Get One Free last week so I'll get the price I paid for the one drink I bought back, bringing my OOP down to $1.15.
Sweet! 8-)
Update**  SavingStar only gave me .75¢ back on the BOGOFree drinks, so my actual OOP on this transaction will be $1.89, not $1.15.
Still a good deal in my book! 8-)

**I found some Axe deodorants on a clearance shelf for $1.34 each.  These qualified for the "Buy 2 Axe items, Get $2 +Ups" Deal this past week.  So after earning a $2 +Ups for these deos they "cost" me .34¢ each plus tax.

After I saw that the clearance Axe qualified for the $2 +Up Rewards Deal I bought two more......photo below with other items I bought at another store later.

Paid with $2 in +Ups and .73¢ OOP.
Received $2 in new +Ups.

Then I had to go to another Rite-Aid to use that $10 off 3 Bayer products Q(which expires today).  All the stores are out of the small $3.29-$3.49 size low dose aspirin products I wanted to buy with this Q so I did this instead........

3 x Aleve PM($6.49)B2G1Free sale=$12.98
I used $10/3 Bayer products ManQ.....$12.98-$10=$2.98

I used $2 +Ups and paid .98¢ OOP.
No new +Ups were earned this transaction.

Total OOP all trips..........$4.35
Total value of items bought....$79.93
+Ups spent/rolled........$41
+Ups earned...........$13

Sluggy
 

More Trips to Rite-Aid

Well all the other Rite-Aids I hit hadn't clearanced out the Old Spice soap packs to 75%, still at 50% and not all had PeelieQs so I got this stuff instead.......

2 x Suave naturals 'Poo bogo50%=$3.43
2 x Bic stick pens on sale=$4.00
Subtotal.....$7.43

Coupons Used
2 x $1/1 Bic stick pens(1 ManuQ, 1 IPQ)=$2.00

$7.43-$2.00=$5.43 + .32¢tax=$5.75

I used $5 in +Up Rewards and paid .75¢ OOP.
I earned $4 in new +Ups(2 x $1 Bic, $2 wyb2Suave).

Spent down $3 of my +Ups.
.75¢ spent OOP.
Earned $4 in new +Ups
$10.16 in products  brought home.

The Christmas stuff is all 75% at Rite-Aid now so I picked up this stuff....it's not on my food budget however.......

3 x packs of gift boxes(mine are all torn and ready for the trash).74¢each=$2.22
3 x bags of bows(again, mine are past recycling through another holiday)=$3.47
2 x Altoids peppermints tins=$2.98
Total....$8.67 + .52¢=$9.19 OOP

I didn't use +Up Rewards to pay for this stuff since it's not going on the food/toiletries budget.

Though the mints are food, they will keep to give as gifts next Christmas.  It's not like it's chocolate which will get all cruddy keeping it so long.

I still have a $10/3 Bayer items to use this week(it expires Sunday)so there will be at least one more trip to Rite-Aid this week.
Aren't you thrilled? ;-)

Sluggy

 

Rite-Aid This Week...First Trip

Finally got a chance to get to a Rite-Aid on Tuesday to do a few deals in this week's ad.
I have no printer access here at my brother's house but a gleaned a few Qs from their Sunday papers(no RP inserts though)and combined with the few Qs I brought with me, here is what I bought.........

2 x Bic stick pens on sale=$4.00
3 x Bayer baby aspirin on sale B2G1Free=$6.58
1 x Axe dry spray Deo on sale=$5.47
1 x 6-pack Old Spice soap on clearance 75% off=$1.24
SubTotal.......$17.29

Coupons Used
2 x $1/1 Bic stick pens(1 ManuQ/1 IPQ)=$2.00
1 x $10/3 Bayer products ManuQ=$10.00*
1 x $2/1 Axe dry spray Deo IPQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Axe dry spray Deo VideoValuesQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Old spice 6-pack PeelieQ on package=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$17.00

$17.29-$17.00=.29¢ OOP
I paid .29¢ OOP and got $2 in +Up Rewards back(2 x $1 Bic).

The Old Spice soap was a great deal on clearance for $1.24 but the peelie Q on the package made is an AWESOME deal!  I just wish the other scent was also on sale because those packs had peelies too. lolz

*My 3 Bayer items were only $6.58 since the 3rd item was free, so I had $3.42 overage on that $10 off 3 Bayer items Q.  It was used on the other items, what the Qs on those items didn't cover.
And getting $2 in +Ups on the pens was just icing on that cake! 8-)

I'll be hitting up more Rite-Aids around here this week looking for more cheap soap.
Check your aisles for items you regularly use since I saw lots of clearance tags at Rite-Aid.  Might be you find some deals at your store too.

No +Ups spent/rolled.
$2 +Ups earned.
$28.43 in products brought home.

Sluggy

 

Rolling/Spending the +Ups Rewards This Week.....Part 4

Due to traveling all day on Saturday I only was able to make one trip to Rite-Aid that day.

Somewhere on the DELMARVA Peninsula/Eastern Shore I bought this.......

2 x Nexxus 'Poo $6.29 20% wellness discount=$10.06 + .53¢ tax=$10.59

No Qs were used. (I bought this to finish off my Spend $20/Get $10 +Ups which was tracking on my card and sitting at $10.06.)

I used $10 in +Up Rewards and paid .29¢ OOP.
I received back $10 in +Up Rewards($10 wyb $20 Nexxus).

Rolled $10 +Ups.
Earned $10 +Ups.
.59¢ OOP.
$12.58 in items brought home.

This finished up last week's rolling/spending +Ups at Rite-Aid.
I wanted to buy some more supplements(fish oil/CoQ10)and earn another $15 +Ups since I was tracking at $6+ already toward another one, but didn't get a chance before the week's ad ended Saturday night.

Sluggy