Frugal Friday 10/17/25

Hi everyone

I don't really have much to report this week. All I did was some grocery shopping and then stayed home the rest of the week. Here's a few things that I did this week.

• Purchased a pants with a Birthday reward and paid $2.86 OOP.
  
  Then, today, they sent me another $10 reward (valid today only) and I still had a free shipping reward. So I ordered the same pants in a different color and paid $5.30 OOP
  
  
• Redeemed a reward and paid $10.60 for a pants at Chicos and still have a Birthday reward to redeem (all amounts include sales tax).
  
  
• Ordered a free bracelet with reward at WHBM. Their styles and service have deteriorated so much that I couldn't find anything I liked. I decided to not waste that $30 and just purchased the bracelet instead.
  
  
• Received another surprise reward this week, so I purchased BF a designer item at over 90% off. 
  
  
• Found organic chicken breast marked down 20% at Sams and bought 2 packs. 
  
  
• Stopped at Meijer for Sargento cheese slices (on sale for $1.99 this week) and also purchased my favorite face cleanser (I can only find it at Meijer & Wags, but Meijer's cost $3 less than Wags. I purchase some every time Meijer has it on sale). The cleanser is Buy 2, save $5 instantly. When I checked my account afterwards, I saw that I earned $5 Mperks rewards for the cheese & cleanser. I forgot about those Mperks deals and was only aware of the beauty one. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I'm close to more rewards for other items (it tracks). With the instant discount and MP reward, the cleanser ended up saving me 50% total. Score!
  
  
• Picked up at quarter in the Aldi parking lot. 
  
  

That's about it for me for the week. I didn't even go to the drugstores. I think I'm outshopped 😂

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

This week at Wags

Edit : I don't know why my spacing's so weird and why it changed the font in the last paragraph. 

Hi everyone

Wags was fun this week, despite me messing up some things. I haven't done any drugstore shopping in about 2 months and it definitely showed with the mistakes I made. Here's what I did

Trans 1

2 x Head & shoulders $18.00

2 x Crest t/p 9.00

2 x Garnier styler 8.98

Less H&S DQ (3.00)

Less Crest DQ (10.00)

Less Garnier DQ (7.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 2.46

OOP $3.44

Earned $20 RR ($10 WYS $30 P&G, $3 H&S, $3 Crest, $4 Garnier)

Trans 2

2 x Head & shoulders $18.00

2 x Crest t/p 9.00

2 x Garnier styler 8.98

Less H&S DQ (3.00)

Less Crest DQ (10.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 2.46

OOP $10.44

Earned $20 RR ($10 WYS $30 P&G, $3 H&S, $3 Crest, $4 Garnier) + $7 WC (see below) = $27

I purchased the same items as above, except my Garnier Q didn't deduct. I contacted CS when I got home and they added the $7 WC to my account. I still have the Q available to use tomorrow. It's a MM deal if I purchase just the Garnier.

 

Trans 3

2 x 2ct Bounty p/t $9.98

2 x Gain 9.98

2 x Garnier shampoo 8.98

Less P&G RR from trans 1 (10.00)

Less Gain DQ (1.55)

Less Gain DQ (1.50)

Less Garnier DQ (3.00)

Less WC (10.00)

Tax 1.74

OOP $4.63

Earned $4 RR (Garnier)

Trans 4

2 x 2ct Bounty p/t $9.98

2 x Dawn 9.98

2 x Garnier shampoo 8.98

Less P&G RR from trans 2 (10.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.74

OOP 0.68

Earned $4 RR (Garnier)

I needed to use those P&G RRs, because they expire within 2 days. I didn't want Gain, but the P&G deal only works on select items, so I opted for the Gain & Bounty. 

The 2nd store didn't have any Gain, so I purchased Dawn instead. However, I messed up by adding the Garnier. I initially added it so I could use $10 WC, because the Gain Qs took my total to below that amount. The Dawn, on the other hand, didn't have any Qs so the Garnier wasn't needed. Ugh 🤦 I also didn't have the Garnier Q clipped on this account, so I ended up buying 'Expensive' (in my book 😂) shampoo that we don't even need. Double ugh 🤦

But wait... there's more. When I went through all my RRs, I realised that I never received RRs for the Buy 4 P&G deal (trans 3 & 4). After checking the ad, I realised that the Bounty is a completely separate deal. Triple ugh 🤦So I lost out on another $9. How many ughs are we on now? 😂

Breakdown:

Number of items purchased: 24

Total Qs used : $39.05

Total Rewards used : $90.00

Total Rewards earned (RR, WC, Ibotta, Fetch): $55.00 + $15 (PG) = $70

Total OOP : $18.75 ($0.78 per item - this includes sales tax)

Total Retail value : $195.96 (excl tax)

I felt like such a rookie this week, but realised that I didn't do too badly. I sure put those rewards to good use 😂

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

Frugal Friday 09/26/25

 

Happy Friday Everyone

It's been a rather frugal week for me. I hardly did any grocery shopping and haven't been to the drugstores in weeks. I know. Shocker! 😂

Here's my list of frugal things for the week:

• Picked up 2 free BBW b/w with rewards. 
  
  I've been diluting my BBW b/w for a few years now to stretch it. I've loved BBW for many years, but they've gotten wayyyyy too expensive to pay regular price for anything. So I dilute the b/w and it still smells great. Diluting doesn't work on all brands though. I tried it with the Old Spice and that didn't work well.
  
  
• Got a free shirt from Chicos with rewards.
  
  
• Got a free RR cheeseburger & fries with reward
  
  
• Redeemed Fetch points for a $25 gc
  
  
• Redeemed Microsoft points for a $10 gc
  
  
• We have lots of leftover food, so we're not getting any carry out this weekend. We'll just eat whatever's in the fridge to combat waste. 
  
  

As you can see, it's been a slow week for me. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

Frugal Friday 09/19/25

Here's some frugal things I've done lately

• Redeemed CC points for $250 gcs that were 15% off. That saved me $37.50 in points
  
  
• Used one of those gcs to purchase something for myself and earned 15% back at Rakuten. I love when free money earns me more free money 😂
  
  
• Saw a post that IGC was working again, so I redeemed for a $25 gc. The site has been down for about a year and I had points to redeem. 
  
  Redeemed for another $10 gc on my other account.
  
  
• Redeemed Swagbucks points for a $25 gc
  
  
• Purchased a gift for DS for a brand that never goes on sale, nor offers any discounts and/or coupons, at 10% off. 
  
  
• Purchased RR gcs at 20% off. I still purchase the $10 burger & fries for DS, so that $14.99 burger costs us $8 after all discounts. That's an almost 50% discount on his favorites.
  
  
• I ran out of iron pills (something I need to take daily), so I searched for the best price online. Sam's had the lowest price, but the item was only available online. So I headed to Costco and got the pills for 49c less. I bought 2 containers. This is why I have a membership for both stores. Sams has moved many items to online only and shipping starts at $8. The Costco membership more than makes up for all these shipping costs.
  
  
• I decided to stop at the produce market (it's near Costco) to get minneolas for DS. The minneolas were 99c each and I was going to pay that price, until I spotted bright orange bags in their markdown section. Whaddya know! They had bags of minneolas for $1 per bag. I bought 2 bags. This bag contained 13 minneolas and 2 lemons. That save me almost $14 per bag. I wanted lemons too, but didn't want to pay 89c each. What a blessing this turned out to be. 
  
  
• Received a $30 WHBM reward. I let my last $15 reward expire, because the quality of things are so poor these days and I didn't want to spend extra money. I'm hoping I can find something good.
  
  
• Got BF some free athletic shorts with Kohls rewards.
  
  
• Saw that Jockey had my favorite undies for $15.99 (6 pack). I only wear cotton, so I bought 8 packs. I purchased enough to qualify for free shipping. I also earned a $5 reward and used it to order another pack. 
  
  I knew that I bought quite a bit the last time (a year or 2 ago) I posted about it, but with the poor quality and tariffs, I knew that I needed to stock up again. I'm so thankful I did that, because it's now sold out.
  
  
• Discovered that Aldi offers triple the amount of green onions that the grocery stores have, for the same price. I bought a package, used what I needed, then diced and froze the rest. I've been using it in our omelets every day. 
  
  
• I have quite a few rewards from various retailers available, but only take advantage of free shipping ones. I also don't want to spend extra money (we don't need anything), so I only purchase items that I can get for free or near free.
  
  

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

Stockpiling item of the week - Detergent

Hi everyone

I had a different post planned, but wanted to share this one before the deal ends tomorrow (09/16/25)

Kroger currently has a weekly digital deal (limit 5) on Persil detergent - $8.99 with digital Q (must clip Q before going shopping).

Ibotta also has various rebates (cash back) on Persil:

$3 on 84-100 oz Persil (exludes Activewear) - limit 2

$4 on 84-100 oz Persil Activewear - limit 2

$4 on Persil Ultra packs (pods) - limit 2

Here's what I did

2 x 84 oz Persil Oxi $17.98

2 x 84 oz Persil Activewear 17.98

OOP $35.96

Earn $14 Ibotta ($6 Oxi, $8 Activewear)

Total cost after rewards = $21.96

This is the Best price I've ever seen. Sams currently has the 201.6 oz bottle on sale (monthly Q discount) for $20.98

Sams sale price per ounce = $0.10

Kroger sale price per ounce (after Ibotta ) = $0.07 (0.065)

My total savings = $11.76 compared to if I had purchased this at Sams (which was my original plan). These bottles retail for $13.99 each at the grocery stores. Yikes! I'm so used to purchasing everything on sale that I tend to get sticker shock when I see what things actually retail for. Paying $4.99-5.99 per bottle is wayyyyyy better than that $13.99 price tag.

I'm stocking up, stocking up, stocking up on all the great deals, because grocery prices continue to increase. I looked at our YTD grocery expenses and saw that we are $119 over per month (I average our monthly cost). This is not good! It gets worse, but more on that later. 

Please do yourselves a favor and stock up on the good deals, because prices will keep getting worse. Stay tuned for more.

Happy shopping peeps!

Great snacks deal!

Hi everyone!

Guess who's back! 😊 Summer was busy and just flew by. Life is still busy, but I'm making progress with everything that I need to accomplish.

So let's start off with a good national snacks deal. I actually discovered the rebates in my Meijer ad and worked on scenarios that works best for us. 

First up is this Kellogs Snack to school rebate. Spend $25 on participating items, earn $10 digital gc (ends 09/30/25). I needed to purchase snacks for DS, so this is what I did at Sams.

1 x 42ct Cheez it snap'd $13.98

1 x 36ct Pringles 13.98

Less Pringles instant Q (1.00)

OOP $26.96

Earn $10

This rebate has a limit of 5, so you can submit for this one up to 5 times. Please see the site for participating brands. All flavors & sizes are included. You can also purchase it at any grocery store. 

Then there's this Quaker rebate (ends 09/19/25) that ties in well with the current Meijer ad. Spend $20, earn $10 gc. Limit 1. Select sizes and products are included, so please see their list for more details.

Meijer

1 x 42ct Fritolay multipack chips $19.89

1 x Quaker instant oatmeal 2.69

OOP $22.58

Earn $10

Total OOP for 3 boxes of snacks = $29.54

Needless to say, both DS & I are happy. He got his favorite snacks and I saved money on it. Win-win!

I'll be back with more deals in a day or two.

Have a wonderful evening peeps!

Frugal Friday 06/13/25

Hi everyone

I'm still here. I have so many posts written in my head, but no time to just sit down & write. 

Here are some frugal things that have happened around here.

• I keep receiving rewards and coupons from retailers. Everyone wants me to shop and who am I to say no to free money 😂 Last month I received $125 in free money and $50 for this month to date. I don't even need anything, but I still put the money to good use. One store sent me 2 x $15 just 2 days apart. First it was 'we miss you', then 2 days later it was 'happy half birthday'. I was shocked, but I'm thankful for all the blessings. 
  
  
• Earned $4 in gas money at Meijer. My Fetch account has an offer for 2000 points (approx $2) when you purchase gas at Meijer 6/5-6/21. Limit 3. I just filled my tank at Meijer on the 3rd, but decided to top up my tank when I went shopping this week. Well, I pulled up to the pump and saw that the previous customer had left their receipt behind. Score! So I scanned that receipt too and got my points. I'll top up my tank again next week to complete that offer. 
  
  
• We ran out of toothpaste, q-tips, kleenex (in my office), paper towel, body wash and band aids this week. I pulled replacements from my stockpile, so $0 spent. 
  
  
• I skipped Red Robin this week, because they skimped on the fries again the last time (post coming soon). We ate our own food instead, so more money saved.
  
  
• I'm cooking less and we're eating leftovers until we get tired of it and our grocery budget has actually been lower the past 2 months. Huge sigh of relief, because the prices are shocking (I have another post to write about that). 
  
  
• I needed new books to read and Target has B1G50% off 2nd this week, so I used Circle rewards and a few $$ on an old gc to purchase 4 books for free. 
  
  
• Found family packs chicken breast 30% off at Aldi and bought 3 packs. It had a short expiration date, so I baked some in the oven when I got home and made fajita chicken with the rest. The crazy part is that I've been struggling to find these non GMO packs for 2 weeks at Aldi. Then I finally find it on sale. That save me $10.xx, so I was very happy. 
  
  
• Found 59 oz bottles of Simply OJ reduced to $2.50 at Walmart and bought 2. This was a shock, because I never find markdown foods at Walmart. They also had big Johnsonville summer sausage reduced to $2, but I still have Hickory farms sausage, so I didn't buy more sausage. 
  
  
• Found OS Captain spray (which has been discontinued) on rollback for my guys and was pleasantly surprised to see an Ibotta rebate for it. $3 per item, so I earned back $15 and then earned another $1.50 on Fetch. The rewards saved me approx 50%, so I'm very pleased with that. 
  
  

That's all I can think of for now. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!