Sunday's Crazy Rite-Aid Trip

Well, I usually LOVE Rite-Aid, but after this fiasco of a trip, I am beginning to get a little concerned!  Joe and I stopped in Sunday evening to get a few of the deals for this week, well, after I checked out, I thought my total had been a little high, so I checked my receipt, and it turns out that the Natrol Biotin did not ring up BOGO free, even though it states 'any' in the ad, so the manager did a return of some sort and gave me a $9.99 gift card.  When I checked out I gave them a SCR check to pay, and the manager told the cashier to ring it as a check (should be rung as cash), so it took off the whole total of $19.18, and no one noticed but me.  Then as I was getting ready to type this post yesterday, I noticed that the Chex mix had rung up at full price too, $2.55 ea with my discount.  So today when I took my mom to the grocery store, I ran in to get that refunded as well, and the same manager tried to tell me that only the smaller size was on sale, when in the ad it states '3-8.75 oz,' and this was the 8.75 oz bag!  Luckily one of my favorite cashiers was there, and she had my back, so twenty minutes later, I received my $6.20 back - Ugh!  That's all I have to say, Ugh, but now that I've vented, on to the deals...

4 bags of Chex Mix $3.19 ea - $2.19 ea Sale/Refund - $0.50/2 MC (newspaper) - $1/4 Rite-Aid Video Coupon = $0.50 ea or 4/$2

2-100 ct bottles Natrol Biotin $9.99 ea - $2 card discount - $9.99 Sale/Refund - $3/1 MC (All You Magazine) x 2 - $3 UP+Reward wyb 2 (should have been $2, but that's okay!) = 2 FREE + $3.01 Money-maker!

1 Thermacare Heat Wrap $3.99 - $0.99 Sale - $3 UP+Reward = FREE!

- $2 UP+Rewards used to Pay

- $4.99 SCR, incorrectly rung as 19.18

Total OOP, no tax: Zero!  Earned $9.99 and $6.20 in Refunds and $6 UP+Rewards!

*I felt kinda bad that I might have cheated them out of some money (like $15), so sat down and did the math, even though the check was rung wrong, and it wasn't my fault, truth be told, that if things would have rung up correctly to begin with, I would have only owed $2.  That makes me feel a little better.  But I really hope that next week goes a LOT smoother!

Sunday's Walgreen's Trip

Sunday, Joe and I also stopped into Walgreen's to roll my RR's.  This is what we ended up with...

2-3 pks Binaca (I've been looking for these for months for two coupons I had) $1.99 ea - $1/1 MC x 2 = 2/$1.98

3 cans Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup (for my mom, and if I had known before I was in the store that she wanted them, I would have had a coupon!) $1.59 ea - $1.80 in-ad Coupon = $0.99 ea or 3/$2.97 (mom paid me back for these)

1 Tom's Toothpaste $4.99 - $1 Sale - $3 RR = $0.99

1 Energy Bar of some kind for Joe $1.89 - $2 RR = FREE + $0.11 Money-maker!

+ $0.48 Tax

- $7 RR's used to Pay

Total OOP: $4.31, Earned $5 RR and $5 Cash from my Mom = Net OOP: All FREE + $5.69 Money-maker!

Sunday's CVS Trip

Sunday evening, Joe and I stopped into CVS to pick up a prescription, and some deals.  I am so glad that CVS brought back their value pack deals this year!  I decided to get the limit on the ones I really wanted, before they were all gone, but according to my receipt, I can get at least one more!  Here's what I ended up with...

3-2 pks CVS Hydrogen Peroxide $2 ea - $1 ECB x 3 = 3 pks or 6 bottles/$3

3-50 ct twin pks CVS Ibuprofen $4.29 ea - $1 ECB x 3 = $3.29 ea or 3/$9.87 (about $1.65/50 ct box)

1-100 ct CVS Vitamin D (for my mom) $3.49 - $3.49 ECB = FREE!

1 PB M&M's $1.19 - $0.44 Sale - $0.75 ECB = FREE!

2 Ove'Gloves (both Christmas gifts for 2012!) $16.99 ea - $12.74 ea clearance = $4.25 ea or 2/$8.50

+ $0.54 Tax

- $5 ECB's used to Pay

Total OOP: $27.15 - gasp!  I also earned $10.24 ECB's for next week!  Net OOP: $16.91!

Weekly Spending Report: 01/01-01/07/2012!

After two weeks filled with holidays, visiting with family, eating tasty food, finishing my transcription final, and taking a break from couponing and blogging, it is GREAT to be back in the game!  Here's our spending totals for this week...

• Sunday's Rite-Aid Trip: $8.39 oop, Earned $6 SCR and $2 UP+Rewards
• Sunday's CVS Trip: $5.73 oop, Earned $8.50 ECB's
• Sunday's Walgreen's Trip: $11.16 oop, Earned $7 RR's
• Sunday's Shopper's Trip (no post, just donuts and eggs): $4.38 oop
• Thursday's ALDI Trip (no post, restocked our baking and snack cupboards): $19.87 oop
• Thursday's Ollie's Trip (no post, stocked up on trash bags and Crystal light for AWESOME prices!): $14.66 oop
• Friday's Amish Market Trip (no post, bought 19.08 lbs of Raw Sugar at $1.29/lb and an apple dumpling): $27.56 oop
• Saturday's Rite-Aid Trip (no post, just newspapers): $3.40 oop
• I also received a rebate check from the museum for cooking over Christmas, which I will add into our budget, for $47.60!

Total OOP: $95.15 - $71.10 Earned Rewards/Rebates = Net OOP: $24.05, Savings of 75%!!!!

First Walgreen's Trip of 2012!

Our last stop on Sunday was Walgreen's.  Here is what we picked up...

2-10 ct Advil Congestion Relief (I was so excited to get these, they work wonderful!) $7.99 ea - $2.99 ea Sale - $2/1 MC (newspaper) x 2 - $3 RR wyb $10 = 2/$3!

1 EOS Lip Balm $3.49 - $0.50 Sale - $2 RR = $0.99

1 Smart Protein Bar $1.99 - $2 RR = FREE!

+ $0.18 Tax

Total OOP: $11.16 (had no RR's to use to pay) - $7 Earned RR's = Net oop: $4.16!!!

First Rite-Aid Trip of 2012!

Sunday, Joe and I also stopped into Rite-Aid, not really much going on in the way of deals at any of the drug stores, but I did find some chicken bouillon that seems to be more natural than what's at the grocery store, so I was very excited about that!  Here's what we ended up with...

2 boxes Chicken Bouillon pkts $1.29 ea - $0.26 ea card discount = $1.03 ea or 2/$2.06*

2 Carmex Chap-sticks $2.99 ea - $0.60 ea card discount - $1/2 MC (newspaper) - $2 UP+Rewards wyb 2 = 2/$1.78

2 Oral B Power Toothbrushes (bought in two transactions, for two SCR accounts) $7.99 ea - $2 ea Sale - $3/1 MC (newspaper) x 2 - $3 SCR x 2 = 2 FREE!

1-4 pk Rite-Aid TP $1 - $0.20 card discount = $0.80

+ $0.77 Tax

- $5 UP+Rewards used to Pay

Total OOP: $8.39 - $8 Earned Rewards/Rebates = Net oop: $0.39!  Savings of 95%!

First CVS Trip of 2012!

Sunday Joe and I stopped into CVS to pick up the deals for the week, and it felt so good to be back to deal shopping after a nice vacation!  Here's what we ended up with...

3 boxes Special K Cereal $3.99 ea - $1.97 Sale - $1/3 MC (newspaper) - $4 ECB's = 3/$5

2 boxes Betty Crocker Brownies (1 box not pictured) $1 ea = 2/$2

1 Bath Set (Christmas present for 2012) $9.99 - $5 clearance = $4.99

+ $0.24 Tax

- $10.50 ECB's used to Pay

Total OOP: $5.73, Earned $1 ECB Green Bag Tag, $4 ECB Kellogg's, and $3.50 ECB Quarterly Spending!  Net OOP, all FREE + $2.77 Money-maker!

Monday and Tuesday's Rite-Aid Trips!

After reading about the AWESOME fish oil deal at Rite-Aid, I decided to stop in Monday night after CVS and since it worked so well, and I had a good bit towards the Season of Savings reward, I went ahead Tuesday, while I was at the grocery store with my mom, and did it again using her SCR account!  Here's how it all went down...

Monday Night's Trip: (pictured above)

2 Reese's Trees (stocking stuffers) $0.99 ea - $0.30 ea Sale - $1/2 Rite-Aid Video Coupon = 2/$0.38

3-50 ct Centrum Omega 3 Vitamins/Fish oil $12.99 ea - $2.60 ea card discount - $5/1 MC x 3 (newspaper) - $2 SCR x 2 - $10 UP+Reward wyb* 3 = 3/$2.17

2 pks Revlon Emery Boards $1.25 ea - $0.50 ea Sale - $1 SCR x 2 - $3 UP+Reward wyb* 2 = FREE + $3.50 Money-maker!

+ $0.18 Tax

- $5 UP+Rewards used to Pay

Total OOP: $13.23, Earned $13 UP+Rewards and $6 SCR!

Tuesday's Trip: (not pictured)

3-50 ct Centrum Omega 3 Vitamins/Fish oil $12.99 ea - $2.60 ea card discount - $5/1 MC x 3 (newspaper and Here) - $10 UP+Reward wyb* 3 - $2 SCR x 2 (mom's account) = 3/$2.17

no tax

Total OOP: $3.17, Earned $10 UP+Reward for the vitamins plus a $10 Season of Savings UP+Reward, and $4 SCR's!

I'd call that a TOTAL MONEY-MAKING shopping trip!!!!!

Total Profited: $26.60!!!!

*wyb = when you buy

Monday's CVS Trip

Monday night I stopped into CVS to pick-up some prescriptions, and got a few deals while I was waiting...

2-10 ct boxes Advil Congestion Relief $7.99 ea - $3 ea Sale - $2/1 MC (newspaper) x 2 - $3/1 CVS Coupon = 2/$2.98

1 Physicians Formula Bamboo Wear Powder Refill $10.79 - $8.10 clearance - $3/1 peelie MC (adjusted to $2.69) = FREE!

+ $0.14 Tax

- $2 ECB used to Pay

Total OOP: $1.12!

Sunday's Rite-Aid Trip

Sunday I snuck out to Rite-Aid before I had to be at work, and this is what I ended up with...

2 Beef Sticks (Stocking Stuffers) $0.50 ea - $0.10 ea card discount = 2/$0.80

4 JR Watkins Hand Soaps $4.99 ea - $3.49 ea Sale - $1/1 peelie (only one left) = 4/$5

8 boxes Royal Pudding/Gelatin $0.69 ea - $0.44 ea Sale - $1 UP+Reward = 8/$1

6 various Blistex Chap-sticks $2.79 ea x 4 and $1.69 ea x 2 - $1.13 ea x 4 and $0.34 ea x 2 Sale - $1/2 MC (newspaper) x 3 - $2 UP+Rewards x 2 = 6/$2.34

+ $0.36 Tax

- $8 UP+Rewards used to Pay

- $1 SCR Check used to Pay

Total OOP: $5.50, Earned $5 UP+Rewards for next time!