More Fun at Rite-Aid This Week...How My Trips Turned Out

2 x Playtex Tampons on sale $4.00 each=$8.00
2 x Garnier Cleansers on sale BOGO50%off=$9.43
1 x Gain Dish Soap on sale=$.89
1 x Lipton 1Ltr Tea w/wellness disc.=$.79
1 x Dove Shampoo on sale=$3.00
2 x Sinful Nail Polish some colors on clearance .99¢=$1.98
1 x Sinful Nail Polish=$1.99*
SubTotal....$26.08

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 IPQ=$5.00
2 x $2/1 Playtex Tampons IPQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Playtex AdPerks/VV IPQ=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Garnier Cleaners IPQ=$4.00
2 x $2/1 Garnier Cleaner AdPerks/VV(1 from Sept./1 from Oct.) IPQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Gain Dish Soap ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $.35/1 Lipton Tea Single Q fromTearpad in Store=$.35
1 x $1/1 Dove Shampoo ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Dove Shampoo AdPerks/VV IPQ=$2.00
Coupon Total....$23.35

$26.08-$23.35=$2.73
Used 2 x $1 +Ups...$2.73-$2.00=$.73 OOP put on Rite-Aid gift card
Received $8+Ups(3 x $1 Nail Polish, $3 WYB 2 Garnier, $2 WYB 2 Tampex)=$8.00

So basically, after Qs and +Ups....the Playtex, Nail Polishes and Dove were free, the Garnier Cleansers and Gain were better than free.

*Ok...here's the weird thing about that 1 nail polish....the cashier price checked all three nail polishes and all three came up on sale for .99¢.  But when she rang up the order, 1 of the polishes rang up full price.  So I took that one back in and showed her what happened.  She returned the polish and gave me $2.11 cash(with the tax that I didn't pay to begin with but she couldn't do it without the computer telling her I got the tax back...whatever.lol).
Then she rerang it.....and it rang up $1.59...this is the reg. price with my 20% wellness discount.
Even weirder.
So I just went ahead and rebought the polish for $1.69(with tax) using the $2.11 cash she had given me back.
So I ending up spending $.73 on my gift card but got back $.42 in cash, so that brings my OOP here to $.31.
AND....another $1 +Up printed for the nail polish.  I told her I had already gotten a $1 +Up for the rerung polish but she said just keep both. 8-)
So my +Up total for this transaction ended up being $9, not $8.

Some of the colors of this Sinful brand Nail Polish are on clearance for .99¢.  Neither store had them marked so I had to price check them at the register both times...what a PITA.  But if you can find them, they are still printing up the $1 nail polish +Up Reward.  When the cashier price checks them if her screen doesn't show the BOGO 50% off deal running this week on that color but it shows up as .99¢ with the wellness card, then it's a clearance polish.  It would be so much easier on everyone involved if the stores here got around to marking ALL the clearance in a timely fashion.  Yes, I am just too demanding.lolol

Then it was off to another store....

2 x Lysol Wipes on sale BOGO=$3.49
2 x Lysol Spray on sale $3.50=$7.00
2 x Garnier Shampoo on sale $2.50=$5.00
2 x Sinful Nail Polish on clearance .99¢=$1.98
1 x Maybelline Eye Studio Shadow 40% off=$3.71
1 x No Nonsense Socks on sale=$2.99
1 x Ace Cold Pack(reg. $1.29) w/wellness disc.=$1.03
SubTotal....$25.20

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 IPQ=$5.00
1 x $1/2 Lysol Wipes ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Lysol Wipes AdPerks/VV IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1.50/1 Lysol Wipes Flu Booklet Q=$1.50
1 x $1/1 Lysol Spray ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Lysol Spray AdPerks/VV IPQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Lysol Spray Flu Booklet Q=$2.00
2 x $1/1 Garnier Hair Product IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Garnier AdPerks/VV IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Maybelline Eye Studio Tearpad Q from store=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Maybelline Eye Studio AdPerks/VV IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 No Nonsense Item AdPerks/VV IPQ=$1.00
1 x $1.50/1 Ace Cold/Hot Pack IPQ=$1.50
Coupon Total....$22.00

$25.20-$22.00=$3.20
Used $3 in +Ups(1 x $2, 1 x $1)=$3.00
$3.20-$3.00=$.20 OOP put on Rite-Aid gift card
Received +Up Rewards($3 WYB $10 in Lysol, 2 x $1 Nail Polish, $1 No Nonsense)=$6.00

Basically in this transaction after Qs(not counting the $5 off $25 Q) and +Up Rewards....all the Lysol products were free, the Maybelline was .71¢, the socks were .99¢ and the Ace cold pack and Sinful nail polishes were better than free.

I need to go back to Rite-Aid tomorrow to get some more Halloween candy since the 6 bags I had aren't enough for the amount of kids that we get for Trick-or-Treating here.  Hopefully I can find enough Qs to throw together another $25 transaction so I can use a $5 off $25 Q to get that $5 off the top of this candy order.

You'll notice that I didn't buy any Free After Rebate items this time and I've only bought 4 or so all week.  I may pick up one or two more FARs next trip but I don't want to "buy" FAR things I don't use and then I have to find a way to get rid of them, which sometimes, is just more work.  ;-)

Be sure and look for tearpads for the Lipton tea bottles at your store.  I also saw alot of cosmetic tearpads tonight.  One store had Borghese Nail Polish on clearance 50% off and there were $1/1 tearpad Qs right on the display.  Some bottles were bundled together so for the clearance price of $4 minus a $1 Q you could get 2 bottles of this brand of polish for $3 total PLUS it should generate a $1 +Up Reward so $2 for 2 bottles after that.  Not bad for stuff that retails for $8 a bottle!

THESE TRIPS Total Spent....$.93(put on free Rite-Aid gift card),$.42 back in cash=$.51
Value of Items....$76.50
SCR qualified for...$0
Gift Cards earned....$0.00
+Up Rewards earned...$15.00
+Up Rewards spent...$5.00
These 2 trips were a net gain of $10.00 in +Ups.

GRAND TOTALS so far-October Rebate Period

Number of Transactions......10
Total Spent....$3.21 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$466.51
SCR qualified for....$29.96
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0

+UPS Totals for Oct. SCR Period
+Up Rewards carryover from last trip....$15.50
+Up Rewards spent....$5.00
+Up Rewards earned....$15.00
+Up Rewards left....$25.50

Sluggy