Two Rite-Aid Shops--One on Saturday , One on Sunday & Vaccine Update

So I bought this on Saturday at Rite-Aid.........

8 x Garnier Whole Blends shampoo on sale 2/$7=$28.00
1 x L'Oreal Elvive shampoo 20% Gold discount=$4.59
SubTotal.......$32.59

I used these coupons--
1 x $5 when you spend $20 R-AQ=$5.00
4 x $4/2 Garnier Whole Blends IPQ=$16.00
1 x $2/1 Elvive shampoo IPQ=$2.00
Coupon Total....$23.00

$32.59-$23.00=$9.59 paid for with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $10 in new BC($10 wyspend $30 on select shampoos)so a slight moneymaker.

Then I bought this on Hubs card to spend down some BC........

1 x Bic Flex 3 razors 20% Gold discount=$6.39
1 x Bic Flex 5 razors 20% Gold discount=$5.99
SubTotal.....$12.38

I used 2 x $3/1 Bic Flex In-Ad ManuQs=$6.00

$12.38-$6.00=$6.38+.39¢tax=$6.77 paid for with BC.

There is a Bic promotion running until the end of March HERE.  Spend at least $5 after coupons and tax to be entered into their Sweepstakes and earn a $5 rebate.  It's a limit of 4 submissions per household.
I've already submitted for the $5 rebate so these 2 packs of razors "cost" me $1.77.

Then on Monday I went to do the new weekly deals, using a $10 wyspend $50 R-AQ and got this........

2 x Depends Silhouette underwear on sale=$24.00
1 x Huggies Pull-ups on sale=$8.99
1 x Centrum Vitamins on sale=$7.49
1 x Himalayan Ashwagandha 20% Gold discount=$9.59
SubTotal.....$50.07

Coupons Used
1 x $10/$50 purchase R-AQ=$10.00
2 x $2/1 Depends item IPQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Pull-Ups ManuQ=$2.00

1 x $4/1 Centrum IPQ=$4.00
1 x $5/1 Himalayan item PeelieQ=$5.00
Coupon Total....$25.00

$50.07-$25.00=$25.07 paid for with Bonus Cash.

I earned back $18 in new BC($10 wyspend $30 Kimberley-Clark, 2 x $3 Depends-double dip, $2 Centrum).
I submitted to Ibotta and earned $15 in rebates(2 x $4 Depends, $2 Pull-ups, $5 Himalayan).

I also submitted my receipt to Fetch and earned $1.31 in points there for the paper products.

Total spend in BC...$25.07

Total earned back in BC/Cash/Fetch pts....$34.31

A $9.24 moneymaker!

The Depends are headed to the food bank, might sell the diapers and the vitamins and Ashwagandha are headed into the toiletries stockpile.

And I have 3 of the 8 rebates to earn my $1 MidWeek Bonus on Ibotta.  Not sure if I'll finish it but it's an option.

*****Covid Vaccine Update****

This is the strangest thing.

I guess I put it out into the universe yesterday, both on the blog and was venting to my dentist(and her to me)while she repaired my broken tooth about this whole clusterf**k situation on getting an appointment for a vaccine here in PA.

I got a phone call around 8pm Monday night(which I didn't answer thankfully)that went to voice mail.  When I went up to bed later I played the voice mail and it was a pharmacist at a Rite-Aid up in Sayre PA(right on the NY border across from Elmira NY).  He said to call him back.  My first thought was that they had a shot appointment open(vaccine on the brain lately here!lol)even though I KNOW Rite-Aid's system doesn't keep your info when you go on their website looking for an appointment opening and they don't have a waiting list you can sign up for.

But I had a feeling so I went on the R-A website and searched stores in that general area and I FOUND A VACCINE APPOINTMENT IN A R-A ABOUT 20 MINUTES SOUTH OF SAYRE!!!  And yes, I am screaming. ;-)

Of course it's a nighttime appointment and we are suppose to get icky weather today/tonight but I don't care!

Just to be sure, I called this R-A this morning with my confirmation info to make sure it's not a mistake(what? Rite-Aid make a mistake?!lol)and I am really on the list because it would be annoying to drive all that way just to find out I don't have an actual appointment.  And yes, I am in like Flint!

After hanging up with that store I called back the other R-A pharmacist that had called me last night and left a message.  He asked me about a medication I am taking and whether it's working for me?

WTF?!?  I said yes, it's fine and before he could hang up on me I asked him why he had called about that, especially because I have never had an Rx filled there nor been in that store.  He said he gets that a lot.....R-A pharmacists are instructed to make these type of calls to ANY customer in the R-A system if they have down time to check up on if they are filling their meds. ???  So if you don't fill a medication and you buy your Rxs at R-A, don't be surprised if a pharmacist at a store you've never been to cold calls you and asked about a drug you are taking.

If I had picked up the phone for his call that evening and heard him say all that I wouldn't have thought about searching on my phone for an appointment up in that area of  PA at 10pm Monday night.  My brain wouldn't have gone to the place where I thought that pharmacist was calling about a vaccine opening.

I still find this weird.....but I got an appointment, woohoo!

Of course this also means I have to drive all the way back there in a few weeks for the second shot since they didn't get the J&J vaccine.  I'll gladly go back if this helps end this crap!(Plus I can browse around a new to me R-A and maybe find some deals. 8-))

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