Wellness Wednesday at Rite-Aid

Just two tiny shops at Rite-Aid on Wellness Wednesday this month.

I had $1.77 expiring that day on my card so I got all this to roll my BC........

1 x Oral-B toothbrush on sale=$4.00
2 x Kleenex 85 ct. boxes on sale=$1.98
SubTotal.....$5.98

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Oral-B toothbrush ManuQ=$1.00
1 x .25¢/1 Kleenex L2CQ=.25¢
2 x $1/1 Kleenex WWQ=$2.00
Coupon Total......$3.25

$5.98-$3.25=$2.73 + .02¢ tax=$2.75 paid OOP with BC.
I earned back $3 in new BC(Oral-B)and the BC was rolled.

Then on Hubs' card..........

2 x Russell Stover candy on sale=$1.00
2 x Kleenex 85 ct. on sale=$1.98
SubTotal........$2.98

I used 2 more $1/1 Kleenex WWQs-$2.98-$2.00=.98¢

$.98 paid OOP with BC and $1 BC earned back(Russell Stover).
For some reason no tax was charged on these Kleenex boxes.

I'll probably go back to R-A this week for 2 tubes of Crest(free after Qs and BC)but that's all for me this week.

Another busy day here.  Our new bed frame arrived, the mattress for Hubs' room and Ex-College Boy is off today so he'll be helping me move tubs of toiletries into the garage so I can set up and get ready to hold my Stockpile Sale on Saturday.

After this coming weekend things should settle down a bit for awhile and I can spend more time on computer/bloggy things and also work more on getting my sewing room set up.

What is your Thursday looking like?

Sluggy

Frugal Friday......the March 8th Edition

Let's see what frugal stuff went on this past week at Chez Sluggy.............

*  Almost free cereal x 2.....

This is the second batch of cereal I got this week.  None of these rang up the wrong price so I paid $8.70 then got $5.25(.25¢ was a bonus for buying MOM in 2 trips)back on Ibotta so $3.45 for all 5 bags OOP.  The first batch of 5 bags cost me $3.06 due to 2 bags ringing up reg. price/incorrectly(the first batch also had 1 bag which was larger/cost more).

*  Found change at 2 Rite-Aids...........

A penny at two different Rite-Aids this past week.

* I got my Friday Freebie at Weis last Friday......

Of course it was almost Lent and there is a large population of Polish descent Catholics in my town so pierogi was a VERY popular freebie.  I do believe this was the freebie sometime during Lent last year too.  ;-)

*  Free samples at Rite-Aid............

 I found these Hydralyte samples with $1 off Qs at a Rite-Aid I went in.

These Ricola immunity drops were on the Wellness table at my Rite-Aid on Wednesday.

*  Wellness Wednesday Haul.......

The WW haul update-This last photo of the transaction on my son's card "cost" me $1.18 in Bonus Cash.  I earned back $6 in new BC($1 Russell Stover eggs, $3 wyb Max Ensure, $3 wyb2 Ziplocs).
Grand Total "spent" in BC/gift card on Wednesday for everything brought home-$28.61.
Grand Total "earned" in BC/Ibotta on Wednesday for everything-$44.25.  I grew my Bonus Cash by $16.54 on Wellness Wednesday.
8-)

*  Almost free grocery shop at Weis on Tuesday...........

After Qs and overage my OOP was .85¢.
Sweet. 8-)))

* Found change at Weis too.........

Another penny over by the CS desk.

Besides money I also found this last Saturday at Weis(PMITA)Markets.........

A Visa card.  It was half tucked under the magazine rack across from the last check-out register.  I turned it into the Customer Service Desk and no, I didn't buy a cart full of groceries with it first. lolz

*  A Free dog food coupon

This free bag of Purina dog food Q finally showed up in the mail.

* I received $14.60 since last Friday in Ibotta rebates.  I am up to a total of  $75.20 in Ibotta rebates for 2019 so far.

*  We almost had a frugal misstep this past week.  Hubs and I went to Bob Evan's for lunch on Tuesday.  I gave Hubs the $5 wyspend $25 Q to apply to the bill and he went to pay.
He takes his cc receipt and we start to go to the car.  Of course, he didn't actually LOOK at the receipt and the cashier hadn't applied the $5 off, but I, of course, caught it and hauled him back in.

It took the hostess/cashier, the manager(he was new)and a long time employee who we had to wait to come out of the ladies' room to fix it.  20 MINUTES later and they had cancelled the first c/c receipt and reran the charge through w/the $5 discount.
Seriously?  20 minutes and the lady waiting behind Hubs' to pay her bill was none too pleased either.
I guess I need to take care of "complicated" transactions like this from now on? lolz

What Frugaliciousness did you experience this past week?

Anything good??

Let us hear all about it!


Sluggy

Rite-Aid Pillaging This Week

I went to Rite-Aid on Sunday and bought this on Daughter's card...........

2 x Suave shampoo on sale=$5.00
I used a $3/2 Suave L2CQ so paid $2.00 in Bonus Cash for it.
I earned back $2 back in new BC.
Except......
besides the $3/2 Suave L2CQ came another $1/1 Suave L2CQ came off as well so I paid $1.06(w/sales tax)in BC and earned back $2 in BC.

Then I bought this on my card on Tuesday when I went to pick-up some Rxs.....

1 x Robitussin on sale=$5.99
2 x R/S candies on sale=$1.00
SubTotal......$6.99

I used a $3/1 Robitussin IPQ so paid $3.99 in Bonus Cash.
I earned back $1 in new BC(wyb2 Russell Stover candies).
I also earned a $3 cash rebates on SavingStar for buying the Robitussin so converted $3 of BC to cash on that card.

On Wellness Wednesday I bought this.........

The single sample pack of Tena undies was free on the Wellness table as well as a small tube of Advil which is not in the photo.

1 x Tena undies pack on sale=$11.99
1 x Unstoppables on sale=$3.99
1 x large bottle of arthritis strength acetaminophen 20% Wellness disc.=$11.99
1 x Alka-Seltzer sleep gummies 20% Wellness disc.=$7.99
1 x Lipton tea bags 20% Wellness disc.=$3.59
1 x Lipton decaf tea bags 20% Wellness disc.=$3.83
2 x Russell Stover sugar-free candies 20% Wellness disc.=$4.46
1 x Dove derma soap on clearance=$2.14
4 x Boost drinks BOGO50%=$29.96
SubTotal........$79.94

Coupons Used(remember that you can load WWQs onto your L2C account AND use the paper WWQs too and that WWQs can be stacked with reg. ManQ and IPQs)

1 x $8 wyspend $40 CatalinaQ=$8.00
1 x $5/1 Tena WWQ=$5.00
1 x $5/1 Tena WWL2CQ=$5.00
1 x $3/1 Tena ManQ=$3.00
1 x $2/1 Unstoppables CatQ=$2.00
1 x $5/1 R-A arthritis acetaminophen WWQ=$5.00
1 x $5/1 R-A arthritis acetaminophen WWL2CQ=$5.00
1 x $4/1 Alka-Seltzer gummies WWQ=$4.00
1 x $4/1 Alka-Seltzer gummies WWL2CQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Ala-Seltzer gummies ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $2/1 Lipton WWQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Lipton WWL2CQ=$2.00
2 x $1.50/1 RS sugar-free candies WWQ=$3.00
1 x $1.50/1 RS sugar-free candies WWL2CQ=$1.50
1 x $2/1 Dove derma series item L2CQ=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Boost IPQ=$4.00
Coupon Total..........$58.50

$79.94-$58.50=$21.44 + .14¢ tax=$21.58 paid for with BC.
I earned back $10 in new BC(for buying 4 Boost)and the Dove counted toward a $3 Dove BC Deal and the $10 R-A gift card Deal.
Ex-CB will reimburse me $21.58 for the Boost drinks so everything else is free to me.

After stacked Qs the Tena was -$1.01, the Unstoppables was .99¢ the acetaminophen bottle was $1.99, the A-S gummies were -$1.01 the 2 boxes of tea bags were $1.42, the RS sugar-free candies were -.04¢ and the Dove was 14¢.  Applying the overage of $2.06 above and the $8 wys $40 to the Boost brought that down to $15.90.
My sister in-law will take the Tena undies and the rest will get used here.

Not a bad trip. ;-)

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Stuff Lately & Changes

Last Wednesday, the day we drove down to Virginia for a quickie visit with eldest son, was Wellness Wednesday at Rite-Aid.
So you know I had to make a brief pit stop there before leaving town.

Hubs uses Sensodyne toothpaste now and there was a stackable opportunity to get some for cheap as well as some caramel candies!

I stacked the one day Wellness Wednesday Rite-Aid Qs with Manu Qs from Coupons dotcom for each item......

2 x Sensodyne toothpaste BOGO50% sale=$10.93
4 x Werther's candies 20% Wellness disc. off reg. price=$2.31=$9.24
Subtotal..........$20.17

Coupons Used
2 x $1/1 Sensoydyne Manu IPQ=$2.00
2 x $3/1 WW RAQ=$6.00
4 x .50¢/1 Werther's Manu IPQ=$2.00
4 x $1.50/1 Werther's WW RAQ=$6.00
Coupon Total......$16.00

$20.17-$16.00=$4.17
$4 in Bonus Cash came off this card so I put the .17¢ on a R-A gift card.
None of these items earned more BC back.

HEADS UP EVERYONE!
So the word has gotten out that July 10th is the last day to use up your Plenti Points at Rite-Aid.
The whole Plenti network is shutting down for good on that date and Rite-Aid will no longer accept or track your PPs at that time.

Also, there are changes in the Bonus Cash scheme coming on April 16th.  After that date you will be prompted on the register scheme whether you want to use your BC or not on your transaction so BC will no longer automatically come off your transaction unless you elect to use them.  Also even though you earned the BC in certain dollar amounts you can use them in any amount that your purchase totals.  IE-You have a $2, $5 and a $7 BC totalling $14.  You can use or not whatever your purchase total amounts to up to $14.  Your total is $6 so $6 will come off and you'll have $8 left.
You still can not choose how much of your BC to use but being able to choose to use it or not IS an improvement.

So over the next 3 months or so I'll be trying to use up all my Plenti Points spread over 3 cards/accounts.  I may elect to use some Plenti Points on prescriptions as you can use PPs in our state on those but BC can not be used for this purpose.


I also got this Catalina earlier this week when I went up to refill an Rx............

On Friday and Saturday this week, for every $25 you spend you'll earn $5 in Bonus Cash on your purchase, no matter what you buy(a few limitations apply like gift cards, lottery tickets, tobacco products, etc.)
I don't believe you need this Catalina to take part in this deal....you just need to be a Gold Member level on your Wellness card/account.

Between this Spend $25/Get $5 BC Deal and all Rite-Aid branded products being 30% off this week, maybe I'll plan out a big transaction to use up some PPS in this week?  I could load up on some allergy products we use or something.

Stay tuned.


Sluggy

Wellness Wednesday #2 for February

I am feeling under the weather(Wednesday's post went live quite late yesterday evening)but still found the strength to hit Rite-Aid on Wednesday since they seem to be doing the Wellness Wednesday one-day coupons deal every Wednesday in February.

I am just combining everything bought on various cards/accounts and transactions into one.  The trip was messy and being not quite right in the head yesterday(don't even say it Kim!)I am not going to even try to lay it all out in a methodical way.

Also bought but not pictured were 3 x 12-packs of Coke.  They were 2/$6 and I had a R-A mailed Q for $1.50 off 3 so bought those too 3 packs for $7.50 total.  I just don't feel like hauling them out of the garage for a photo.

1 x Emergen-C packets
3 x Head and Shoulders shampoo
1 x Kleenex facial tissue
1 x Irish Spring body wash
1 x R-A brand diced tomatoes
8 x Russell Stover sugar-free candy
6 x R-A brand nightlight bulbs
6 x Oreo candy bars

Some things worked as planned and others didn't.
I spent $19 in various Bonus Cash, $2.99 on my R-A gift card and $4.92 in Plenti Points(finally! I got to use PPs!!!).
I earned back $15 in new Bonus Cash.

What worked.....
* A Deal this week is R-A light bulbs-they are BOGOFree and you get back $2 in BC for purchasing one(limit of 2 Deals so 2 packs of bulbs per card/account).  The nightlight size bulk packs are reg. $3.49, buy two, pay $3.49, get back $4 in BC so a .51¢ moneymaker when you buy 2 packs.

* The Oreo candy bars are 2 for $1 this week and give back $1 in BC, so straight up free with your card/account.  If you clipped the Load2Card for $1 off wyb2 Oreo bars awhile back this was a $1 moneymaker so even sweeter!....See what I did there?  ;-)

* The Russell Stover sugar-free chocolates were a WW deal.  They are on sale this week 2 for $3.  There was a WW Q for $2 off 1 bag, so a $1 moneymaker if you purchased something else with this candy the extra $1 off applied to the other item(s)in your order.

What didn't work.......
*  The Head and Shoulders on WW there was a $2 off 1 Q and I had $2/1 Load2CardQ attached to each Wellness card.  Take the $7.49 reg. price in my store, discount the 20% Wellness Gold discount and it's $5.99 a bottle.  Take the $4 total of the 2 Qs that stacked and each bottle comes out to $1.99 per.
Except for one of my bottles on one of my cards, the L2CQ didn't come off so I paid $3.99 for it.
This bottle will be going back to the store shortly.

*  Also I had paired a $1/1 Kleneex WWQ with another L2CQ for .50¢ additional off of it.  $2.69 reg. price-20% Wellness discount=$2.15-$1.50 stacked Qs=.65¢ OOP.  Except the L2CQ didn't come off so it was $1.15.  That's more than I like to pay for facial tissue so that will be going back as well.

I'm not sure if they will refund BC, PPs or Cash but there will be $5.21 back in some form of payment.

The Irish Spring is on sale for $3.99 this week.  There is a $2/1 Q in the ad plus there are both ManuQ and IPQ available for $1/1 so this is 99¢ after sale/stacked Qs.
The Emergen-C was a WW deal.  $5.03 after 20% Wellness discount.  There was a $1.50/1 WWQ and I had a $2/1 L2CQ so $3.50 off=$1.53 a package.
The diced tomatoes was an impulse buy.  Reg. $1.29, $1.03 w/20% Wellness discount and had a .50¢ instant discount sticker so .53¢ for the can.

I had wanted to stock up on cases of H2O(Buy 8 for $20, use 4 x $1/2 IPQs, pay $16 in BC or PPs and get back $5 in new BC)but my store had 1 case of water.
* Insert "Wha Whaaaa" sound effect here.*

Ok, I am heading off to bed now.  I just got back from taking College Boy to the Urgent Care.  It's confirmed he has the flu and I ain't feeling so great myself either.
I'll be back online when I feel better.

Sluggy

Winter Shopping

I find myself in the midst of the Winter Shopping Season.
Around here, like in other areas among the Snow Belt, in the Winter you never know when you'll be able to get out to the stores.  Storms sometimes are predictable and more often than not, they are not.
So having a stockpile is a very good idea around here during the Winter at least.

I usually do my shopping on Wednesday(the last day of the Weis ad)but find I have to go out earlier this week as an all day snowstorm is predicted for tomorrow.
I already did this week's Mix and Match Deal at Weis this week.........I bought other things but I wanted to show you the M&M Deal most as it was the best deal...........

1 x Pinesol on sale=$1.99
1 x Lysol wipes on sale=$1.99
1 x Lysol toilet cleaner on sale=$1.99
2 x Mardi Gras napkins on sale=$1.99
1 x Sandwich Bros. on sale=$3.49
SubTotal.....$13.44

Coupons Used
1 x .75¢/1 Pinesol(fully doubled)=$1.50
1 x .50¢/1 Lysol Wipes doubled=$1.00
1 x .50¢/1 Lysol toilet cleaner doubled=$1.00
2 x .55¢/1 Mardi Gras(fully doubled)=$2.10
1 x $1.50/1 Sandwich Bros=$1.50
Coupon Total......$7.10

$13.44-$7.10=$6.34-$6 M&M discount=$.34 +.38¢tax=.72 OOP for all 6 items.  8-)))

I also picked up more Eggland's eggs on the trip above as they were still half price and I had another $1/2 ManuQ, making the eggs .75¢ per dozen.

I decided to go out to Weis again this morning and do the Mix and Match Deal a couple more times.  Of course when I got to the store, they were out of Lysol disinfectant wipes so I had to punt and get this instead........

The 5 Lysol items, Pinesol, Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, the 2 Celetano Eggplant parms, the 2 Sandwich Bros. sammiches and the Ling Ling Yakatori were all part of the Mix and Match Buy 6/Get $6 Off Instantly Deal.  After sale prices totallying $34.38, fully doubling up to .99¢ Qs totaling $12.50 and $12 instantly off, all 12 items came to $9.88.   8-)))
I also bought 4 bottles of Palmolive dish soap($1 after sale and Qs) and 4 bottles of Ken's salad dressing(after B2/Get2Free and $1 off peelies on 2 of the bottles they were .99¢ per bottle).

Not pictured in my order was a half gallon of milk, a bag of 50% off bagels and 2 cartons of ice cream(gotta have ice cream during a snowstorm)along with these.........

8 bottles of Sun brand dish soap.  These are being discontinued at my Weis Markets so they were .62 per bottle.  I believe Dollar Tree carries this brand so other than this clearance price you can't get them for under $1+ tax around here otherwise.
If there are any left on my next trip day there I'll get more but 8 bottles should last us a long while(plus the 4 bottles of Palmolive I also picked up this trip).

I spent $36.51 OOP for all the above, a savings rate of 61% according to my receipt.
I love to see anything over a 40% savings rate when I shop.


With the storm coming in Wednesday I am sad as it might keep me from going to Rite-Aid for the Wellness Wednesday.  WW is the first Wed. of the month and there are one day only R-A coupons available to stack with Manu/IPQs.  This sometimes makes for very cheap or free items at Rite-Aid.

On Sunday I worked up a plan for Rite-Aid for WW.  This plan involves using a $20BC that expires beginning of March(plus another $3 BC)and earns me 2 x $15 BC(doing the Spend $40/Get $15 BC Back Deal x 2)back as well as between $6 and $7.50 in SavingStar cash rebates.

It also involves buying a LOT of laundry detergent but that is something I can give to the local Food Bank and they will gladly accept it, so no worries.
If I can't get to Rite-Aid tomorrow I'll figure something else out.  I might not try to do the Spend $40/Get $15 Back in BC if Wednesday is a washout.  I'll use that $20BC on something like OTC nasal spray or turmeric capsules(the turmeric is BOGO this week). 
It is always wise to have back-up plans.


Sluggy