Rite-Aid Pillaging on Vacation

Well seeing as we spent a good amount of time in "The Land of No Rite-Aids"while traveling on vacation I had to seize the opportunities for pillaging when I could.
The first week in NC on the way to Myrtle Beach all I saw was closed up Rite-Aids as Wags had brought these ones out. So sad........

In Myrtle Beach and Charleston there were a couple of R-As but we were too busy doing other things so I didn't hit them(and that week wasn't very good in terms of R-A sales anyway).
So the 3 days in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia when we were at my brother's house I hit some stores.
I also hit a store in West Point VA, on the way to my son's place.
Once in Fredericksburg, again, I saw this terrible sight...............

A closed up Rite-Aid.  *sniff*

Even with this sad state of affairs I was able to hit 6 Rite-Aids between March 20th and 22nd.

Here is what I was able to pick up altogether.........

*4 Cover Girls mascaras are missing from this photo however, as I gave them to my sister in-law and son's GF before getting all this home.

11 x CG mascaras
8 x R/S chocolate eggs
10 x Fig Newtons
3 x Oreo candy bars
2 x Revlon beauty tools
2 x Colgate toothpaste
1 x 3 pack Kleenex tissues

I spent $10.33 after sales, coupons and a $2.50 Catalina from buying L'Oreal shampoos 2 weeks ago. I used $10.33 in Bonus Cash on all this to pay.
I earned $4 in new Bonus Cash back(4 x $1 R/S), $7.50 in Checkout51 cash rebates(10 x .75¢ Fig Newtons)and $1 in Ibotta(.75¢ Kleenex and .25¢ any item)cash rebates.
$10.33 spent-$12.50 back=$2.17 moneymaker.

It would have been a bigger MM if I didn't have to pay stoopid sales tax on the food items and the toothpaste, but that's Virginia law.
Bleh.

And 1 cashier adjusted down the R-A in-ad $2 Cover GirlQ since the clearance mascaras were less than $2.  meh.  No overage on that transaction so I returned the 3rd and 4th toothpaste since I would have had to pay for it then and really!, who pays for toothpaste when shopping at Rite-Aid?!? lolz

I still got some goodies while I was away so I am happy with that.

Now I am all about reconnoitering prices/store stock for next Wednesday since it's already Wellness Wednesday again.
Yippee!!

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the February 15th Edition

Here's what passed for frugal around here this past week..........

*  I got the Weis Friday Freebie last week..............

A free bag of Weis candy.  I chose the Peach Rings because, well, they were the best choice among the candies that were free.


*  I used my 700 Weis points to get .70¢ off per gallon of gas on Wednesday. Of course, it would have been more of a win if Hubs would go up there with me in his car so we can get the full 20 gallons available at that discount.
My car's tank holds only 10 gallons but he can't be bothered to convoy up to Weis with me to save another 10+ gals at $1.72 gal. rather than the current reg. price of $2.42 gal.  I can't figure what his problem is with this.....it's not like Weis is far away and/or he has anything better to do being retired and home bothering me all day!  I guess it's his passive aggressiveness shining through.  ;-)


*  I found some change..........

A trip to Rite-Aid on Wednesday to pick up drugs and I found .12¢-.11¢ under a display and .1¢ in front of the register.
Yay!

Then I was back at R-A on Thursday to pic up Hubs' drug and spied another .1¢.
Total for the week.......13¢.

I went to the local produce place on Sunday and found a nickel......

Then I found another penny in the dryer and under the Rules of Sluggy any money found in the washer or dryer at my house is MINE! lolz

Total found change last week........19¢.  8-)))


*  I picked up some deals at Weis(PMITA)Markets........

The juice was on clearance for $1.42 and I used a $1/2 ManuQ so .92¢ per gallon.
The 2 yogurts were free after doubled IPQ.
The meatless bacon pack was free(more on that in a minute).
The big Palmolive dish soap was .55¢ after a stacked .50¢ IPQ and a .50¢ digitalQ on my card(both of which doubled).
The sugared-up cereal were on sale 2/$5.  I used 2 x .50¢/1 IPQs which doubled to $1 off each.  I also had a .50¢/1 digitalQ that doubled that came off so I am up to $3 off.  I will get another $1.50 cash back on Ibotta(.75¢ per box)for buying these as well so I am OOP .50¢ for both boxes of cereal.

The 3 packs of baby wipes and 3 bags of frozen veggies were part of the Mix and Match Buy 6/Get $3 off Deal.
All were $1.99 w/sale prices so $11.94-$3 instantly Off=$8.94.
I also used 3 x .50¢/1 Huggies wipes IPQ(which doubled to $1 off even though the coupon clearly states "do not double". lol)plus a digital .50¢/1 Huggies Wipes Q which also doubled to $1 came off so now were are at $8.94-$4Qs=$4.94(plus tax on the wipes)for all 6 items.
Nice.

* It always pays to double check your receipt.  The smart bacon item rang up $2.99.  I was expecting it to ring up $1 because here is the tag on the shelf.........

Reg. $3.99 on sale for $1.

But it rang up $1 OFF instead even though the tag says pay $1.
So I took the receipt back in, took a snapshot of the tag and item on the shelf and went to Customer Service.
CS called over the produce guy(this stuff is in the produce dept.)and it was decided that the tag was a misprint and I got the item free since it rang up wrong.

This was just an impulse buy, something I'd spend $1 on so Daughter could try it.
Better yet, catching the mistake it cost me NOTHING. lol
(Daughter said it was ok but has NO protein in it so I won't be getting this item again.)

I am off to Weis for today's freebie, the Friday sales and to check out the clearance stuff in a different Weis(PMITA)Markets.

What frugal wins did y'all have last week?



Sluggy