Satuday at Rite-Aid x 3

Made 3 trips to Rite-Aid on Saturday to finish some SCRebates......

 Transaction #1

3x Old Spice Dedorant or Body Spray on sale $3.50=$10.50
1 x Rembrandt Toothpaste reg. $8.29, w/Wellness 20% discount=$6.63
1 x Pantene Shampoo on sale=$3.50
4 x Ramen Noodles on clearance $.12ea.=$.48
SubTotal....$21.11

Coupons Used
1 x $5/$20 Purchase AdPerks/VV IPQ=$5.00
1 x B2G1 Old Spice=$3.50
1 x $1/2 Old Spice=$1.00
1 x $3/1 Rembrandt ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Rembrandt AdPerks/VV IPQ=$3.00
1 x $1.50/1 Pantene Home Mailer Q(Vocalpt.)=$1.50
1 x $4 +Up Reward /Wellness CRT Q=$4.00
Coupon Total....$21.00

$21.11-$21.00=$.11 OOP--put on Free Rite-Aid Gift Card=ZERO out of pocket
SCR qualifed for....$3(Pantene)** & $5 Gift Card(P&G items)

The $3 Pantene SCR is a "special rebate" I received notice of in an email from Rite-Aid.  I do believe it's not so special really since everyone who is signed up for the Wellness Program got this notice.lol

And I have a big bone to pick with Rite-Aid due to this transaction.
When I bought the 3 Old Spice items I was SUPPOSE to receive a $4 +Up Rewards that prints on the end of the receipt(like a CVS Extra Care Buck).....but it didn't print!
The cashier(who is the front end manager btw)warned me that the last person who bought the Old Spice items and used Old Spice ManuQs in her payment also did NOT get the +Up Reward.  I told the cashier that I had bought the same items earlier in the week, using those same Qs and the +Up Reward did print......and now, while the offer was still valid and the tags were on the shelf and said NOTHING about not getting the Reward if you used coupons, the Reward didn't print!!
What's up with this Rite-Aid?
I am NOT happy with you!!!
Has anyone else had this problem with their +Up Reward NOT PRINTING?!?  Let us know, willya?!

So I went to finish off my SCR#555(Skin Care) and now did NOT have that $4 +Up Reward to bring down my OOP total.  I did however, have my $20 Allergy Rewards Certificate that came in the mail last week.

Transaction #2

1 x Sea Breeze Cleaner $5.29 w/Welllness 20% discount=$4.23
1 x Neutrogena Clinical Treatment $39.99 w/Wellness 20% discount=$31.99
SubTotal....$36.22

Coupons Used
1 x $5/$20 Purchase AdPerks/VV IPQ=$5.00
1 x $5/1 Neutrogena Clinical IPQ=$5.00
1 x $5/1 Neutrogena Clinical In-Ad Q=$5.00
1 x $1/$10 any Skin Care Purchase Wellness IPQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$16.00

$36.22-$16.00=$20.22
Used 1 x $20/1 Allergy Rewards Certificate=$20.00 to pay.

$20.22-$20.00=$.22+ $.02 tax=$.24 OOP--put on Free Rite-Aid Gift Card so ZERO Out of Pocket

SCR qualifed for....$3(Sea Breeze) & the Neutrogena purchase took me over the $50 Skin Care items mark so I also qualify for the $25 Gift Card now + the Bonus $5 Gift Card for completing SCR#555.
In additional there is a $15 Mail-In Rebate(MIR)for this Neutrogena Clinical product.

1 more transaction to finish out the week, this time for my BIL's account....

1 x Gillette ProGlide Razor on sale but 20% Wellness discount better=$8.79
1 x Blink Tears on sale=$7.99
1 x Reeses Pieces bag $3.99 w/Wellness 20% discount=$3.19
SubTotal.....$19.97

Coupons Used
1 x $5/$20 Purchase AdPerks/VV IPQ=$5.00
1 x $4/1 Gillette Razor ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Blink Tears ManuQ=$2.00
1 x FREE ITEM Reese's Pieces(home mailer)=$3.19
Coupons Total....$14.19

$19.97-$14.19=$5.78 OOP--put on Free Rite-Aid Gift Card so ZERO Out of Pocket
SRC qualified for....$5(Razor),$7.99(Blink Tears)=$12.99

Here again, I didn't figure the lower price on the Razor as it was on sale, so my total was just under $20.  They took the $5 off $20 Q anyway again.
I found another razor with the $5 Survey inside.  Tried to use it for BIL and was told "thanks but we have enough responses." Dangit....

Value of Items today....$100.88
Out of Pocket....$6.13 put on gift cards
SCRs earned....$18.99 cash and $35 in Gift Cards

My Rite-Aid Totals so far this month......
Number of Transactions.....7
Total Spent....$43.48--all put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO  OOP
Total Value of Items Purchased....$228.54
SCR qualified for....$41.98 in cash and $35 in Gift Cards
Other Cash....$15 MIR from Neutrogena
+Up Rewards Earned....$8.00(it spends like a CVS ECB)--they owe me $4 on this!
Additional Rewards....$5.00 Gift Card from Gillette(for survey)

My actual overage is $41.98 after gift cards.
Add in the other $20 cash(MIR and Survey) and I'm up to $61.98 in cash rebates/overage.


Sluggy

CVS Trip from a Couple of Weeks Ago....Oops!

I was over by CVS a couple of weeks ago so I went in to get some cheap Glade Candles, the Cover Girl deal and Crest Rinse.
It's weird but even though we have TONS of CVS's(almost as many as our crop of Rite-Aids)and CVS tends to limit the good deals to 1 or 2, if I don't get there on Sunday or maybe Monday, the good deals are gone!
So like Target, if I go, I go with NO expectations. ;-)
The Cover Girl stuff and Crest Rinse was, as expected, GONE!
But I still had a $10 ECB to roll over or spend or whatever, so here is what I did....

4 x Glade Candles on sale $3=$12.00
1 x Aussie 'Poo on sale=$2.99
1 x Gillette Custom Pivot Razors on sale=$6.49
SubTotal....$21.48

Coupons Used
2 x $3/2 Glade Items IPQ=$6.00
1 x $1/1 Aussie product ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $3/1 Gillette Disp. Razors ManuQ=$3.00
Coupon Total....$10.00

$21.48-$10.00=$11.48-$10 ECB=$1.48+$.09 tax=$1.57 OOP, put on CVS Gift Card so ZERO spent.
Received ECBs....$2 Gillette Razors, $2 Aussie item, $4 WYB $12 in Glade=$8.00

I did have the presence of mind to get a Raincheck for the Crest Rinses but forgot about the CoverGirl Powder....oh well.  Not like I NEED that anyway.

I will be needing to put an addition on the house fairly soon just to hold all the candles I've acquired in the past 6 months.lolol

Sluggy

Nuts to You!....Part III...Getting Paid MORE to Buy Stuff and Do Rebates

 Just got back from taking daughter to have her stitches removed from her wisdom tooth extraction.
Daughter is fine thankyouverymuch, so we stopped at a different Rite-Aid on the way home.

So I bring you Installment 3 in the Nuts Rebate Saga......

2 x StayFree Pads on sale BOGO=$3.99
2 x Nutrition Nuts on sale $3.49=$6.98
2 x Got2B Hair Stuff on sale BOGO=$6.49
1 x Wet N' Wild Makeup on sale 40%off=$2.39
1 x Sparkling Cider xmas clearance 50%off=$1.49
SubTotal.....$21.34

Coupons Used
$5 off $20 Purchase AdPerks/Rite-Aid IPQ=$5.00
1 x BOGO StayFree=$3.99
2 x $1/1 Nutrition Nuts ManuQ=$2.00
2 x $.50/1 Any Snack Item over .50¢ Wellness IPQ=$1.00
2 x $3/1 Got2B Hair Stuff AdPerks IPQ=$6.00
1 x $2/1 Any Beauty Product over $2 Wellness IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Any Seasonal Item over $1 Wellness CRT printed Q=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$20.99

$21.34-$20.99=$.35 OOP

I hope you can see the receipt....my camera is old and doesn't do close-ups well. ;-)

SCRebates qualified for....
$2.00 Wet N' Wild Makeup

$.35 OOP-$2.00 Rebate=$1.65 MONEYMAKER!

Cans of Nuts for MIR=7
Cans left to buy=3

OOP on 3 Nut transactions=$1.84
Rebates qualified for on 3 Nut transactions=$8.00 (Listerine,Tylenol Cold,Wet n' Wild)

OOP AFTER Rebates= NEGATIVE $6.16

7/10 of the way to my $10 Kraft/Planters Rebate and I'm getting paid $6.16 for shopping at Rite-Aid.


And look at what I got in my GAME OF LIFE TICKET at this Rite-Aid!

I WON $2 Dollars Cash Money! LOLOL


So now Rite-Aid is paying me $8.16 to buy everything I got today.


Sluggy

What I Bought at Rite-Aid this Week OR Getting Paid to Take Stuff Home with Me!

Here is what I bought this week at Rite-Aid....

1 x Gillette Fusion Razor on sale $9.00
1 x Febreeze Candle on sale $5.99
1 x Duracell Batteries 40% off  $3.29
1 x Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste on sale $1.07!!!
Subtotal....$19.35

**Ok, so I was expecting the Toothpaste to be $2.49 like the sales flyer advertised.  But it rang up $1.07 with a reg. price of $4.29.  Now I haven't gone back to see if another of this tube will also ring up at $1.07-if I had more coupons, you bet I would have jumped on this for free!lol  But I don't have more Qs....  Anyway, I was expecting my total to be over $20 so I could use my AdPerks $5 off of $20 Q.  I didn't realize the Toothpaste rang up so little until after I got back into the car, so I used the AdPerks Q and it went through, even though my total was UNDER $20.  The AdPerk Qs go through even if you don't make the $20 minimum purchase!

If you see this exact tube of Crest pictured, I'd price check it and you might find you get some real cheap or free toothpaste at your store. ;-)  It's the Cinnamon flavor....

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $20 AdPerks Q=$5.00
1 x $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor ManuQ=$4.00
1 x  $2/1 Febreeze Candle ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Duracell Batterie ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Crest Premium Toothpaste ManuQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$13.00

$19.35-$13.00=$6.35+$.38tax=$6.73 OOP

SCRebates qualified for....
$5 Gillette Fusion Razor
$2 Febreeze Candle
$1.50 Crest/Oral-B Item
SCR total....$8.50

$6.73-$8.50=$1.77 Overage

I'm loving that that toothpaste was $.07 after the $1/1 Q AND I got a $1.50 rebate for buying it, meaning that I got paid $1.43 to take it home!lolol

Sluggy

October BUDGET RESULTS-Food & Toiletries Spending

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for OCTOBER 2009.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in October.
These Totals include Food, Toiletries/HBA, Pet Supplies, Cleaning Products & tax where applicable.We are a family of 5(4 at home)& 3 dogs. No kids under 13.

AMELIA'S (Discount Outlet)
OOP $32.32
Ads/Sales $37.18
Value $69.50
Savings 53.50%

CARONE'S(local Independent Grocery that doesn't take IP Qs)
OOP $23.42
Qs/Ads $13.13
Value $36.55
Savings  36%

CVS
OOP $1.06
Qs/Ads $80.94
Value $82.00
Savings 98.70%

ENTENMANN'S OUTLET
OOP $16.78
Ads/Sales $31.22
Value $32.00
Savings 47.50%

FARM STAND(I use local retail grocery prices to figure Value)
OOP $26.50
Qs/Ads $00
Value $70.00
Savings 62.15%

FLEA MARKET(items bought from farm vendor-figure Value same as Farm Stand entry)
OOP $17.25
Qs/Ads $00
Value $23.50
Savings 26.60%

KMART(1 round of double coupons this month)
OOP $81.28
Qs/Ads $470.60
Value $551.88
Savings 85.25%

OLLIE'S (local Discount chain Store that doesn't take coupons)
OOP $2.46
Qs/Ads $1.04
Value $3.50
Savings 29.70%

RITE AID
OOP $188.93(before rebates)
Qs/Ads $357.10
Value $546.03
Savings 65.40%(100% after rebates of $229.13 due)

TARGET
OOP $23.35
Qs/Ads $102.36
Value $125.71
Savings 81.50%

WALGREEN'S
OOP $13.76
Qs/Ads $111.95
Value $125.71
Savings 89.05%

WEIS (local chain Grocery store that doesn't take IP Qs in my town)
OOP $175.73
Qs/Ads $289.56
Value $465.29
Savings 62.24%

I've decided NOT to track CVS's ECBs & Walgreen's RRs. They will be included when used on purchases under "Coupons".   I'll keep track of what rebates are received monthly.  Rebate money/gift cards will be considered 'income' & go toward Food/Toiletries budget purchases, offsetting the Out of Pocket. Cash will go immediately into the Budget kitty, while Gift Cards will be calculated in when spent.

REBATE CHECKS RECV'D. IN SEPTEMBER

CVS Lamp Rebates....$8.00
Dove Hair Repair...$5.00
Goody Headband...$3.99
Kellogg's Fuel for School...$10.00
Kraft/Super Valu....$20.00
Pinecone Research....$3.00
Rite-Aid SCR........$155.42(counting old rebate check lost in mail reissued)
Snapple......$11.98
Zantac........$5.00
Subtotal........$222.39

FREE ITEMS

Betty Crocker Garlic Mashed Potatoes(full sized!)
Chik-Fila Sandwich

Secret Deodorant Sample

COUPONS

Kashi Go Lean-Vocalpoint

GIFT CARDS & STORE CHECKS
Rite Aid  $40.00
Staples  $30.00 Visa Card
Staples  $24.00 (ink rewards)
SubTotal...$94.00

TOTAL Value of Cash/Store Checks/Gift Card Rebates Received..$316.39

My best 3 Store Savings Totals were from CVS at 98.70%, Walgreen's at 89.05% and K-Mart at 85.25%.

TOTAL Out of Pocket...............................$602.84
TOTAL of Rebates...................................$222.39

TOTAL OOP After  Rebates....................$380.45

TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$1751.22
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased.............$2131.67

BUT....I have additional income this month to put into the Food Budget!
Remember I sold a bunch of stockpile items in Oct. at the flea market.  $600 of the $932.25 net made was put toward the $60K Savings Challenge and the rest, $332.25, was put into the Food Budget to offset any OOP spending in October.  So my OOP becomes.....

$380.45-$332.25=$48.20


$48.20 OOP
Value of Items remains at $2131.67

Amount of Savings becomes $2083.47
Bringing the TOTAL Savings % for OCTOBER to...............97.74% (71.70% before the flea market $)

This closes out the October spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month-
With the high amount of income from Rebates And the Flea Market income received I was able to have a tremendously low out of pocket for this month. Though I initially spent well above what I had planned for the Food Budget, having the extra income streams this month helped me take advantage of a lot of unexpected stock-up opportunities on in season farm produce to freeze and meat buys at the store and still come in under budget.
Outside of Rite-Aid, which I practically lived at in Oct. I was there so much this month, I made very few trips to drugstores.

What's ahead for November.....
I'm going to keep the Food/Toiletries Budget at $250 for November.  I may make 1 trip to the Discount Grocery Outlet this month for cheap dairy/frozen chicken and any special deals I may find.  There is nothing we need at the moment in the way of Toiletries.  The only Drugstore trips will be for any freebies at Rite-Aid and to roll ECBs and RRs at CVS & WAGS or to spend Gift Cards. I'll be picking up the seasonal cheap items this month.....cranberries, canned pumpkin, sugar, flour, etc.  The things I won't be buying are cold cereal, granola bars and pop-tarts...I don't care how cheap they are, I am overrun with those things!lol

How did you do in October with your Food Budget?  Leave a comment or link to your post and let us hear!  By sharing our struggles and efforts we can help each other stick to our budgets and learn to be better guardians of our resources.

Sluggy

How to get a Desk Lamp for $1.97 & Other Shopping Deals Yesterday

So after reading about all the FREE DOG FOOD "I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust" has posted about, I got my rear end out of the house and went up to Target.

Target and I have some bad history together.  I'm not overly fond of the chain and my only local store hires cashiers and then doesn't train them well. 
I put all that aside(because of the visions of FREE DOG FOOD)and armed with my coupons and a copy of the coupon policy print-out I marched into Target yesterday morning.

Was happily picking products up, deposting them into my cart and putting the corresponding coupons into my pocket.
Palmolive Dish Soap @$1.49...check!
2 x Purell Sanitizer @$1.37....check!
Cinnabon Pastries @$2....check!
2 x Chef Michaels Dry Dog Food @$4.26....che.....hey!....WTH?
I had left an envie of coupons in the car, among them all the dog food coupons and the kashi coupons.
ARGH!
So, the dog food goes back on the shelf and I check out with my 4 other items.
 $6.23-$4 in coupons($1/1 for each item bought)=$2.23+.07¢ tax=$2.30OOP
Paid cash, forgetting to use my prepaid Visa from the Staples rebate-doh!- and out to the car for the rest of the coupons.

Back into the store--

more Palmolive Dish Soap @$1.49...check! ($1/1 Q)
more Purell Sanitizer @$1.37...check! ($1/1 Q x 2)
more Cinnabon Pastries  @$2...check! ($1/1 Q)
1 x Dawn Foam Dish Soap @$2.29...check! ($1.50/1 Q)
2 x Chef Michaels Can Food @.84....check! (Target BOGO Q + Manu. BOGO Q)
2 x Chef Michaels Dry Food @$4.26...check! (Target $1.50/1 Q + Manu. $3/1 Q x 2)
2 x Purina One Can Food @$1.29...check! (BOGO Q)
1 x Schick Quattro Cartridges @$8.99....check! (Target $4/1 Q + Manu. $4/1 Q)
2 x Kashi Baked Bars @$2.88...check! ($1.50/1 IP Q x 2)
3 x Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal @$2.88....check! ($1.50/1 Mailer Q x 3)
SubTotal...$44.69
Coupons Used...$32.97
$44.69-$32.97=$11.72+.05¢tax=$11.77

Actual total on the receipt was $8.85 with tax.

***This is part of why I hate Target.  The way they figure things is squirrely.  You can never decipher the register receipt and I am convinced that they have things keyed in so that you always end up paying MORE than you are suppose to.  IE: Squirrely=the dog food...1 bag they took off $1 for the Target $1.50 Q and the other bad they took off $1.00. even though both coupons were for $1.50 off.  One of the Manu Q for $3 they listed under the item on the receipt, the other $3 Q was way down on the bottom of the receipt & under the item up top they marked off $4.26 for the bag for a Manu. Q right under the item, so it looks like I paid $6.02 for the 2 bags and they took off $10.26 on that sale.
HUH?  OK, so this example they undercharged me, but usually I end up paying more according to their computations.
Then the 2 small cans of dog food(which I had 2 BOGO Qs for-a target & a Manu stacked-so it should have been free), it looks like they charged me for 1 can.  Nothing adds up correctly no matter how you try to decipher it.***

Anyway, back to our story....
I hand the stack of coupons to the cashier & prepared myself for battle....
but he just scanned them all, not a word when there were a target & manufacture's Q stacked, not a look when something beeped and needed to be adjusted, nada.
Target says my total came to $8.85.  Not being a mathematician with a PhD, I don't argue the point, as it's lower than it should be.lol

I handed over my $5 Gift Card from the Quaker Granola Bars deal of a few weeks back and got a new $5 Gift Card for the Kashi items bought.
Then I slid my Staples preloaded Debit Card from a rebate on paper bought in July and paid my balance of $3.85.

Zero out of pocket and a $5 GC to use next time.
Plus the Palmolive Dish Soap has a Try Me Free Rebate so I'll get $1.49 of what I spent back & if SIL hasn't already, I can send for a TMF Rebate for her too for the 1st receipt.

Then it was to CVS to get a prescription transferred so I could get a $25 Gift Card for the CRT offer I got a few weeks back on my receipt.
Had to roll some ECBs expiring on 9/17 while I was there....

3 x Reach 2 pack toothbrushes @$3.99=$11.97
4 x Candy Corn @.50¢=$2.00
1 x Colgate Toothpaste @$2.99
1 x Cottonelle TP @$5.99
1 x Poise Pantiliners @$2.49
1 x Viologie Shampoo Sample @$1.49
SubTotal  $26.93

Coupons Used
3 x $2/1 Reach 2 pack toothbrushes=$6.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate Toothpaste=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Cottonelle TP=$1.00
1 x CRT FREE Q Poise Pantiliners=$2.49
1 x CRT FREE Q Viologie Shampoo Sample=$1.49
Total  $11.98

$26.93-$11.98=$14.95

ECBs Used
$10 for Survey
$2 for ?
$1.98 for Pencils
Total  $13.98

$14.95-$13.98=$.97+$.06 tax=1.03OOP put on old CVS Gift Card
Received $8ECBs, Used $13.98
Bleh. Lost $5.98 in ECBs buying TP & Candy Corn.  Fitting, no?lol


When I was walking from the back after paying for my prescription & getting my new $25 GC, I noticed some clearance items at the far end of the Halloween candy display.  The sign said 25% off and there was a gooseneck desk lamp sitting there.  As #2 son just moved into his brother's room, he now needs a desk lamp for the desk in there.  So I looked it over and couldn't find a price.  I hauled it upfront to the register and had the cashier price check it for me.  She said, "It's $3.74".
Huh??  You mean 3 DOLLARS and 74 CENTS...right?
"Yah, that's what I said."
"I'll take it!"
The lamp is not fancy but it looks sturdy and is just the thing he needs.
And for $3.97(with tax), you KNOW I'm all over that!!  8-))
Turns out, it's got one of those energy saving globe lightbulbs included and it's suppose to last for 9 Years. (And you'll realize an energy savings of $47 over that time according to the box.)
But what makes this desk lamp all the more sweet to me is the little sticker on the box.....

Yep, that's a MIR for $2.00.  My little lamp will end up costing me ZERO OOP & I'll get a $2 check for buying it.  I put the $3.97 on a Gift Card(.97¢ left on the old GC and $3 on the one I just got at the Pharmacy)& I'll get a check for $2 for the Rebate.

Then it was off to WAGS....

 

1 Murine Ear Care=$6.00

2 Big Roll TP@.50¢=$1.00
Subtotal  $7.00

Used $6 in RRs
$1.00OOP

Received a $6RR for the Murine

The reported Big Roll TP ringing up .50¢ BEFORE the In-Ad Q wasn't happening here.

 

Transaction #2

4 x Lindsay Olives @$2.00ea(when you buy 2)=$8.00
2 x Triaminic Nighttime Syrup @$5.00ea=$10.00
1 x Wags Cashews on sale $1.99
2 x GUM Tooth & Tongue pack @5.29=$10.58

SubTotal  $30.57

Coupons Used
4 x Wags AD Q Lindsay Olives@$.99ea.=$4.04
2 x Lindsay Olives $1/2=$2.00
2 x Triaminic Nighttime Syrup $1.50=$3.00
2 x Wags Booklet Triaminic Q@$2.00ea.=$4.00
2 x GUM Tooth & Tongue pack RAINCHECK-BOGO/RR Deal so Free=$10.58
Total  $23.62

$30.57-$23.62=$6.95

Used $6 Murine RR
$6.95-$6.00=$.95OOP

Received $10RR(2x$5)

So when the 2 $5RRs popped out I thought, Great!....the Nighttime Triaminic IS giving double RRs.

One was a Novartis generatedRR(the Triaminic)& the other was a Reckitt Benckiser RR.  Not sure what this means.

So I went back for some more Triaminic.
But they only had the Strips left in the Nighttime....

Transaction #3

2 x Triaminic NIghttime Strips @$5.00=$10.00

Coupons Used
2 x Triaminic Nighttime Syrup $1.50=$3.00
2 x Wags Booklet Triaminic Q@$2.00ea.=$4.00
Total  $7.00

$10-$7=$3.00OOP Put on Staples Prepaid Visa Debit Card

Received $5RR

Ok, so this time only 1 $5RR comes out.  Now I am really scratching my head!lol

The CAT machine made a little noise after the 1st RR appeared, a bad "I think I'll jam now & stop working" noise.  Now I had to figure out whether I needed to make a scene and have the machine looked at or just let it go.  As I'm not sure if the Triaminic was suppose to give 2 Cats from 2 different companies and I was so tired and had to pick up kids at school, I just let it go.

I know.....so NOT like me!lolol
So I'll have to settle for a $9 moneymaker instead of a $14 moneymaker on the Triaminic.

In the end, I 'spent' $21.10.

OOP cash spent was $4.25.  The rest was paid with assorted Gift Cards/Prepaid Visa.

I used $13.98 in ECBs/gained $8 for a total loss of $5.98ECBs.
I used $12 in RRs/gained $15 for a total gain of $$3RRs.
Will receive $3.49 in checks($1.49 & $2.00 for Palmolive & Lamp MIRs).
Got a new Target $5 Giftcard & have $22 left on my new CVS Giftcard as well.
And I got $161.62 worth of stuff.

Not a bad days work....

Sluggy