Last of the Rite-Aid Haul for This Week

Back up to Rite-Aid this morning.

They were out of the Axe 'Poo so I got 2 Dove Men's Body Wash instead.....

2 x Dove Men's Body Wash on sale=$7.00

I used 2 x $2/1 Dove Men's Body Wash ManuQ=$4.00
I used 1 of my $2 +Up Rewards I received yesterday.....
$7-$4Qs-$2+Up=$1.00 OOP

I had my $1.06 all ready to pay(6% tax in PA)and the register only charged me $1, no tax.
Weird, huh?
I guess karma kicked in from the register overcharging me by .12¢ on one of my transactions earlier in the week.

So who am I to argue with a machine?...I paid $1.00  ;-)
And I received another $2 +Up Rewards for buying these 2 items.

Here are all the products I bought this week at Rite-Aid, in one photo.....

21 items consisting of shampoo, body wash and deodorant.
Regular retail of $131.59.
I paid $10.66, including tax of .78¢, out of pocket for it all.
That comes out to paying just a bit more than .50¢ per item.

I also have rain checks for Axe and Dove Men's shampoo to get 4 more bottles for a grand total of $1.06 more(after coupons).

Not a bad week's work.

I think we are set for men's toiletries for awhile.  8-)))

I've already got my plan for next week to roll the +Up Rewards I have left($4)--

3 transactions buying 2 shampoos, 2 deodorants, bottle of pain killer and 2 bottles of dish soap and I should spend a whole $2.57 w/tax for it all and have a $2 +Up Reward leftover at the end of it all.

Stay tuned.....

Sluggy
 

Guess What We Did Today?

Something exciting I bet you are thinking, right?

Well it WAS exciting.



We went to......

Rite-Aid!

I had $5 in +Up Rewards to spend.

I got....
2 x Speed Stick(on sale $2.99 but my 20% discount made it $2.87 ea.)=$5.74
1 x Finesse Shampoo on sale=$2.00
SubTotal.....$7.74

I had coupons....
1 x $1/1 Finesse ManQ=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Speed Stick ManQ=$1.00

$7.74-$2.00=$5.74

I used my $5 in +Ups....

$5.74-$5.00=$.74 OOP

And I received back $5 in +Up Rewards back(2 x $2 Speed Stick, 1 x $1 Finesse)

Hey!
Do I know how to have fun on vacation or what?!!

So what has everyone else been up to this week?

Sluggy

Guess Who Went to Rite-Aid?

Yup, yours truly did.
I know all you Rite-Aid fanatics were wondering when I'd jump back into Rite-Aid pillaging! lol
Not quite a pillage since I have no +Up Rewards to roll and I DID spend actual money this trip.....but here is what I bought.

3 x Purex Laundry Detergent  on sale Buy 1, Get 2 Free=$6.49
2 x Palmolive Dish Soap on sale .88¢=$1.76
2 x R-A brand Facial Tissue on sale .88¢ but my 20% discount makes it .80¢ ea.=$1.60
1 x R-A brand Paper Napkins on sale .88¢ but my 20% discount makes it .80¢=.80¢

Subtotal.....$10.65

Coupons
1 x Free Purex Laundry Detergent ManQ(won in a giveaway earlier this year-max. value $6)=$6.00
1 x $1/2 Palmolive Dish Soap any size ManQ=$1.00
Coupon Total....$7.00

$10.65-$7.00=$3.65 + .22¢tax=$3.87 Out of Pocket(I have no +Up Rewards so spend)

And I received back a $1 +UP for buying 5 Palmolive/Simplify Brand items in 1 transaction.

If I had gone to one of the Rite-Aids in a surrounding town the Purex would have only been $5.99 and all 3 jugs would have cost me ZERO instead of .49¢.  Yes, we are the "wealthy" town in this part of the Armpit of PA....lolz

In the end, the dish soap cost me .38¢ a bottle, 3 jugs of laundry detergent cost me .49¢ for all and the paper products were .80¢ each and I get $1 worth of free goodies next time I go to Rite-Aid.

And I am finally 26 points($s)away from getting to the Gold discount level for 2013, which means I'll retain that 20% discount on all non-sale items in 2014 too.
Usually, when I was big into Rite-Aid shopping, I would get to the Gold level by March of the year but since I haven't shopped hardly at all in Rite-Aid in 2013 I am way behind in getting to the Gold level.  The only thing that has gotten me almost there is all the prescriptions I've had to have filled in 2013, first with my heart issue and now with the blood clot in addition to all my usual maintenance meds.

I do plan on doing some Rite-Aid shopping this Holiday season if the deals are there like they have been in past years.  But I am still overloaded with toiletries/HBA from previous years so there isn't much I need, so I'll only be going for the things we are out of or low on.

Sluggy

 

This Week's Rite-Aid Foray

It's not been a great week here.  More on that later.
I did want to pop in and tell y'all what I got at Rite-Aid this week before the deals are gone......

2 x Ocean saline spray on sale $1.50=$3.00
2 x Sucrets drops on sale $1.50=$3.00
2 x Colgate toothpaste on sale $3.50 but Gold disc. $3.43=$6.86
SubTotal....$12.86

Coupons Used
2 x $1/1 Ocean IPQ HERE=$2.00
2 x $1/1 Sucrets IPQ HERE=$2.00
1 x $1/2 Colgate toothpaste ManuQ(2/3SS or 2/10SS)=$1.00
Coupon Total....$5.00

$12.86-$5.00=$7.86
I used $7 in +Up Rewards to pay and put the .86¢ on my gift card.  Had I not been in pain(and thinking clearly) I'd have probably added a .26¢ Cella cherry to my order, used $8 in +Up Rewards to pay and put .12¢ on my gift card.  Ah well....

I received back $8 in new +Ups(2 x $3 Colgate, 2 x $1 1 for OCean/1 for Sucrets).

This Trip......
Value of items bought....$31.74
+Ups Used.....$7
+Ups Received....$8

**GRAND TOTALS FOR FEBRUARY**So Far

Out Of Pocket....$0.00  cash
Value of items bought.....$85.05
Savings Rate of  100%
Rebates due......$0.00

+Ups at beginning of month...$20.00+
+Ups used....$27.00+
+Ups received...$17.00+
+Ups currently...$10.00+   

Sluggy

What I Bought at Rite-Aid This Week

I ran up to Rite-Aid yesterday evening.....well not literally!
And here is all I bought/will buy this week........

2 x Dial speed foam Body Wash on sale $1.99=$3.98
1 x Russell Stover Halloween chocie 50%off=$.34
SubTotal......$4.32

Coupons Used
1 x $2/2 Dial Body Wash or Soaps IPQ(coupons dotcom)=$2.00
1 x $2/2 Dial Body Wash or Soaps Load2Card Q=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$4.00

$4.32-$4.00=.32¢ put on my Rite-Aid gift card.
No +Up Rewards used or earned on this transaction.

These "Speed Foam" Dial Body Washes are a "Rite Buy" at Rite-Aid....this runs all month I am told?
Reg. price at my store $6.29 but $1.99 on sale.  There was no shelf tag about the sale price so I had them price checked at the register.

Go to your Wellness account on the Rite-Aid website and see if you can load this Dial $2/2 Q onto your card.
If so, go print the same Q out on Coupons dotcom and both can be used on 2 bottles of this product.
You will need to pick up something small/inexpensive to cover the .02¢ overage of the coupons.  A clearanced Halloween single candy or a Cella single cherry will work.

Nothing else interests me this week at Rite-Aid.  I have $14 in +Ups I will have to roll or spend next week and that ad is not looking very good for my needs either.
Sigh.......
I have plans for these body washes.  I am making a personal grooming basket up for a family member for Christmas.  I'm going to try to fill the basket with goodies for free or almost free.

This trip--
OOP....$0.00
Value of items....$13.27

GRAND TOTALS so far FOR NOVEMBER.......

Out Of Pocket....$1.25  cash
Value of items bought.....$100.41
Savings Rate of  98.75%
Single Check Rebate due....$0.00
Other Rebates due......$0.00
After SCR applied, Out of Pocket.... $0.00
Savings Rate  98.75%

+Ups at beginning of month...$10.00+
+Ups used....$32+
+Ups received...$36+
+Ups currently...$14+ 


So what are you buying at the drugstores this week?


Sluggy

Rite-Aid This Week--Pillaging on a Monday

Well I never got around to going back to Rite-Aid again last week to do the Spend $10/Get $5 Food Deal.
WAS it $5?....maybe it was $3?!
I can't recall, it's so last week.....lol

I was SO bummed we didn't get the good Regional Ad here that I wanted to break up with my BFF Rite-Aid.
But it's a new week and I'm back.
Yes, I am a fickle BFF....

Here is what I brought home Monday evening.....

First the run down and then I'll chat a bit about it.

2 x Dove Shampoo on sale $3.50=$7.00
2 x Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus on sale $5.00=$10.00
2 x Zicam on clearance(asstd. prices)=$3.98
1 x Colgate toothpaste on sale=$2.99
2 x Fantasy Makers eyeliner glitter stuff on sale BOGO50=$4.48
1 x Thermacare heat pad on sale=$3.00
SubTotal......$31.45

Coupons Used
2 x $1/1 Dove Shampoo ManuQ(inserts)=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Dove Shampoo VV AdPerksQ=$4.00
2 x $1/1 Alka-Seltzer IPQ=$2.00
1 x $2/2 Alka-Seltzer CRT Rite-AidQ=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Zicam IPQ=$4.00
1 x 1/1 Colgate toothpaste ManuQ(inserts)=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Thermacare IPQ(coupons.com)=$1.00
1 x $3/1 Thermacare In-AdQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$19.00

$31.45-$19.00=$12.45 + $.24tax=$12.69
I used $12 in +Up Rewards and put the .69¢ on my Rite-aid gift card.

I received back $23 in +Up Rewards ($2 WYB2 Dove, $5 WYB2 Alks-Seltzer, 2 x $4 Zicam, $2 Colgate, 2 x $3 Fantasy Makers).

I am "up" $11 in +Ups this transaction and I grew my +Ups from $16 to $27.

And here is how each deal went down....

* Dove Shampoo is 2 for $7.  After 2 ManuQs and 2 VV AdPerkQs, I "spent" $1.00 for 2 bottles.  Looking at my receipt now I may have screwed this up?  The AdPerkQ says $2 off 2?....was it or was it $2 off 1 Dove 'Poo?  Crap!  I checked it was $2/2....oh well.  I should have paid $1 after Qs and +Ups received, but instead I got paid $1 to buy 2 bottles of  'poo.  I'll go in later this week and see about giving them back $2.  Got to time this so a manager that knows me is there though....if I try to explain this to the new lady, she's going to think I am a nut job!lolol

* Alka-Seltzer is 2 for $10 this week and gives a $5 +Ups.  There are $1/1 ManuQs from a few weeks ago and $1/1 IPQs if you didn't get them, plus some people got a receipt tape a couple of weeks ago for $2/2 Alka-Seltzers(I was among those.lol).  So $10 for 2, subtract $4 in Qs, pay $6 and get a $5 +Up back, makes this .50¢ a box.
If you still have the Load2Card $3/2 Alka-Seltzer on your Wellness card(which will automatically deduct when you buy 2), this becomes a moneymaker deal.....You pay out $3 and get back a $5 +Up.
Sadly I have already used my Load2Card Alka-Seltzer Q. 8-(

* Zicam is on sale $8.99 this week and each purchase gives a $4 +Ups.  If you luck out at your store and find the Zicam boxes that are clearanced(mine where in a basket near the front of the store filled with clearanced items), these 'should' also produce the $4 +Ups.  One of my Zicam rang up $3.32(75%off)and the other rang up .66¢.   I wasn't expecting that low of a price for some reason, and I think my inexperienced cashier hit something untoward to make that price register.  But I am NOT complaining.lol  I was happy to pay $6.64 for 2 and receive $8 in +Ups back but if the Rite-Aid gods feel I should pay $3.98 and receive $8 in +Ups back, so be it.  ;-)
So look around your store for clearanced boxes of Zicam.  One of mine was the mint spray and the other was the allergy swabs.

*  Colgate toothpaste 4 oz. boxes on sale for $2.99.  I used a $1/1 ManuQ, paid $1.99 and got a $2 +Ups back.  Pretty straightforward deal.  Limit of 2.  Though I saw that you can do 2 Colgate items AND 2 Crest items that qualify for this deal. (Colgate toothbrushes and toothpaste qualify as do Crest clinical mouth rinse.)  However, proceed with caution here as YMMV and/or Rite-Aid can change this up at any time.

* ThermaCare wraps....another simple Deal.  On sale for $3, use $3/1 In-Ad Q and it's free.  Buy other stuff with this item and use a $1/1 IPQ for ThermaCare wraps and it's a $1 moneymaker.  These ThermaCare wraps will disappear quickly from the shelves but get a raincheck!  Cut out the In-Ad Q and have the cashier staple it to the raincheck and Rite-Aid will honor that Q when the item comes into the store again, so you still get it for free!

* Fantasy Makers and the other 2 Halloween themed make-up stuff.  The packages vary from $2.99 to $4.99(and maybe more but I didn't see any other prices at my store).  Buy 2/Get 1 50%off.  2 at $2.99/$1.49=$4.48 and you get 2 x $3 +Ups back(Deal limit is 2 +Ups per card.), makes this a moneymaker.  I got some glitter eyeliner stuff.  If I ever go to a Disco Ball again, I am all set! lol



And now the Grand Total so far for October.....

Out Of Pocket....$0.00  cash
Value of items bought.....$111.23
Savings Rate of  100%
Single Check Rebate due....$0.00
Other Rebates due......$0.00
After SCR applied, Out of Pocket.... $0.00
Savings Rate  100%

+Ups at beginning of month...$25.98+
+Ups used....$32.98+
+Ups received...$34.00+
+Ups currently...$27.00+

Sluggy

Guess What Everyone is Getting for Christmas This Year?

After this week, Christmas 2012 "hair" at my house will be all about the Brush....hair brush that is! ;-)

I might catch heck for posting this so late in the week but so be it...lol
I had $9 in +Ups expiring this Sat. so up to Rite-Aid I trotted again and got this stuff....

1 x Stayfree on sale=$3.00
1 x Purel Sanitizer on sale $3.99 but 20% Wellness disc. less=$3.43
2 x Conair Hair Brushes on sale BOGO=$9.19
2 x Oral-B/Glide Dental Floss on sale $3.49 but one was cheaper w/Wellness disc.=$6.92
SubTotal.....$22.54

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Stayfree IPQ(HERE)=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Purel ManQ(All You Aug. ed.)=$1.00
2 x $1/1 Oral-B/Glide product ManQ (P&G insert)=$2.00
2 x $1/1 Oral-B/Glide product Oral Care Booklet=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$6.00

$22.54-$6.00=$16.54
I used $16 in +Ups(9+ expiring 8/18 + 7+ expiring 8/26 and 9/2).
$16.54-$16 +Ups=$.54 + $.16 tax=$.70 OOP.
I paid .70¢ cash since not only did I NOT bring my calculator this trip, I also forgot my R-A gift card.

I received back $13 in +Ups($2 Stayfree, $2 Purel, 2 x $2 Glide, $5 WYB $10 Conair brushes).
$36.24 in merchandise for .70¢ cash and spending down $3 in +Ups. ;-)

You'll notice my conair brush didn't quite cost $10, but that comb I bought last trip gave me $1.60 or so left to combine with this $10 worth of stuff.  It brought me over $10 and triggered the $5 +Up Reward.
This Conair deal is a limit of 2, so I am done with it now.

If you have the Oral Card book of Qs and the P&G insert Glide Q, each Floss is at least a .51¢ moneymaker after $2 +Ups.
IF you can find the floss in your store at this point in the week.

August Grand Totals so far this month.....

Out Of Pocket....$.70  cash
Value of items bought....$308.82
Savings Rate of  99.77%
Single Check Rebate due....$2.00
After SCR applied, Out of Pocket....Still -$1.30
Savings Rate  100%

+Ups at beginning of month...$14+
+Ups used....$86+
+Ups received...$102+
+Ups currently...$30+ 



Sluggy