What to Buy this Week at Rite-Aid 8/9-8/15

This coming week(Aug. 9-15)is going to be a pretty barren week at Rite-Aid for getting things for FREE or making $$ on the deals.
There is only ONE Staight Up FREEBIE that week. But there are some ways to get things for really really cheap.

Here's a Scenario I have planned that is a teeny tiny Moneymaker for me after tax.

1 Scotch Tape Pop-Up Dispenser on sale for $2.49
3 Aero Orthotics Inserts on sale for $5.00 ea.=$15
3 Dawn Dishwashing Soap on sale for .99¢ ea.=$2.97
5 Snapple bottles on sale for .99¢ ea.=$4.95
SUBTOTAL $25.42+tax.

Using these coupons....
1 $5 off $25 purchase Rite-Aid=$5
3 $2/1 Aero Orthotics=$6(These were peelies from 2 months ago)
3 .20¢/1 Dawn from last sunday's P&G insert=$.60**If you get the P&G Right At Home home mailer, there are .50¢ Qs in those
5 .55¢/1 Snapple=$2.75 (These were hangtags from bottles I picked up awhile ago)
COUPON TOTAL=$14.35

$25.42-$14.35=$11.07+taxOOP

Submit for SINGLE CHECK REBATES....# Aero Orthotics($10) & Scotch Tape Pop-Up Dispenser($2.49)=$12.49

$11.07-$12.49=$1.42 MoneyMaker!
Well that depends on your state tax rate. Here in PA, the tax will eat up $1.23 on that Overage, so I get a .19¢ MoneyMaker.LOL
Not such a great moneymaker for me, but hey!....I got all that stuff for FREE at least, right? ;-)

If you have the Scotch Tape Q, your OOP will be lower. Unfortunately, I don't have that Q....

My scenario is strictly a YMMV as the Qs you have may be different. The Aeros are a $1MM in their own right if you have those $2 Peelies. I found some at KMart, so take a ride to visit Mr. BlueLight this weekend before you go to Rite-Aid if you need those Peelies.
There are quite a few items that are part of the .99¢ sale this coming week at Rite-Aid. Check if you can find some Qs in your stash for some of the things that are .99¢ and be sure to print out a $5/$25 Rite-Aid Q before you go.

If you can't find enough Qs to do a $25 order that's ok. You can still do the Scotch Tape as it's at the least a Total FREEBIE after SCRebate(and tax...blasted tax!lol). And if you have the P&G home Mailer Qs for $.50/1 Dawn, be sure and grab some .49¢ Dawn early in the week before it's all grabbed up.

I think I've blabbed about Rite-Aid enough over the last two days, huh?lol

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Scenario for Very Cheap Baby Care Products

Here is a great scenario for the Johnson's Baby Products on sale until Saturday at Rite-Aid.
There is a Buy $50/Get $25 Single Check Rebate for select Johnson & Johnson products, including Johnson Baby Products.

Sale Price is 2 for $7.
Johnson & Johnson Baby Care Powder 22 oz.
Oil 20 oz.Bath or Lotion 15 oz.
Foaming Wash 9 oz.
Lotion 8 oz.

Scenario #1
Buy 8 Johnson's Baby Care items
8x$3.50=$28
Use the $5 off $25 purchase coupon HERE.
And use 8 $1/1 Johnson's coupons from the Sunday inserts.(5/17)
Or use the printable coupons linked below.
$28-$13=$15OOP

Do this scenario twice.
Total OOP $30.
Submit for the Single Check Rebate #97.
Receive a $25 refund.
$5 for 16 bottles of Baby Wash/Lotion/Powder.

If you haven't bought the Werther's Chocolate OR the Duck Tape that are Freebies this week after rebate,do the above Scenario ONLY once and then do this one for a lower OOP....

Scenario #2
Buy 7 Johnson's Baby Care Items.
7x$3.50=$24.50
Then buy either the Werther's or Duck Tape($2.99 or $1.49)
Total either $27.49 or $25.99.
Use the $5 off $25 purchase coupon HERE.
And use 7 $1/1 Johnson's coupons from the Sunday inserts.(5/17)
Or use the printable coupons linked below.
$27.49-$12=$15.49OOP or $25.99-$12=$13.99OOP

Total OOP $30.49 or $28.99.
Submit for the Single Check Rebate #97($25) and either Rebate #146($2.99)or #69($1.49)
Receive either a $27.99 or $26.49 refund.
Either Rebate(chocolate or tape) used with the Johnson's Rebate you end up with $2.50OOP for 15 bottles of Baby Wash/Lotion/Powder & a bag of Chocolate or a roll of Duck Tape.

This is a fan-so-tastic price for all these Baby Products! Basically it's .17¢ each for the baby care stuff and free chocolate or tape.
And you don't need to have a baby to get this stuff.
Think charity donation.
Think gift baskets(going to a baby shower anytime soon?)
Think sell it at your Yard Sale.

I LOVE to use Baby Wash in place of soap! And who doesn't like a little baby powder in the sticky heat of the summer?

Thanks to Luv to Save for the 1st Scenario Idea & the printable coupon links!

• $1 off JOHNSON'S^® Baby Oil - Baby Skin Care
• $1 off JOHNSON'S^® HEAD-TO-TOE^® Foaming Wash
• $1 off JOHNSON'S^® HEAD-TO-TOE^® Baby Wash
• $1 off JOHNSON'S^® Moisture Care Wash or Baby Cream
• $2/2 Johnson & Johnson printable
  
• $3/3 Johnson & Johnson coupon
• Johnson's Baby Oil, $1 off
• Johnson's Baby Lotion, $1

Sluggy

Cheap Cereal & Batteries until Saturday at Rite-Aid for VocalPoint Moms

If you have signed up to receive coupons & samples from VocalPoint, you may have gotten one of these mailers in the mail recently.

And when you open it up and hear that cute little Cereal Gnome Crackle, you'll find these.....



5 Coupons for $1 off a box of the new improved Rice Krispies AND a Coupon for a FREE BOX of RICE KRISPIES!

Among all the Grocery Stores having cereal sales this week, Rite-Aid has selected types of Kellogg's Cereals for $1.99 a box. A real decent price for cereal.
One of the select cereals on sale is.....what else?.....Rice Krispies.

Rite-Aid also is running a Single Check Rebate deal this month-buy $15 worth of select Kellogg's, Keebler, Sunshine, Austin, Famous Amos & Murray Sugar Free Products & you get a $5 coupon on your next of purchase of Kellogg's products.

Go up to Rite-Aid with your 6 Rice Krispies coupons, 5 Duracell battery coupons(from the Sunday paper) & print out the $5 off a $25 purchase HERE before you leave home.

Buy 6 boxes of $1.99 Rice Krispies for $11.94.

Then go find the DURACELL Batteries that are on sale for $3 a pack and buy 5 of them for $15.00.

Rite-Aid is also running an offer in the Single Check Rebate on Duracell-buy $15 worth of batteries and get a $5 rebate.

Your amount due at the register for 6 boxes of cereal and 5 packs of batteries will be $26.94.
Hand the cashier the $5 off Rite-Aid coupon first, then the manufacturers coupons.
$26.94-RA Q$5=$21.94.
$21.94-Cereal Qs$6.99=$14.95
$14.95-Duracell Qs$5.00=$9.95*(Your regions Duracell Qs may be less than $1/1 value)

Your total OOP will be $9.95+tax.

Take your receipt home and submit it for the Single Check Rebates for $5 on the $15 Duracell purchase.

After the rebate comes in your OOP drops to $4.95 for 20 batteries and 6 boxes of cereal.

If you buy 2 more boxes of cereal for $1.99 this week at Rite-Aid(and use a $1/2 Q from the Sunday paper)you'll spend another $2.98 & you can submit for the $5 OYNO Q on the cereal.
Do that and your totals will look like this....

Total OOP $7.93+tax(higher if your battery Qs are less than $1/1) AND a $5 Q for more cereal
Total items 20 batteries & 8 boxes of cereal + $5 worth of more cereal

So what do you do with 8 boxes of Rice Krispies?
It shouldn't be too hard to eat all that, especially when you can make MARSHMALLOW Treats out of some of it! It would be a very frugal dessert type treat.
Why pay $4 or so for 1 puny box of premade Rice Krispie Treats that are full of preservatives and chemicals? They aren't that hard to make, especially if you have a child assistant who enjoys getting messy!lol

And if you got the VocalPoint Rice Krispies mailer for goodness sakes, take the blasted coupons OUT OF THE HOLDER immediately! That way you don't have to keep opening it every time you want to use a coupon and have to listen that that voice chip thingy 5 billion times.
It gets ANNOYING REAL FAST!
Do ya hear that VocalPoint??lol

Sluggy

How to Get All This for $1.92 + Tax! Plus FREEBIES at Rite-Aid until Saturday

How would you like to get....
2 Hellman's Mayo
2 Ragu Pasta Sauce
2 Skippy Peanut Butter
2 Lipton Tea Boxes
1 Venus Razor
1 Werther's Caramel Chocolates

And ONLY PAY $1.92 +tax?

Here's what you do....
Go Here and print out the Rite-Aid $5 off of a $25 Purchase Coupon.
Then get these Coupons in the coupon inserts from last Sunday's newspaper; Hellman's Mayo, Ragu, Lipton Tea, Skippy Peanut Butter, Venus Razor(the reg. single razor NOT the coupon for the disposable ones). If you also have a coupon stash, see if there is a Werther's chocolate coupon in there(this will make your cost even lower! if you find one).

Now get some money(about $16 should do it)and head to Rite-Aid.

Buy a Venus Razor(on sale this week for $7), a Werther's Chocolate bag(on sale this week for $2.99), 2 Hellman's Mayo(on sale this week for $1.99), 2 Ragu(ditto for $1.99), 2 Lipton tea boxes(ditto $1.99) & 2 Skippy Peanut Butters(ditto $1.99).
Your total will ring up $25.91= tax.
Hand over the Rite-Aid $5/$15 Coupon FIRST.
Then Hand over the other 5(6 if you have a Werther's Q too)Coupons.

After Coupons, your total will now be $14.91+tax(or less if you have the Werther's Q).
Pay and take your items and receipt.
Don't Lose that Receipt!!!

Log on to the Rite-Aid site and go to the Single Check Rebate page. If you have never done a Single Check Rebate before, register(it's free and easy to do).
Then Log in and enter the receipt info. onto the site from the receipt you just got from the cashier at Rite-Aid.

Just wait until the month is over and log back into the Rite-Aid Single Check Rebate page and request that your Rebate Check for August be sent to you.
Now just wait a few weeks for the mailman to bring you a check for $12.99.
That is how much the rebates are that you qualified for in your shopping trip.
$5 for buying the 8 Unilever food items.
$5 for the Venus Razor
$2.99 for the Werther's Chocolates

Those 10 items after your rebates come in cost you $1.92+tax.

Rite-Aid is giving A Metric TON of Rebates this week in their store that are FULL PRICE REBATES, so all those are FREEBIES! Besides this little Venus/Unilever/Werther's Scenario, go print another $5 off $25 Rite-Aid Coupon and buy $25 of FREEBIES after the Rebates items too!
I've already bought and applied for Rebates on $22.26 in FREEBIES this week(I also bought $3 in Sunday papers to get to $25). Using coupons and the Rite-Aid coupon I only paid OOP $15.58(plus I'll get a double dip by getting a Mail-In-Rebate from Zantac directly).

So what are you waiting for? Rite-Aid can't make it any easier to get stuff for free or for really cheap.....unless they drive to your house and back a U-Haul up to your door and unload it for you. ;-)

Sluggy

Just a NOTE from Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger

I just wanted to tell ya'll that I have added to my right side bar layout. Besides keeping a running total on the $60K Saving$ Challenge I am doing this year, I have added another running total for what I have Spent and Saved in the Grocery Budget for 2009. I think visitors to the blog might have seen the Savings Challenge and thought it was me keeping track of my Savings on Food/HBA Shopping for the year.
Nope.

So I added a keeping track of money saved/spent on Food/HBA for the year too, as a lot of frugal mom/couponing/financial accountability blogs I see have them.
Not that this is JUST a couponing/frugal blog but it's a facet of me and my blog so I'm trying on the appropriate bells & whistles.
And speaking of grocery savings for the year, I am FLOORED that by shopping sales & using coupons I've saved my family over SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS so far this year!
Incroyable!
Incredible too.... ;-)

And while I have your attention.....I DO have your attention, yes?!.....I'd love to hear some feedback or comments or suggestions or constructive criticism you might have about my blog. Keep in mind that I am NOT about the 'prettiness' thing here-no fancy designs or colors. Layout and readability is more what I am striving for here. Is is easy to read?

Do I go on too long and ramble too much....or do you like a personal rambling blog?

Are the financial type posts with all the numbers and figures too dry and drive you away or do you just skip over that so you don't fall asleep with your face on the keyboard?

Do you want to see something different? More photos? More cooking/recipes? More coupon stuff?

Or is there something I do here that drives you crazy that you want a lot less of?

Be frank but be kind and tell me!

Do you prefer one big Looooong post where I mash everything in together like the way it rattles around in my head or would you like to see more smaller entries....maybe even lots of entries a day if lots of stuff is going on?

Are there any regular features you'd like to see me host? Charity Challenges? Contests?

How about giveaways? This is an idea I've been toying with in my head lately. If I did those, what would you want to win?
I've got some dogs and kids I'd gladly donate to that cause.....**BEG**<-that's a Big Evil Grin

As always, thanks for the opportunity to share my day & life with ya'll. Now back to your regularly scheduled day....


Sluggy