What? Not a Rite-Aid Post?! Diving back into CVSing....

So I get an email the other week inviting me to take a CVS survey.  For a few minutes of my time and $5 in ECBs, I'm there!lol

I've been out of the CVS game since last fall.  I decided to use this $5 ECBs and the portion left on my CVS Gift Card to jump back into CVSing.

1/9/10 Transaction

1 x SoyJoy box=$6.00
Used the $5ECB.
$6.00-$5.00=$1.00 OOP  Put on a CVS gift card
Received $6 ECBs

These boxes of Soy Joy are in the Bonus Pack Aisle with all the other specials that are available until 2/14.

I had some All $2/1 Qs that were expiring the 10th that I wanted to use and CVS had All for $3.99 a bottle that week.  I was going to use those Qs at Rite-Aid(of course!lol)because I had a raincheck from when Rite-Aid had the All for $3.99 also, but everytime I go to Rite-Aid they either don't have any All or only 1 bottle.  So it was back into the store to use those Qs and get a few more things as well.

1/9/10 Part II Transaction
3 x All Detergent on sale $3.99=$11.97
2 x Oust Spray $3.99=$5.98
2 x Rubbermaid Containers $1.99BOGO=$1.99
2 x Bioluxe 'Poo and Conditioner BOGO=$9.99
1 x Chocolate Advent Calendar on clearance=$1.25 *Not Pictured*
SubTotal....$33.18

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $30 Purchase(the CVS/Medicare IPQ)=$5.00
3 x $2/1 All Detergent ManuQ=$6.00
1 x BOGO Oust Spray=$3.99
2 x $1/1 Rubbermaid Containers ManuQ=$2.00($.01 profit)
1 x $6 ECBs(soy joy)=$6.00

Coupon Total.....$22.99

$31.18-$22.99=$10.19+$.58tax=$10.77 OOP Put on CVS Gift Card
Received $6 ECBs(2x3 Oust).
So I used my $6 ECBs, got $6 more and used my $2 All Qs with nothing OOP.
And there is a Full Price Refund on the Bioluxe Conditioner, so I'll be getting $9.99 back on this purchase.

And for all you Compacters out there, yes, I totally did buy NEW PLASTIC containers here!
Ugh.
But they were FREE after Qs and we needed them.
Buying New Total for 2010.....2+$0OOP
Compacting.....0

This week the Sis-in-law wanted to go to CVS so off we went again this week.  I wanted to get some of the Bonus Pack Buys of the Nature's Bounty MyLife Vitamins.  The ones in the special aisle display are BOGO $9.99 for 2 Bottles.  I read somewhere online(frugalsuz.blogspot.com perhaps?)that Nature's Bounty has a website where you can get IPQs for their products by submitting codes off of bottles that you buy.  Since I have a TON of chewable Vitamin C plus other NB vitamins I bought at Rite-Aid(where else?lol)the past few months for basically free or $1 after coupons, I went online and fairly shortly I had enough points to redeem for some $5 off Nature's Bounty Qs...sweet!
So we were off to CVS.....

1/15/10 Transaction

2 x Your Life Vitamins BOGO=$9.99
1 x CVS Juice on sale=$2.50
1 x SoftSoap Hand Soap=$3.99
SubTotal....$16.48

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $20 Purchase=$5.00 *****
2 x $5/1 Nature's Bounty=$10.00
Coupon Total....$15.00

$16.48-$15.00=$1.48 OOP  Put on CVS Gift Card
Received $3ECBs(WYB 2 Nature's Bounty)& $2ECBs(WYB Bonus SoftSoap)=$5ECBs

*****
I didn't realize until I got home and went over my receipt that I didn't spend enough to use that $5 off $20 Coupon!
EEK!
I was thinking each Vitamin purchase counted.....total on those was $19.98 BEFORE the BOGO so with the juice and soap was over $20.
But that cashier never even said BOO about the situation....if she had I would have turned bright red and bought more.  I reallly wasn't trying to pull a fast one here.  For lack of a better phrase, My Bad.lol

I'm up to $11ECBs at this point.

I was over by that CVS again this morning, so I went back in for more Vitamins....this time I bought enough to use the $5 off Q.lol

1/16/10 Transaction

1 x Soy Joy bonus Days box=$6.00
4 x YourLife NB Vitamins BOGO@$9.99=$19.98
SubTotal=$25.98

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $20 CVS IPQ=$5.00
4 x $5/1 Nature's Bounty IPQ(from Rewards Program)=$20
Coupon Total....$25.00

$25.98-$25.00=$.98 OOP put on CVS Gift Card
Received $6 ECBS(3 for each 2 NB Vitamins), $6 ECBs(Soy Joy box)=$12 ECBs

Not having spent any ECBs, I am now up to $23 in ECBs and no OOP thanks to the Gift Card.

CVS Total for 2010....
OOP....$0.00($14.43 on GC)
Value of Items Bought....$164.32
ECBs Earned....$23.00
ECBs Spent....$0.00
Other Rebates on Purchases....$9.99


Sluggy

Rite-Aid Tonight and the J&J $10 MIR Deal

I decided to do the Johnson & Johnson Lotion Spend $30/Get $10 MIR Deal(rebate form is available on coupons.com), so up to Rite-Aid I pranced this evening after having served my world famous Boston Baked Beans to the fandamily.

2 x Aveeno Skin Cream @$3.49=$6.98
1 x Clean & Clear Cleaner=$4.99
1 x Lubriderm Lotion=$4.69
1 x Contact on sale=$4.99
SubTotal....$21.65

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $20 Purchase AdPerks IPQ=$5.00
2 x $2/1 Aveeno IPQ=$4.00
2 x $1/1 Aveeno Rite-Aid in-ad Q=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Clean & Clear IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Clean & Clear Rite-Aid in-ad Q=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Lubriderm IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Lubriderm Rite-Aid in-ad Q=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Contact ManuQ=$2.00
Coupon Total....$19.00

$21.65-$19.00=$2.65+.04¢tax=$2.69 OOP
SCRebates qualified for....$4.99(Contact)under BIL's account
$2.69OOP-$4.99Rebate=$2.30 Moneymaker!

And I have $16.66 in purchases(before Qs) toward the J&J $10 Rebate.
Only $13.34 to go.

Sluggy

$1.43 OOP Scenario for Cottonelle, Kleenex & Glade at Rite-Aid this Week

If you need paper goods and candles, here's a scenario to do at Rite-Aid this week.

Here's what ya need in "Couponage".....
1 x $5 off $20 AdPerks IPQ
1 x $.50/3 Kleenex ManuQ
1 x $1/3 Kleenex Rite-Aid in-ad Q
2 x $1/2 Cottonelle ManuQ
4 x $.50/1 Cottonelle Rite-Aid in-ad Q
2 x Buy Glade Tin/Get Refill FREE BlinkieQ
1 x $3/2 Glade ManuQ
4 x $.50/1 Glade Rite-Aid in-ad Q

Buy....
3 x Kleenex on sale $3.99/3=$3.99
4 x Cottonelle on sale $1.99=$7.96
2 x Glade  Oil Tins on sale $2.49=$4.98
2 x Glade Refills on sale $2.49=$4.98
SubTotal....$21.91

Hand over the Qs above
Coupon Total....$20.48

$21.91-$20.48=$1.43 OOP(plus tax)

Get 4 4-packs of Toilet Paper, 3 boxes of Facial Tissue & 2 sets of Glade Oil Candles and Refills for $1.43.

Have ya'll had enough of the Rite-Aid talk yet?lol

Sluggy

Almost FREE or FREE..... OSTEO BI FLEX at CVS or RITE-AID & BAYER ASPIRIN at RITE-AID

If you use the Osteo Bi Flex Arthritis Supplements, there are 2 places you can get them for almost FREE.

CVS--The CVS Bonus Days Extra Care Buck Offer Items.  One of these Bonus Days Items is Osteo Bi-Flex.  Buy one get one Free on these bottles in this specially marked display is $12.99.  There are $6/1 ManuQs in the 1/10 inserts.  Use 2 Qs and pay $.99 for 2 bottles.  And you get $3ECBs on each bottle.  The Bonus Items Promo runs until 2/14, so you can do this NOW!
If you have a $X off $X purchase CVS Q, you could get these for FREE after that Q with additional purchased to get up to whatever you need your total to be.

Rite-Aid--The ad for the week of 1/24 shows Osteo Bi Flex on BOGO sale.  The smallest bottle of this item at Rite-Aid is usually priced at $19.99 reg. shelf price, so with the sale get 2 for $19.99.  To get it for FREE do this.....

Go to the AdPerks area of the Rite-Aid website, sign up and watch 20 of their "video-mmercials".
Include the Osteo Bi Flex "mmercial" in those 20 you watch.  Then you can print out the Bonus $5 off $20 Q and the $3 off Osteo Bi Flex Q too.(Be sure to print multiples of each when you print, as you can't print them again later.  It's a one shot deal.)

Now on the week of the 24th, take a bonus $5 off $20 Q and TWO of the $3 off Osteo AdPerk Qs and TWO of the $6 off ManuQs from the coupon inserts to Rite-Aid.  Buy 2 Osteo Bi Flex bottles plus an item you want that cost AT LEAST $3.01 to get you to a $23 total.  VERY IMPORTANT!....you MUST have at least $23 in purchases BEFORE Qs!!

TOTAL....$23

Use your $5 off $20 Q, 2 x $6/1 Osteo ManuQs, 2 x $3/1 AdPerks Osteo Qs=$23 in Qs.

$23-$23=$.00 OOP! (Unless you need to pay tax in your state on the purchase.)


AND......
Next week, 1/18-1/23 at Rite-Aid you can get Bayer Aspirin for FREE.

Bayer Aspirin will be on sale that week for $1.99 for selected sizes/types.
Watch the Bayer "video-mmercial" on AdPerks and then print out a $2 off Q.  This Bayer Q is good for ANY size/type bottle!
Make sure you buy something else with the Aspirin as the Q is 1¢ more than the sale price, or your Q will beep when scanned at the register.
Free Aspirin!

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Trip This Week....1/10/10

I made a trip to Rite-Aid to do this week's deals late on Sunday night.
I was still on the fence about doing the Johnson & Johnson Buy $30, Get a $10 MIRebate Deal so I was going to put off doing Rite-Aid until later in the week, since I didn't have enough items to get to use a $5 off $20 AdPerks IPQ.
But #2 son decided he needed to buy a new Top-Up Card for his phone(which would put me over the $20 total)so off we went to do a 'quickie'.

1-10-10

1 x $30 Virgin Mobile Top-Up Card=$30 *not pictured*
1 x Theraflu on sale=$4.99
1 x Contact Cold-Flu on sale=$4.99
1 x Glade Candle on sale=$2.49
SubTotal.....$42.47(with son's purchase)
My Total.....$12.47

Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $20 AdPerks IPQ=$5.00
1 x $2/1 Theraflu IPQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Contact ManuQ(1/10 inserts)=$2.00
1 x $.50/1 Glade Candle RA in-Ad Q=$.50
1 x $2/1 Glade ManuQ(11/? insert)=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$11.50

$12.47-$11.50=$.97 OOP
Value of $16.97

SCRebates qualified for....$3 Theraflu, $4.99 Contact=$7.99
$.97-$7.99=$7.02 MONEYMAKER!


JANUARY TOTALS
OOP (before Rebates)....$21.11
Value of Items Bought....$560.12
Savings of.....96.24%

SCR qualified for.....$57.99
Kraft Rebate qualified for at Rite-Aid...$10.00
Game of Life game Winnings....$2.00
Gift Cards.....$5

Total Gains for January...$69.99+$5 GC

$21.11-$69.99=$48.88 MONEYMAKER for the Month!

Sluggy