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She is holding a contest for all you computer savvy peoples.
You could win a free copy of Windows Home and Student Edition Software.
Check out the direct link HERE.
But you have to hurry as the contest ends tomorrow, Tuesday 28th at midnight!
Sluggy
Monday, September 27, 2010
Rite-Aid on Sunday....New SCR Period, Let the Party Begin!
So I scooted up to Rite-Aid on Sunday for the new sales week.
Here's what followed me home....
4 x Gillette Body Wash on sale $4.00=$16.00
4 x Gillette Deodorant on sale $4.00=$16.00
SubTotal...$32.00
Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 Purchase AdPerk/VV IPQ=$5.00
4 x Buy One Deo/Get Body Wash Free ManuQ(Aug. P&G insert-expires 9/30)=$16.00
4 x $1/1 Gillette Deo. ManuQ(Sept. P&G insert)=$4.00
1 x $1/$10 any Skin Care purchase Wellness IPQ(sent to your email from Rite-Aid)=$1.00
Coupon Total...$26.00
$32-$16=$6.00
I used $6 in +Ups to pay so $.00 Out of Pocket...I didn't even have to use my free Gift Card! ;-)
Received $10 +Ups for buying $30 of selected P&G items(all the Gillette bought), and I qualified for a $2.00 SCR for buying 2 Gillette Body Wash or Deodorant.
Spent $6 +Ups, earned $10 +Ups & $2 cash rebate means I am $6.00 UP for this transaction. 8-)
Value of Items....$43.12
Then I bought.....
2 x large Crest Mouth Rinse on sale $4.99=$9.98
2 x smaller Crest Mouth Rinse on sale $3.49=$6.98
2 x Oral-B CrossAction Toothbrushes on sale $2.99=$5.98
2 x Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap on sale $.99=$1.98
2 x local Sunday paper($.79 with my 20% wellness discount)=$1.58 **Not Pictured**
SubTotal....$26.50
Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 Rite-Aid IPQ HERE=$5.00
2 x $2/1 Crest Mouth Rinse ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$4.00
2 x $1/1 Crest Mouth Rinse ManuQ-P&G insert from 8/29(expires 9/30)=$2.00
1 x BOGO Oral-B Toothbrush ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$2.99
1 x $1/1 Oral-B Toothbrush ManuQ-P&G insert from 8/29(expires 9/30)=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$1.00
Coupon Total....$15.99
$26.50-$15.99=$10.51
I used $10 in +Ups to pay so $.51 Out of Pocket put on my Rite-Aid Gift Card.
Received $15 +Ups...2 x $3(large Mouth Rinse), 2 x $2.50(smaller Mouth Rinse) and 2 x $2(Toothbrushes).
Spent $10 +Ups, earned $15 +Ups means I am $5.00 UP for this transaction. 8-)
Value of Items....$41.50
As for limits on +Ups per item/deal.....I am hearing/seeing multiples on the Crest/Oral-B items(hearing from 3 to 5 on the $4.99 and $3.49 Crest items) and the P&G Buy $30 deal/Get $10+Ups. FWIW, I am hearing that on the Buy $30 Deal, if you don't get up to $30 and purchase more of the selected items in a subsequent transaction, the register is keeping track and will spit out the $10+Ups when you hit $30. If that's true I am $2 closer to a second $10+Ups if I choose to buy more of those selected products. I just might have to go get $28 more since I am curious.lol
Ann, over at COUPONS DEALS AMD MORE posted about someone who talked to corporate and the limit on the Crest/Oral-B items priced at $2.99/Giving $2+Ups is 5 deals per card. Here's a direct LINK.
Throwing Ann some Linky Love here for the Rite-Aid Deals, among others she writes up. ;-)
THIS TRIP
Total Spent....$.51(put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$84.62
SCR qualified for...$2.00
Gift Cards earned....$0.00
+Up Rewards earned...$25.00
+Up Rewards spent...$16.00
These trips were an $11 moneymaker($9 in +Ups, $2 in SCRs).
GRAND TOTALS so far-October Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......2
Total Spent....$.51 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$84.62
SCR qualified for....$2
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0
+UPS Totals for Oct. SCR Period
+Up Rewards carryover....$20.50
+Up Rewards spent....$16.00
+Up Rewards earned....$25.00
+Up Rewards left....$29.50
Sluggy
Here's what followed me home....
4 x Gillette Deodorant on sale $4.00=$16.00
SubTotal...$32.00
Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 Purchase AdPerk/VV IPQ=$5.00
4 x Buy One Deo/Get Body Wash Free ManuQ(Aug. P&G insert-expires 9/30)=$16.00
4 x $1/1 Gillette Deo. ManuQ(Sept. P&G insert)=$4.00
1 x $1/$10 any Skin Care purchase Wellness IPQ(sent to your email from Rite-Aid)=$1.00
Coupon Total...$26.00
$32-$16=$6.00
I used $6 in +Ups to pay so $.00 Out of Pocket...I didn't even have to use my free Gift Card! ;-)
Received $10 +Ups for buying $30 of selected P&G items(all the Gillette bought), and I qualified for a $2.00 SCR for buying 2 Gillette Body Wash or Deodorant.
Spent $6 +Ups, earned $10 +Ups & $2 cash rebate means I am $6.00 UP for this transaction. 8-)
Value of Items....$43.12
Then I bought.....
2 x large Crest Mouth Rinse on sale $4.99=$9.98
2 x smaller Crest Mouth Rinse on sale $3.49=$6.98
2 x Oral-B CrossAction Toothbrushes on sale $2.99=$5.98
2 x Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap on sale $.99=$1.98
2 x local Sunday paper($.79 with my 20% wellness discount)=$1.58 **Not Pictured**
SubTotal....$26.50
Coupons Used
1 x $5 off $25 Rite-Aid IPQ HERE=$5.00
2 x $2/1 Crest Mouth Rinse ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$4.00
2 x $1/1 Crest Mouth Rinse ManuQ-P&G insert from 8/29(expires 9/30)=$2.00
1 x BOGO Oral-B Toothbrush ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$2.99
1 x $1/1 Oral-B Toothbrush ManuQ-P&G insert from 8/29(expires 9/30)=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap ManuQ-P&G insert from 9/26=$1.00
Coupon Total....$15.99
$26.50-$15.99=$10.51
I used $10 in +Ups to pay so $.51 Out of Pocket put on my Rite-Aid Gift Card.
Received $15 +Ups...2 x $3(large Mouth Rinse), 2 x $2.50(smaller Mouth Rinse) and 2 x $2(Toothbrushes).
Spent $10 +Ups, earned $15 +Ups means I am $5.00 UP for this transaction. 8-)
Value of Items....$41.50
As for limits on +Ups per item/deal.....I am hearing/seeing multiples on the Crest/Oral-B items(hearing from 3 to 5 on the $4.99 and $3.49 Crest items) and the P&G Buy $30 deal/Get $10+Ups. FWIW, I am hearing that on the Buy $30 Deal, if you don't get up to $30 and purchase more of the selected items in a subsequent transaction, the register is keeping track and will spit out the $10+Ups when you hit $30. If that's true I am $2 closer to a second $10+Ups if I choose to buy more of those selected products. I just might have to go get $28 more since I am curious.lol
Ann, over at COUPONS DEALS AMD MORE posted about someone who talked to corporate and the limit on the Crest/Oral-B items priced at $2.99/Giving $2+Ups is 5 deals per card. Here's a direct LINK.
Throwing Ann some Linky Love here for the Rite-Aid Deals, among others she writes up. ;-)
THIS TRIP
Total Spent....$.51(put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$84.62
SCR qualified for...$2.00
Gift Cards earned....$0.00
+Up Rewards earned...$25.00
+Up Rewards spent...$16.00
These trips were an $11 moneymaker($9 in +Ups, $2 in SCRs).
GRAND TOTALS so far-October Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......2
Total Spent....$.51 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$84.62
SCR qualified for....$2
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0
+UPS Totals for Oct. SCR Period
+Up Rewards carryover....$20.50
+Up Rewards spent....$16.00
+Up Rewards earned....$25.00
+Up Rewards left....$29.50
Sluggy
End of September Weekend Garden Harvest...Still Picking!
Just a quick update on the garden.....
While we didn't get some of the beds cleaned up or the compost moved, Hubs & I did pick veggies Sunday. Well, he did most of the picking and I held the containers and supervised.lol
I got another 3 quarts of tomato sauce made last week......good thing too, because here's another large colander 3/4 full of Romas.lol At this point I complain but I will be sad when I can no longer make a BLT sandwich with fresh REAL tomatoes....
We also picked another larger container of Big Boys, 3 each of the Red Bell and Green Italian Roasting Peppers, 2 Jalapenos that had turned RED(hot!). The 4 little pale Green Bell Peppers were because Hubs snapped off the top of one of the plants they were growing on so we had to harvest them 'early'.lol
And we picked 5 of the Butternut Squashes too. There are 7 more left on the vines including a large one that is late in turning the pale color they are suppose to turn. I'm hoping the other 6 get a bit larger before the vines die off but they are all still large enough to eat at this point.
This Harvest----
Tomatoes--7 lbs. 4.5 oz.
Peppers--1 lb. 11 oz.
Squash--14 lbs. 11.2 oz.
TOTAL....23 lbs. 10.7 oz.
Garden Harvest Weight Total to date....77 lbs. 2.72 oz.
Besides the other Butternuts we still have Tomatoes & Peppers coming plus the Collard Greens after the freeze, which HOPEFULLY will hold off on coming until I make some room in the freezer!lol
What did you harvest from your garden this week? Leave a comment and let us know!
Sluggy
While we didn't get some of the beds cleaned up or the compost moved, Hubs & I did pick veggies Sunday. Well, he did most of the picking and I held the containers and supervised.lol
I got another 3 quarts of tomato sauce made last week......good thing too, because here's another large colander 3/4 full of Romas.lol At this point I complain but I will be sad when I can no longer make a BLT sandwich with fresh REAL tomatoes....
We also picked another larger container of Big Boys, 3 each of the Red Bell and Green Italian Roasting Peppers, 2 Jalapenos that had turned RED(hot!). The 4 little pale Green Bell Peppers were because Hubs snapped off the top of one of the plants they were growing on so we had to harvest them 'early'.lol
And we picked 5 of the Butternut Squashes too. There are 7 more left on the vines including a large one that is late in turning the pale color they are suppose to turn. I'm hoping the other 6 get a bit larger before the vines die off but they are all still large enough to eat at this point.
This Harvest----
Tomatoes--7 lbs. 4.5 oz.
Peppers--1 lb. 11 oz.
Squash--14 lbs. 11.2 oz.
TOTAL....23 lbs. 10.7 oz.
Garden Harvest Weight Total to date....77 lbs. 2.72 oz.
Besides the other Butternuts we still have Tomatoes & Peppers coming plus the Collard Greens after the freeze, which HOPEFULLY will hold off on coming until I make some room in the freezer!lol
What did you harvest from your garden this week? Leave a comment and let us know!
Sluggy
2 Last Transactions & Sept. SCR Period Totals at Rite-Aid
Yes, I need a life....
While I waited for #2 son and Hubs to return from the Marching Band Tournament Sat. I hit up Rite-Aid one last time before the September Single Check Rebate Period ended that evening.
Here is what I brought home....
Two Transactions.
The 1st transaction was the 3 packs of diapers.
Please hold your congratulations!
They are NOT for me.
Bite.
Your.
Tongue.
lol
I got paid $4.03 in a way to buy them.
Between the +Ups I got back and the $10 Gift Card, Rite-Aid is sending me for buying them, I come out $4.03 ahead.
Value of Items....$37.47
I don't hang with the "babymaking set" so I'll either donate them(food bank that takes this kind of stuff or make up a gift basket for a charity auction/raffle) or take them to the flea market if they are still hanging around here when I get around to doing that again....if I get around to doing that again. ;-)
The diaper transaction was $.47 OOP after all the coupons and +Ups I used, and that change was put on my gift card.
I received $6 more in +Ups and I'll get a $10 Gift Card(#70) through the SCR program.
The other stuff pictured(plus a Sobe drink that is NOT pictured)was bought in a second transaction.
The Lamasil Spray was $5.99 after $2/1 IPQ.
The Quaker Oats was $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Oral-B Toothbrush was $1.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Crest was on clearance($1.99)and $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Tuna cans were on clearance($.47)and were $5.64 total for 12.
The Always was free after FREE ITEM Q(daughter gave me from a magazine).
The Sobe was free after FREE ITEM Q(won online).
SubTotal was $15.60.
Used $5 off $25 purchase Q=$10.60.
Used $10 in +Ups=$.60 OOP put on gift card so Zero spent.
Value of Items....$53.12
Earned +Ups....3 x $1 for 12 cans of tuna, 1 x $1 for Quaker Oats, 1 x $2 for Oral-B Toothbrush=$6.00
Will submit Lamasil(#40)& Crest toothpaste(#55)for BIL's SCR account=$7.00
This Crest purchase also put him over the $5 Oral Care gift card threshold=$5.00 gift card.
So after +Ups the Oatmeal and Toothbrush were -.01 each and the Lamasil cost me -.01 after SCR.
Spent $10 in +Ups, earned back $6 in +Ups & $7 SCR=$13 so this transaction put me ahead $3.02.
$4.03+$3.02=$7.05 moneymaker or $12.05 if you count the $5 gift card.
THESE TRIPS
Total Spent....$1.07(put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$90.59
SCR qualified for...$7.00
Gift Cards earned....$15.00
+Up Rewards earned...$12.00
+Up Rewards spent...$21.50
These trips were a $12.50 moneymaker.
GRAND TOTALS-September Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......14
Total Spent....$20.80 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$579.66
SCR qualified for....$16 in cash and $15 in Gift Cards
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....a Glam Bag
+Up Rewards spent....$106.00
+Up Rewards earned....$126.50
+Up Rewards left....$20.50
Spent $20.80 on gift card and getting back $31 in cash and more gift cards, plus I have $20.50 in +up rewards(=Rite-Aid currency). Do you get how this Rite-Aid shopping can be addictive? 8-))
How well did you do at Rite-Aid in September? Leave a comment and let us all know!
Sluggy
While I waited for #2 son and Hubs to return from the Marching Band Tournament Sat. I hit up Rite-Aid one last time before the September Single Check Rebate Period ended that evening.
Here is what I brought home....
The 1st transaction was the 3 packs of diapers.
Please hold your congratulations!
They are NOT for me.
Bite.
Your.
Tongue.
lol
I got paid $4.03 in a way to buy them.
Between the +Ups I got back and the $10 Gift Card, Rite-Aid is sending me for buying them, I come out $4.03 ahead.
Value of Items....$37.47
I don't hang with the "babymaking set" so I'll either donate them(food bank that takes this kind of stuff or make up a gift basket for a charity auction/raffle) or take them to the flea market if they are still hanging around here when I get around to doing that again....if I get around to doing that again. ;-)
The diaper transaction was $.47 OOP after all the coupons and +Ups I used, and that change was put on my gift card.
I received $6 more in +Ups and I'll get a $10 Gift Card(#70) through the SCR program.
The other stuff pictured(plus a Sobe drink that is NOT pictured)was bought in a second transaction.
The Lamasil Spray was $5.99 after $2/1 IPQ.
The Quaker Oats was $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Oral-B Toothbrush was $1.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Crest was on clearance($1.99)and $.99 after $1/1 ManuQ.
The Tuna cans were on clearance($.47)and were $5.64 total for 12.
The Always was free after FREE ITEM Q(daughter gave me from a magazine).
The Sobe was free after FREE ITEM Q(won online).
SubTotal was $15.60.
Used $5 off $25 purchase Q=$10.60.
Used $10 in +Ups=$.60 OOP put on gift card so Zero spent.
Value of Items....$53.12
Earned +Ups....3 x $1 for 12 cans of tuna, 1 x $1 for Quaker Oats, 1 x $2 for Oral-B Toothbrush=$6.00
Will submit Lamasil(#40)& Crest toothpaste(#55)for BIL's SCR account=$7.00
This Crest purchase also put him over the $5 Oral Care gift card threshold=$5.00 gift card.
So after +Ups the Oatmeal and Toothbrush were -.01 each and the Lamasil cost me -.01 after SCR.
Spent $10 in +Ups, earned back $6 in +Ups & $7 SCR=$13 so this transaction put me ahead $3.02.
$4.03+$3.02=$7.05 moneymaker or $12.05 if you count the $5 gift card.
THESE TRIPS
Total Spent....$1.07(put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$90.59
SCR qualified for...$7.00
Gift Cards earned....$15.00
+Up Rewards earned...$12.00
+Up Rewards spent...$21.50
These trips were a $12.50 moneymaker.
GRAND TOTALS-September Rebate Period
Number of Transactions......14
Total Spent....$20.80 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$579.66
SCR qualified for....$16 in cash and $15 in Gift Cards
Other Cash....$0
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....a Glam Bag
+Up Rewards spent....$106.00
+Up Rewards earned....$126.50
+Up Rewards left....$20.50
Spent $20.80 on gift card and getting back $31 in cash and more gift cards, plus I have $20.50 in +up rewards(=Rite-Aid currency). Do you get how this Rite-Aid shopping can be addictive? 8-))
How well did you do at Rite-Aid in September? Leave a comment and let us all know!
Sluggy
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Randomness on a Saturday
Well, one thing I won't share since I'm expanding my thoughts on it into a full blown blog post all it's own.
I know, I know.....you can't wait for that, but you will have to. ;-)
* First I want to thank everyone who left comments on the passing of our BAGEL(Beagle/Basset Mix) Hound, Peanut. Your heartfelt words were very much appreciated and touched me deeply even if I wasn't able to email and thank each one of you.
Peanut & I butted heads alot due to both of our rather large passive/aggressive streaks but he added joy to our family when he wasn't eating us out of house and home. The photo above was one of the last ones taken of him before he left us. It's fitting that he's sporting a rather large drool bubble on the left side of his muzzle(on the right facing the photo). Though he was crippled and incontinent and half-deaf, in true Peanut style he NEVER lost his appetite when there was food around. The week or so before he died he had resorted to opening up the cabinet where the trashcan was located. #1 son always said Peanut was an idiot savant of the Dog World....dumb as a mud fence but when it came to food, he was a genuis. ;-)
* Let me say that I sure didn't expect the negative reactions to THIS POST earlier this week. I received quite a few hateful comments for my unvarnished honesty about my feelings on the subject. Everyone has their own opinion and that's what makes the world go round, right?
I'm cool with diverse opinions but....when you call me evil and a witch, how can I not feel a tad unloved?
Fortunately for me, I moderate all comments(due to spamming issues) so those comments won't be published.
However, if the commentators in question would like to step up and not hide behind posting as "Anonymous", I am more than willing to put through their comments.
Sluggy ain't afraid of being called an ass as long as I know who is doing the calling. ;-)
* Tomorrow after harvesting yet MORE tomatoes and a few other things, we'll be putting some of the garden to bed for the year. Basically all that's left in the garden is the aforementioned tomatoes, collard greens, peppers(red bells, roastings, jalapenos)and the butternut squashes. Most of the fences will be coming down and some of the compost moved into the beds that we clear. I will leave the collards until the 1st frost because every Southern gal knows that collards left to harvest until after a frost are sweeter and tastier.....
I'm also hoping to get some cleaning done Sunday while the manly men are home to help me with the heavy lifting and moving part of it. Plus get some things into Hubs trunk so he can make a Salvation Army run this week.
* I'm waaay ahead of schedule for this coming week with my Meal Plan. Between the meals we changed up this week and didn't fix/eat and the meal ideas I listed already using what we have on hand, I've got 10 meals now for the family to choose from.
And I really hope there is a good deal soon on pork here since I am down to my last package and it would be a good way to use those OYNO of meat Cats I need to use this coming week at Weis.
* I guess my "Call for PA Bloggers" was a raging failure, as I haven't heard a peep from anyone. I have 2 local/sort of local PA blogs I follow. Go check them out......HERE and HERE.
Strictly Deal Bloggers who cover most stores in PA and are located around Philly are HERE and HERE.
* I just found out yesterday that my mother's family's Yearly Family Reunion is/was being held today/Saturday. Would have been nice to have had some advance notice. Oh well....
It's not like we could have attended anyway. We are in the midst of Marching Band Season here so most Fridays and Saturdays are full up. Fridays for football games and Saturdays for band tournaments. Today #2 son is down near Quakertown PA for a tourney. Hubs is driving the prop/equipment truck and I get to stay home with the doggies since Daughter is working and the pups can't go all day without food, water and toileting. Just me and doggies....Do I have to mention that it's been a nice quiet day here?lol
Have a nice Sunday and I'll be talking to ya'll on Monday!
Sluggy
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