Rite-Aid Plunder This Week So Far

This week is the last one to earn the $10 Rite-Aid gift card(the Spend $50 on "Beauty" products/get $10 GC).
There is also a Crest/Oral-B monthly Deal I just saw(ends this week)and some of the $3 on sale Crest toothpaste double dip with this deal and the weekly Crest Deal($3 toothpaste, use $2/1 Q, Get $1 BC making it free-limit 2).
Unfortunately to do a moneymaker overlapping the weekly Crest and the monthly Crest/Oral-B deal you'd need 7 $2/1 Crest toothpaste Qs.....
7 x $3 Crest=$21-$14 Qs=$7 and earn $10 BC back.  But I didn't have 7 of those Qs. 8-(

But if you can find a certain Oral-B toothbrush you can get 4 toothpastes and 2 toothbrushes free after BC earned.
We stopped at a R-A south of here while out shopping on Tuesday and I found the qualifying toothbrushes.

So I did this, part on Tuesday/part on Wednesday.........

2 x Oral-B pro-flex toothbrushes on sale BOGO50%=$9.88
4 x Crest 3D White  toothpaste(Radiant-mild mint)on sale $3=$12.00
SubTotal...$21.88

I used--
2 x $1/1 Oral-B toothbrush ManuQs=$2.00
3 x $2/1 Crest toothpaste ManuQs=$6.00
1 x $2/1 Crest toothpaste L2CQ=$2.00
Coupon Total.....$10.00

$21.88-$10.00=$11.88 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned $12 in new BC(2 x $1 wyb $3 Crest toothpastes, $10 wyspend $20 on select Crest/Oral-B)so a .12¢ moneymaker as there is no sales tax here on toothpaste/brushes.

I also found a R-A store on Tuesday with Rimmel makeup on clearance.  There is a Deal(buy 2 Rimmel/Get $5 BC)and the clearance stuff qualifies...woohoo!

I bought 4 items on each of our 3 cards/account.  Clearance prices ranged from .94¢ to $3.49, most were 75% off.
I paid a total of $20.85 for all with sales tax using Bonus Cash.
I earned a total of $30 in new Bonus Cash back so $9.15 moneymaker over 3 cards.

I also bought this stuff on my son's card during the 4-Day sale this week(Wed. to Sat).........

1 x Max Freeze on sale=$7.00
1 x Hydralyte tablets on sale=$6.99
2 x Herbal Essences renew shampoo on sale but 20% Wellness disc. better=$11.66
SubTotal......$25.65

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Max Freeze ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $2/1 Hydralyte IPQ(from their website)=$2.00
1 x $5/2 Herbal Essence ManuQ=$5.00
Total....$9.00

$25.65-$9.00=$16.65+.40¢tax=$17.05 paid for with BC
I earned back $11 in new BC($6 Zim's, $5 Hydralyte)and the coupon for the Free $10 Rite-Aid gift card offer printed so I redeemed that for the GC so spent $17.05, earned back $21($11 BC, $10 GC).

The Max-Freeze ended up being a $1 moneymaker, the Hydralyte a .01¢ moneymaker and the Herbal Essence earned me the $10 Beauty GC.
I also applied for a $1 Ibotta cash rebate for the Herbal Essence.

On Friday the 30% off Friends and Family Sale starts at Rite-Aid.  I'll buy more Herbal Essence and Head and Shoulders since it will be even cheaper than the sale price and I should be able to earn another $10 Beauty Deal GC on that card.

Sluggy

Unexpected Buys at Weis Last Friday

Here's some good deals I got at Weis this past Friday........

I went in for.....
* Prego sauce x 4, on sale for $1.69=$6.76.  I had .75¢/2 IPQ that doubled so $3 off=$3.76 for all 4.
* Brown sugar x 2, 50% off on Friday=$1.59.
* Hormel chili x 8, part of the .88¢ ea. when you buy 8 Deal=$7.04
* The Friday Freebie, a cup of Weis yogurt(wow!lol)=Free.

What I found when I went in was lots of pumpkin and/or maple related products cheap so how could I resist?! ;-)
So I also came out with this as well.....
* 2 x big Hunt's natural pudding(not pumpkin but 50% off)=$2.50 both
* 2 x Eagle Brand condensed milk, maple flavor(will be great to make maple fudge!)$1 a can=$2
* 5 x assorted Krusteaz mixes(all pumpkin flavors)$1 a box and I had a $1/2 digitalQ come off=$4 for all 5(these retail for $2.99 to $3.59)
* 2 x Jello pudding(pumpkin).50¢ a box and I used a .50¢ Q=.50¢ for both
* 2 x Febreeze air sprays(harvest pumpkin scent)$1 and a $3/2 digital Q came off= -$1(moneymaker)
* 2 x Life cereal(pumpkin spice)$1.88 each(I used a $1/2 ManQ too)=$2.76 for both
* 1 x Mini-Wheats cereal(pumpkin flavor)$1.88(I used a .50¢/1 Q that doubled)=.88¢

I also bought a container of Nutella, it was $1.99 on Friday and I used a $1/1Q so .99¢ out the door.
The Krusteaz earned me an additional .50¢ rebate on SavingStar as well.

Also bought 4 packs of Cottonelle and Viva towels as they were on a weekend sale for $4.50 each when you bought in groups of two.  I had 4 Qs that each doubled to $1 to use on those 4 items so they should have been $3.50 each out the door. And the register should have printed out a $2 OYNO Catalina(for the 2 Cottonelle packs)but didn't.  Hmmm

After studying my receipt at home, I couldn't make heads or tales of my receipt and the total, until I finally figured out that the cashier didn't ring up one of the Cottonelle packs......but he put through both Cottonelle IPQs AND a digital Q attached to my card which meant I paid $13.50 for 3 paper packs and got $5 in Qs worth of discounts so paid $8.50 for the 4 packs I left the store with(and that exxplained the lack of a Catalina printing).LOLOLZ

A trip like this makes up for all the Qs the cashiers miss on the "bad" trips. ;-)

If you see great deals(that you will use)that are unexpected how likely are you to pick them up?


Sluggy

3 Days of Rite-Aid Pillaging from Black Friday Sales Ad

Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday was the Black Friday Deals at Rite-Aid.  Other than the grocery store, Rite-Aid is the only place I go Black Friday shopping. 8-)

For the purposes of full disclosure, I bought various gift cards on Thursday(along with all the Freebie and near freebie deals after Bonus Cash earned).  The gift cards are ones I would have bought anyway and it's better for me to buy them at Rite-Aid and earned Bonus Cash than buying them at the grocery stores for piddly discounts on gas fill-ups.
  I don't count the price of the gift card spending in my Rite-Aid purchases budget.  The Bonus Cash earned from buying the gift cards is used to "pay" for my Rite-Aid plunder.

No actual cash was used in any of the following transaction, just Bonus Cash.

No point in laying out all the transactions at this point so I'll just do a synopsis of what I got and show photos of all the loot.


On Thursday I bought this on the Daughter's card.....

These 4 Kleenex were .37¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.39 for both after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
This 1 Colgate toothbrushes was -.33¢ after sale/In-ad Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Butterfingers were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Hair ties were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 pair of ear buds were $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 3 boxes of cereal were $1.48 each after sale/Q.
This 1 bag of Coffee was $1.99 after sale/Q/Saving* rebate.

On Thursday I bought this on my card........

These 4 Kleenex were .37¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.75 for both after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were -.61¢ each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
These 2 Colgate toothbrushes were .50¢ each after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 4 Butterfingers were .25¢ for all 4 after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Hairbrushes were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
This pair of ear buds was $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.

But I forgot to bring $725 in Qs to use, so I burned $7.25 in Bonus Cash on those 2 transactions and got $7.25 in cash the next day with a "post coupon" transaction.

On Friday I bought this on my daughter's card........

These 2 Blue Diamond nuts were $1.50 each after sale/Q.
These 2 Pepsis were .50¢ each after sale/Q.
These 2 DiGiorno pizzas were $3.00 each after sale/Q.
I also bought 4 packages of Sparkle paper towels(not pictured)for $13.23 total after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned. 
These burned more BC than I wanted as my good L2CQ didn't come off and I had to use a .75¢/1 peelie stuck to one of the packages.

On Friday I bought this on my son's card........

These 4 Kleenex were .25¢ per box after sale/Q/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Planters were $2.99 per set after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Colgate toothpaste were -$1.75 for both after sale/In-ad Q/stacked ManuQ/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Light bulbs were -.61¢ each after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate.
These 2 boxes of K-Cups were $3.74 each after sale/Q.
These 2 bags of coffee were $3.99 after sale/Q.
These 2 bags of Luden's cough drops were .25¢ each after sale/Q/Saving* rebate
These 2 Hair ties were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 pair of ear buds were $0 after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 Butterfingers were $0 each after sale/Bonus Cash earned.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.
I also bought a bottle of Pepto-Bismol(not pictured)per Hubs request, which after 20% Wellness discount/In-ad Q/stacked ManuQ cost me $4.43 in BC.

The Kleenex purchase also triggered a $20 Bonus Cash earned on my Allergy Rewards for this card. 8-)))



On Friday I bought this on my card......

These 2 Vera Wang fragrance sets were $8.99 after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate/Checkout51 rebate(1 set).
These 2 Planters gift packs were $2.99 each after sale/Bonus Cash.
This L'Oreal shampoo was $4.39 after 20% Wellness disc./peelie Q.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This Udderly Soft hand cream was $1.00 after sale.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC
These 2 Pantene conditioners were $2.29 each after 20% Wellness disc./Q.*counts toward $10 Beauty GC


On Saturday I bought this on my son's card........

These 3 cereals were $1.18 each after sale/Q.
This 1 men's fragrance gift set was $7.99 after sale/Bonus Cash earned/Ibotta rebate/Checkout51 rebate.
These 2 packs of Duracell batteries were $2.00 per pack after sale/Qs/Bonus Cash earned.
This 1 Neutrogena moisturizer was $1.36 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This 1 Neutrogena foam cleanser was $1.61 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
This 1 Neutrogena face make-up was $2.99 after 20% Wellness Discount/Q/Ibotta rebate. *counts toward $10 Beauty GC
I also bought 2 24 packs of Big Win water on sale at $1.75 each.(not pictured).

In addition to the rebates above I have now earned a $5 Saving* rebate for buying over $25 worth of fragrance sets and an additional $1 Ibotta Bonus rebate for buying 3 qualifying Neutrogena items in this transation.

Lastly, on Saturday I also bought this on my son's card........

These 3 cereals were $2.99 for all 3 boxes after sale/Q//Ibotta rebate.
These 2 bags of Luden's cough drops were $1.25 for both after sale/Q.
This 1 Colgate toothpaste was -.25¢ after sale/In-adQ/stacked ManuQ.

In Total......
* $321.36 in Bonus Cash was used.

* $174.00 in Bonus Cash was earned.
* $6.75 in Saving* rebates was earned.
* $21.30 in Ibotta rebates was earned.
* $4.00 in Checkout51 rebates was earned.
* $7.25 in "Post Coupon" cash was earned.

Bottom line.....I "spent down" $108.06 in Bonus Cash with $13.00 of that being state sales tax($95.06 before tax).
Not bad for $639.15 reg. retail worth of stuff, huh?  ;-)

What did ya'll buy at Rite-Aid during the Black Friday sale?



Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Romaine" Edition.........

I LOL over these two memes over the weekend.  I just had to share! 8-)))

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

This is what was planned--

1. Sunday--Apricot glazed Pork Chops, Hawaiian rolls, 2 kinds of tossed Salads, homemade mac and cheese

2. Monday--Leftovers

3. Tuesday--Chicken Enchiladas, Rice, Beans

4. Wednesday--Leftovers

5. Thursday--Turkey, Stuffing, Green Bean Casserole, Lula rolls, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Cranberry "glop", Pie

6. Friday--Leftovers or Fend for Yourself
7. Saturday--Leftovers or Fend for Yourself

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Apricot glazed Pork Chops, Hawaiian rolls, 2 kinds of tossed Salads, homemade mac and cheese

2. Monday--Leftovers

3. Tuesday--Chicken Enchiladas, Beans

4. Wednesday--Leftovers

5. Thursday--Turkey, Stuffing, Green Bean Casserole, Lula rolls, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Cranberry "glop", Pie

6. Friday--Frozen Pizza
7. Saturday--Leftovers or Fend for Yourself

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners, 3 nights of leftovers/fend for yourself, 0 nights of Eating Out.  3 nights of home cooked really since Friday was frozen pizzas.
A boring "everything cooked as planned" type of week mostly.  Boring can be a good thing.  ;-)

 A flurry of grocery shopping at Giant(mostly for freebies, spent $22.56)and THREE shops at Weis($47.18, 43.60 and $48.77)brought the weekly food spending to $162.11 and brought the November monthly total to $482.94 so far.
The budget has been busted.....wah wah........

I have 4 days left in my shopping month for November.

My savings percentage last week was 59.55%(without Rite-Aid trips)and November's monthly savings total comes to 59.10%(w/out R-A)so far.  Last week's great deals gave my savings rate a hefty boost for the month. 8-)

Leftovers going into this week.....a little turkey, a lot of stuffing, rolls, a bit of carrots, mac and cheese, hawaiian rolls, a couple of halves of sweet potatoes.
Not much left so it's time to start up the cooking again. sigh

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Leftovers or Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Hoagies

3. Tuesday--Seafood Buffet

4. Wednesday--Spaghetti and Meatballs

5. Thursday--Chicken Tenders, Taters, Veggie TBD

6. Friday--Leftovers
7. Saturday--Breakfast for Dinner(tentatively)

This week will see 4 new meals cooked, 2 nights of leftovers/FFY, 1 night of Take-Out/Eating Out.  A local sub shop has a deal on hoagies today so we'll go with that and ease back into cooking mode slowly this week.  I cooked up some meatballs on Sunday so Hubs can handle dinner that night as well.

What needs buying for this menu?  I'd like to have some salad greens if I can find any w/the romaine scare.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week? 

Sluggy  

Still Waiting on the Giveaway Winners......

Still waiting for Janet and Angie to claim their prizes.
Come on gals.....what are ya waiting for?!? lolz

Sluggy