Friday's Rite-Aid Pillaging

Yesterday(Friday)and today is the 30% off Friends and Family Sale at Rite-Aid.  Anything not on sale(or a better/lesser price after the 30% discount even if on sale)is 30% off reg. retail.  If you didn't get a coupon print out on a previous receipt last week, ask in the store for a coupon to use.  My store has a coupon at the register they scan for everyone.  8-)

This week certain items give you $20 Bonus Cash back when you spend $50(before coupons)on them.
I set out to try to get to $50.
I also had a $8 off wyspend $40 CatalinaQ.

Here is what I got on my son's card/account......I did need to spend some of those BC down a bit on that card anyway.

2 x Salonpas w/Lidocaine BOGOFree=$12.59
2 x Cetaphil cleansers BOGO50%=$14.98
3 x Huggies Good Nites on sale=$26.97
SubTotal.......$54.54

Coupons Used
1 x $8 wyspend $40 Cat=$8.00
2 x $2/1 Cetaphil item IPQ(coupons dotcom)=$4.00
3 x $2/1 Huggies Good Nites CatalinaQ=$6.00
Coupon Total........$18.00

$54.54-$18.00=$36.54+.65¢ tax=$37.19 paid with Bonus Cash
I earned back $24 in new BC($20 wyspend $50, 2 x $2 Salonpas)
I also got a $5 oyno Catalina for spending over $25 on Huggies products.

The Lidocaine varieites of Salonpas double dip-they are part of the Spend $50/Get $20 BC and also give back $2 BC for each one bought(limit 2).  Even though the Salonpas is BOGOFree you still get the $2 BC on the "free" one too.

I also earned $4 in cash rebates on Ibotta(2 x $2 Cetaphil).

So I converted $4 of BC to cash, earned $5 chit for next trip and "spent down" BC by $9.19.
But I can sell those nighttime pull-ups for at least $5 a pack, netting $15+ so when all is accounted for I am "up" $10.81.  8-)))

I also bought a few things on daughter's card/account, the only account I have that can access Load2CardQs.  None of these items below qualified for the $20 wyspend $50 BC offer, but they had their own individual BC offers............

2 x Degree deodorant 30% off=$10.20
1 x Gillette 3 razor cartridges 30% off=$7.69
2 x Bic razors 30% off=$11.04
SubTotal.......$28.93

Coupons Used
2 x $2/1 Degree In-AdQ=$4.00
2 x $2/1 Degree IPQ(NLA)=$4.00
1 x $1/1 Gillette3 L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $3/1 Bic razor IPQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Bic razor L2CQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$15.00

$28.93-$15.00=$13.93+.84¢ tax=$14.77 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $12.00 in new BC(2 x $1 Degree, $5 Gillette, 2 x $1 Bic, $3 Bic wys $10).  There are 2 Bic offers that double dip this week.
I "spent down" BC by $2.77 on this card.

That's it for my R-A plundering this week.  Next week's ad looks dismal...maybe some free Colgate toothpaste but that's about it.

Sluggy

Grocery Shopping this Past Week

Not much food shopping happened this week.  I was good and kept the spending low, only succumbing to 1 stock-up deal.

* There was a trip to Weis(PMITA)Markets on Sunday for 2 bags of collards and a day old French bread.  Total $5.15.

* There was a trip to the Shursave Market for a few items, mostly for stocking up on soups for Daughter's lunches.

10 x Progresso soups on sale .99¢=$9.90
2 x Corn Muffin mixes on sale .49¢=.98¢
1 x Daisy cottage cheese on sale=$2.00
3 x bananas=.38¢ *not pictured*
Total $13.16

* There was also a small trip to Ollie's on Sunday so Kim could behold the wonders of Ollie's. lolz

2 x Olive Oil=$7.98
3 x Pumpkin=$2.67
1 x Knoor rice side=.89¢
Total....$11.54

$29.85 spent this past week at the grocery stores.  It's almost the middle of October so I am doing well on keeping my grocery spending low this month.

Who knows what will happen next week..... ;-)


Sluggy

Frugal Friday......the October 12th Edition

Here are a few frugal wins we had this week.......

*  I did very little grocery shopping this past week.  Trying to eat down the freezer and pantry instead.

*  Here's my score from finding money this past week........

.49¢ in assorted coins.  Kim has a bit more we found jointly.  Kim also beat me at the finding change game on the trip. She has no shame and will do ANYTHING to pick up a coin! lolz

* While out shopping with Kim on Sunday I took her to a local donut place.  It was almost time for the shop to throw out the morning's made donuts so we got a free dozen for buying a dozen.  WooHoo! 

Those puppies didn't last very long with Kim around.....hehehe

*  No Weis Freebie last week because we weren't in town here.  The kids didn't buy any groceries while we were gone even though I left them some money.  Win-win!

*  All this was plundered from Rite-Aids in 3 states last week.......

Grand total spent was $6.38 in Bonus Cash, no actual money was harmed in the making of these deals.  ;-)

*  Sunday instead of taking Kim and Joel out for dinner, I spent $5.15 at Weis and made dinner.  I also turned a day old bakery 50% off French bread loaf into French Toast for breakfast the next morning before they left for Philly.

*  Used the weekend and off-peak hours to do laundry.....and boy! did we have a LOT of laundry to do!! lolz

* I picked the last of the basil on Thursday before the frost that was expected that night........

It's in the oven now drying.

* Went to my semi-annual dental appointment for a cleaning.  No cavities so there will be no co-pays.
Go me!  I also loaded up on freebies while I was there........

5 x toothpastes
4 x mouth rinse
13 x $1/1 Qs for floss and rinse


That's about it for around Chez Sluggy.
What frugal wins do you have this past week?

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Shopping on Vacation

We hit Rite-Aid stores in 3 different states last week.

This was bought on Cape Cod.......

2 x Hello Toothpaste 20% Wellness disc.=$11.18 +.69¢ tax=$11.87 paid for with Bonus Cash.
I earned back $10 in new BC so spent down that card by $1.87.

In Maine and Vermont all the stuff below was bought.
We hit a R-A in Maine on Wellness Wednesday but it was a R-A that was turning into a Walgreens gosh darn it! so no Wellness Wednesday coupons for us.  *sad face*
I finished up getting to $40 in goodies at a R-A in Vermont on the way home.

Here's everything I bought at those two stores......

2 x Tums sugar-free on sale BOGO50%=$8.98
2 x Sensodyne toothpaste on sale BOGO50%=$10.93
1 x Paradontax toothpaste 20% Wellness disc.=$5.59
2 x Hershey's gold bags on sale=$7.00
1 x Spaghettio's on sale=.99¢
1 x Clairol hair dye 20% Wellness disc.=$6.79
SubTotal.......$40.28

Coupons Used
2 x $2/1 Tums sugar-free R-A receiptQ=$4.00
2 x .75¢/1 Tums product IPQ=$1.50
1 x $2/1 Tums L2CQ(this came off too!)=$2.00
2 x $1.50/1 Sensodyne IPQ=$3.00
1 x $1.25 Paradontax IPQ=$1.25
1 x $2/1 Paradontax L2CQ=$2.00
2 x $1.50/1 Hershey Gold IPQ=$3.00
1 x $3/1 Clairol hair dye L2CQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.......$19.75

$40.28-$19.75-$20.53+ $1.98 tax=$22.51 paid with Bonus Cash
I earned back $15 in new BC and $3 cash back on Ibotta(Clairol)so this all "cost" me $4.51(and almost half that was sales tax grrrr).
If I had gone to a R-A with the WWQs on wednesday I would have gotten an additional $4 off in Qs and paid .51¢ in BC instead of $4.51.
*whomp whomp*

Oh well.....you change it up and punt when out and not in your own store/element.

Kim did well buying bunches of Clairol hair color getting her $15 BC back and then getting $10 *I think* back on Ibotta too. 8-)

Sluggy

Grocery Shopping Before We Left For Maine

Some deals I got at Weis(PMITA)Markets, the week before we left on our trip.

2 x Honest Teas on sale=$2.00
1 x Cape Cod chips on sale=$3.00
2 x Perdue chicken on sale=$9.94
3 x Kraft Expertly Paired cheese on sale=$6.00
2 x OM Deli Meats on sale=$5.34
1 x Finlandia cheese dip on sale=$2.49
1 x Drake's fruit pies on sale=$2.00
I can't find the receipt now but I had coupons as follows-2 x $1.50 off on the Perdue, $1.25 off on 1 Kraft cheese and OM lunchmeat, $1.50 off the other OM lunchmeat, $1.10 off the Drake's, and $1.50 off the Finlandia dip with Qs so $22.42 after Qs OOP.

I also got back $5.75 on Ibotta (for the cheese x 3, the tea, the chips, the taco night bonus and the $1 Sept. bonus)so $16.67 after rebates.

Also.....
4 x Kellogg's cereals on sale($1.99)=$7.96
I used 4 x $1/1 Kellogg's cereal Qs from my Kellogg's points account so each box cost me .99¢.
Then I got $2 back on SavingStar for buying 4 Kellogg's cereals in one transaction so $1.96 for all 4 boxes. 
Altogether everything in both photos came to $18.63 after sales/coupons/rebates.  8-)

I also went to Dollar General to use to $5 oyno Catalina I got from buying Gain there earlier in September.

The 5 non-food items were part of a buy 5 select items and get $1 off each automatically.
1 x Kleenex on sale=$4.00
2 x Pine Sol on sale=$4.00
2 x Glade candles on sale=$6.00
1 x Cranberry sauce=$1.00
1 x 5lb. Flour=$2.00 *not pictured*
SubTotal.......$17.00

Coupons Used
2 x .75¢/1 Pine Sol Qs=$1.50
1 x $1/3 Digital DG Q for the Kleenex=$1.00
1 x $1/2 Glade Digitial DG Q for the candles=$1.00
Instant $5 off on 5 items=$5.00
1 x $5 Cat used=$5.00
Coupon Total.....$13.50

$17.00-$13.50=$3.50 + .14¢ tax=$3.65
Not bad for all the items pictured in the last photo plus a bag of flour.  ;-)



Sluggy