Rite Aid Runs

Not much going on at Rite Aid this week. (Not from what I've seen any who . . .) I only managed to make one stop at Rite Aid before Thanksgiving last week. I REALLY wanted to go and get some of the Black Friday sales, but I worked every day of the Black Friday sales! I was going to go on Saturday, as it had been a scheduled day off. Someone at work was sick so I ended up going in that morning and then rushed off to my parents for my Thanksgiving dinner. (PUMPKIN PIE! How I adore you!!)

There was an excellent deal on Planter Nuts last week. $3.99 each with $2+up for $1.99 a piece. To make the deal sweeter there was a mystery +up of $5 printing. My dad loves cashews and mom tries to get him some for his stocking every year. I figured I could pick some up so she wouldn't have to pay for them. YEA!



4 Planters Nuts @ $3.99 each = $15.96 (two for dad, two for me!)
2 6x4inch Magnet Frame @ $1.79 (10% discount) each = $3.58
~I heard these were printing $3 +up. Maybe not this specific sku. I returned them latter.
AMO Complete Contact solution $7.99
Motrin PM 20ct $4.00
Total Before Coupons: $31.53

$5 off $25+ purchase
$2/1 Motrin
Total After Coupons: $24.53 (used $8 +up & $16.53 cash)

Received/Will Receive:
4 $2 +up Planters Nuts
$5 +up mystery (must purchase 4 Planters)
$7.99 SCR AMO Complete
$2.00 SCR Motring
Net: $1.54 cost

Refund:
$3.58
New Net: $2.04 profit

Today's transaction are gifts for some guy friends. I was happy to hear that the Gillette Fusion Shave Collection is included in the $9.00 sale with $5 +up back! Now the limit on them is two. I have three friends in mind and went ahead and used a $5 off $25 to compensate for that fact. W00T! I really love Rite Aid sometimes.



3 Gillette Fusion Shave Collection @ $9.00 each = $27.00
Total before Coupons: $27.00

$5 off $25 purchase
3 $4/1 Gillette Fusion
Total After Coupons: $10.00 (Used $8 +up from last week.)

Received:
2 $5 +up
Net: FREE! (okay I paid $.12 tax, but I'm not complaining.)

Saving Sunday - Mailbox!

Thoughts:
~A bit small this week. Something is better than nothing. ^_^

CVS - Little Trip, BIG TRIP

All the excitement this week is centered around Black Friday. (Or in the case of the drugstores Thanksgiving.) CVS started the week out with two small freebies. While these freebies were also offered with the Black Friday ad they had a different code event for the two separate ads this week. YEAH! Free twice over is nice.

I'm not going to elaborate here on the exact details of my transactions except for some minor changes as to the 'instructions' at Simply CVS has for $5 or less out of pocket scenario. (See here.) I will note the changes below.



~Transaction 1: No coupon for the Carmex Lip Balm. Darn! LOL.
~Transaction 4: Excedrin instead of the Advil. We were out when I walked in the door just before starting my shift at 2pm. (I'm told it was BUSY in the morning!)
~Transaction 7: No Excedrin. (Bought in transaction 4) Instead bought a pack of Wheat Thins for $.99 to go along with my lunch. (Not pictured.) Also skipped buying an additional $1.21 to save extra bucks for latter.

This was fun to do when it was quiet and dull for a while. My co-worker who rang me up was really impressed. He said he might have to start checking out these deal blogs I mentioned. ^_^

Saving Sunday - Mailbox!

I missed out on this last week. To much to do. *sighs* If only my schedule could be the same every week. Being in retail means that is not likely. At least it means be open on holidays and get time & a half. ^_^ YEAH!

Thoughts:

~The Eagle's shirt is from Rite Aid. They are running specials with some teams linked to specific areas where you buy $x between y and z you get a shirt. You can't pick the team, but my Dad LOVES the Eagle's. I plan on giving it to him as a X-mas gift. I have something else in mind for him, but this will be nice for him as well.

~Three samples from Target! Wisk, Moisture Rescue & a trash bag! Hoping to see many more in the future. Fingers crossed for Target coupons so I can combine with manufacture coupons.

~Barilla PLUS game bowl & coupon for free pasta. Also came with BOGO coupons. I'm hoping to spy a good sale within the next month. If not I'll just use the free coupon. I'm stocked up on pasta otherwise for the moment.

~Dunkin Dounuts, one last birthday freebie. No need to buy, just stop in for a free drink. I like the fact I've got longer to use it. One problem with a lot of Birthday coupons is you only have a week. As busy as I am there's not enough time. I think there is one of these on the way to my new store. Sweet!

Rite Aid

It finally happened. I was wonder when it would be asked where I worked. While I've mostly gotten over my nervousness of shopping Rite Aid and feeling almost traitorous I wasn't sure how Rite Aid employees would see it.

I try to be very organized with my coupons and like to double check as I put things up that I've got all the matching items for the coupons. (Particularly when I have a lot and end up using multiples.) The cashier was appreciative of this as I pair up BOGO deodorants of the same price with BOGO coupons. I told her it annoys me as a cashier when people don't get the right things, too many coupons or not enough coupons. (Which leads them very frustrated when the total is higher than expected. Now I leave all coupons on the counter until after the sale is completed. I'm okay with an honest mistake, but trying to tell me you can use two BOGO coupons between three items just irritates me. You need four items to use two BOGO coupons! Argh.)

"Where do you work?"

"CVS."

Laughter, "Oh my. Why are you shopping here?"

"I like to donate things. If I can get a good deal then that's where I shop."

At this point another employee and a manager start chiming in. They are also surprised. I talked a little about where exactly I work. More on why I shop Rite Aid and grinned all the way. I don't know if they'll look at me differently or not. Only time will tell. LOL. The cashier was very happy to take my coupons and seemed more excited than usual for the good deals I was getting. I hope that kind of response continues. It's refreshing. ^_^

So what exactly did I get?

4 Right Guard BOGO @ $3.29 each = $6.58
4 Dry Idea BOGO @ $4.29 each = $8.58
6 Blistex @ $1.50 each = $9.00
3 Olay Soap 2pk (BOGO 1/2 off) 2 @ $3.59, 1 @ $1.79 = $8.97
3 Trail Size Secret Deodorant @ $1.29 each = $3.87
Total Before Coupons: $37.00



4 BOGO Right Guard/Dry Idea 2 @ $3.29, 2 @ $4.29 ($15.16)
3 $1/2 Blistex ($3)
3 $5/1 Olay Soap/Body Wash wyb Secret ($15)
Total After Coupons: $3.85 (If I had thought about it I would have thrown on another Olay 4 pk and used a $5 off $25. Oh well.)

Recieved:
3 $1 +up Blistex
Net: $.85

I had expected more $1 +up as the rumor was you got two when you bought 2 Blistex. Either Rite Aid caught on & fixed it or I reached a limit. Ah well. All that for $.85 isn't bad. I just wished I thought about the $5 off $25+ sooner.

CVS

As I am trying to purchase more of my items from my 'new' store it means for the moment that these postings will be latter in the week most of the time. (More support for the store I will be working at full time beginning in January.) I usually can shop on Wednesday or Thursday. My current goal is to get these trips up late Wednesday, but no latter than Friday morning.

The vitality toothbrushes were out of stock. No surprise as it's the 'big' item so many people want to get. I had planned on getting the Skippy Peanut Butter, but we were out of the chunky. I keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow, or I'll just get a rain check.

I got lucky and grabbed the last Fiber one chocolate chewy bars from the shelf. They weren't signed, but were included in the sale. YEAH! Also picked up two cans of pumpkin. I'm hoping to make some 'pudding' or pie filling. I don't much care for pie crust, but I love the filling!

There were some good clearance finds this week. In addition to some of the cosmetics of L'Oreal individual pieces of the skin care line are on 75% clearance. One of the Go 360 Clean line is apart of it. Only that specific one though. (Pink & white in color.) As there are coupons on one of the online printable sites (coupons.com maybe?) for $1/1 Go 360 Clean I scored two for under a $1 each!

My manager ('new' store, the 'old' store still has these at full price) wants to clear out of the sample size Vaseline lotion fast. It was put on our clearance end cap for $.25 each! $1/1 no size restrictions in the paper this past week that meant four for each coupon. Sweet! If you don't seem them on clearance you'll still be able to score one for free.



Fiber One Bars $3.99
12 1oz Vaseline lotion @ $.25 each = $3.00
2 L'Oreal Go 360 Clean @ $1.87 each = $3.74 (Regular price $7.49 to give you an idea)
2 Libby's Pumpkin 15oz @ $1.29 = $2.58
Total Before Coupons: $13.31

$.50/1 Fiber One Bars (redplum.com? Some where on the internet)
3 $1/1 Vaseline lotion (no size restriction!, $3)
2 $1/1 L'Oreal go 360 Clean ($2)
Total After Coupons: $7.81

Received:
$3 EB Fiber One Bars
Net: $4.81 (Go Clearance!)

101 Posts!

I just noticed that my previous post was my 100th post! It amazes me how much I enjoy doing all this shopping for deals & posting them along with my debt climb. Now if only I could be a bit more consistent with the posting. Hopefully I can make myself out a schedule soon.

I missed my normal Sunday post rushing to get to work and then over night at my parents so I could see my mom in the hospital. She had a breast reduction (choice: breast reduction or more fusions in her neck) and there were some minor complications. That's actually really good for her, because usually she ends up with major complications and ends up there for almost a week.

In one of our conversations she was telling me how wonderful it was to breath while lying on her back. Can you image suffocating because your body made your breast to big? Makes me wonder how much I take for granted. (Such as my health in general.)

So congrats to Mutti on her breast reduction and yea for me & my blog!