Rite Aid's Back on My Good Side

After a few frustrating Rite Aid trips, I'm happy to say that Rite aid is back on my good side after this week's hassle free transactions.

Bought:
5 Puffs with Lotion @ $0.99 each
1 Zegrid 14 ct $11.99 rang up $10.79 after wellness discount
(is Wellness throwing off your totals too?)
1 Colgate toothpaste $2.99
1 Everlast Energy shot 2pk $5.39 after Wellness
4 Reeses PB cups @ $0.88 each bogo (yes one is missing from the shot..hmm where could that have gone ;)

Coupons:
1, $5.00 off $20 RA
1, $3.00 off Zegrid RA
1, $4.00 off Zegred Man
1, $1.00 off Colgate
1, $10.00 off Everlast RA pdf valid through 12/31!
5, $0.50 off puffs with lotion vocal point mailer

Paid:
$0.38 woo hoo

Got back $2.00 from the colgate and will submit for the Zegrid rebate for a $12.41 Moneymaker!

The wellness discounts are really throwing off my totals, I had figured the total out before checking out and thought I was A-OK, as I was watching the cashier scan the coupons I noticed that I had a negative subtotal. I quickly grabbed another two candy bars to "solve" the "problem". The cashier was very nice this time and I didn't have any problems with their acceptance of my coupons.

Sunday Rite Aid Money Maker!

Took a trip to Rite Aid this afternoon to "get in" on the 3 day body wash sale. Unfortunately nobody in my family/extended family, except my dad (and how much can one man really use?), uses men's body wash, so all of this will be donated. Fortunately, everyone in my family uses deodorant (smile) so these secret's will go to good use.

Two transactions yielded:

4 secret, $2.49 each
4 Old spice body wash, $2.99 each
2 Herbal Essences shampoo, $2.49 each
2 Herbal Essences conditioner, $2.49 each
1 Style Science kids sunglasses $7.99
1 Schick Hydro 5 blade $6.99

Coupons
2, $5.00 off $20.00 Value Video coupons (1 per transaction/account)
4, $1.00 off Herbal Essences
2, $1.00 off secret when you buy 2
2, BOGO old spice bodywash
1, $4.00 off style science kids sunglasses
1, $5.00 off schick hydro
1, $1.00 off schick hydro value video
Tried to use 2, $1.00 off $10.00 skincare but they wouldn't scan so the cashier wouldn't take them, the Rite Aid near me has really touchy scanners, I wish they would upgrade.

Paid
$17.45 OOP, will get back the following SCRs:
2, $2.99 SCR on the old spice (one for my account and one for mom's)
4, $3.00 SCR secret (two me, two mom)
4, $3.00 SCR herbal essences (two me, two mom)
1, $10.00 SCR sunglasses (already bought one, needed one more for this rebate)

For a Money Maker of $10.53 yay!

Rite Aid Money Maker!

I wish I had realized that the everlast vitamins were a monthly deal earlier. Unfortunately my Rite Aid only had 3 bottles so I couldn't do the deal twice. I did snag a raincheck, but the bogo pdf coupon is only good through the 11th I believe.

Here's what I got:
2 Everlast Vitamins $19.99 (bogo)
1 StyleScience Barbie sunglasses $7.99
1 Burt's Bees pedicure kit on clearance $6.49
1 Old Spice Deodorant $2.99

Coupons used:
1, $5.00 off $20.00 Value Video
1, $2.00 off Burt's Bees product (not lip) sticky on the lip balm I bought last trip
1, $10.00 off Style Science sunglasses VV
1, $19.99 Everlast (bogo coupon)

Paid:
$1.34 OOP ($0.87 was tax)

Will get back $2.00 SCR on the sunglasses and $1.00 on the old spice for a $1.66 moneymaker!

Rite Aid Money Maker #2

Second Rite Aid Trip:
1 Dove Mens Care (rain check price $4.00)
2, Carefree liners $0.99 each
1 Aconmel Acne creme $6.99
1, Efferdent $5.99

Coupons:
1, $1.50 off Dove Men's Care
2, $1.00 off carefree liner printables
1, $3.00 off $15 Rite aid pdf coupon

Paid $12.95 Out of pocket, Will get back $15.00 in SCRs making everything FREE, PLUS a $2.05 Money Maker

More Rite Aid Money Maker Deals...

I just couldn't help making one more trip to my local Rite Aids (yes plural, usually one doesn't have much and I have to do several scenarios just in case they are missing my "key" items).

First Rite Aid Trip:
1 Dove Mens Care (rain check price $4.00)
1 Satin Care Shave gel $1.99
2 Sure deodorants bogo at $2.99
2 Renu Travel kits $0.99 each
1 Listerine pocket pack $3.99
1 Aconel Acne creme $6.99

Coupons:
1, $1.50 off Dove Men's Care
1, $1.00 off gillette shave gel
1, $1.50 off Sure deodorant
1, $1.00 off Sure men's deodorant
2, $0.99 off Renu Printable from coupons.com
1, $0.50 off listerine pocket pack
1, $5.00 off $20 Rite aid VV coupon

Paid $10.00 Out of pocket

Will get back $14.00 in SCRs making everything FREE, PLUS a $4.00 Money Maker!!

Rite Aid Money Maker number 2!

Bought:
1 Actonmel acne treatment $6.99
1 Listerine pocket pack $3.99
1 Efferdent for my papa $5.99
1 Satin Care shave gel $1.99
1 Care Free liner 16 ct $.99
1 Renu travel kit $0.99

Coupons Used
1, $5.00 off 20.00 Value Video
1, $1.00 off satin care
1, $1.00 off care free liner printable
1, $2.00 off carefree value video (expires today, go now!)
1, $1.00 off Renu from coupons.com
1, $0.50 off Listerine pocket pack

Paid
$12.00 OOP, will get back $16.00 in SCR making this deal a $4.00 Moneymaker after tax!

Please note: for all of my Rite Aid transactions, I shop and submit rebates for my grandparents. So if you noticed I bought two of the same item, one SCR is going to them at their address and one is going to me at my address.

Get to Rite Aid Now! Make Money Money, Make Money Money Money!

Seriously! The deals this week are awesome. Just got back and here's my first transaction.

Bought:
1 Albolene $7.99
1 Listerine pocket pack $3.99
1 Monkey Butt (lol) $3.99
1 Satin Care shave gel $1.99
1 Care Free liner 16 ct $.99
1 Suave hair spray $1.99

Coupons Used
1, $5.00 off 20.00 Value Video
1, $1.00 off satin care
1, $1.00 off care free liner printable
1, $2.00 off carefree value video (expires today, go now!)
1, $1.00 off hair care product $1.99 or more wellness coupon that printed at the bottom of my receipt when using my wellness card.
1, $0.50 off Listerine pocket pack

Paid
$11.14 OOP, will get back $15.00 in SCR making this deal a $3.86 Moneymaker after tax!

CVS savings, Physician's Formula moneymaker!

Made a trip to cvs yesterday to use up a $5 off $15 coupon that was expiring.

Bought:
1 Colgate max fresh $2.99
1 Earinse $7.99
1 Physician's Formula compact with brush $6.99

Used:
1, $1.00 off colgate (all you Feb)
$5.00 off $15.00 cvs coupon
$12.00 in ECBs

Paid:
$0.16!

Got back:
$2.00 on the Colgate, $5.00 on the physician's formula, $7.99 on the Earinse. Will submit for the Physician's Formula "try me free" rebate for $6.99, for a moneymaker of $9.82!

Target Money Maker

So I headed to Target this weekend to do the Olay body wash/Venus razor deal. I planned to buy 3 Venus razors and 1 fusion razor then use 3, buy a venus get an olay body wash coupons, plus 3, $2.00 off a venus and 1, $4.00 off fusion razor. In theory I would have gotten 3, $5.00 Target gift cards and then would have submitted for the $15.00 olay rebate.

But there were no fusion razors (well there was one that was $4.99, but the scanner did not recognize it as Target merchandise, weird!). So I bought everything as planned thinking maybe I could convince the cashier to give me the gift card since all of the $6.99 fusions were gone. Umm...no. But he did push through the $2.00 off each of the venus razors. I bought the "wrong" body washes that didn't trigger the $5.00 gift card (always, always scan before you buy, I'm not sure what I was thinking). So I ended up only getting one $5.00 target giftcard. I took back the body wash the next day and got the correct washes to trigger the card.

Long Story short, I paid $3.85 for everything in the photo PLUS got a $5.00 Target gift cards. I'll submit for the Olay rebate making this deal a $16.15 Money Maker!

Weekend Rite Aid Trips

Here's several transactions worth of goods:

All together I spent $101.56 (yes that's a lot and that's AFTER coupons, so the value of the items pre-sale and coupon price was really high) but wait... here's what I'll get back

$20.00 on the Alli ($10 SCR times 2)
$23.97 on the gel tears ($7.99 times 3)
$6.00 on the colgate ($2.00 times 3)
$10.00 on the KY intense ($5.00 times 2)-One KY and a pack of gum is missing, want to know why? See my last post.

Total $59.97 back in Single Check Rebates plus I earned 2, $25 Rite Aid gift cards from the Healthy Heart promotion (alli $49.99 plus a soy joy bar at $1.00 to put me over the $50.00 I needed to spend to get the $25 card).

So if you subtract the two gift cards (I don't since they are store specific) it's like I spent $9.97 for everything above.

But wait... (I feel like an infomercial now), I plan to auction off the alli and the KY and anticipate I'll make around $30.00 each for the allis ($60.00 total) and $15.00 each for the KYs ($30.00) for a total moneymaker (fingers crossed) of approximately $30.00 and 2, $25 gift cards!

CVS Finds 1/14

Finally I made it over to CVS this week. There weren't a lot of great deals on things we need, but here's what I picked up...

Transaction 1 (self checkout)

1 Nature's Bounty Fish oil 120 ct $10.49
1 Nature's Bounty Fish oil 120 ct $Free (bogo this week)
1 Oil of Olay Quench Lotion $9.99

Coupons Used:
(1) $5.00 off $20 purchase CVS (Sacramento Bee printable exp. 1/16)
(2) $3.00 off Nature's Bounty printables (enter codes from previous purchases)
(1) $3.00 off olay quench lotion (from Cosmo magazine I got for free)
(1) $6.00 ECB from last time

Total Out of Pocket $1.07 ($0.59 was sales tax) For $30.49 worth of product Got back $3.00 ECB to use next time and will submit the $9.99 for the Olay Quench Rebate to make this a money maker.

Transaction 2

1 Nature's Bounty Fish oil 120 ct $10.49
1 Nature's Bounty Fish oil 120 ct $Free (bogo this week)
1 Puffs Tissue $0.96
2 Panteen Shampoo/Conditioner $6.97
1 Bayer Low Dose (Shout out to my grandma, these are for you) $1.99
1 CVS chocolate covered fruit/nuts $.99
1 L'Oreal eye shadow $1.75 on 75% clearance

Coupons Used:
(1) $5.00 off $20 purchase CVS (Sacramento Bee printable exp. 1/16)
(2) $3.00 off Nature's Bounty printables (enter codes from previous purchases)
(1) $1.00 off Puffs (from a home mailing)
(1) $3.00 off 2 Panteen from the 12/27
(1) $1.00 off 1 Bayer low dose 12/27?
(1) $4.00 ECB from last time
(1) $1.00 ECB from last time

Total Out of Pocket would have been $1.14 ($0.45 of which was sales tax)but I paid with a amex gift card I've had in my wallet for a while For $40.73 worth of product Got back $3.00 ECB and $2.00 ECB to use next time.

Note to self, always scan every item you buy before you check out. My totals were off on the second transaction and I ended up having to buy the cvs fruit because the aspirin was on sale (unmarked, because the actual aspirin I wanted to buy wasn't in stock). If I had known I would have bought something more useful then chocolate covered fruit, but I had to grab whatever was closest to not hold up the line, Oh well, E will be happy.

Rite Aid $3.22 Money Maker!

Here's what I picked up a Rite Aid this morning:

1 Contac Cold & Flu for $4.99
1 Theraflu for $4.99
1 GE Soft White Bulbs 2 pack $2.00
1 Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner for $12.99
Total=$24.97

Coupons Used:
(1) Rite Aid $5/$20 coupon from watching ads
(1) $2.00 Contact coupon from the 1/10 Red Plum
(1) $2.00 Theraflu coupon from the 12/6 Smart Source
(1) $7.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Internet Printable
(1) $3.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner from the Rite Aid circular

Paid $5.97 for everything and will get back...
$4.99 Single Check Rebate #33 for the Contact
$3.00 Single Check Rebate #38 for the Theraflu
$2.00 Single Check Rebate #89 for the GE bulbs

Final cost all the above FREE + a $3.32 moneymaker for $24.97 worth of product! This great deal courtesy of info found on hip2save's website here

Today's Gets...Free TP from CVS!

I bought:

2 eye shadows on sale for $1.25 each (regular price 4.99 each)=$2.50
2 Foundations on sale for $2.62 each (regular price $10.49)=$5.54
1 Cottonelle Toilet Paper $12.88 (regular price $15.99)
2 Boxes of soy joy bars $6.00 (regular price $7.49)=$12.00
4 oust sanitizers at $3.99 each (regular price $3.99)=$15.96
2 Colgate Max Toothpastes 2 for $5.00 (regular price $3.29 each)
1 GE Energy Saver light bulb $2.99 (regular price $5.99)
1 Travel size Renu contact solution $1.99
1 Bag of Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds $.99 (not shown)
1 Bag of Cashews $.99 half off paid .50 (had to buy these because my total was less than my ECB, still haven't figured out why sometimes I can pay tax with ECBs and sometimes I can't, varies time to time).

Subtotal=$58.05

Coupons Used:
2 ($5.00 off 20:these were two transactions) CVS printable from the Sacramento Bee
2($1.00 off 1 Loreal eye shadow) coupons 1/3 SS
2 ($3.00 off Loreal Foundation) coupon 1/3 SS
1 ($.050) off Cottonelle TP online printable
2 bogo oust coupons from the 1/3 SS
1 ($1.00) off colgate from the 12/6 SS
1 ($.75) off colgate internet printable
1 (2.00) off GE energy saver
1 (2.00) off Renu internet printable (no longer available)
$30.00 in ECBS


Total Paid=$2.02! For $93.61 worth of product!
Received back: $32.00 back in ECBS

I'm pleased with this trip as I paid with $30 in ECBS and got back $32 ECBS. I paid $2.02 out of pocket ($1.20 of which was 7% sales tax ugg) so I really only ended up paying $.02 for everything above or a little over a $30 money maker (depending on how you want to look at it).