Tuesday, April 28, 2009

My 39 Cent Rite Aid Trip 4/28/09

I went to Rite Aid tonight to finish fixing my prescription fiasco that I started last week. Way too long of a story to write about! I usually wait until the end of the week to do my Rite Aid shopping, but I wanted to be sure to use the 5/25 coupon before it expires on Thursday. I haven't seen or heard of another one coming out, but I will be watching. So here's what I did tonight for 0.39!

Here's what I bought:

Electrasol 20 ct 4.49
Tampax Pearl 40 ct 8.49 (to get my total above 25.00)
Skintimate Cream 6 oz 2.99
SaltAire 6.99
Mini Drop 30 ct 6.49

Total 29.45

Coupons used:
5/25.00 ***Give this first***
2.50 Electrasol
1.00 Tampax
0.75 Skintimate
1.00 SaltAire
1.00 Mini Drop

Total OOP 20.11

Will receive SCR for:
2.00 Electrasol
2.00 Tampax
2.24 Skintimate
6.99 SaltAire
6.49 Mini Drop

Which brings my final total to... 0.39!!! I paid for the 20.11 with my Rite Aid gift card which was purchased with prior SCR checks.

One tip I have is to try to make your filler items something useful if at all possible. I needed almost a 5.00 filler to hit 25.00, so I chose the Tampax for 8.49. It is definitely useful, and I noticed it had a rebate attached. I could have chosen something lower in price to make my trip profitable, but the tampons won out. Of course, if your filler only needs to be 1.00 or so, throw a pack of gum up, or a candy bar. Those are both quite useful too!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Rite Aid Deals Week of 4/26/09

Here is what I see at Rite Aid this week. If you shop before Thursday April 30th, you can use this 5/25 coupon to help out with your transaction. Read on for a great scenario!

Mini Drops Eye Therapy 30 ct. 6.49
6.49 SCR
1.00 Mini Drops Printable
Final Cost: 1.00 Profit

SaltAire Sinus & Allergy Relief 1 ct. 6.99
6.99 SCR
1.00 SaltAire Printable
Final Cost: 1.00 Profit

Skintimate Cream Shave 6 oz. 2.99
2.24 SCR
0.75 Skintimate coupon
Final Cost: FREE

Electrasol Dishwasher Detergent 4.49
2.00 SCR
2.50 Electrasol coupon from Smart Source insert
Final Cost: FREE

ProFoot Flex-Tastic 3/15
10.00 SCR when you buy 3
1/1 Printable (print 3)
Final Cost: 0.67 each

Listerine Mouthwash 1 Liter 2/8.00
4.00 off two in ad coupon
Final Cost: 2.00 each

Try this scenario out!
Purchase:
Mini Drops 6.49
SaltAire 6.99
Electrasol 4.49
Skintimate 2.99
Listerine 2/8.00
Total: 28.96

Coupons:
5/25 Printable ***Give this first***
1.00 Mini Drops
1.00 SaltAire
2.50 Electrasol
0.75 Skintimate
4.00 Listerine (in ad)

Pay 14.71 OOP

Receive 17.72 SCR for:
6.49 Mini Drops
6.99 SaltAire
2.00 Electrasol
2.24 Skintimate

Profit of 3.01 for this simple transaction! Give it a try and let me know how you did!

Here's another using the foot products.
Purchase:
3 Profoot Flex-tastic 15.00
Electrasol 4.49
Mini Drops 6.49
Total:25.98

Coupons:
5/25 Printable ***Give this first***
3 1/1 Profoot
2.50 Electrasol
1.00 Mini Drops

Total OOP 14.48

Receive 18.49 SCR for:
10.00 Profoot
2.00 Electrasol
6.49 Mini Drops

Profit of 4.01!!! See if you can mix it up!

I'm Still Here!

I wanted to let you all know that I am still here, just very busy! I am finishing up my last paper for the semester today, so watch out! Next week I will have plenty of posts for you. Rite Aid looks good this week, so I will see what money making scenarios I can come up with!

April 30th is coming up this week, and tons of my coupons are expiring. I have been trying to pay attention to the good coupons that are expiring, so I don't miss out. I just stopped at Kroger, and used 5 2.00 Marcal Toilet Paper coupons on 5 6 roll packs of toilet paper that were on sale for 2.50 each. That's 30 rolls of toilet paper for 2.50 (the cost of six rolls)! I can handle that!

I also used my 1.50 off Kraft Salad Dressing coupons at Walmart. These are expiring 4-29-09. I know I said I don't shop there much, but somethings you just can't get at CVS. Like basketball nets and laundry baskets! Anyway, the price of the salad dressings are on roll back for 1.58. I used 5 coupons and got each dressing for 0.08!

So, stay tuned, I promise I will come up with more info for you soon!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Chief Super Double Coupons to Use!

After my shopping trip to Chief today, I found tons of great coupons to use! I will list them below, but I don't know what inserts the coupons came from. Hopefully you have them! Chief does not offer overage, but the coupon will double to the price of the item making it free!

I saved 68.09 today with coupons, and I'm going back tomorrow! Please let me know if you see any other great coupons to use this week!

Ronzoni Pasta 1.55 Sale
1.00 coupon doubles to 1.55

French's Honey Mustard 2.65
1.00 French's
Final cost 0.65

Pringle's 1.49
1.00/2 Pringle's
Final cost 0.98 for 2

Kruncher's Kettle Chips 2/6.00
1.00 Kruncher's in the 4/19 Smart Source insert
Final cost 1.00 per bag

Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage Links or Patties 2.99 Sale Price
1.00 Johnsonville Links
1.00 Johnsonville Patties
Final cost 0.99

Welch's Mixed Dried Fruit 2.89
1.00 Welch's
Final cost 0.89

New York Croutons 1.78 Sale Price
0.55 New York Coupon'
Final cost 0.68

McCormick Grill Mates 2.21 Sale Price
1.00 or 0.75 McCormick
Final cost 0.21-0.71 (These are FREE at Kroger this week)

Quaker Tortilla's 1.99
1.00 Quaker

Danimal's Crush Cups 2.65
1.00 Danimal's
Final cost 0.65

Daisy Cottage Cheese 3.05
1.00 Daisy
Final cost 1.05

Dannon Activia 4 pk. 2.58
1.00 Dannon Activia
Final cost 0.58

Breyer's Ice Cream 3/9.00 Sale Price
0.75 Breyer's 15 Qt or larger
Final cost 1.50 each

Kellogg's Pop Tarts 8 ct 1.99
1.00/2 Pop Tarts
Final cost 1.98 for 2 boxes

Arnold's Bread 2.99
1.00 Arnold's (From All You Magazine)
Final cost 0.99

GM Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Fruity Cheerios, Golden Grahams 3/6.00 Sale Price
1.00/3
Final cost 1.33 per box

Sargento Cheese 2/4.00 Sale Price
0.55/2 Sargento
Final cost 1.45 per bag

Freschetta Frozen Pizzas 6.99
1.00 off any Freschetta
Final cost 4.99 each

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I Ran for the Purex!

I had plans to go to Bryan today, but the Purex coupon made everything so much nicer! Here's what I did at CVS.

Transaction #1
4 Purex on sale B1G1 Free 13.98
Colgate 360 Toothbrush 3.99
Softsoap Body Wash 5.29 (didn't get the sale price for some reason)
Easter egg Dye 50% off 1.49

Coupons used
2 B1G1 Purex
0.75 Colgate
1.00 Softsoap
5.49 ECB's

Totol OOP 4.88
This is way more than I like to spend OOP, but I guess I forgot how to do my math. Read on, and you can see why I'm not too upset.

ECB's Received
3.99 Colgate
4.99 Softsoap (this one didn't print, so I may not have picked up the right kind)

Transaction #2
Easter Egg Dye (50% off) 1.49
Colgate 360 Toothbrush 3.99
4 Sobe Life Waters B1G1 2.98

Coupons Used:
0.75 Colgate
2 B1G1 Sobe
4.99 ECB from Softsoap (The cashier kindly deducted this because my ECB did not print).

Total OOP:
-0.01!!!
She adjusted the amount to be 0.00, and I was all set!

ECB's Received
3.99 Colgate

This is 50.17 worth of stuff! I paid 4.88 OOP:( Went in with 5.49 ECB's, and came out with 7.98. Free laundry soap doesn't happen often, so stock up if you can!

Free Purex Detergent through Saturday

Here's a deal I can't pass up posting. Coupons.com has a B1G1 Purex printable out for our region. Through Saturday, CVS has Purex on sale B1G1, making them both free! Remember to hit your back button three times and reclip the coupons so you can print them twice!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Gettin' Back in the Rite Aid Saddle

I went to Rite Aid last week, and I am posting this just for the fun of it. Hopefully someone can learn something and take advantage of this post!

Here's what I bought:
Bounce Dryer Sheets (needed them desperately) 5.49
Old Spice Professional Deodorant 5.99
Always Liners 80 ct 5.99
Blink Tears 15 ml 7.99
2 Sweet Sue Chunk Chicken (rain check) 0.99 each
Total 27.44

Coupons used:
5/25 printable
1.00 Old Spice
0.50 Always (P&G)
2.00 Blink Tears
2 0.75 Sweet Sue
Total OOP 19.09 with tax

Will get back SCR for:
Old Spice 4.00
Always 2.00
Blink Tears 7.99

Really, I got all of that for less than the cost of the dryer sheets--that I needed! $5.10!! I paid with my February rebate check, and put the remainder on a gift card! Yet another reason why Walmart doesn't get much of my money!

More Super Doubles at Chief!

Imagine my surprise, when I read there are super doubles again this week at Chief! I totally missed it last month, thanks to nasty white patches on my tonsills that caused a lovely 3 days of fevers! Now I'm healthy and ready to go! Remember, during super double week coupons up to and including 1.00 will be doubled! I am going to try to update this post with great coupons to use this week! Stay tuned! Let me know if you find any great ones!



BTW, not much great going on at Rite Aid this week. I'm turning my attention to CVS and Walgreen's.

***UPDATE***
New post for deals at Chief 4.19.09.

Friday, April 10, 2009

What Are We Going To Do?

There are no coupons this weekend due to the Easter holiday. Hopefully you got a paper last weekend with the FIVE inserts! There were definitely some good coupons! I am kind of happy that there aren't any coupons this weekend because I am SO far behind with my organizing! Have a great Easter holiday everyone!

Kroger Triple Coupons This Weekend!

The Toledo area Kroger stores are tripling coupons this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is no limit to the number of coupons you can triple. Any coupon up to and including 0.50 will be tripled. Kroger stores are open on Easter Sunday as well.

Another promotion Kroger is running right now allows you to "Design Your Own Reusable Shopping Bag" and they will ship it to you free. Check out the link here for more information.

If anyone gets to Kroger, please let me know how you did!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Rite Aid Deals Week of 4/5/09

There are quite a few good deals at Rite Aid this week. Maybe I'll get off my rump and go for once. I was really surprised when I realized I don't get a March Rebate Check! I didn't go at all!

Don't forget about the 5/25 printable!

Blink Tears Lubricating Eye Drops 7.99
7.99 SCR
2.00 Blink Coupon
Final Cost: 2.00 PROFIT

Mento's Gum 0.99
1.00 Mento's Coupon
Final Cost: FREE

Colgate Total 4.2 oz or Toothbrush 1.99
1.00 In Ad Coupon
0.75 Colgate
Final Cost: 0.24 (This is a good price if you need toothpaste, but it can often be found for free.)

Halls Cough Drops 25-30 ct 1.50
1.00 Halls
Final Cost: 0.50

Old Spice Pro-Strength Deodorant 5.99
4.00 SCR
1.00 P&G Coupon
Final Cost: 0.99

Lexar 1 GB SD card 7.00
5.00 SCR
Final Cost: 2.00

Tampax Tampons 40 ct 5.99
2.00 SCR
Final Cost: 3.99

Always Maxi's 20-48 ct, Liners 68-80 ct 5.99
2.00 SCR
Final Cost: 3.99