Shopping Trip - 10/9/11

It's Sunday, so you know what that means... another shopping trip!

Rite Aid definitely wins the title of “Best Store of the Week.” I actually MADE money by shopping there. I love, love, love all their savings programs—UP rewards, Single Check Rebates, and Video Values. CVS was decent this week. Walgreens was a dud! I also made a quick trip to Kmart today. 

Here’s a picture of my haul. I’m pretty proud of this one. 

Click on the picture for a larger view. I purchased 54 items for a total of $8.48 plus tax with $20 in rewards remaining for next week. That doesn’t include the $10.00 in Register Rewards I have leftover from last week. Purchased items include 4 Pepsi 2-liters, 4 Pepsi Max 2-liters, 2 bags Kit Kats, 2 bags M&Ms, 1 bag Twix, 1 bag Snickers, 1 bag Hershey’s, 2 Reese’s Cups 8-packs, 1 Hershey’s 8-pack, 3 Extra Dessert Delights gum, 3 All laundry detergent, 1 box Comtrex Cold & Sinus medicine, 2 Carefree pantiliners, 1 bottle Bayer low-dose aspirin, 1 Emergen-C Immune Booster 2-pack shots, 1 Zarbee’s children’s cough syrup, 1 Hyland’s Defend Cold & Cough syrup, 1 Chloraseptic sore throat spray, 1 NeilMed Nasa Mist spray, 1 bag Halls Warm-Ups throat lozenges, 1 bag Burt Bee’s throat drops, 1 box Cepacol sore throat lozenges, 1 Blistex medicated lip ointment, 4 Rite Aid hand sanitizers, 2 big bottles Suave shampoo, 2 Colgate Optic White toothpaste, 4 Revlon Custom Eyes shadow and liner kits, 2 Revlon Luxurious Color single eye shadows, and 3 American Greetings birthday cards.

I had to pay $8.27 in tax today—almost as much as my subtotal. Even with tax included, I saved 87%! The total retail for those items was $116.03 plus tax. That means I saved $107.55 this week. Pretty great, huh? 

Between last week’s and this week’s candy purchases, I think I should be all set for Halloween. Plus, I’m loving the freebies on the medicine. We should be ready for winter! 

Here’s a breakdown of individual stores. 

Rite Aid

I had $19.50 in UPs from last week. Rite Aid didn’t have two items on my list, so I had to try to recalculate my transactions in the store. I still walked out with some AWESOME savings!  

Transaction # 1

3 Extra Dessert Delights 15-pk gum @ $1.00 = $3.00 (regularly $1.29 each)
Used -$1.00/2 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.00, earned $1.00 UP (making these $1.00 or $0.33 each)

2 Suave shampoo 30-oz bottles @ $1.50 = $3.00 (regularly $2.29 each)
Used -$2.00/2 Video Values coupon
Cost: $1.00 (making these $0.50 each) 

Hyland’s Defend Cold & Cough syrup 8 oz. $5.99 (regularly $13.29)
Cost: $5.99, earned $5.00 UPs (making this $0.99)

Bayer low-dose 81 mg aspirin 32-ct $2.99
Cost: $2.99, earned $2.00 UPs and $1.00 credit in SavingStar account (making this FREE)

4 Rite Aid hand sanitizers 8-oz @ $1.00 = $4.00 (regularly $2.99 each)
Cost: $4.00, earned $4.00 UPs (making these FREE)

2 Carefree pantiliners 20-ct @ $1.00 = $2.00 (regularly $1.49 each)
Used -$1.00/2 Video Values coupon
Used -$0.50 mfr coupon
Cost: $0.50 (making these $0.25 each)

NeilMed Nasa Mist 4.2 oz $5.00 (regularly $8.29)
Cost: $5.00, earned $5.00 UPs (making this FREE)

Transaction # 1 Total before coupons: $25.98 + tax = $28.45
-$4.50 coupons
-$19.50 UPs from last week
My OOP: $1.98 + tax = $4.45, earned $17.00 UPs and $1.00 in SavingStar account

Transaction # 2

2 Reese’s cups 8-pk and 1 Hershey’s fun-sized 8-pk  candy bars @ $1.00 = $3.00 (regularly $1.99 each)
Used -$0.50/2 Reese’s Video Values coupon
Cost: $2.50, earned $1.00 UP (making these $1.50 or $0.50 each)

2 Colgate Optic White 4 oz. toothpaste @ $3.99 = $7.98 (regularly $4.79 each)
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $5.98, earned $6.00 UPs (making these FREE + $0.02 profit)

Chloraseptic Sore Throat spray 6 oz. $3.99 (regularly $6.49)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.99, earned $3.00 UPs (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Comtrex Severe Cold and Sinus medicine 24-ct $3.99 (regularly $5.99)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.99, earned $3.00 UPs (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment .21 oz $1.49 (regularly $2.79)
Cost: $1.49, earned $1.49 UPs (making this FREE)

Cepacol honey lemon sore throat lozenges 16-ct $2.50 (regularly $4.99)
Cost: $2.50, earned $2.50 UPs (making this FREE)

Burt’s Bees honey throat drops 20-ct $1.49 (regularly $1.99)
Cost: $1.49, earned $1.49 UPs (making this FREE)

Transaction # 2 Total before coupons: $24.44 + tax = $25.07
-$0.32 20% off shopping pass (no clue about that amount)
-$4.50 coupons
-$17.00 UPs from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $2.62 + tax = $3.25, earned $18.48 UPs

Transaction # 3

2 Kit Kat and 1 Hershey fun-sized candy 10.78 oz bags @ $2.00 = $6.00 (regularly $3.99 each)
Used -$1.00/3 mfr coupon
Used -$1.00/2 Video Values coupon
Cost: $4.00, earned $1.00 UP (making these $3.00 or $1.00 each)

Zarbee’s all-natural children’s cough syrup $5.99 (regularly $8.29)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.99, submit for $5.99 Single Check Rebate (making this FREE + $1.00 profit)

Emergen-C Immune Booster 2-pk shots $3.49 (regularly $4.99)
Cost: $3.49, submit for $3.49 Single Check Rebate (making this FREE)

Transaction # 3 Total before coupons: $15.48 + tax = $16.95
-$3.00 coupons
-$12.48 UPs from Transaction # 2
My OOP: $0.00 + tax = $1.47, earned $1.00 UPs and $9.48 Single Check Rebates

Total Rite Aid before coupons: $65.90 + tax = $70.47
Today’s OOP: $4.60 + tax = $9.17
-$9.48 Single Check Rebates and $1.00 SavingStar credit
Total OOP:  -$5.88 + tax = -$1.31, with $7 UPs remaining
Savings: $71.78, 102%

CVS

 

I started with $3.79 ECBs from a couple of weeks ago. 

Transaction # 1

2 Revlon Custom Eyes shadow and liner kits @ $2.25 = $4.50 (clearance—regularly $8.99 each)
Used -$5.00/2 CVS coupon
Cost: -$0.50 (making these FREE + $0.50 profit)

4 Pepsi 2-liters @ $0.99 = $3.96 (regularly $1.99 each)
Used (2) BOGO coupons -$1.98
Cost: $1.98 (making these $0.49 each)

Transaction # 1 Total before coupons: $8.46 + tax = $9.23
-$6.98 coupons
My OOP: $1.48 + tax = $2.25

Transaction # 2

2 M&Ms 11.4-12.6 oz bags @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.29 each)
Used -$1.50/2 mfr coupon
Used (2) -$0.50 CVS coupons
Cost: $2.50

Twix 11.4 oz bag and Snickers 11.1 oz bag fun-sized candy @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $3.99-$4.19)
Used -$1.50/2 mfr coupon
Cost: $3.50

(Candy deal – get $3 ECBs when you buy $10. I paid $6 OOP and received $3.00 ECBs. That’s like paying $0.75 per bag.)

4 Pepsi Max 2-liters @ $0.99 = $3.96 (regularly $1.99 each)
Used (2) -$1.00/2 mfr coupons
Cost: $1.96 (making these $0.49 each)

3 American Greetings birthday cards @ $0.99 = $2.97
Cost: $2.97, earned $3.00 ECBs (making these FREE + $0.03 profit)

2 Revlon Custom Eyes shadow and liner kits @ $2.25 = $4.50 (clearance – regularly $8.99 each) 

2 Revlon Luxurious Color eye shadow singles @ $4.89 = $9.78
-$2.45 BOGO 50% off sale
-$5.00/2 CVS coupon
-$3.00/$10.00 cosmetic purchase
Cost: $3.83 (making these $0.96 each)

Transaction # 2 Total before coupons: $28.76 + tax = $30.72
-$5.00/$25.00 CVS coupon
-$14.00 coupons
-$3.79 ECBs from last week
My OOP: $5.97 + tax = $7.93, with $7 ECBs remaining ($1 for using my Green bag tag, PLUS I’ll earn an additional $5 ECBs from my beauty club purchases—that will print on my next visit.)

CVS Total before coupons: $37.22 + tax = $39.95
My OOP: $7.45 + tax = $10.18, with $12 ECBs remaining
Savings: $29.77, 75%

Walgreens

Super slow week at Walgreens. I couldn’t even use my Register Rewards from last week to pay because I couldn’t find enough items to buy! I’ll use those next Sunday. 

Halls Warm-Ups apple cider lozenges 20-ct bag $1.00
Cost: $1.00, earn $1.00 RR (making these FREE)

Walgreens Total: $1.00 + tax = $1.10, with $1.00 RR remaining

Kmart

3 All Small and Mighty Free & Clear 32-load laundry detergent @ $3.97 = $11.91 (regularly $5.79 each)
Used in-ad coupon -$3.00
Used (3) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $5.91 (making these $1.97 each)

Kmart Total before coupons: $11.91 + tax = $12.78
My OOP: $5.91 + tax = $6.78
Savings: $6.00, 47%

Here are my leftover rewards. I earned $20 this week--$7 from Rite Aid, $1 from Walgreens, and $12 from CVS. Only $7 from CVS are pictured, though. My Beauty Club reward will print the next time I scan my card in store. I can also print it online in a couple of days. The $10 Register Rewards on the left side of the picture are leftovers from last week's sale.