Shopping Trip - 11/27/11

The sales weren’t crazy good this week, but what could I expect after the savings extravaganza on Thanksgiving. The best part about my purchases today? I bought several USEFUL items, like plates, laundry detergent, and toilet paper.

I bought 33 items for a total of $8.83 plus tax. Retail value with sales prices was $88.19 plus tax. I paid $8.01 in tax today—almost as much as my subtotal. Even with tax included, I saved $79.36 or 82%. This is mostly thanks to using my rewards earned on Thanksgiving, although I did have some decent coupons to use. I have a $10 gift card and $24.99 in rewards remaining, PLUS $29.94 in rewards leftover from previous purchases. That means I have $64.93 to use on future shopping trips.

Purchased items include 2 Diet Pepsi 12-packs, 1 Mountain Dew 12-pack, 2 packs Chinet plates, 1 can Campbell’s Spaghettio’s, 8 Glade aerosol air fresheners, 2 Oral B battery toothbrushes, 1 Walgreens cold sore treatment, 2 Tide Free and Gentle laundry detergents, 1 Charmin toilet paper 12-double rolls, 1 Mission Foot Rehab cream, 1 Mission Max Muscle Rehab gel, 1 bottle Revitalens Complete multipurpose solution, 2 bags Haribo Gummi Bears, 3 Russell Stover holiday chocolates, 4 holiday sticker books, and 1 Softlips pearl lip balm (not pictured because I accidentally left it in the bag.)

Here’s a breakdown of each store.

CVS

Campell’s Spaghettio’s with meatballs $1.00 (regularly $1.77—not a good deal, but my mom wanted these for lunch next week)

Revitalens Complete Multipurpose Solution 12 oz. $8.99
Cost: $8.99, earned $8.99 EB (making this FREE)

The following items were part of the “Get a $10 gift card when you buy $30 in participating items” promotion. 

2 Oral B power toothbrushes @ $4.99 = $9.98 (regularly $7.99 each)
Used (2) -$3.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $3.98 

2 Tide Free and Gentle laundry detergents @ $5.94 = $11.88 (regularly $8.49 each)
Used (2) -$2.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $7.88

8 Glade aerosol sprays @ $0.99 = $7.92 (regularly $1.99 each)
Used (4) -$2.00/2 mfr coupons (adjusted to $7.92 instead of $8.00)
Cost: FREE

Gift card promotion total: $29.78
Used -$17.92 in coupons
Cost: $11.86, earned $10 gift card (making ALL these items only $1.86 or $0.16 each)

CVS total before coupons: $39.77 + tax = $43.63
-$17.92 coupons
-$17.98 ExtraBucks from Thanksgiving purchases
My OOP: $3.87 + tax = $7.73, earned $10 gift card and $8.99 EBs (plus $5 EBs that printed out because I reached another $50 on Beauty Club!)
Savings: $35.90, 82%

 

Walgreens

I started with $22.49 in Register Rewards. My cashier was not the friendliest and she missed scanning one of my coupons. It was just $0.30, but I’ve GOT to start paying more attention at the register. That’s two missed coupons in just a couple of days. 

Transaction # 1

Mission Foot Rehab Cream $5.99
Cost: $5.99, earned $6 RR (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Mission Max Muscle Rehab gel $5.99
Cost: $5.99, earned $6 RR (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Walgreens cold sore treatment $7.99
Cost: $7.99, earned $8 RR (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Softlips pearl lip balm $2.00
Cost: $2.00, earned $2 RR (making this FREE)

2 Haribo Gummi Bears @ $1.49 = $2.98
Used -$1.40 in-ad coupon
Used -$0.30 mfr coupon (I had TWO -$0.30 coupons, but the cashier didn’t scan one.)
Cost: $1.28 (making these $0.64 each—should’ve been $0.49 if the cashier scanned the other coupon)

3 Russell Stover holiday chocolates @ $0.50 = $1.50
Used -$0.63 in-ad coupon
Cost: $0.87 (making these $0.29 each)

Transaction # 1 total before coupons: $26.45 + tax = $28.77
-$2.33 coupons
-$22.49 RRs from Thanksgiving purchases
My OOP: $1.63 + tax = $3.95, earned $22 RRs

Transaction # 2

4 Christmas sticker books @ $0.50 = $2.00
Used -$0.44 in-ad coupon
Cost: $1.56 (making these $0.39 each)

2 packs Chinet plates @ 2/$3.00
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $1.00 (making these $0.50 each—which is a super deal!)

Charmin toilet paper 12-double rolls $5.99
Used -$0.25 mfr coupon
Cost: $5.74

Transaction # 2 total before coupons: $10.99 + tax = $11.99
-$2.69 coupons
-$8.00 RR from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $0.30 + tax = $1.30

Walgreens total before coupons: $37.44 + tax = $40.76
My OOP: $1.93 + tax = $5.25, with $14 RRs remaining
Savings: $35.51, 87%

Rite Aid

I started with $8 UPs. It was a very slow week at Rite Aid.

3 Pepsi product 12-packs @ $3.66 = $10.98 (regularly $5.49 each)
Cost: $10.98, earned $2 UPs (making these $2.99 each)

Rite Aid total before coupons: $10.98 + tax = $11.86
-$8.00 UPs from Thanksgiving sales
My OOP: $2.98 + tax = $3.86, with $2 UPs remaining
Savings: $8.00, 67%

No picture of rewards, but I earned a $10 CVS gift card, $8.99 ExtraBucks, $14 Register Rewards, and $2 UPs. I also received $5 ExtraBucks for meeting another $50 Beauty Club goal. PLUS, I have $24.94 in ExtraBucks remaining from the Thanksgiving purchases. Looks like I'll get to do lots more shopping at CVS!