Shopping Trip - 11/6/11

I’m back in the groove! I think I did pretty well on this week’s drug store shopping trips. I was able to get several moneymaker and free items this week, as well as take advantage of a few special promotions. Plus, I was able to buy a few food items that AREN’T candy or junk! Who says you can’t work full-time and coupon? 

 

I bought these 85 items for a grand total of $20.06 plus tax! (That’s less than the cost of my Schick Intuition refill cartridges!) If you break it down, that’s an average of $0.24 per item. Regular retail with sale prices for these items would’ve been $148.40 plus tax.  I still have $26 in rewards leftover for next week. Should make for an awesome start! I had to pay $12.43 in tax today. Bummer. Even with tax included, I saved $128.34. That’s an 80% savings!

Purchased items include 2 boxes Kashi cereal, 2 boxes Kashi granola bars, 1 box Kashi crackers, 4 boxes Kellogg’s poptarts, 6 boxes Jell-O, 2 Clabber Girl baking powders, 6 bottles Smartwater, 2 bottles Fuze, 2 jars Smuckers strawberry preserves, 2 Reese’s cups, 3 packs Betty Crocker cornbread muffin mix, 3 bags Walgreens candy, 2 bags Werther’s Originals, 2 packs Orbit gum, 1 Schick Intuition razor, Schick Intuition 6-pack cartridges, 2 bottles Softsoap liquid hand soap, 1 All Small and Mighty laundry detergent, 1 Lysol disinfecting wipes, 4 Colgate toothpastes, 1 Crest toothpaste, 1 Blistex lip ointment, 3 Renuzit air fresheners, 3 American Greetings greeting cards, 2 Arrid deodorants, 1 Keri lotion, 3 Edge shave gels, 2 Skintimate shave gels, and 20 holiday gift bags. 

Here’s a breakdown of each store. 

Rite Aid

 

I started with $9 UP rewards leftover from a previous purchase. 

Transaction # 1

4 Colgate Advanced whitening toothpastes 5.8 oz @ $3.50 = $14.00 (regularly $4.49 each)
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons and (2) -$0.75 mfr coupons
Cost: $10.50, earned $14.00 UPs (making these FREE + $3.50 profit)

Transaction # 1 Total before coupons: $14.00 + tax = $15.33
-$3.50 coupons
-$9.00 UPs from a previous purchase
My OOP: $1.50 + tax = $2.83, earned $14.00 UPs

Transaction # 2

Keri lotion $6.99 (regularly $8.49 each)
Used -$2.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.99, earned $6.00 UPs (making this FREE + $1.01 profit)

2 Arrid deodorants @ $2.00 = $4.00 (regularly $3.59 each)
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $2.00, earned $3.00 UPs (making these FREE + $1.00 profit)

2 Reese’s cups @ $0.99 = $1.98
-$0.99 BOGO sale
Used -$1.10 mfr coupon
Cost: -$0.11 (making this FREE + $0.11 profit—coupon should’ve been adjusted down to $0.99 by cashier)

2 bags Werther’s Original candies @ $1.50 = $3.00 (regularly $2.49 each)
Used -$1.00/2 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.00 (making these $1.00 each)

Transaction # 2 Total before coupons and BOGO sale: $15.97 + tax = $17.39
-$6.10 coupons
-$7.00 UPs from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $1.88 + tax = $3.30, earned $9.00 UP rewards

Rite Aid total before coupons: $29.97 + tax = $32.72
My OOP: $3.38 + tax = $6.13, with $16 UPs remaining
Savings: $26.59, 81%

Walgreens

 

I had $5 Register Rewards leftover from last week. I just realized there was a Walgreens Jello-O coupon in today’s paper that could’ve saved me an extra $1.20--$0.60 off 3. Oh well! I had to revise my plan a little bit because they didn’t have the Suave products I wanted for the buy $10 get $3 RR deal. My OOP on Transaction # 2 was a little higher than I wanted, but I still did pretty well.

Transaction # 1

10 holiday gift sacks @ $0.25 = $2.50
Used -$1.50 in-ad coupon
Cost: $1.00 (making these $0.10 each)

3 Jell-O gelatins @ $1.49 = $4.47
Used - $2.70 in-ad coupon
Used -$1.25/3 mfr coupon
Cost: $0.52 (making these $0.17 each)

Crest toothpaste 6.4 oz $1.99
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $0.99, earned $1.00 RR (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Blistex Revive and Restore lip ointment $1.99
Cost: $1.99, earned $2.00 RR (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

3 Smartwater 1-liters @ $1.00 = $3.00
Cost: $3.00, earned $2.00 RR (making these $1.00 or $0.33 each)

2 Clabber Girl 4 oz. baking powder @ $0.99 = $1.98
Used -$0.98 in-ad coupon
Used (2) -$0.50 mfr coupons
Cost: FREE

Transaction # 1 Total before coupons: $15.93 + tax = $16.90
-$8.43 coupons
-$5.00 RRs from a previous purchase
My OOP: $2.50 + tax = $3.47, earned $5 RRs

Transaction # 2

3 Smartwater 1-liters @ $1.00 = $3.00
Cost: $3.00, earned $2.00 RRs (making these $1.00 or $0.33 each)

3 Betty Crocker cornbread muffin mixes @ 3/$2.00
Used -$1.00 in-ad coupon
Cost: $1.00 (making these $0.33 each)

3 Jell-O gelatins @ $1.49 = $4.47
-$2.70 in-ad coupon
-$1.25/3 mfr coupon
Cost: $0.52 (making these $0.17 each)

3 Renuzit adjustable holiday air fresheners @ 3/$2.54
Used -$0.55/3 mfr coupon
Cost: $1.99 (making these $0.67 each)

3 bags Walgreens candy @ $0.99 = $2.97
-$0.90 in-ad coupon
Cost: $2.07 (making these $0.69 each)

10 holiday gift sacks @ $0.25 = $2.50
-$1.50 in-ad coupon
Cost: $1.00 (making these $0.10 each)

Transaction # 2 Total before coupons: $17.48 + tax = $18.51
-$7.90 coupons
-$3.00 RRs from Transaction # 1 (couldn’t use Smart Water RR since I was buying more)
My OOP: $6.58 + tax = $7.61, earned $2 RRs

Walgreens Total before coupons: $33.41 + tax = $35.41
My OOP: $9.08 + tax = $11.08, with $4 RRs remaining
Savings: $24.33, 69%

CVS

 

I started with $9 ECBs from previous purchases. I used both cards today—my mom’s and my own. I was trying for another gift card deal today. It worked! Pretty happy with what I got. I was also excited to use my $10 P&G rebate card I received in the mail yesterday. I love free money!

Transaction # 1 (my card)

All of these items were part of the get $10 ECBs when you buy $20 worth of participating Schick products.

3 Edge shave gels @ $2.19 = $6.57 (regularly $2.99 each)
Used (2) -$0.75 mfr coupons and -$0.55 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.52 

2 Skintimate shave gels @ $2.19 = $4.38 (regularly $3.69 each)
Used (2) -$0.75 mfr coupons
Cost: $2.88

Schick Intuition razor $10.99
Used -$3.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $7.99

(Total before coupons was $21.94. I used -$6.55 coupons and got $10 ECBs, so the total cost for all 6 items was $5.39.)

Transaction # 1 Total before coupons: $21.94 + tax = $24.08
-$6.55 coupons
-$7.00 ECBs from previous purchase
My OOP: $8.39 + tax = $10.53
-$10.00 P&G rebate card
Total OOP: -$1.61 + tax = $0.53, earned $10 ECBs from Schick and $1 ECB from my Green bag tag

Transaction # 2 (my card)

All these items were part of the get a $10 gift card when you buy $30 in specially marked merchandise promotion.

4 Kellogg’s poptarts 8-ct @ 3/$5.00 = $6.67 (regularly $2.19 each)
Used (2) -$1.00/2 mfr coupons
Cost: $4.67 (making these $1.17 each)

2 boxes Kashi cereal @ $3.00 = $6.00 (regularly $5.29 each)
Used (2) -$2.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $2.00 (making these $1.00 each)

2 boxes Kashi granola bars @ $3.00 = $6.00  (regularly $5.29 each)
Used (2) -$2.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $2.00 (making these $1.00 each)

1 box Kashi crackers $3.00 (regularly $4.39)
Used -$1.50 mfr coupon
Cost: $1.50

Lysol disinfecting wipes $2.50 (regularly $4.39)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $1.50

All Small and Mighty laundry detergent $3.99 (regularly $7.49)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.99

2 packs Orbit gum @ $0.99 = $1.98 (regularly $1.57 each)
Used -$1.37 BOGO coupon from CVS machine
Cost: $0.61 (making these $0.30 each)

(With coupons and gift card, it was like paying $5.27 for all these items!)

Transaction # 2 Total before coupons: $30.14 + tax = $32.67
-$14.87 coupons
-$11.00 ECBs from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $4.27 + tax = $6.80, earned $10.00 gift card (I chose a CVS gift card so I could use it on my next purchase!)

Transaction # 3 (mom’s card)

Schick Intuition razor cartridges 6-ct $20.99
Used -$5.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $15.99, earned $10 ECBs

Transaction # 3 Total before coupons: $20.99 + tax = $22.94
-$5.00 coupon
-$2.00 ECBs from previous purchase
-$10.00 gift card
My OOP: $3.99 + tax = $5.94, earned $10 ECBs

Transaction # 4 (mom’s card)

2 Smucker’s strawberry preserves @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.19 each)
Used -$1.00/2 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.00, earned $3.00 ECBs (making these $0.50 each)

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

2 Softsoap liquid hand soaps 8.5 oz @ $0.99 = $1.98 (regularly $3.79 each)

2 Fuze drinks @ $1.00 = $2.00 (regularly $1.69 each)

Transaction # 4 Total before coupons: $11.95 + tax = $13.01
-$1.00 coupon
-$10.00 ECBs
My OOP: $0.95 + tax = $2.01, earned $6 ECBs

CVS Total before coupons: $85.02 + tax = $92.70
My OOP: $7.60 + tax = $15.28, with $6.00 ECBs remaining
Savings: $77.42, 84%

Here’s a picture of my leftover rewards--$6 ECBs from CVS, $4 RRs from Walgreens, and $16 UPs from Rite Aid. That’s a total of $26 to start with next week. Yay!