I got everything pictures below for $19.80, which I put on a Rite Aid giftcard. I will recieve about $26.00 back from Rite Aid for a profit of over $6.00!
I got everything pictured below for $1.31 (which was just the tax). Yeah for practically free paper towels!
So, we had an amazing triples sales here. This combined with a few sweet Target and CVS runs, made for an amazing shopping experience last week. Here are the pictures of my purchases.
It had been almost a month since I last visited Rite Aid. Considering that I have a new baby at home and have had a ton of company, I guess that isn't too bad. Anyway, there was another $5 off a $25 purchase coupon out and some items that I really wanted, so I made a trip.
I finally felt up to an outing to Rite Aid this week. They had some great deals going on that I didn't want to pass up. Here are my totals!
I had a great transaction at Rite Aid today and was able to make a $10.00 profit.
Rite Aid Totals:
$87.73 Retail Value
- $21.78 Sales Savings
- $24.25 Coupon Savings
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$41.70 spent on Gift Cards ($0.00 Out of Pocket!)
-$52.18 in Rebates Received
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Profit of : $ 10.48
I got back my $19 rebate and put it into a gift card so I can continue to roll my Rite Aid money. This week I got a Got2B hairspray. I spent $4.99 plus tax and I'll get back $4.99, so I only lost the amount paid in tax. 
I decided to add up all my Rite Aid savings so far.
I started with a free $25 gift card for filling my $0.72 prescription. I have purchased:
$45.87 retail value merchandise
- $10.50 in sales
- $9.75 in coupons
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$25.62 spent
-$26.22 rebates received
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$0.60 in net gain, $0.00 spent out of pocket so far!
Savings for 5/10 - 5/16
Retail Value: $317.55
Sales Savings: $146.47
Coupon Savings: $105.53
Total: $55.05
Percentage Saved: 79%!!
Highlights: 2 lbs free apples, 6 boxes 100 calorie nabisco snacks for $0.04 a box, 5 free Kraft BBQ sauce, 5 packages Kraft cheese for $4 total!, 2 boxes Ritz crackers for $0.99, 6 Kraft salad dressing for $0.28 total!, 1 18 oz Miracle Whip for $0.74, 1 18 oz Mayonaisse for $0.49, 6 jars Ragu Spaghetti sauce for FREE!
Savings for 5/3 - 5/9
Retail Value: $121.39
Sales Savings: $24.55
Coupon Savings: $50.18
Total: $45.72
Percentage Saved: 62%
Some of the highlights: 2 Kraft BBQ for Free, 4 Uncle Ben's Rice for Free, Kraft EZ Mac for FREE, 2 lbs of apples for $0.25, 4 Fiber One products for $0.25 total!, Listerine Mouthwash, Pert Plus, and Right Gaurd Deodorant for FREE!!
Savings for 4/26 - 5/2
Here is my latest purchase for the Rite Aid Challenge.
Savings for 4/19 - 4/25
Retail Value: $285.60
Sales Savings: $106
Coupon Savings: $95.72
Total: $82.77
Percentage saved: 71%
Some of the highlights: Free milk, 8 tubes of free Crest (donated to Salvation army today), Free chef boyardee, 3 boxes of Capri Suns for $0.79 each, Free Huggies, 3 packages of Kroger diapers for $2.49 each, 2 Tresseme thermal sprays for Free (these are for Mom)
We also had some friends over on Friday and were able to purchase all of our snacks and prizes for that (at least $25 of what we spent was towards this). It put us slightly over budget for the week, but we are still under budget for the month.
So, I had my first transaction in the Rite Aid Challenge.
1 package Huggies diapers: $8.99 - $2 coupon = $6.99
1 Wartner Wart Remover: $9.99
1 Ben Gay Patch: $6.99 - $2 coupon = $4.99
subtract a $5 off $25 Rite Aid Coupon plus $1.75 tax = $18.72
I will receive back:
$3 rebate for Huggies diapers
$10 rebate for Wart Remover
$6 rebate for Ben Gay
Total back: $19.00
The blue is the color we painted the walls in his room.
So, I needed to refill a prescription of Abe's. We'd filled it several months ago at CVS initially. This past week in the paper they had coupons to receive a $25 Gift Card to Rite Aid if you transferred a prescription there. I figured I'd go ahead and transfer it, to get the Gift Card. So, I went to Rite Aid, paid $0.72 for the prescription and got my $25 G.C. Now, here is my challenge. I'm going to see how much I can actually get with that $25 without ever paying out of pocket. Rite Aid does a monthly rebate program and combining that with coupons, I'll see what I can do. I'm going to track it for a year. Here's to free stuff from Rite Aid!
Savings for 4/5/2009 - 4/11/2009
Retail Value: $261.25
Sales Savings: $80.97
Coupon Savings: $127.55
Total : $50.75
(not including $1.98 that was put on a CVS giftcard that I got for free, since that didn't come out of my pocket. That $1.98 was included in the total when I calculated my % of savings for the week)
I am also getting a $10 rebate back by mail, but I did not include that in any of my totals since I haven't recieved it yet.
Percentage SAVED: 80% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of my highlights: 5 mega packs of Huggies Wipes (free) 7 Vitamin Water drinks (free)
2 cartons Breyers Icecream ($1.24 each) 2 gallons milk (free) 4 Shick Intuition Razors (free) 2 Skintimate Shave Gels (free) 3 cans Del Monte Green Beans ($0.31 each) 3 packages Yeast ($0.64 each) Set of Clippers ($0.79) 4 cans Pringles ($0.38 each)
I might make one more trip out this evening to fill a prescription for Abe. I'll update my totals if I do.
Thanks to Ken digging me coupons out of everyone's recycling bin, I had 6 $0.50 off one Fruit Snack coupons. There was a buy 10 select items and get $3 off your order sale, so I picked up the 4 Manwich cans to round me off. Here is how it broke down:
So, thanks to a mistake on Target's part (2 of my items rang up at the wrong price and when I took it to customer service, I ended up getting some things for free) I was able to get everything below for $3.55. Yes, that includes a BRAND NEW pair of Osh Kosh Sunday shoes for Abe. I have been loving the deals lately!
Our Kroger was running a really good sale this week. I got up early this morning so I could be sure to get everything I wanted. The following cost me a grand total of $0.99!!! It has a retail value of $48.22, so I paid 2% of the retail value!!
So, I found out one of my favorite stores, Harris Teeter, accepts Walgreen's Register Rewards. This is amazing. I can score them for free many times at Walgreens and then use them to buy groceries. So sweet. I had one expiring today and I combined it with some sale stuff and came away with all this for $1.87
2 boxes Capt Crunch - sale 2/$4 I had 2 - $0.50 coupons that doubled
2 boxes Fruity Pebbles - sale 2/$4, I had a coupon $1 off 2
2 boxes Rice Krispies - sale $1.25, I had 2 - $1 off coupons
1 box Hungry Jack - sale $1.97, I had $0.55 coupon that doubled
2 boxes Quaker granola - sale 2/$4, I had $1 off 2 coupon
4 boxes South Beach bars - sale 2/$5, I had a $2 off coupon for each one
I've been a little off the bandwagon with my coupons. Mind you, I've still bargained shopped and got some great deals and used coupons, just not with as much zeal. Lately I've been back on fire with them. I am proud to admit that all my coupons are cut and filed. Hooray! Anyway, here is my deals of today.
6 bags of Kraft Cheese
(on sale BOGO, so $1.89 each. $0.75 coupon that double to $1.50, meant you were paying $0.39 for a bag of cheese. For some reason, 2 of my coupons didn't double, I pointed it out to the cashier, but she said she couldn't do anything. I was getting such a great deal, I didn't fuss)
10 boxes Green Giant vegetables
(on sale $1 each. I had 4 $0.50 off one that doubled and 3 $0.50 off 2 that doubled)
2 Cottonelle Toilet Paper 4 packs
(They cost $0.99 and I had $0.50 coupon that doubled)
2 King's Hawaiian Rolls
(on sale $1.00, I had $1.00 off coupons)
4 Reese's Whips Candy bars
(on sale 2/$1.00, I had $1.00 off 2 coupons)
2 tubs of Pillsbury frosting
(on clearance for $0.69, I had $0.40 coupons that doubled)
8 Beechnut Toddler Meals
($1.38 a piece, I would NEVER pay this when you can buy Mac N Cheese or Spaghetti-O's at Wal-Mart for a fraction of the price, but I had $0.75 coupons that doubled and made them free! and you can't beat free! I have 24 more of these coupons that I can use throughout the next few months too!)
My total for all my groceries: $7.46 (retail value approximately $53.00, which means I paid about 14% of the value!)