Rite Aid Shopping Trip

This Sunday morning I woke up early (shocking!!) and made it to Rite Aid to take advantage of all of the great deals available in their ad this week. (See For the Mommasfor a full list of the Rite Aid deals and coupon matchups.)

I had 5 separate transactions and paid $9.96 out of pocket. I have one single check rebate to send in for $5.99 and a $1.00 Up Reward left over for my next visit so my total for all 11 items will be $2.97 which comes out to $0.27 per item. That made the early morning worth it.

I purchased:

Transaction 1:

1 Comtrex Severe Cold and Sinus for $3.99

1 Prep H Wipes 10 count $3.00

Paid $6.99 out of pocket and received $6.00 Up reward towards next purchase

Transaction 2:

1 Chloraseptic Lozenges  $3.99

1 Cepacol Lozenges $2.50

1 Burts Bee Throat Drops $1.49

Total $7.98

Minus $6.00 Up rewards

Paid $1.98 out of pocket and received $6.99 Up rewards

Transaction 3:

1 Hylands Cold and Cough $5.99

1 Rite Aid Hand Sanitizer $1.00

Total: $6.99

Minus $6.99 Up rewards

Paid zero out of pocket and received $6.00 Up rewards

Transaction 4:

1 Blistex Lip Ointment $1.49

1 NeilMed Nasa Mist $5.00

Total: $6.49

Minus $6.00 Up rewards

Paid $0.49 out of pocket and received $6.49 Up rewards

Transaction 5:

1 Zarbees Child Cough Syrup $5.99

1 Rite Aid Hand 1.00

Total $6.99

Minus $6.49 Up rewards

Paid $0.50 out of pocket and received $1.00 Up reward for next visit.

The Zarbees Child Cough Syrup is a Single Check Rebate so I’m sending that today and should have a check for $5.99 from Rite Aid in the next month or so.

I'm stocked up for the upcoming cold season! I usually go shopping during the week but I find a lot of items have sold out already. There was a lot of selection on Sunday morning and no one waiting in line (which was good since I had a lot of transactions). I think this Sunday morning shopping is going to become an ongoing thing.

Couponing

This week I haven't had a chance to go shopping to use my coupons. I don't do as well as the ladies (and a few gentlemen) on Extreme Couponing but any little bit saved comes in handy.

Money Saving Mom is the first place I usually look for coupon match ups. They have most of the local stores. But beware that the match ups might not reflect the store policy we have locally. For example, Safeway locally doesn't double coupons but in other States they double and sometimes triple the coupons so it's easier to get free or cheap items.

I play the drug store game for coupons though weekly (or try to) because you can get really good deals on those. One of my favorite sites to check on the local deals is Passionate Penny Pincher because not only does she give you the weekly match ups but she will also give you scenarios to use so you get the best deals. Less thinking for me is always a good thing.

Now if only I would stop losing my coupons.