Rite-Aid, 7/24-7/30

Picking fresh figs on the trail by our house; not ripe yet though!

1st weekend picking fresh blackberries and wild plums!

Our second weekend picking blackberries!

Jason ate a few while we picked; they are so sweet!

Sweet one taking her shoes off; a common practice!

Swimming buddies.

Making faces.

Hello cutie pie.

My little brother comes to visit!

Click on picture to expland.  Please make sure that you read all of the fine print in RED on the deals below.  :)

I ventured out today to try my hand at a couple of the monthly UP Reward deals.  I recently found out about the monthly UP Reward deals; I didn't even know that they existed until last month.  There are some really fun deals.  These monthly deals go from 6/29 to 7/26.

I've included some pics of our summer adventures this week.  

STOCKPILE
2 Reach Toothbrushes $2.99 ea. (sale price)
- $1/1 Reach Toothbrush from 4/17 SS or $2/2 from 5/8 SS
- $1/1 Reach, Rite-Aid VV printable (Oral Care section)

- prints $1 UP Reward (limit 2 - *see note below)

=  FREE after UP Reward

3 Whitman's Mini Sampler $1.19 w/20% disc. (reg. $1.49) 

no coupons

- prints $1 UP Reward (monthly UP Reward Deal - end 7/26)
= $.19 cents ea. after UP Reward

5 Russell Stover Mini Sampler $1.27 w/20% disc. (reg. $1.59)

no coupons

- prints $1 UP Reward (monthly UP Reward Deal)
= $.27 cents ea. after UP Reward

2 Rite Aid Peppermint Patties $.79 cents ea w/20% disc. (reg. $.99)

no coupons

= prints $1 UP Reward wyb 2 (limit 2 - monthly UP Reward Deal - ends 7/26)
= $.30 cents ea. after UP Reward wyb 2

8 Airwick Aerosol $1.69 (B1G1)
- $1/2 Airwick printable (register and print)
= $.35 cents ea.

2 Listerine Pocketpacks 72ct. $2.99 ea. (sale price) 

- $.50/1 Listerine Pocketpack from 4/17 SS

- $1/1 Listerine Pocketpack, Rite-Aid VV printable (Oral Care section)

- prints $1 UP Reward (limit 2 - *see note below)
= $.50 cents ea. after UP Reward

10 Kleenex 65ct. w/lotion $2.49 (B1G1)
- $.50/3 Kleenex from 7/17 SS
- $1/3 Kleenex, Rite-Aid VV printable (Great Offers section)
- prints $2 UP reward wyb 10 (monthly UP Reward Deal - see note below - ends 7/26)
= $.59 cents ea. wyb 10 after UP Reward (or $5.90 for ten boxes)

1 Trolli Sour Brite Crawler $1.35 w/20% dis. ($1.69 reg.)
no coupons
= $1.35 ea.

THINGS I NEEDED
 4 Flinstones My First Vitamins & Gummies $8.79 ea. (B1G1 50%)

- $2/1 Flinstones from 7/24 SS

- prints $2 UP Reward (monthly UP Reward Deal - see note below - ends 7/26)
= $2.36-$2.59 ea. after UP Reward

GOOD DEALS THAT I SAW BUT HAVEN'T PURCHASED YET

Mitchum Advanced Control $3.19 ea. w/20% dis. (reg. $3.99)

- $2/1 Mitchum Advanced Control, Rite-Aid VV printable

- $1/1 any Mitchum printable or $.75/1 from 6/26 SS 

- $1 SCR rebate for Mitchum here - lmit 4; rebate ends 7/26

= FREE + $.81 cents overage after rebate

TOTAL:  $107.34
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS:  $10.07
SAVINGS: 90%

UP REWARDS:  I started out with $29 in UP Rewards and ended up with $17 in UP Rewards.

NOTE: I bought the wrong size of Trolli Sour Gummies for the monthly UP Reward deal.  I thought that this bag would produce a $2 UP Reward.  I should have known better!  The $2 UP Reward is for the much larger bag!!  UPDATE: Customer Service is going to mail me the UP Reward in 2-3 weeks since the monthly deal didn't specify a size. I think I just got a really nice customer service agent this week.  LOL.

NOTE: Please note that the limit is 2 for the Reach Toothbrushes or the Listerine Pocketpacks.  I used two different cards to obtain them.  

NOTE: I did not receive the UP Reward for the Kleenex.  I will be calling Rite-Aid on Monday to find out what happened.  Please keep in mind that you need to buy the 110ct Kleenex boxes or the 65-78 ct. lotion boxes.  This deal will end 7/26.  UPDATE: Customer Service is going to mail me the UP Reward in 2-3 weeks.  BTW, if you call customer service and you don't get someone that is helpful just call back and talk to someone else.

NOTE: I received the first two Flinstones UP Rewards in my first transaction but did not receive the other 2 in my 2nd transaction.  I will be calling Rite-Aid on Monday to find out what happened.  Please keep in mind that you need to buy the Flintstones My First Vitamins or the Flintstones Gummies to receive the UP Reward for this deal.  This deal will end 7/26.  UPDATE: Customer Service is going to mail me the UP Rewards in 2-3 weeks.

Rite-Aid, 7/17-7/23

My daughter loves to be in my shop pictures.  One day I will look back on all of these pictures and will marvel at the lovely young lady that she has become.  She was about 11 months old when I started couponing so it's fun to have pictures of her in so many of my shops.  Since this is a visual blog I thought I would include a couple of these pictures of her for those of you that want to take a walk down memory lane with me!  I've included these pictures at the end of this post so as not to confuse you (I don't want you to start looking for details from these very old shops)!

Click on picture to enlarge...

MONEYMAKERS
3 Air Wick Mini I-Motion Lavender Scent $9.99 (B1G2) 
- $4/1 Air Wick Freshmatic Starter Kit from 6/12 SS or 7/10 SS
- $1/1 Air Wick, Rite-Aid vv printable (Household section)
= FREE + $5.01 in overage wyb 3 (use three $4/1 and three $1/1)
NOTE: This is an unadvertised  Rite-aid sale.  This deal ends 7/21 and only applies to the lavender kit.

4 Kotex U Pantiliners 18ct. $1.00 ea. (sale price)
- $1/1 Kotex U printable (click the bright green "get yours now" button)
- $1/2 Kotex, Rite-Aid vv printable (Great Offers section)
= FREE + $1.00 in overage wyb 2

2 Samy Fat Foam Haircolor $7.99 w/20% disc. (sale $8.99) - limit 2

- $3/1 Samy Fat Foam Haircolor printable 

   (click on the word "Coupon" just below the word "Info" on the left hand side 

    and then "like" them at the top of the page; only worked in IE  for me)

- $2/1 Samy Fat Hair, Rite-Aid vv printable (no longer available to view)
- prints $5 UP Reward
= FREE + $2.01 in overage after UP Reward

2 Excedrin Extra Strength 20ct. $1.99ea. (sale price)

- $1/1 Excedrin Extra Strength printable or Migraine printable

- $1/1 Excedrin, Rite-Aid vv printable (no longer available to view)

= FREE + $.01 cent overage

STOCKPILE

1 Luster White 7 Toothpaste $5.59 w/20% dis. (reg. $6.99) - limit 2 rebates

- $1.50/1 Luster White 7 from 6/12 SS (regional; our region didn't get it)

- $4 SCR Rite-Aid rebate here
= $.09 cents ea after rebate

2 Rite-Aid Peg Candy $.79 ea. w/20% disc. (reg. $.99 ea.)- limit 2

no coupons

- prints $1 UP Reward wyb 2 (**monthly UP Reward deal; ends 7/26)

= $.20 cents ea. after UP Reward wyb 2

2 Rembrandt Toothpaste $4.99ea. (sale price)

- $5/2 Rembrandt Toothpaste printable

- $2/1 Rembrandt Toothpaste, Rite-Aid vv printable (Great Offers section)

= $.50 cents ea. wyb 2

1 Russell Stover Sugarfree Candy $.99 cents (clearance)

no coupons

= $.99 cents

Nair Deal - $5 UP Reward wyb $10 in product - limit 4

4 Nair products $3.99 w/20% disc. (reg. $4.99 ea.)

1 Nair product $4.79 w/20% disc. (reg. $5.99 ea.)

- $3/2 Nair product printable and printable

- $1/1 Nair peelie found on product with $3 rebate located at a website
- prints $5 UP Reward wyb $10 in product
- $3 rebate located at a *website
= $.75 cents for all five products after UP Rewards and rebate

THINGS I NEEDED

2 Arm & Hammer Kids Spinbrush $7.49 ea. (B1G1)

- $2/1 Arm & Hammer Spinbrush printable or printable
= $2.74 ea.

1 Pampers Cruisers $9.99 ea. (sale price) - limit 2

- $1.50/1 Pampers Cruisers from 6/5 PG

- prints $4 UP Reward
= $4.49 ea.

GOOD DEALS THAT I SAW BUT HAVEN'T PURCHASED YET

Carefree Pantiliners $1.00 ea.

- $.50/1 Carefree printable 

  *Click "send me my coupon" on left and then "print my coupon now" 
    on next screen

- $.50/1 Carefree Rite-Aid printable

= FREE

10 Kleenex 110ct or lotion 65-78ct. $1.00 ea. (sale price)

- $.50/3 Kleenex from 7/17 SS

- prints $2 UP Reward wyb 10 (**monthly UP Reward deal; ends 7/26)
= $.65 cents ea. wyb 10


TOTAL: $146.58
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS $0
SAVINGS: 100%

UP REWARDS: I started out with $33 in UP Rewards and $12 in cash from rebate checks that I cashed.  I ended up with $25 in UP Rewards.  I will also be receiving $4 in rebates.   

NOTE: There are a couple different varieties of Rite-Aid Peg Candy available for the above deal.  I bought peppermint patties but they also had peanut butter cups.  Just look for the yellow sale tags!

NOTE: I wanted to try the Luster White Toothpaste because it won "best whitening toothpaste" by Real Simple magazine. UPDATE: Just opened the toothpaste this morning and was surprised that the tube was only half full.  The product is a little over 2 ounces but the tube is large enough to hold 4 ounces.  This kind of marketing is ridiculous to me as most consumers will notice and then think it is a rip-off.  Don't these companies understand that they should just make the tube smaller and actually "fit" the product into the tube?  If you do purchase this product just make sure to turn the tube with the cap up for an hour before opening it.  When I opened the lid the toothpaste burst out of the tub from the pressure.  The toothpaste seems to work well so far but I've only used it one day.  Time will tell.

NOTE: I purchased the Russell Stover peg candy because I thought it would generate a $1 UP (making it FREE)!  It is listed as printing a $1 UP for the monthly UP Reward deals here.  Not sure why it didn't print.  I'll have to figure that one out. It's possible that I purchased the wrong item.  The monthly deal says that the retail for these bags is $1.49-$1.59 so it might not work on the clearance items.   :)

NOTE: I used the Nair peelie at the register and forgot to write down the website for the rebate.  If you find this peelie then would you please come back here and leave a comment with the website address.  I'm going to look for it online and will post it back here if I find it.  It might be a really old rebate though so I'm not certain I will find it.  Come to think of it.......I didn't even check the date on the peelie.  I was just so excited that I found it.  Sometimes the peelies that I find at Rite-Aid are super old because their products sit on the shelf for so long!  I also wanted to note that I found at least 3 different products that were priced at $4.99 reg. retail so you shouldn't have a problem doing this deal if you have a fairly large Rite-Aid near you.  If you don't have the 20% discount then you could buy 3 products for $4.99 and one product for $5.99 and use two $3/2 Nair coupons and pay $4.96 after UP Rewards for all 4 products.  That's a great price if you like Nair!

Who has been couponing long enough to remember cheap Tazo at Publix!

Rite-Aid, 7/10-7/17

My ode to Melea J.!  Check out those nails sista; cruise-worthy I think!

I spent a couple of hours preparing for my shop last night.  I cut up my ad this morning and then headed out to the store only to realize that many of the items that I had planned on getting were not such a good deal.  I only found one good moneymaker deal and then several "dead end" deals.  LOL. 

Still, I made $10 on my two transactions and I now have about $40 worth of items to sell at my next garage sale.  I'm going to take a peek at next week's ad and see if the sales are better! 

Let me know if you found any good moneymaker deals this week.  Leave a comment so that all of us can benefit.  Thanks!

MONEYMAKERS
4 Physician Formula $5.50ea. (B1G1 50%) - limit 4 UP's
2 Physician Formula $6.00ea. (B1G1 50%)
- $4/1 peelie found on product on display stand
- prints $5 UP Reward wyb 3 items
= FREE + $8.50 moneymaker wyb 6 items after UP Reward

1 Benefiber 24ct.  $9.59 w/20% dis. (sale $9.99) - limit 1 rebate
- $3/1 Benefiber printable
- $3/1 Benefiber Rite-Aid printable
- $1/1 Benefiber, Rite-Aid vv printable
- $3 SCR Rite-Aid rebate
= FREE + $.31 cents in overage after rebate

1 Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield $2.69 ea. (sale price) - limit 1 UP
- $.75/1 Crest from 6/5 PG or 7/3 PG
- $2.69 SCR Rite-Aid rebate
= FREE + $.75 cents in overage after rebate

2 Sally Hansen Nail Polish $2.99 (B1G1 50%)
- $2/1 Sally Hansen Tool Q from 6/12 RP *see note below
- $2/1 Sally Hansen Rite-Aid printable or printable 
= FREE + $1.52 in overage

2 Sally Hansen 2-in-1 white pencil $3.19 (B1G1 50%)
- $2/1 Sally Hansen product wyb any Sally Hansen nail color printable
- $2/1 Sally Hansen Rite-Aid printable or printable
= FREE + $1.22 in overage

STOCKPILE
4 Noxema 4ct disposable razors $2.00ea. (sale price)
- $2/1 Noxema from 7/10 RP
= FREE

Dr. Scholl's Deal - limit 4 UP's
3 Dr. Scholl's Rough Skin For Her $5.59 w/20% discount (reg. $6.99)
1 Dr. Scholl's Callus Round 6ct $3.59 w/20% discount (reg. $4.49)
- $2/1 Dr. Scholl's For Her printable
- $1/1 Dr. Scholl's printable (may not be available)
- $1/1 any Dr. Scholls, Rite-Aid vv printable
- $8 UP Reward wyb $20 in product
- $1 UP Reward for the Callus product (monthly UP deal)
= $.36 cents total for everything after UP Rewards (*use three $2/1, one $1/1 and four $1/1 store coupons)

Almay Deal - limit 3 rebates 
3 Almay One Coat Mascara $6.99 ea. (B2G1)  
- $2/1 Almay, Rite-Aid vv printable (no longer available to watch)
- $4 UP Reward wyb $10 in product
- $1 SCR Rite-Aid rebate
= $.98 cents total for everything after UP Reward and three rebates

THINGS I NEEDED
1 Fing'rs Flirt Press on Nails $.99 cents (clearance)
no coupons
= $.99 cents

TOTAL: $134.72
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $3.14
SAVINGS: 98%

UP REWARDS: I started out with $30 in UP Rewards and I ended up with $33 in UP Rewards.  I will also be receiving $8.69 in rebates.

NOTE: The $2/1 Sally Hansen Q from the 6/12 RP is not scanning at the register.  There is no barcode to scan on the coupon; it is missing for some reason.  I explained this to the cashier and showed her the barcode from my other coupons and she input the coupons manually.  There should have been a barcode with a number below it that started with a "5."  Sally Hansen either forgot to input this barcode on their coupon or the printer forgot to print it on the coupon.   PS - the Sally Hansen tool Q can be used on any item/tool that is used to make you more beautiful.  YMMV on the use of this coupon, however, the way that beauty tools are defined in the cosmetic industry allows the use of this coupon on nail polish.

UPDATED: Rite-Aid, 7/3-710

I relaxed a little bit this week because there were not as many deals at Rite-Aid.  I just love a slow week....especially after the crazy time that we had last week!  I did a very small amount of prep and spent about 45 minutes in the store.  I separated my deals into two transactions.  I was hoping to receive one or two survey coupons but didn't receive any this week.  It's much easier to do my shops at Rite-Aid now that I have so many UP Rewards.  I can do fewer transactions and leave the store much quicker. 

MONEYMAKERS
4 John Frieda Sheer Blond $6.99 (B1G1 50%) - limit 3 (I only received two)

- $2/1 any John Frieda product from 6/5 SS

- $1/1 John Frieda Sheer Blond, Rite-Aid VV printable

- prints $5 UP Reward wyb two John Frieda
= FREE + $.52 cents overage after UP Reward wyb two

2 Gillette Fusion $8.79 w/20% discount (sale price of $9.97) - limit 2

- $4 Gillette Fusion Proglide from 6/5 PG

- prints $5 UP Reward
= FREE + $.21 cents overage after UP Reward

4 Oral-B Advantage Plus toothbrush $2.57ea. (sale price) - limit 2

- $2/1 Oral-B Advantage toothbrush from 7/3 PG

- prints $2 UP Reward
= FREE + $1.43 in overage after UP Reward

1 Colgate 360 Surround Toothbrush $2.99 ea. (sale price) - limit 4

- $1/1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush from July "All You" magazine

- prints $2 UP Reward
= FREE + $.01 cent overage after UP Reward

2 Crest Pro Health Rinse 1 Liter $4.99 ea. (sale price) - limit 1 rebate

- $2/1 Crest Pro Health Rinse from 6/5 PG

- $4.50 SCR Rite-Aid rebate
= FREE + $1.51 in overage after rebate

STOCKPILE

2 John Frieda Full Repair $6.99 (B1G1 50%) - limit 3 (I only received two)

- $2/1 any John Frieda product from 6/5 SS

- prints $5 UP Reward wyb two John Frieda
= $.74 cents ea. after UP Reward wyb two

THINGS I NEEDED:

5 Tide laundry detergent 24-32 load, $6.00ea. (sale price) - limit 1

- $.50/1 Tide detergent from 7/3 PG

- prints $10 UP Reward wyb $30 in P&G items
= $3.50 ea. after UP Reward

4 Pampers Diapers $8.97ea. (sale price) - limit 2

- $1.50/1 Pampers Cruisers, swaddlers or extra protection from 6/5 PG

- prints $2 UP Reward
= $5.47 ea.

TOTAL: $195.76
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $3.70
SAVINGS: 98%

UP REWARDS: I started out with $60 in UP Rewards and I ended up with $30 in UP Rewards.  I will also be receiving $9.00 in rebates.

NOTE: My first two UP Rewards for the John Frieda printed fine.  The 3rd UP Reward didn't print so I will have to call customer service to have them mail it to me.  UPDATE: I contacted Rite-Aid at 1-800-RITEAID.  They will be sending me out my UP Reward.  Did you know that they can view your receipts and see whether or not the UP Reward printed?  I think that you have to wait a day to call so that the receipt is in their system but I thought that was very technologically advanced.  The gentleman that I spoke with was able to see both of my purchases for this shop and saw that I only received two UP Rewards for the John Frieda.  He also told me that they occasionally  have a problem with the last UP printing when there is a limit.  They track these problems and then work with IT to fix them.