Smith's Deal

So, here is my Smith's transaction from yesterday- It is their Kick Off to Savings Promotion- Buy 10 participating items, get $5.00 off (you can do this is multiple groups of 10- yesterday- I did 7 groups)

Items not in the Kick Off Promotion, but on sale

I got 1 Milk- $1.88

4 Mento's Gums- $1.00- Used 4 $1/1 coupons from SS 10/3

4 Butterfingers Crisps- 2/$1.00- Used 2 $1/2 coupon from RP 10/3

4 Idahoan Potato Pouches- $.94- Used 4 $1/1 coupons from here- PLUS you get a $1 Catalina coupon for buying 4

1 head of Lettuce $.88- I used a $1/1 coupon for Coke- hanging around the Sprite- When you buy 2 Liters of Coke products and a produce item, you get $1.00 off

Items in the Kickoff to Savings Promo

4 CoffeeMate Creamers $1.79- After Promo- $1.29. Used 4 $1.50/1 coupons from here 

(I have 2 accounts with Nestle- before I set up my junk email account) I love this for Hot Chocolate.

10 Philadelphia Cream Cheese- Bricks and Tubs- $1.49- After Promo $.99- Used 2 $5/5 coupons from here

2 Large Jello Puddings $1.09- .59 After Promo- Used Buy One Get One Free peelie coupon- Cashier took off $1.09

10 Arrowhead Waters- 3L size $.99- After Promo $.49

2 Sprite $1.29- After Promo $.79

3 Quaker Quakes $.99- After Promo $.49- Used a $1/3 coupon that printed our earlier from Smith's

1 California Pizza Kitchen Pizza $4.49- After Promo $3.99- Used $1/1 coupon from SS 9/26 (there is also a new $2/1 coupon from here (you can share the video via email, or FB and once you do, it will have a link to print the $2.00 coupon)

1 DiGiorno Pizza $4.49- $3.99 After Promo- Used $1/1 from RP 9/12 (if you buy 2- you get a $1.00 Catalina coupon

1 Fuze Drink $.99- After Promo $.49

24 Boxes of Mac and Cheese, or Mac and Cheese Cups, or Velveeta Cups- $.99- After Promo $.49- Used 10 $1/2 coupons from some coupon books that Smiths had before (my mom picked up some, grandma picked up some, and I did at difference stores) Plus used 2 $1/2 coupons from SS 9/26 (it shows the boxes, but the cups say "Dinner" on them and the cashier checked and they said to take them)

12 Nabisco Cups To Go- 8 Chips Ahoy, 4 Oreos $1.00- After Promo $.50- Used 2 $1/2 Coupons from the same coupon book from above, and used 4 $1/2 coupons from here

My total before coupons and scanning my card was $139.18- after scanning my card and coupons - and I did use my $13.00 rewards coupon from 2 cycles ago and my final total was $2.80- Tax was $2.94, so my subtotal was under $0.00- Plus I got the $1.00 Catalina from the potatoes- Totals Savings was like 100% - not too bad :)

Rite Aid Deal

This week- Rite Aid has a ton of items that are Free after their rebates (which are super easy to do BTW) Anyway, here is my deal (I actually got one more thing than I really needed- but it's ok cause I will get it back with the rebate)

I got 1 Comtrex- $3.99 (3.99 Rebate)

1 Sucrets- $2.99 ($2.99 Rebate)

2 Antiox Shots- $2.99 each ($2.99 Rebate for each- this has a limit of 2)

1 Pediacare Cough Cold Medicine- $4.99- Used $1/1 coupon from 10/10 SS (My store was out and was substituting the Rite Aid brand- they use the code from the Pediacare and let you use the Manuf. coupon) $4.99 Rebate

1 Palmers Lip Balm- $1.99 ($1.99 Rebate)

1 Gain Dish Soap $.89- Used $1/1 from 10/10 P&G

2 Playtex Tampons 2/$8- Used 2 $2/1 from here and the $2/2 Rite Aid Ad Perks Coupon from here- Receive $2 Up Reward

I also used 2 $2.69 Up Rewards from last week and a $5/$25 coupon from the Ad Perks also- Total Spent OOP $12.35- Getting back $19.94 in Rebates- Not too bad, plus the $2.00 Up Reward :)

Smiths

This week Smiths has their KickOff Promotion going on- Buy 10 participating items, get $5.00 off (you can do this in multiple groups of 10) 

Sorry the picture is a little dark- 

15 Philadelphia Cream Cheeses (tub and bricks) $1.49- .99 after Promo- Used 3 $5/5 coupons from here- Final Price- FREE!!

1 DiGiorno Pizza $4.49- $3.99 after Promo- Used $1/1 coupon from RP 9/12- Final Price $2.99- apparently there is also a catalina coupon that when you buy 2- you get a $1.00 Catalina coupon- I didn't know that until after I came home. Oh well...

6 Jello Puddings (large size) $1.09- $.59 after Promo- Used Buy One Get One Free from a display- Final Price $.30 each

14 Nabisco On the Go Cups $1.00- .50 after Promo- Used $1/2 Coupons from a previous display- Final Price- FREE!

2 Kraft BBQ Sauce $.99- $.49 after Promo

3 Arrowhead 3L waters $.99- $.49 after Promo

1 24 Oz. Sour Cream $1.79- Need It

3 Kroger Tomato Sauces .27 each

My Total before scanning my card and coupons was $79.66- and after my card was scanned, about $35.00 and then after coupons- $10.27- Total Savings of 88%- $69.39- Not too shabby :)

* I get an email monthly that has 4 "coupons" that I can load onto my card that provided I buy certain items, I get extra bonus points- 75 extra points for buying 3 cans of either tomato sauce, paste or cans, 50 extra points for 2 bottles of sauces or condiments, 50 extra for pizza. So that is the reason for the tomato sauce, and really the BBQ sauce, there are others we like better, and the pizza I was already going to get, so I ended up getting 175 in extra bonus points today*

Rite Aid

So, this week Rite Aid has diapers on sale- and I love a good diaper sale :)

2 Huggies Diapers- $7.99 each- Used $3/1 Huggies Pure and Natural Diaper coupons from SS 9/26 (yes, I know that that is not what is pictured, but they were out of those, and you could pick any of the diapers and use the $3/1 coupon- I {heart} my Rite Aid) and 1 $2/1 Rite Aid Ad Perks Coupon from here

3 Nivea Lip Balm- $2.99 each- Used $2/2 and $1/1 from 10/2 RP- Received 3 $1.99 Up Rewards 

1 Little Bottle of Bubbles (not pictured) $.25- needed to get my total past $25.00

Used a $5/$25 coupon from the Rite Aid Ad Perks 

Used $7.00 in previous Up Rewards- Paid $3.58 OOP- Saved $30.37 PLUS I received $5.97 in Up Rewards- 

 Ok, I know that this deal is over, but I had to post a picture of it- another reason I didn't post is because the same deal couldn't be done for everyone- I did the deal twice and used 2 Huggies Free Diaper vouchers coupons-

1st Transaction

3 Huggies Diapers $8.99- Received $2.00 Up Rewards for each- Used 2 $3/1 coupons and 1 Free Voucher Coupon

1 Smuckers Jam- 1.99- Receive $1.00 Up Reward- Used previous $1.50/1 Coupon

2 Candy Bars for Filler

Used $5/25 Coupon and $8.00 in previous UP Rewards- Paid $1.80 OOP- Received $7.00 in Up Rewards

2nd Transaction

3 Huggies Diapers $8.99- Received $2.00 Up Rewards for each- Used 2 $3/1 coupons and 1 Free Voucher Coupon, also used $1/1 Rite Aid Ad perk coupon

1 Smuckers Jam- 1.99- Receive $1.00 Up Reward- Used previous $1.50/1 Coupon

1 Ice Pop's on Clearance for $.67 - Filler

Used $5/25 Coupon and the $7.00 from the previous transaction- Paid $1.48 OOP- Received $7.00 in Up Rewards (which I then used this week for the 2 packs of diapers)

PLUS I can submit my receipts for a $10.00 Rite Aid Gift Card for spending over $25.00 in Kimberly Clark products- 

a definite money maker and I think I have about 1500 diapers that I have accumulated for this coming little one :)

Wal-Greens

Ok, sorry all for the lack of posts lately- have been running errands, but that hasn't been the main priority lately- so many things to get done before this little girl gets here- Anyway here is my Wal-Greens run - I did 2 transactions (2 different stores)

First Transaction- 

1 Schick Hydro Gel $7.99- Receive a $4.00 RR- Used $4/1 from 10/2 SS

1 Schick Shave Gel $2.99- Used Buy One Razor, get a shave Gel free- 

1 EOS Lip Balm $3.00- Receive $3.00 RR

1 Russel Stover Chocolate .29 Filler Item-

Used $5 & $2 Register Rewards- Paid $1.23 OOP- Received $7.00 in RR's- Saved $17.58

2nd Transaction

1 Schick Hydro Gel $7.99- Receive a $4.00 RR- Used $4/1 from 10/2 SS

1 EOS Lip Balm $3.00- Receive $3.00 RR

1 Wonka Sweettarts .29 Filler Item-

Used $5 & $2 Register Rewards- Paid $1.03 OOP- Received $7.00 in RR's- Saved $14.28

Rite Aid- Cheap Diapers!

I did 2 transactions at Rite Aid today- I {heart} Rite Aid- they are so great with coupons!

In order to get the Up Rewards and most of the sale prices, you do need to sign up for the Wellness + Program (similar to the Smiths card program)- you can do it online here or at the store.

1st Transaction

1 Maybelline Great Lash Mascara $3.19 (40% off)- Used $1/1 Coupon from here and the $2/1 Rite Aid Video Values Coupon from here (You Have to sign up and view the videos to get the coupon)

2 Nivea Lip Care  (B1G1 50% Off- 1 @ 2.99- the other $1.49) - Used $2/2 coupon from here

1 Rite Aid Tampons (they were out of the Playtex Gentle Glide Tampons which was on sale for  18-ct $4.00) so they were substituting that and letting you still use the manufactures coupon - $2/1 from here

1 Johnson’s Baby lotion $3.99- Used $1/1 coupon from 9/12 RP and the $1/1 Rite Aid Video Values coupon from here

2 Suave Lotion $2.00 ea- Used 2 $1/1 coupons from here

2 Oral B 3D White Toothbrush $2.99 ea- Used 1 Buy One Get One Free from the 8/15 RP- and the .75/1 (for the one that isn't free) from the 8/29 P&G)

(take out the Zone Bar- I took it back- it wasn't needed)

Used the $5/$25 coupon from the Rite Aid Video Values from here

Used $6.00 in previous Up Rewards- Paid .90 OOP- Received $13.00 in Up Rewards - Plus I get a $2.00 Rebate for the Oral B Toothbrush (rebate # 54)

-$1 Maybelline UP reward- for the Mascara

-$2 Nivea Up Reward

-$3 Playtex UP reward

-$2 Johnson UP reward

-$2 Suave UP reward 

2 $1.50 Up Rewards for the toothbrushes- 

-$2 Oral B toothbrush rebate SCR #54-


However, if you don't have the Sunday paper coupons- just the printable coupons- your pre-coupon total would be $25.56 plus tax- less $15.00 in coupons- Pay $10.56 plus tax OOP- Receive the $13.00 in Up Rewards and the $2.00 Rebate (still ultimately a money maker)

2nd Transaction

1 Pampers Big Pack diapers $19.99- Used $1/1 from 8/29 P&G

2 Nabisco Oreo Single Packs $.79 each- Used $1/2 coupon that I got from Walmart and Used $1/2 coupon from Rite Aid Ad Perk from here

1 Rite Aid Tampons (they were out of the Playtex Gentle Glide Tampons which was on sale for  18-ct $4.00) so they were substituting that and letting you still use the manufactures coupon - $2/1 from here

Used $5/$25 coupon from here

Used the $13.00 in Up Rewards- Paid $3.59 OOP- AND I received a $5.00 Up Rewards from the Pampers and another $3.00 Up Reward for the Tampons- So all in all basically- they paid me for all of that- not too bad! Plus, we can always stock up on diapers :)

However, if you don't have the Sunday paper coupons- just the printable coupons- your pre-coupon total would be $25.57 plus tax- less $8.00 in coupons- If you then used the previous Up Rewards you would pay $4.57 OOP plus tax- and still get the $5.00 Up Rewards for the Pampers and the $3.00 for the Playtex

Walgreens

Here are my 2 Wal-Greens transactions for the week so far-

Transaction #1 

3 John Frieda Root Awakening Products- 3/$15- (Receive $5.00 RR when you buy 3- Used 3 $3/1 Coupons from 8/22 SS

1 Improv Lotion $4.99 (Receive $4.00 RR)

Used $2/1 Coupon from online- it is not available anymore- it seemed to go FAST

1 Colgate Total Toothpaste $2.99- Used $1/1 Coupon from 9/12 SS (receive $2.00 RR)

1 Dulcolax $6.99- Used $8/1 coupon from here (they adjusted the coupon down to $6.99) and used the $2/1 Walgreens coupon from their monthly coupon book.

3 Butterfinger snacks 3/$1.00 (filler)

1 Purex Sample on clearance for $.25 (filler)

Used $10.00 in RR's- Paid $2.30 OOP- Saved $42.950 Received $11.00 in RR's

2nd Transaction

1 Improv Lotion $4.99 (Receive $4.00 RR)

Used $2/1 Coupon from online- it is not available anymore- it seemed to go FAST

1 Colgate Total Toothpaste $2.99 (received $2.00 RR)

1 Dulcolax $6.99- Used $8/1 coupon from here (they adjusted the coupon down to $6.99) and used the $2/1 Walgreens coupon from their monthly coupon book.

1 Bottled Water- Used the Get One Free coupon on the Dulcolax bottle 

2 Pantyhose- .19 each (filler items)

Used $4.00 in RR's - Paid $1.24 OOP- Saved $23.30- Received $6.00 in RR's