Saturday, November 28, 2009

Black Friday and ??? Saturday

This is going to be a fast post because Brianna has just laid down for a nap, Lauren's coming over, Stephen and Josh will be home from hunting soon, and I'm making venison cube steak for dinner tonight from our fresh kill!! But I want to get this post out of the way. Yesterday I was only able to make it to two stores for Black Friday - Rite Aid and Walgreens. Yes I have started steering clear of Walgreens but they had such great sales I got sucked back in.

Rite Aid:

Wet Ones
RP $3.29. SP $1.88. Minus $1.50 coupon. FP - $0.38

Zest bar soap 3-pack
RP $3.49. SP $1.99. Minus $1.00 rebate. FP - $0.99

Old Spice deodorant
RP $3.29. SP $2.49. Minus $1.50 rebate. Minus $1.00 coupon. FP - Free

Herbal Essences shampoo and Herbal Essence spray gel
RP $4.49 each. SP $2.99 each. Minus $2.00 rebate on one. Minus Free coupon on one. FP - $0.99 for two.

Oral B toothbrush
RP $4.99. SP $2.99. Minus $0.75 coupon. Minus $2.00 rebate. FP - $0.24.

Scope mouthwash
RP $4.69. SP $3.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. Minus $3.00 rebate. FP - Free

Tampax tampons
RP $5.29. SP $3.99. Minus $3.00 rebate. FP - $0.99

Satin Care shaving cream
RP $3.49. SP $1.99. Minus $1.00 rebate. FP - $0.99.

Minus $10 Rite Aid coupon I had. Final total - Spent $8.06, saved $19.24, will receive $13.50 in rebate. Made about $5 - woot woot!

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Walgreens trip #1 11/27

Vaseline lotion
SP $1.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. FP - $0.99

Tuf paper towels
RP $0.79. Minus Walgreens coupon. FP - $0.49

Red Baron pizza
SP $1.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. FP - $0.99

Final total - Spent $5.40, saved $13.80

Walgreens trip #2 11/27

Infusium conditioner
SP $4.99. Minus $2.00 coupon. Register Rewards = $5

Nivea shaving cream
SP $2.49. RR = $2.50

Dove deodorant
SP $3.99. Minus $1.50 coupon. RR = $4

Aquafresh toothpaste
SP $1.99. RR = $2

Johnson & Johnson body wash
RP $5.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. RR = $6

Right Guard deodorant
SP $2.49. RR = $2.50

Final total - Spent $19.14. Saved $9.50. Received $22 in Register Rewards.

Walgreens trip #3 11/28

Scotch mailer
RP $1.19.

Vaseline lotion (x3)
SP $1.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. FP - $0.99

Rimmel nail polish

SP $2.19. Minus $1.00 coupon. FP - $1.19

Right Guard deodorant
SP $2.49. RR = $2.50

Dove deodorant
SP $3.99. Minus $1.50 coupon. Minus $1.00 coupon. RR = $4

Johnson & Johnson body wash
RP $5.99. Minus $1.00 coupon. RR = $6

Minus a $2.50 RR. Minus a $2.50 RR. Minus a $5.00 RR. At this point, the register would not accept any more register rewards even though there was still a large amount for me to pay! This is why I hate the register rewards program at Walgreens. And once again, after I spend the rest of my RR that I have, I will not go back. I stayed away for almost a month and I really don't regret that at all. My shopping life was much simpler.

Final total - Spent $10.48. Saved $20.59. Received $13.00 in RR.

So all in all, even though not every trip went exactly as planned, I still made a profit. And that's really all that matters in the end.

2 comments:

Melody Jones said...

Hi. I'm a friend of Jenn's, and read your blog for your deals. Hope you don't mind. Two things... Fed By Faith= WONDERFUL! And about the register rewards at Walgreens, you have to have more stuff than coupons and register rewards... For example, if you have 2 deodorants, two coupons, and 1 register reward, it will kick out one of them. You have to get a small filler like a pack of gum, or .39 something. Hope this helps! :)

Amanda said...

Hey Melody! Thanks for reading the blog! See, that's what I thought about Walgreens but yesterday I did buy a filler item - the Scotch mailer - and plus there was one other item that I didn't have a coupon for and it still wouldn't accept even a $2.50 RR even though there was a $10 balance. The whole thing just confuses me and I can't find on their website a set list of "rules". It seems like every Walgreens is different. I still have about $20 in RR so I'll try again. Thank you for the tip!!