Here are two . . .

. . . of my favorite photos from our recent mountain trip. Daddy raised her up on his shoulders so she could be near the beautiful maple leaves.

I'm sorry for not posting lately!

In case you happen by Harris Teeter, you can pick up some FREE rice this week during Super Doubles. Frozen Minute Rice has $1.00 peelies on the package and the price is $2.00 per bag. In town here you can find them on the bottom shelf between the bagged veggies and the pasta. Look for either broccoli and cheese, brown or regular white rice. You know what? I didn't even check the ingredients, can you believe it? I hope there aren't any hydrogenated oils on that list! Quick, let me run downstairs to see . . . oh good. Just whole grain brown rice and water. I can't vouch for the broccoli and cheese variety though, although I'm sure it tastes good! (Don't let your taste buds fool you.)

My savings this morning were pretty good. Total before coupons was around $75.00 and after coupons came to $33.50. Twelve dollars was spent on bathroom tissue. There haven't been any great deals on TP lately. Today I used a rain check and combined that with $1.00 peelies found on Quilted Northern 9 Mega Rolls. Bought 3 at $4.00 each. There have been better deals.

One more thing, check to see if the 32 oz. Kefir probiotic yogurt drink is an evic special FREEBIE for your household. The strawberry flavor is yummy!

Our Friendly Rite Aid Store

Today we used coupons to purchase the following at Rite Aid. Total cost was $2.35, but you might could do better with additional coupons! Some items, like the men's Nivea body wash, cereal and toothpaste, printed out Up Rewards which were used for two of the three transactions. Two packages of rite aid brand invisible tape (three in each pkg.) didn't make it into the photo. We really needed some tape, so I was happy for these. These last three tubes of toothpaste were moneymakers and helped me to qualify for a $10.00 RA gift card that I should get in the mail soon (Oral Care Rebate #560 which runs through 09/25/10).

It's great to get free stuff from RA,
and it's even better when they pay you extra
for taking home enough of it!

If you would like to purchase any of these, here's what I did:

Note: You must scan your Wellness Card at the beginning of each transaction!
These deals are good through Saturday ~ exception ~ the oral care rebate runs till 9/25. I began with $3.00 in UP rewards.

1st transaction:

1 Ace athletic tape $3.99
1 Total Advanced tpaste $3.00
1 RA Tugaboo Trial size diapers $0.89
2 Kell Corn Flakes $4.00
2 RA 3pk invs. tape BOGO free $3.49
Total before q's $15.37

LESS Coupons used:
Weekly RA flyer in-ad q for Ace $4.00
Colgate manf. q $1.00
RA Tugaboo q found in trial size package $1.00
Kell cereal when you buy 2 manf. q (Food Lion printout) $1.00
RA video values q on 2 pkgs tape $1.00
UP rewards $3.00

Total OOP (out of pocket) incl. tax $5.04

Up Rewards Received for use on next purchase:
for Colgate $3.00
for cereal $1.00




2nd transaction:

1 Ace athletic tape $3.99
1 Total Advanced tpaste $3.00
1 RA Tugaboo Trial size diapers $0.89
2 Kell Raisin Bran $4.00
Total before q's $11.88

LESS Coupons used:
Weekly RA flyer in-ad q for Ace $4.00
Colgate manf. q $0.50
RA Tugaboo q found in trial size package $1.00
Kell cereal when you buy 2 manf. q (Food Lion printout) $1.00
UP rewards applied $4.00

Total OOP incl. tax $1.77

Up Rewards Received:
for Colgate $3.00
(It should have given me an additional $1.00 for the cereal,
but this RA didn't actually carry the 15 oz. in Raisin Bran)




3rd Transaction:

2 Nivea men's bwash at $1.99 each $3.98
1 Total Advanced tpaste $3.00
Total before q's $6.98

Coupons used:
Nivea manf. q wyb 2 (online printable) $4.00

*Total OOP incl. tax $3.54

Up Rewards Received:
for Colgate $3.00
for Nivea $2.00
*I didn't use my $3.00 upr because total before tax was $2.98 so I still have another $3.00

Several weeks ago, I bought one trial size Tugaboo diapers for 99 cents. It had a $1.00 q inside.
Each time I visit RA, I purchase one with the old q, then take out the new q for next time. After I receive the $3.00 SCR for the invisible tape, my total w/ tax will amount to $2.35! Plus, I now qualify for the $10.00 Oral Care Gift Card!

Greetings!

Perhaps there is someone out there interested in my Rite Aid purchases pictured here. If so, you might like to know that I spent a total of $7.49 on these items, plus the final transaction (there were three in all) included a coupon for $10 off my next purchase! My girls weren't too happy with me though ~ only because we never made it to JoAnn's tonight. I had all my coupons clipped, list in hand, and it didn't take long to gather the items. But, checkout was a different story. The young man who checked me out (very nice and helpful gentleman) explained that Rite Aid was currently making changes in their coupon policy. Apparently, many people are cheating the system - photocopying coupons, using expired coupons, etc. So, he very carefully examined each of my many coupons, which took some time. Plus, I had a return and and an exchange. Thankfully, there was another cashier to help the other customers! Well all of my coupons worked except for one. News flash - - - you can only use one UP Reward coupon per transaction. (The UP Reward system is new and I haven't learned all the ropes yet.) Another news flash - - - UP Rewards won't pay for tax, so if you have an item worth $9.99, you can't use a $10.00 Up Reward to pay for it, unless you throw in another item. The cost before tax must be equal to or more than the UP Reward.

This past Sunday's paper included several BOGO free coupons, and paired with Rite Aid's sale of BOGO free for those same items, many were free! (Well, I still had to pay tax! That really adds up fast . . . ugh.) So, all 12 feminine products and 6 bags of m&m's were free. (Yes, I know there are only 4 bags in the picture . . .) Because I used a $5 off $25 dollar coupon for each of my three transactions, I ended up with some extras ~ a pair of earrings and a cute top for Lil, and an octopus clip for Eady. Baby girl got to eat m&m's on the way home! And you'll never guess what she told her sister's while they waited so patiently in the check out lane! "When we wake up in a mwoning, I wanna go do Wite Aid!" That's my girl!

In all, my total before coupons was $95.84, and the final cost with coupons was $7.49! Keep in mind that several items were By One Get One free, so the total cost would have been much more without the sale. That's a savings of over 92%!

Baby and I *heart* Wite Aid!