Rite-Aid, Sunday 10/17/10

I went shopping with my friend Lailani today.  She spent the last week trying to learn how to coupon on her own by reading some of the online blogs and I thought it would be fun to take her on a shop at Rite-Aid to inspire her.  We did six separate transactions and it was a fun shop because we spent very little out of pocket and we scored some killer FREE make-up and some more Halloween candy.  I hope you have fun in the stores this week!

Ok, here's the shop:

MONEYMAKERS
4 Vick's VapoRub 1.76 oz. $4.00 ea. (sale price)
- $1.50/1 any Vick's from the P&G "A Year of Savings" booklet
- $2/1 any size Vick's VapoRub, Sinex or Customer Care Q from Rite-Aid $128 Clip & Save booklet
- prints $3 UP Reward wyb (2)
= FREE + $1.00 overage after UP Reward

4 Chip's Ahoy Cookie packs $.79 ea. (regular price)
- $1/2 Chip's Ahoy printable (not sure if it is still available)
- $1/2 Nabisco Rite-Aid VV printable
= FREE + $.21 cents overage

1 Cottonelle Fresh Wipes $3.49 ea. (regular price)
- FREE coupon sent in the mail (only FREE up to $2.89)
- $1/1 Cottonelle Fresh Wipes Rite-Aid VV printable
= FREE + $.40 cents

1 Children's Oscillococcinum Natural Flu Medicine, 3 ct. $4.99 (sale price)
- $4.99 SCR #25 WYB (1)
- $2/1 Oscillococcinum printable
= FREE + $2.00 overage after rebate submission

1 ThermaCare Back Patch 1 ct. $2.99 ea. (sale price)
- $2.99 SCR #23 WYB (1)
- $1/1 ThermaCare product Rite-Aid VV printable
- $1/1 ThermaCare printable
= FREE + $2.00 overage after rebate submission

1 Bee M.D. Cough Drops 21 ct. $2.49 ea. (sale price)
- $2.99 SCR #22 WYB (1)
- $1 Mail in Rebate on Bee M.D. Cough Drops
= FREE + $1.00 overage after rebate submission and mail-in-rebate


STOCKPILE
8 Red Zone Old Spice Body Wash $3.00 ea. (sale price)
- B1G1 Old Spice Body Wash from the P&G "A Year of Savings" booklet
- $1/2 Old Spice Body Wash from the P&G "A Year of Savings" booklet
- prints $2 UP Reward wyb (2)
= FREE after UP Reward

2 Preference by L'Oreal $8.99 ea. (sale price)
- $2/1 in-ad L'Oreal Preference Rite-Aid Q
- $2/1 L'Oreal Preference Rite-Aid VV printable Q
- $3/1 from 8/15 RP or $2/1 printable
- prints $2 UP Reward
= FREE after UP Reward

2 Maybelline Eye Studio Quad Eyeshadow $9.49 (B1G1 50%)
- $2/1 Maybelline Eye Studio printable
- $2/1 Maybelline Eye Studio Rite-Aid VV printable
- prints $4 UP Reward wyb $10 of Maybelline
= $1.11 ea. after UP Reward

4 Nivea Bodywash $3.99 ea. (sale price)
- $3/2 Nivea bodywash printable
- prints $5 UP Reward wyb $15 of Nivea Skincare
= $1.25 ea. wyb four after UP Reward

4 Scope Mouthwash 710ml - 1 Liter $3.99 ea. (sale price)
- $1/1 any Scope from the P&G "A Year of Savings" booklet
- prints $2 UP Reward
= $1.00 ea. after UP Reward

6 TRESemme Shampoo, Conditioner or Stylers $3.99 ea (sale price)
- $1/1 TRESemme Hair Care Q from Rite-Aid $128 Clip & Save booklet
- $5/3 TRESemme Rite-Aid VV printable Q
- prints $1 UP Reward
= $.32 cents ea. after UP Reward


THINGS I NEEDED
6 Dove Miniatures 8.5-9.0 oz. $2.50 ea. (sale price)
- $1/2 Dove Q from Rite-Aid $128 $128 Clip & Save booklet
- $1/2 Dove Q from Rite-Aid VV printable
- $1/1 Dove Manufacturer Q from 8/15 RP
- prints $1 UP Reward wyb (2)
= FREE after UP Reward
 
3 Kit Kat and/or Reese's Snack Size Bags $2.50 ea. (sale price)
- $1/3 printable
- $1/1 Kit Kat/Reese's Rite Aid VV printable
= $1.16 ea.

Used six $5/25 Rite-Aid printable Q's (this coupon doesn't expire until 12/31/10; save to your hard drive immediately to use until the end of the year).

TOTAL: $230.68
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $9.65 ($1.37 + $8.28 tax on gift card so no OOP)
SAVINGS: 96%'

NOTE: I will receive $10.47 in Rite-Aid SCR Rebates for the Thermacare, Bee M.D. Cough Drops, and the Children's Oscillococcinum.  I have 38.84 in UP Rewards left to roll into my transactions for next week.

NOTE: I gave one of the Dove chocolates and one of the TRESemme shampoos to the two cashiers that helped us today.  We had six transactions and they were real troopers!  It is always a good idea to share some of your shop with the cashiers.  I do this for two reasons.  I want them to realize that I am not hoarding all of my groceries/personal items; it helps for them to know that you are sharing what you are receiving.  Secondly, I like to form relationships with my cashiers.  I am going to be seeing the same people from week to week and I want to have a friendly interaction with them.  The relationships that you form with your cashiers are crucial to your success as a couponer.  If the cashiers know you then they will be more patient with you and they are more likely to work with you if you have made a mistake in your transaction.  They will generally be more helpful towards you if they know you.  Practice the golden rule.

NOTE: I just realized that the $2/1 Rite Aid VV Q for the Maybelline was only supposed to be used on the Trio eye shadow.  I used it on the Quad shadow.  Whoops!  To the newbies: this will happen to you sometimes.  You won't realize that the coupon is for a very specific product (I thought the coupon was good for any Eye Studio product).  The $4 UP Reward did not print for this deal so I called Rite-Aid's customer service and they are sending me the $4 UP Reward in the mail.  The Maybelline $4 UP Reward was not in the ad.  It was an email advertised special!