Go Big or Stay Home Kinda Day

Man, I'm beat! I wanted to hit the stores nice and early today so I'd be home with plenty of time to blog, take a shower and relax a bit before heading over to my parents for a BBQ. I left around 8 this morning and got back around 12:30. Not bad considering I hit up ShopRite, 2 Targets, 4 RA's, CVS and a bunch of Walgreens and got stuck in traffic watching a parade go by. Let's get started, shall we?

Ugh, just read on iheartwags that the Cortaid is limit one per household, except in RI where the limit is two. I'll have to return three of the bottles I bought.

Rite Aid - be sure to pick up the glasses with the polarvision tags on them. I got one that just said "Polarized" and it rang up $19.99. Not really sure what the difference is, but its not worth the hassle of holding up the line to get another pair or having the cashiers adjust the price (what they did for me).

SCR's for my account:

• Style Science Polarvision Sunglasses $12.99, used $10 coupon and will count towards SCR #84, $10 WYB 2 = $2.99
• 6 Ziploc Slider Bags $2.99 each, BOGO sale and used three BOGO coupons (4/11 SS) = FREE
• Nova Max Blood Glucose Monitor $9.99, will get back $9.99 (SCR #50) = FREE
• Used $5 off $20 coupon, total was $9.17 - paid with gift cards from previous rebates, overall profit for transaction = $5.82

Then to finish out my rebates, I bought:

• Style Science Polarvision Sunglasses $12.99, used $10 coupon and now will get back $10 (SCR #84, $10 WYB 2) = $4.02 profit
• 4 Ziploc Slider Bags $2.99 each, BOGO sale and used three BOGO coupons (4/11 SS) = $1.60 or $0.80 each - cashier entered these in as $2.19 each
• Huggies Snug & Fit Diapers Jumbo Pack $8.99, used $3 coupon (or here) and $1 RA coupon and will get back $2 (SCR) = $2.99
• Used $5 off $20 coupon, total was $5.56 - paid with gift cards, overall profit for transaction = $1.44

Then for DBF's rebates, I basically did the same thing again:

• Style Science Polarvision Sunglasses $12.99, used $10 coupon and will count towards SCR #84, $10 WYB 2 = $2.99
• Nova Max Blood Glucose Monitor $9.99, will get back $9.99 (SCR #50) = FREE
• Used $5 off $20 coupon, total was $8.54, paid with gift card, overall profit for transaction = $6.45

Finally...

• Style Science Polarvision Sunglasses $12.99, used $10 coupon and now will get back $10 (SCR #84, $10 WYB 2) = $4.02 profit
• Huggies Little Movers Diapers Jumbo Pack $8.99, used $3 coupon (or here) and $1 RA coupon and will get back $2 (SCR) = $2.99
• 2 Ziploc Slider Bags $2.99 each, BOGO sale and used BOGO coupon (4/11 SS) = FREE
• Used $5 off $20 coupon, total was $3.75, paid with gift card, overall profit for transaction = $3.25

Walgreens

• Ecotrin Low Strength Tablets (45 ct) $2, used $2 coupon (5/16 RP) and got back $2 RR = $2 profit
• Cortaid Max Strength Anti-Itch Cream (0.5 oz) $3, used $1 coupon (3/14 RP *Exp 5/31 or 4/25 SS) and get $3 rebate form at register (Limit 1) = $1 profit
• U by Kotex $3.49, used $1 coupon (I bought a bunch of Kotex coupons on ebay that don't expire until 2011) and got back $2.50 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Royal Gelatin $0.69
• Used $5 RR, total was $0.18 - didn't use the in-circular coupon for the jello b/c that would make me negative. Must have done my math wrong

Repeated this transaction without the jello, paid total of $4.49 with gift card

Another WAG:

• Ecotrin Low Strength Tablets (45 ct) $2, used $2 coupon (5/16 RP) and got back $2 RR = $2 profit
• Cortaid Max Strength Anti-Itch Cream (0.5 oz) $3, used $1 coupon (3/14 RP *Exp 5/31 or 4/25 SS) and get $3 rebate form at register (Limit 1) = $1 profit
• $20 Walgreens gift card
• 3 Royal Gelatins $2 for all three
• Used three $8 RR's, total was zero

This transaction was a bit wonky. I also had a Kotex that I was buying, but apparently, the cashier didn't ring it up. He rang all my coupons (including the Kotex!) and then handed me back my Cortaid coupon saying it was expired. I was about to argue but then saw that my total was zero. Since there was a huge line forming behind me, I figured I must have done my math wrong and left. I realized later what happened. Isn't it weird that the Kotex coupon scanned? The only thing I can think of is that he scanned the Cortaid coupon and then handed that back to me. He was going at super-sonic-speed so it was hard to keep up.

Another WAG - repeated this transaction three times

• U by Kotex $3.49, used $1 coupon (I bought a bunch of Kotex coupons on ebay that don't expire until 2011) and got back $2.50 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Royal Gelatin $0.20 with in-circular coupon (love this super cheap filler!)
• Used $2 RR, total was $0.69

Final trip:

• U by Kotex $3.49, used $1 coupon (I bought a bunch of Kotex coupons on ebay that don't expire until 2011) and got back $2.50 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Ecotrin Low Strength Tablets (45 ct) $2, used $2 coupon (5/16 RP) and got back $2 RR = $2 profit
• Total was $2.49, paid with gift card

Target - both these deals are from my new fav website - Totally Target

• 2 Olay Toners $2.99 each, used two $2 coupons (5/2 P&G - these expire today!) and got back $5 Target gift card = $3.02 profit
• 2 Olay Facial Cloths $4.49 each, used two $2 coupons (5/2 P&G) and got back $5 Target gift card = $0.02 profit
• Armor All Tire Shine $4.99 and Tire Protectant (7 oz) $6, used $3 off 2 Target coupon and two $2 coupons and will submit for TMF rebate on the tire protectant = $2.01 profit
• Total was $10.27, paid with gift cards

The second store I checked had TONS of toner. I didn't even come close to cleaning them out by buying eight:

• 8 Olay Toners $2.99 each, used eight $2 coupons (5/2 P&G - these expire today!) and got back $5 Target gift card for every two = $12.08 profit
• 3 Bounty Basic Paper Towels $0.99 each, used three $1 coupons (from P&G coupon booklet home mailer) = $0.03 profit
• Total was $8.16, paid with gift cards

Will save this receipt to submit for $12 rebate (WYB $30) using the Olays that I bought. Hopefully there will be another deal on the qualifying items soon enough.

ShopRite

• Two $50 JCPenney gift cards, got back $10 catalina (WYB certain gift cards) = $10 profit
• 16 Breyers Yogurts $0.50 each, used four $0.50 off 4 coupons (5/23 SS) = $4 or $0.25 each
• Total was $103.95

CVS - my card. Had some EB's to use up, otherwise I probably would have passed on this week's deals

• Ban Invisible Solid (2.6 oz) $2.99, used $1 coupon (4/18 SS) and got back $2 EB (Limit 1) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Finesse Hair Spray $3.99, used $1 coupon and will submit for $3 rebate (5/16 SS) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Wesson Oil $2.49
• Used $6.99 EB, total was $0.97, got back $1 EB for using green bag tag