RIP $5/$25

Rite Aid - looks like the $5/$25 coupon is officially dead. Rest in peace dear friend, how I have enjoyed our time together! I'm not going to list out each transaction that I did today because the deals are pretty straightforward. Plus there's no need to lump your purchases together to hit $25. Sigh.

• 2 RA/Office Expert Tapes (Invisible or Gift) $1.49 each, BOGO sale and got back two $1 UP's (one for each) = $0.51 profit

Bought 38 of these in total over a variety of stores. I was taxed $0.10 for every pair, so all in all, I made $7.79 profit. Be sure to check the gift wrap and holiday aisles for these. Every store I went to was out of them in the office supply aisle, but I was able to find tons in these other spots.

A couple stores also had more Ecotools items - hoorah! Here's the deal for those:

• Ecotools Bath Care and Accessories $1.99 each, BOGO 50% off sale and got back $5 UP (WYB 2) = $2.02 profit

I was looking for the puzzles and figurines deals, but didn't find any. You can see some pics on Erica's site. Basically, they're $0.99 regular price, so less with your Wellness discount and you get back $2 UP for each. But they're one of those items that not every store gets and the ones that have them usually have limited quantities. I hope you're able to find some!

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• 2 JCP $50 gift cards, got back $10 catalina (WYB $100 in select gift cards) = $10 profit *Will use this towards $10 Coors NBPR rebate on gift cards (min. $50 purchase) = $20 profit

Separately:

• Apples $1.29/lb - $3.52
• Breakstone sour cream $0.99
• Used two $2.50 cats (second one had to be put in manually), total was $0.43

Then I bought:

• Ground beef $3.24
• Russet potatoes $1.99
• Breakstone sour cream $0.99
• Alouette Baby Brie $7.99, used $1 coupon (11/7 SS) and Alouette spreadable cheese $3.49, used $0.75 coupon (11/7 SS) - will use these towards $6 Michelob NBPR rebate when you spend $10 on cheese
• Used two $2.50 cats and $10 cat, total was $0.10 after $0.10 bag discount