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Sometimes during the week after a long day of work I want to just gel at my craft table.  Looking at my pretty ribbons and fun embellies makes me happy.  And I want to create – because that makes me happy too.  However, I don’t have all that much time or patience – less than usual – or creative brainpower, left at 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night.  So I go down the quick & easy route.  Like I did with this fun little card made with some Glitz Design goodies.

 

Don’t you just love that vintage card image?  They’re called Whatnots – what a cute little name!  I didn’t want to cut it, so I made a bigger card – this one is 5×7; great for writing a little more in.  I already know exactly who I am sending this card to.  Blueberry Sky from Papertrey Ink is quickly becoming one of my new favorite colors; the paper is yum and the ribbon is even more yum.

Alrighty.  Moving right along.  Going backwards actually.  So if you tune in to my Adventures in Couponing posts on Sundays, and you were here yesterday, you know that I was going to give Rite Aid another chance.  I mean how could I not? – free toilet paper, hello!

The cool thing about Rite Aid +Up Rewards is that they roll.  Which means you buy (10) packs of toilet paper, you pay your $10, and then you get $10 +Up Rewards back that you can use to pay for the next batch.  And keep going until you want to stop – or until they run out of product – LOL

We were planning on taking a family trip down to Rite Aid and get there before they opened, but I was looking online for store hours and found a 24-hour Rite Aid downtown.  This was at 6am.  So I threw on a hat and bolted the house out in the dark and the rain for free toilet paper.  And there it was.  They still had some on the shelves, the sign was there.  All systems are a go.

4-packs and single rolls…and facial tissue (generic Kleenex) too.  All of it.  $1 and you get $1 back on every single one.  Sweet Mother.

I loaded up my cart – several times.

And when I paid – it all went perfectly.  The cashiers at the downtown Rite Aid were pleasant, knew about the deal; the perfect Coupon Adventure.

One of my cartloads at the downtown store.  And before anyone hates on me – remember, this is my blog and if you hate on me I will ban you forever 😉 – I did leave some, there were other people there loading up too, and I’m going to donate half of this to my church food pantry (they accept toiletries too).  It wasn’t all me and it’s not all for me.  So hush 😛

So I headed up to another Rite Aid and bought a lil’ more.  They didn’t have the signs up, but the deal still worked.  Kinda.  The +Ups wouldn’t scan so the lady had to key them in – and she was not happy.  Oh man she was like really not happy.  I tried to smile and make nice and told her don’t worry about it blah blah blah, but she was getting more ticked by the minute – LOL  The supervisor came to help her because I think she sensed that this lady was gonna go postal at any moment.

So I was getting my $1s on my toilet papers and kleenexes and I heard that on some you were getting an extra $3 one – I did.  On the kleenexes I got my $10 plus $3 – score.  And then do you see that?  I got a bonus $20!!  What?!  Apparently because I had spent over $100 retail this year (even though I didn’t really spend it, it was rung up), I got a bonus $20.  Um hi, I am out of pocket $10 today and you are giving me $20?  I’ll take it!

My haul from the second Rite Aid.
I think I got about 100 things combined between both Rite Aids and  all (3) of the promo items (they’re still in the car…Sunday got a lil’ busy to unload it all). 
I made $46.  I did put out $10 to start on the first transaction, so I guess technically I only made $36.
That’s a hot one right there.  And, it’s going on all week.  So if you have a Rite Aid in your area, call and find out when they re-stock (because I would bet they are out of everything right now) and plan yourself a little free toilet paper trip!