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Oh. My. Heavens.  Remember this Coupon Adventure that I had a month ago which I referred to as “the best yet”?  Well I didn’t know how, or even if, I would ever top that one.  But I have.  Oh yes, I have.  This week was a hot hot hot smokin’ hot week at Rite Aid.  And I scored – big.

I started the day with $24 in +Ups – essentially $24 to spend.  Remember that.  $24.  So off we went, my little helper and I, leaving the house at 4:33am on Sunday.  Hey – he wanted to go.  And we got to our Rite Aid at 5am on the dot.

Colgate was on sale for $2.99.  You got a $2 +Up back on each one making them 99-cents.  I had $1-off coupons from the Sunday newspaper coupons and got these for free.

Afrin.  These were on sale for $5.99 with a $4 +Up on each making them $1.99 each.  I had coupons for $2-off AND $3-off AND a coupon from the Rite Aid website for watching videos which you can add on to a manufacturer’s coupon, so I actually made $6 on these.

The Coricidin was a fun one.  Fun because while my girl was ringing me up the shift supervisor (who does not like couponers at all) nosed in to my transaction and said that I was only allowed to buy 2 Coricidins because I’m going to go home and make meth out of it and they made a law that said I could only get 2.  I just smiled and nodded because I really don’t like this lady.  It was my understanding that all these sorts of things were behind the pharmacy counter, but whatever.  They were out there, I had coupons for 8, the register made my girl put in my date of birth and she let me have all 8 – LOL 

The Stayfree were cool.  Didn’t know it worked like this but found out via the I Heart Rite Aid blog that it does.  So the Stayfree were on sale BOGO (buy 1, get one free).  I had coupons for BOGO Stayfree.  So I buy 1, and they give me one free.  And then my coupon pays for the one that I bought.  Pretty cool, eh?  These went straight to the church.  Oh – another funny.  At our first Rite Aid they were completely out of Stayfree pads.  At 5am, really?  They said that a man came and filled 2 carts worth at 1am – sale starts at midnight.  A man?  LOL  They said that he said that he’s got daughters.

Jif peanut butter was on sale for $1.99 with a $1 +Up making them 99-cents each.  I also had a coupon from the Rite Aid videos for $1-off (2) making these 49-cents each.  The paper plates were BOGO and then I had a coupon from the Rite Aid videos for $3-off (2) making it 99-cents for both of these.  The Sally Hansen nail polish was buy 1 get 1 half off – not the greatest deal ever but I also had a coupon that I used on each making it $2.45 for both of these and they’ll be a little gift in my daughter’s Valentine bucket.  The Iron was BOGO, I had coupons for $1-off each so I got both for $6.98 – not sure if that’s a good deal but considering they would have been $17.96, and I needed it, that’s a score in my book.

It was 25 degrees out when we left the house…and we’re out buyin’ ice cream!  Dreyers ice cream was on sale for $2.99 with a $2 +Up coming back making these 99-cents each.  There was also a promo where you bought $15 of certain items – these included – you get an additional $5 +Up back.  So follow my math on this:  $2.99 x 6 = $17.94; minus $2 +Up on each takes it down to $5.94; then factor in the additional $5 +Up = 6 tubs of ice cream for 94-cents total.  Hello!  I did this twice…there are 4 more tubs in another freezer.

Lay’s Stax were the deal of the week.  On sale for $1 each giving you a $1 +Up back = free. 
All 53 cans of ’em (from different Rite Aids – again, don’t be a shelf-clearer).

Alright.  So what was that number again?  The number that I started the trip with?  $24.  Started with $24 +Ups to play with.  With moneymaker coupon scenarios, and getting extra +Ups here and there for being part of the Winter Rewards promo where you buy x of certain products, and the Heart Healthy promo where you buy x of certain products, I finished this Rite Aid caper with $102 +Ups.  ONE HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS.  I got everything you see above, gave up my $24 +Ups, have $102 +Ups now which = a net profit of $78…and all the stuff to boot!  Holy Hannah!

HBA GIVEAWAY

HBA stands for “health & beauty aids” 😉  I thought I’d put together a little care package for one of you girls.  We’ve got some Wags Energy Booster, a Johnson & Johnson first aid kit, some Reach floss, some Crest toothpaste with a Colgate toothbrush, a box of Bayer chewables, a couple boxes of Sinex, a bag of Halls, a lil’ box of Vicks cough drops for your purse, and some body butter from the Body Shop. 

Leave a comment on this post and I’ll post the winner next weekend.