Giant & Rite Aid

Today was the first real day that I was feeling reasonably well to go out and do things after the accident and we needed milk and well...

There are so many free after rebate items at Rite Aid this week. I knew I wasn't going to get all of them because there is no way I'm willing to wake up at 7am to get to a store by 8am only to be competing with every single soccer mom in Olney, but I did give it a shot around 9:30 and was pleasantly surprised to purchase most of the items I wanted to.

I bought:

$1.99 Chapstick shimmer berry
$3.99 Comtrex 20 ct
$10.99 Neti Pot (I've been meaning to get one of these for awhile, and the $3 off coupon pretty much sealed the deal - yes of course, I'll make $3 on a product I want anyway!)
$2.99 vanilla softlips 2-pack
$6.99 Simply Saline Sinus kit
$3.99 Excedrin Express Gels 20 ct
$4.79 Frosted Mini Wheats
$0.00 Buy 1 get 1 free Frosted Mini Wheats

- $3.00 Neti Pot coupon (link above)

= $32.73
I used what was left on a $20 giftcard and brought the total down to $19.79, so that's what I spent Oop, although I'll be getting $30.94 back from the rebates and I'm going to use the Chapstick rebate in (I believe) this week's paper to get $1.99 back. =)

Next was Giant. I really only needed to get milk, but I got some great deals!

$3.99 gallon skim milk
$3.99 Glade oil plug-in
$3.99 Glade oil plug-in
$1.85 QuakerSimple Harvest instant cinnamon apple granola on the reduced to quick sale table
$1.85 QuakerSimple Harvest instant cinnamon apple granola on the reduced to quick sale table
$.90 Campbells cream of asparagus condensed soup on the reduced to quick sale table
$.90 Campbells cream of asparagus condensed soup on the reduced to quick sale table
$.90 Campbells cream of asparagus condensed soup on the reduced to quick sale table
$1.50 Healthy Ones Turkey Breast
$1.43 4.33 lb of bananas (ripe $.33 a lb)
$.84 2 clear pencil boxes on clearance
$4.52 5.14 lb of gala apples (on sale in tote bag for $.88 lb)

- $1/1 Quaker Simple
- $1/1 Quaker Simple
- $.50/3 Campbells condensed creams
- $.75/1 Healthy Ones
- $3.99 Glade Oil plug-ins (buy 1 get 1 free coupon)
- $2.00 Glade promotion from last shopping trip
- $2.00 Glade promotion from last shopping trip

- $15.95 which I paid with a gift card, however, the Glade deal didn't work - the 2-$4 off next shopping trip coupons didn't print out, so the customer service lady gave me $8 in cash, reducing my trip Oop to $7.95 Oop (of course I used a gift card so I technically spent nothing out of pocket)

Running weekly tally: $19.79

DAYS	MONEY SPENT
AUG 10 - AUG 16	$118.24
AUG 17 - AUG 23	$48.11
AUG 23 - AUG 30	$40.78
AUG 31 - SEP 6	$57.87
SEP 7 - SEP 13	$57.39
SEP 14 - SEP 20	$71.10
SEP 21 - SEP 27	$1.83
SEP 28 - OCT 4	$49.18
OCT 5 - OCT 11	$13.88
OCT 12 - OCT 18	?
OCT 19 - OCT 25	?
OCT 26 - NOV 1	?

Car Accident

That is my bumper. I was in a car accident last night, in a bit of pain, but it could be far worse, thank goodness.

Now here's why this has to do with frugality and why some things are worth paying for. I pay $20 every 6 months for rental insurance (which means I don't pay for a rental car in case of collisions that cause the car to become undrivable). My car has sustained at least 8-10 days worth of fixing the damage (I haven't heard the estimate but the representative said the car is pretty beat up) but I wasn't at fault (i got slammed from behind and then rolled and hit the lady that stopped short in front of me - in other words, I was in an accident sandwich) and I need a rental car. I am paying nothing but gas for it (it's usually $22.50 per day). So completely worth the $40 a year.

Insurance. Very important and not something to skimp on.

CVS & Rite Aid PSA

Well, this morning was the morning of chores. I went to the bank, Rite Aid to return a cleanser, Giant to drop off a Rx (and $20 transfer giftcard), CVS to fill a Rx and pick up more Always pads and milk and the dry cleansers to drop off my rain coat and a blazer (thankfully not the one I'm wearing today for my interview!).

The Rite Aid PSA is that as far as I could read, they are no longer requiring a 6 month wait on the current coupons that are out there. The other bit of the PSA is at the check out area, there were booklets of 4-$30 (that's $120!) when you transfer an Rx coupon just sitting there. I picked up one booklet of 4 but was tempted to pick another. I might when I go back to buy... something -

Anyway, at CVS a $1 off speedstick coupon spit out from the red machine, so of course I did the speedstick deal (it was free, and although I promised myself last night I wouldn't buy anymore deodorant after looking through my stash of 10+, I couldn't help it).

Anyway, I bought:

"transaction" 1:
$10 drugs
and I used a Rite Aid transfer Rx coupon, so I got a $30 giftcard

transaction 2:
$1.99 24/7 Speedstick
$4.98 Always Infinity pads (these were well stocked because the sign read, buy 1 get $1 Extrabuck instead of get $4.98! I was worried they'd be out, hooray)
$1.69 Fuze
$1.69 Fuze
$2.59 half-gallon milk (yet again, no gallons and this was a different CVS!)

- $1/1 Speedstick
- $1.69 buy 1 get 1 Fuze
- $8 in Extrabucks

= $2.25 Oop
And I received the following in Extrabucks: $1 from the Speedstick, $4.98 from the Always, $1 from the Fuze = $6.98!

I need to go back to Giant at some point to pick up my Rx (and my $20 giftcard, yay!).

Running weekly tally $13.88

CVS Trip

Um, another unexpected trip, yes, gee of course I am not a CVS Extrabucks addict, no, no, I'm not not, not at all.

Anyway, here's what I got. Has anyone else tried the Always deal again? It doesn't say "offer limit reached" at the bottom of my receipt. Maybe I'll try tomorrow morning before my interview.

$5.99 8-pack Bounty Basic (we use this for cleaning the bathroom since it's rougher than Viva)
$2.97 3 Renuzit Super Odor Killer
$5.99 Soleil razor refill
$5.99 Soleil razor refill
$2.29 Vitamin Water
$4.98 Always pads

And then I found some makeup on clearance 75% off(I should have gotten 2 L'oreal products since they were buy 1 get 1 50% off - but sometimes that doesn't work with the clearance items)
$2.50 L'oreal Bare Natural lipgloss (75% off)
$1.99 Revlon Beyond Natural liptint (75% off)
$1.99 Sally Hansen Natural lipgloss (75% off)

- $3/$15 CVS
- $.55/3 Renuzit
- $1/1 Sally lip product (lipgloss for $.99!)
- $2/1 Soleil
- $2/1 Soleil
- $1/1 Bounty
- $1.99/1 Revlon (free!)
- $2/1 Loreal (lipgloss for $.50!)
- $5 Extrabucks
- $4 Extrabucks
- $1.50 Extrabucks

= $11.63 Oop
Made the following in Extrabucks: $4.98 from the Always, $8 from Soleil, $2.29 from the Vitamin Water = $15.27 back in Extrabucks!

Running weekly tally $11.63

No, I'm not an addict, no I'm not...
I'll be going back tomorrow morning to get another Always and some milk - too bad the $3/$15 expires today.

Unexpected Safeway Trip

I wasn't expecting to go to Safeway till tomorrow, but I was worried that the lunch meat deal (that we need) would sell out before I got there. There's also a farmer's market across the street that I've been meaning to go to, but usually wind up too tired after my grocery run to go, so I just got back.

I bought:
$2.64 3 boxes of Safeway brand pasta products (1lb each)
$2.50 gallon sized Zip Lock bags
6 Yoplaits (on sale for 5/$3.75 - I had a coupon off 6)
2 Attune Wellness bars (10/$10)
$1.09 Ovenjoy wheat bread
2 Butcher cut turkey breast (on sale today and tomorrow only for $1.99 each)
2 Hillshire Farms hearty cut turkey breast (on sale 2/$7 - with Catalina deal)
4 pounds of chicken breasts, bone in, .$99/lb

- $.55 Hillshire Farms (doubled)
- $.40 Yoplaits (doubled)
- $1.79 Attune, buy 1 get 1 free coupon
- $2.00 Glade catalina from last purchase
- $2.00 Glade catalina from last purchase

This came to $20.18, however, there was supposed to be a $4 off movie Catalina deal when you bought 2 Hillshire farm lunch meats which didn't print out, so the customer service guy there just gave me $4 in cash! So, it wound up costing me only $16.18 Oop!

This week's tally: $49.18 - still under budget even with the grocery shopping today!

DAYS	MONEY SPENT
AUG 10 - AUG 16	$118.24
AUG 17 - AUG 23	$48.11
AUG 23 - AUG 30	$40.78
AUG 31 - SEP 6	$57.87
SEP 7 - SEP 13	$57.39
SEP 14 - SEP 20	$71.10
SEP 21 - SEP 27	$1.83
SEP 28 - OCT 4	$49.18
OCT 5 - OCT 11	?
OCT 12 - OCT 18	?

CVS Trips and This Week's Deals

I went to CVS once last night and again this afternoon to finish up this week's deals and start October deals. I made a bit of a boo-boo, doing the Vitamin D deal only to find out that all CVS vitamins are buy 1 get 1 free this week (and this is something we actually need and use - the boyfriend takes Vitamin D daily). Anyway, live and learn.

yesterday CVS trip:

$5.49 Covergirl clean makeup in lightest shade (I'm as white as a sheet, hope it's not too dark)
$1.69 Fuze
$1.69 Fuze
$1.11 3 Hershey "bar" truffles (on clearance 75% off)
$.99 Dawn Ultra
$2.99 CVS Vitamin D
$2.59 half-gallon skim milk (gallons looked questionable - so had to buy a 1/2)
$3.99 Purell

- $3/$15 CVS
- $.25 Dawn
- $.37 Hershey (this was a mistake, but the cashier didn't void it out)
- $.60 Purell
- $1/1 Covergirl
- $1.62 Buy 1 get 1 free Fuze
- $10 Extrabucks

= $3.70, which I put on a giftcard, so $0.00 Oop

Now, I never do this and find it questionable ethics wise, but I misread the Purell October deal and thought it was buy 1 get 1 Extrabuck, not buy 2 get 1 Extrabuck. I realize that returning the item this morning was slightly sketchy, but I wasn't going to buy it just to have it cause we would never use it, if it were buy 1 get 1, I would have kept it by the kitchen sink, but 2 huge bottles of Purell for $7 was not really worth it, so I returned it this morning (and received $4.23 back).

Anyway, with that purchase, I received my Extrabucks for the summer ($7.50! Considering I hardly spend anything out of pocket, I was impressed), plus the $5.79 for the Cover Girl, $1 for the Fuze and $2.99 for the vitamins.

This morning's trip, I purchased:

$10 4 Scotch Brite 3-ct heavy duty sponges (at $5/2)
$.99 Softsoap
$2.99 Folgers Coffee
$2.99 Folgers Decaf
$4.49 Stayfree Ultra 32 ct
$13.98 2 Febreze Noticeables kits (must have restocked for this week, yay!)
$5.98 2 Colgate Maxfresh toothpastes
$5 Scotch packaging tape duo
$.99 Dawn Ultra
$1.85 5 Hersheys "bar" truffles

- $3/$15 CVS
- $.20 Dawn
- $.25 Folgers
- $.40 Softsoap
- $.50 Folgers
- $1/1 Colgate
- $1/1 Colgate
- $5/1 Febreze
- $5/1 Febreze
- $1/2 Scotch pads
- $1/2 Scotch pads
- $2/1 Stayfree
- $7.50 Extrabucks
- $1.00 Extrabucks
- $5.79 Extrabucks
- $2.99 Extrabucks

= $11.63 which I paid with one of our gift cards - (next purchase, I promise, I'll do all out of pocket) so $0.00 Oop

and I made the following in Extrabucks: $5 from the Scotch, $4 for the Colgate, $1.50 for the Stayfree = $10.50 back

This coming week, I might do a couple of the deals, but we are well stocked for most things in the apartment, so I don't think I'll go crazy. Some of the decent deals:

• Mennen Deodorant, pay $1.99 get $1 EB back (limit 5)
  
• Buy 1 get 1 free CVS vitamins (do the October Vitamin deal and get both free! sorry, they say the Vitamin D is excluded from the buy 1 get 1 free deal =/)
  
• $.99 Renuzit adjustable solid
  
• $2.99 Renuzit pearl scents air freshener or Soft Scrub
  
• spend $20 of various over the counter medication - various brands, get $10 EB (lots of coupon matchups in this week's paper) (limit 1)
  
• Bic Soleil catridge or Razor pay $5.99 get $4 EB (limit 5) (I'm searching for coupons but can't find any... if you find, let me know)
  
• Colgate maxfresh with beads, pay $2.99 get 2 EB (also a monthly deal)(limit 2)
  
• Always infinity pads, pay $4.98, get $4.98 in EB (limit 2)
  

Running weekly tally for this week: $33.00/$50

Budget So Far I

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DAYS	MONEY SPENT
AUG 10 - AUG 16	$118.24
AUG 17 - AUG 23	$48.11
AUG 23 - AUG 30	$40.78
AUG 31 - SEP 6	$57.87
SEP 7 - SEP 13	$57.39
SEP 14 - SEP 20	$71.10
SEP 21 - SEP 27	$1.83
SEP 28 - OCT 4	$33.00
OCT 5 - OCT 11	?
OCT 12 - OCT 18	?

Monday spent in August: $207.13
Money spent in September: $188.19
Money spent in October: ?