Reader Shopping Trip: Rite Aid, PetSmart and CVS

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Christina rocked it at Rite Aid, Petsmart and CVS.  She did amazing!! Here was here trip:

Rite Aid Bought:
(3) Hormel – $5.97 ($1.99 each)
(4) Newspapers (2 Inquirer and 2 Delco Times) – $6.28 ($1.57 each – regularly $1.75 each but I have 10% wellness discount)
(2) Foam 3-D Monkey Mosaic Creatures – $4.12 ($2.06 each – regularly $2.29 each but I have 10% wellness discount)
(1) Blink Tears – $7.99
(2) Motrin PM 20 cts – $6.00 ($3 each)
(2) Tylenol Precise heat patches – $10.00 ($5 each)
(4) Special K Red berries cereals – $9.58 (B1G1F – $4.79 each)
(4) Barilla Spaghetti – $5.00 ($1.25 each)

Subtotal (Excludes Tax): $54.94

Coupons Used:
$1/3 Hormel Compleats IP
$0.50/1 Hormel Compleats Jan VV
$1/1 Blink tears insert coupon
(2) $6/2 Motrin/Tylenol/etc insert coupons(These coupons did not come off correctly – they each scanned as $3 and the supervisor had to override them)
(2) B1G1F IP for Special K ($8.98)
$30 in Up Rewards
Deducted: $53.48

Paid $1.70 cash (includes about $0.24 tax)

Received $7.99 SCR for Blink Tears and $30 in up rewards:
(6) $1 for Hormel (2 for each one purchased)
$5 for the 3-D Monkey Mosaic Creature
(2) $3 Precise
(2) $2 Motrin
(4) $1 Special K
(4) $1 for each Barilla
$1 for purchasing 4 Barilla

Petsmart Bought:
(1) 3.5lb bag of Avoderm Natural Dry Cat Food – $6.99
(1) 3.15lb bag of Friskies Dry Cat food – $4.00
(3) Cans Friskies Wet Cat food – $1.20 ($.40 each)

Subtotal (excludes tax): $12.19

Coupons:
$5 for Purina products (found in Kitty litter bought on Black Friday)
$6.50 for Avoderm cat dry food (Petsmart home mailer)
Deducted $11.50

Paid: $0.73 after coupons (includes $.04 tax)

CVS Transaction #1 Bought:
(4) Finish Powerball – $12 ($3 each)
(2) Airwick Freshmatic refills – $10 ($5.00 each)

Total (Excludes Tax): $22.00

Coupons Used:
(4) $2.25/1 insert coupons for Finish
$5 B1G1F insert coupon for Airwick
$2 ECBs
Deducted $16.00

Paid: $6.36 cash ($0.36 tax)

Received: $10 ECBs

CVS Transaction #2 Bought:
(2) Diet Pepsi 12 packs – $6.68 ($3.34 each)
(4) Pepsi Max – $13.32 ($3.33 each)

Total (Excludes Tax): $20

Coupons Used
$10 ECBs from previous transaction

Paid: $10.60 cash ($.60 tax)

Received: $10 ECBs

For CVS I was going to just get the soda but when I saw the deal for the Finish/Airwick on your site I realized if I did that deal first it would actually save me money (about $2.12) since I had the right coupons and I got more stuff! Thanks for all your great deals you post!!

Make sure to checkout the CVS deals and all the Rite Aid deals this week (scroll down to see them all).

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