Rite Aid Deals, deals deals! :)

whoa! What a bargain at Rite Aid (RA). Just got back from there and ended up paying $24 for $41 worth of stuff. Now, when I enter my single check rebates (SCR), I will get back $6 + $5 which will end up making my Rite Aid total $13!! And I should qualify for the spend $25 get $5 gift card for RA too. . .making my total even less, $8

I am really mad at myself though, because I forgot to use the in-ad coupon for one item, so I COULD HAVE saved another $2 : / Dummy!!! My coupons got all stuck together and it was a little one, so that is how it got stuck on the bottom. oops. my bad! I guess I will just have to go back and get a another one! ;)

My first attempt at posting a pic. . .but if I do, I will explain what I got for free. . .BRB!

Okay, that wasn't so hard! :)

After receiving several free samples of the Aveeno Hair Care, I decided that I love that shampoo and they way it makes my hair feel. I went to buy it, only to find that it cost more than Pantene!! Ugh! So I waited it out. Finally, today at RA, it was on sale for 20% off! Yay! That made it $6 (which is still too much for my budget lol) I had several coupons (1 that came with my free samples for $1) that I could match up with my RA coupon for $2. Total coupons = $4.50. Add in the SCR for $3 when you buy two Aveeno products. . .the total for two bottles of $7.49ea shampoo was $4.50 which makes them $2.25 a bottle! Yay!

The Gilette Fusion (GF) was FREE. . .with it being on sale for $9, a $5 SCR and a $4 coupon in this Sundays paper! Hubby has been wanting to try one of these, but at $11.99 - there was no way!! Now I will have to wait for the cartridges to go on sale cuz they are more than the actual razor, but I am sure it won't be too much longer for that sale (then I have coupons for free shave get and deoderant when u buy 1 GF cartridge refill! Sweet!

The Tylenol (Ex strength 24 pks) were on sale for Buy one get one free (B1G1) and they were $4.99 a pack. . .I had two coupons for a $1 off 1 which made them $2.99 for two. Well that would be $1.50 each!! (plus I am working on that SCR which is $5 back when you spend $15 on a big list of stuff - Tylenol is on the list!)

Sally Hansen Nail Polish. . .these suckers are expensive. $4.99 a piece. Well, there is a SCR for $3, which makes it 1.99 and then add in my .50 coupon, and I got it for $1.49 - just in time for my Halloween costume (yes, that is why it is bright red!) LOL

The softsoap Nutri-syrum Soap (another thing I have been wanting to try) is where I messed up. It was on sale for $3.99. I had a coupon for $1 off, but I also had the in-ad coupon for $2 off. I could have combined them and got it for .99 but instead, I got it for $2.99 (which still isn't bad, but even as I stood there rummaging thru my coupons, I knew that I should get more off - cuz it is still kind of expensive at $2.99 IMO!) Oh well. . .get over it already! : /

The pack of KitKats were .88 (couldn't resist haha) and I grabbed a pack of M&Ms for myself for lunch at $1. (I know, not helping the diet, but I was starving!)

Finally, The folder and the book. This stuff was not on my list, but was 75% off (back to school stuff) so I grabbed the folder with a cute monkey on it for my daughter (she loves monkeys) for .37 (woohoo!) and the book "A Girl's Guide to Money" ;) for her too. . .since she will be leaving for college in about a year. This book was only $2.38!! I got her a great little birthday present for under $3!! (well, dad got her something too for like $7) but that still stays within the budget!!

Dang Im good. . .but def not great. . .or I wouldn't have forgot that $2 coupon. . .dang it!! LOL