Walgreens and Rite Aid Trip this Week

Walgreens (not pictured – 3 packs of One a Day vitamins)

Walgreens is having some great sales this week (and on some of the monthly free after rebate (FAR) items). I wanted to buy a pack of Electrasol gelpacs for free after $2.50 QP and ESR, but they weren’t in stock. The FAR Auto Expressions Vent Fresh Auto Freshener was also not in stock. I’ll check another Walgreens on the Electrasol this week, and get a raincheck if I can’t find it.

I needed a filler in order to have as many items as I had coupons, so I purchased a gallon of milk, since it was on sale for the same price as at Meijer this week. I also should have probably purchased the vitamins in an initial transaction, and then used the RR’s for the next transaction, but I didn’t think of it until after. It doesn’t really matter, since I used a GC to pay for it, so I didn’t pay anything OOP. For help with the coupon lingo that I use throughout this post, visit my Coupons 101 post.

Purchased:
(2) One a Day Women’s vitamins and (1) Mens vitamins $7 each ($21 total)
Orajel Cold Sore Brush $8.49 (monthly rebate item)
Garnier Fructis 2 in 1 shampoo $2.99
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pint $3.00
Gallon milk (filler item) $2.49
Revlon Matte Lipstick $7.99 (monthly rebate item)

Used:
(3) $1.00 One a Day vitamin QP’s from 1/4 S and printable
$1.00 Orajel QP from 10/26 S
$1.00 Garnier QP from 1/4 RP
$2.00 Walgreens IVC Garnier QP from January ESR catalog
$3.00 Ben & Jerry’s printable QP (you can no longer print this one)
$1.00 Revlon QP from 11/16 S (or 12/7 S)

Total OOP: $36.13 – paid on Walgreens GC from doing rebates previous months

(Will) Received: $37.13 after 10% bonus for getting the ESR on Walgreens GC
$10.00 RR for vitamins (buy $20, get $10 RR)
$8.49 ESR for Orajel (monthly FAR item)
$7.99 ESR for Revlon lipstick
1/2 price MIR for the One-a-Day vitamins (after coupons) from 1/4 S – so I’ll get $3.00 per bottle – total $9.00
There is also an Orajel rebate from 10/26 S for $8.49 (but I forgot to do it on a separate transaction than the vitamins or get another receipt).

Rite Aid

They also had Soy Joy bars on sale for 10/$5 with a $5 SCR. Plus, I had a QP from 1/4 S for $2 off 10 (so profit of $2), but they were completely sold out. I got a raincheck for the bars, and will pick them up another week. Here’s Rite Aid’s policy on getting an SCR when you have a raincheck. It’s a little bit more complicated than the normal method of submitting online (you have to fax or mail your receipt to Special Services), but you can still get the rebate.

Purchased:
Garnier Fructis 2 in 1 shampoo $3.00

Used:
$1.00 Garnier QP from 1/4 RP (could also use 10/5 or 11/9 RP)

Total OOP: $2.18 – paid for with Rite Aid GC from P&G promotion back in November

Will Receive: $2.00 in SCR

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