Rite Aid December 26, 2010 trip- $1.44 Profit

Transaction 1

Purchase:
16.00 8 Nivea Lip ($2 each)
4.99 Nivea for Men face balm
9.97 Gilette Fusion Power
8.00 2 Old Spice body spray ($4 each)
38.96 Product Cost

Less Savings:
5.00 $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon
8.00 4 Nivea Lip BOGO MFQ
2.00 Nivea for Men MFQ
4.00 Old Spice Body Spray BOGO MFQ
4.00 Gilette Fusion MFQ
12.00 UP rewards (earned in a previous week)
35.00 Total Savings

$4.56 OOP (3.96 + .60 tax) Receive $18 UP (for Nivea, Gilette, Old Spice) $1.44 Profit

Note:  I cannot repeat this deal on my other card because I do not have enough Nivea coupons

CVS December 26, 2010 trip- $3.55 Cost

CARD 1

Purchased:
6.97 2 Pantene ($3.48 each)
5.98 2 Colgate Advanced
3.00 3 Powerade ($1 each)
15.95 Product Cost

Less Savings:
3.48 Pantene BOGO MFQ
2.00 2 $1 Colgate MFQ
9.99 ECB (paid with ECB's earned in prior weeks)- all expiring today
$15.47 total savings

$0.56 (0.48 + .08 tax) and earned $7 ECB ($4 for 2 Colgate, $2 for Pantene, $1 for Powerade) Cost $3.55
Note:  Another week with bucks expiring and no deals to roll them into.  Chose to burn some on the Pantane and Powerade because at least we will use those products.

Rite Aid December 24, 2010 trip- $22.42 profit!!!

Transaction 1

Purchase:
4.79 Motrin PM (5.99 less 1.20 Wellness discount)
2.00 4 Reese/Kit Kat (.50 each)
6.79 Product Cost

Less Savings:
2.00 Motrin in ad coupon
1.00 Motrin MFQ
0.50 Reese BOGO MFQ
0.50 Reese BOGO MFQ
1.00 UP rewards (earned in a previous week)
5.00 Total Savings

$1.79 OOP Receive $4 UP (for Motrin and Reese) and $10 for Gift of Savings promotion $11.21 Profit

Note:  I wasn't planning on visiting Rite Aid this week but I realized I was only a few dollars away from the next tier on the gift of savings promotion so I made the trip.  I did this deal on both cards to qualify.

CVS December 19, 2010 trip- $11.27 cost

Note: I had $30 in ECB expiring this week that I needed to use.  Since there were no good deals to roll my ECB's forward with, I used the strategy of buying things we will use or need.  Never let ECB's expire, you can always buy something, even if it is milk!!!


CARD 1

Purchased:
13.00 4 Coke products ($3.25 each)
8.19 Schick Hydro
7.98 2 Listerine ($3.99 each)
2.79 Thermacare
31.96 Product Cost

Less Savings:
4.00 Schick Hydro MFQ (expired but they took)
4.00 2 $2 Listerine MFQ (for Listerine Zero but they took)
1.00 Thermacare MFQ
22.91 ECB (paid with ECB's earned in prior weeks)- all expiring this week
$31.91 total savings

$0.11 (0.05 + .06 tax) and earned $13.79 ECB ($4 for 2 Listerine, $3 for Coke, $4 for Schick, $2.79 for Thermacare) Cost $9.23

CARD 2

Purchased:
7.98 2 Listerine ($3.99 each)
2.79 Thermacare
10.77 Product Cost


Less Savings:
2.00 2 $1 Listerine MFQ
7.35 ECB (paid with ECB's earned in prior weeks)- all expiring this week
9.35 total savings


$1.48 (1.42 + .06 tax) and earned $6.79 ECB ($4 for 2 Listerine, $2.79 for Thermacare) Cost $2.04

Rite Aid December 5, 2010 trip- Cost $0.15

Transaction 1
Purchase:
3.99 Chloraseptic Spray
3.99 Pot O Gold Candy
4.39 AlkaSeltzer ($4.99 less .60 Wellness discount)
2.95 Colgate ($2.99 less .05 Wellness discount)
15.32 Product Cost

Less Savings:
1.00 Chloraseptic MFQ
1.00 Alka Seltzer video values coupon
3.00 Alka Seltzer MFQ
1.00 Pot O Gold MFQ
1.00 Colgate MFQ
7.00 UP rewards (earned in a previous week)
14.00 Total Savings

$1.32 OOP  Receive $6 UP (for Pot O Gold, Alka Seltzer, Colgate, Chloraseptic) and $2 SCR (for Chloraseptic) $0.32 cost

Transaction 2

Purchase:
3.99 Chloraseptic Spray
3.00 2 Halls ($1.50 each)
4.39 AlkaSeltzer ($4.99 less .60 Wellness discount)
2.95 Colgate ($2.99 less .05 Wellness discount)
14.33 Product Cost

Less Savings:
1.00 Chloraseptic MFQ
1.00 Alka Seltzer video values coupon
3.00 Alka Seltzer MFQ
1.00 $1/2 Halls MFQ
0.50 Halls video value coupon
1.00 Colgate MFQ
4.00 UP rewards (earned in a previous week)
11.50 Total Savings

$2.83 OOP Receive $5 UP (for Alka Seltzer, Colgate, Chloraseptic, Halls) and $2 SCR (for Chloraseptic) $0.17 Profit

CVS December 5, 2010 trip- Cost $9.27

CARD 1
Purchased:
10.00  3 Coke products ($3.33 each)
9.99    Gilette Fusion (look for Bonus packs!)
22.44  6 Pantene ($3.74 each)
42.43  Product Cost

Less Savings:
5.00  $5 off $30 email
4.00  Gillette Fusion MFQ
11.22 3 Buy One Pantene get One Free MFQ
21.33 ECB (paid with ECB's earned in prior weeks)
$41.55 total savings

$0.94 (0.88 + .06) and earned $13 ECB ($10 for P&G deal and $3 for Coke) Cost $9.27

Note:  The best deal for doing the P&G deal if you have the $5 off $30 email is to use four of the BOGO Pantene coupons.  I only had 3 so the next best deal I could figure out was to do the Fusion.