Drugstore Deals - Week of 10/11

Whoowhee, it's a crazy good week at Rite Aid this week! I'm even listing my planned scenario for an over $10 moneymaker. Here are this week's highlights from the big 3:

CVS

Nothing much going on at CVS this week. Freebies (after ECBs) are a carving tool and a nylon treat bag for Halloween. They'll also have Brach's Candy Corn on sale for 44 cents a bag through Tuesday. For all the details, click here for Southern Saver's match-ups.

Rite Aid

Even though I've already earned my $20 Gift of Savings, I will most definitely be making a Rite Aid run this week. There will be 13 freebies to be had after Single Check Rebates (5 of these will actually be moneymakers!) including lots of cold remedies just in time for cold & flu season. Click here for Southern Saver's match-ups. My grand plan will include purchases of the following:

Comtrex 20 count
Children's Throat Cooler 6 ct.
Simply Saline Mist 3 oz.
Simply Saline Children's Nasal Mist 1.5 oz.
Chloraseptic Allergen Block Gel, 20 ct.

Total before coupons: $25.95 (will give $5 off $25 Rite Aid coupon to cashier first)
Total after coupons: $12.95 - $13.95 depending upon which Comtrex coupon I can find in store

I'll receive $25.95 back in Single Check Rebates making this a $12 - $13 moneymaker. Sweet!

Walgreen's

Month long Register Reward deals continue on and there are some new deals to be had- most notably $8 in Register Rewards when you buy 8 participating Unilever products (including Skippy peanut butter & Ragu spaghetti sauce). Click here for all the details on Southern Saver's match-ups.

Drugstore Deals - week of 10/03

Things have been crazy busy here so I haven't been posting as much as I typically do- my apologies- we have a lot of personal stuff going on right now and it's potentially likely to keep us occupied (& stressed!) for the next several weeks...if not longer. I didn't have opportunity to post our Friday Finals. I haven't done a good job in keeping receipts this past week and our spending was up due to my stocking up on lean ground beef & chicken drumsticks from Food Lion. Oh well- we can't all be perfect, can we? Without further ado, here's a brief store-by-store breakdown of deals.

CVS

CVS has a $5 Moneymaker again with the Bayer Breeze ECB deal coupled with old insert coupons. You can also pick up some free Revlon nail color, a variety of bar soaps and, of course, free toothpaste (Colgate Total Advanced, to be precise). Read all about these deals and others here on the SouthernSavers match-up page.

Rite Aid

You can score some free Super PoliGrip powder and Act II Popcorn balls (not exactly a perfect combo, I know). There's also a $1 moneymaker to be had with Scalpicin Anti-Itch Medicated Wipes. Rite Aid is also offering a $10 off $25 rebate for certain Johnson & Johnson products. Click here for more details on these and other deals at Rite Aid this week thanks to Southern Savers' match-ups.

Walgreen's

There are lots of month long freebies thanks to Register Rewards that mirror that of last week's listings. I plan on using up all my Halls Refresh coupons to earn a stash of $1 Register Rewards that I hope I'll be able to use during a Harris Teeter Super Doubles promotion should they have one prior to the expiration date on these. Click here for details on Southern Saver's match-ups.

Drugstore Deals - week of 9/26

Some good deals at the drugstore this weekend! Rite Aid is a little slow but will have lots of freebies coming up over the next 2 weeks. Walgreens has lots of freebies after Register Rewards but as previously indicated, the rules of coupon redemption are usually more hassle than these are worth. But I likely will stop by for a few of their deals and earn some RR to redeem at Harris Teeter during the upcoming super doubles. Here's a quick store-by-store breakdown of the week's highlights...

Rite Aid
You can get free Nivea Lip Balm, Crest with Scope, Gillette Fusion Power Razor, Dentyne Gum (if you have some B1G1 blinkies and your RA accepts B1G1 q's on B1G1 sale items), Profoot Symposium Pain Relieving Gel, Oral B Advantage and Renpure Shampoo. The Renpure, Oral B and Profoot are all small moneymakers if you have the coupons necessary to make it work. You can find out all the details by clicking here for Southern Savers' match-ups. I'll also be trying to use a soon to expire B1G1 IP for Sobe Lifewater to get 2 for free.

CVS
Unfortunately, I am forced to stop at CVS this week to roll soon to expire ECBs. There are a couple of freebies to be had - namely, the Vaseline Sheer Infusion Body Lotion and Fruitopia or Viologie shampoo/conditioner. You can also get $10 ECB when you buy $25 worth of Proctor & Gamble products. The best way to make this deal work for the least amount of money is by buying Tide Stain Release or Bounce Dryer Bar with larger value coupons. You can find out all the details by clicking here for Southern Savers' match-ups.

Walgreen's
Walgreen's has 10 available freebies this week thanks to the Register Rewards program and coupons! Freebies include Vaseline Sheer Infusion Body Lotion, Emergen-C Booster, Oral B Advantage 1-2-3 Toothbrush, Chapstick Fresh Effects, Robitussin DM to Go, Dentek Floss, Halls Refresh Sugar Free lozenges, Trident gum, Herbal Essences and Gillette Fusions Razors. You can find out all the details by clicking here for Southern Savers' match-ups.

Happy shopping all!

Bragging Rights

Okay, I'm not one to brag, but I've done so well today I couldn't resist sharing. Thanks to stocked up $3 GM Cats, the balance remaining on a Rite Aid gift card and coupons, I wound up spending just under $2 out of pocket for the following at Rite Aid and Harris Teeter:

2 Jumbo Packs of Huggies Pure & Natural diapers
12 cans of Campbell's Chunky Soup (6 regular, 6 healthy request kind)
1 pack of Pepperidge Farm sandwich buns
6 boxes of Green Giant frozen veggies
1 small bottle of Trop50 oj
2 bottles of Shamrock Farms Rocket Refuel chocolate milk
1 Breyers Yo-Crunch multi-pack
1 large top round sirloin steak (nearly 1 1/2 lbs)

I am now qualified for the $10 Huggies rebate (purchased another pack yesterday) and am very close to earning my $20 additional Rite Aid gift check for the Gift of Savings promotion and I have yet another $3 GM CAT to use for another shopping trip at HT.

Can I get a virtual high five from someone?

Drugstore Deals - Week of 9/13

I am pooped from an 8 mile run and a Railhawks game with the family so excuse me for the brevity.

Not too much to be said for this week's drugstore deals- Walgreens is your best bet of the three IMHO- there are 3 freebies/potential moneymakers after Register Rewards.

Here's the deal-y-o on Walgreens:

$6 RR wyb Murine Ear Drop Kit at $6 Free after RR

$3 RR wyb True North Nut Crisps or Clusters 4.5-5.5oz at $3 Free after RR (moneymaker if you have the following coupons!):
-$1 off True North 100% Natural Nut Snack, Any, SS 2/08
-$1.50 off any bag of TrueNorth “Making Triathlon Cool Again”booklet at Publix-$1 off True North Brand Nut Snacks, printable

$5 RR wyb (2) Triaminic Allergy, Sinus or Cold Relief $5 ea
-$1.50 off Triaminic Thin Strips, printable (IE) or printable (FF) or here
-$2 off Triaminic (store coupon) “Healthy Savings” booklet (look for it inside the store)

I'll be making an early morning trip tomorrow to take advantage of these as well as pick up multiple copies of this Sunday's jam packed newspaper (5 inserts in all!)

CVS has free Dyna Pep Energy Micro Shot 2 packs after ECB (limit 2). You'll spend $4.99 on each and get that back on ECBs. Nothing else really stands out to me.

No big news for Rite Aid this week- the diaper deal I spoke of last week is actually for the week of the 20th so hold on to your Rite Aid video values and manufacturer coupons until then.

For all the details, check out http://www.southernsavers.com/ and click on the tabs for each drugstore.

Drugstore Deals - Week of 9/05

This is not a particularly noteworthy week for drugstore freebies & moneymakers but there are a few things I'll be taking advantage of... here's the scoop drugstore by drugstore!

Rite Aid

I'll be skipping out on a Rite Aid trip this week as there is nothing, in my humble opinion, worth stopping by for- but I'll definitely be there next week when they have a Huggies sale & Single Check Rebate offer. I'll be picking up 3 Huggies Pure & Natural Packs for $13 out of pocket and then filing for a $10 SCR- making each pack a mind-blowing $1 each. You can read all the details about this deal & others from this coming week here at southernsavers.

CVS

I'll only be doing one deal at CVS this coming week- and that is for FREE multi-packs of Schick razors after ECBs and a $3/1 coupon from 8/16's SmartSource insert. Click here for summaries of all the other deals available at CVS this coming week.

Walgreen's

There are a couple of really good deals to be had at Walgreen's- namely, a FREE Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Cleaner kit (after Register Rewards and a $7 printable), yet more free Glade candles (these will make great teacher's gifts!) after Register Rewards and $2 printables and another free Glade Sense & Spray to add to our growing collection after Register Rewards and the $4/1 insert coupon. If you have $2/1 Starbucks ice cream coupons on hand, you can also get yourself some free Starbucks ice cream! You can read all the details on these and other deals @ Walgreen's this week here.

One thing I've been delighted to recently discover is that you can use your Walgreen's Register Rewards at Harris Teeter!

That's about it for drugstore deals this week! Hope y'all find my lists helpful. Many thanks & kudos go out to Jenny @ Southern Savers for spotting and sharing these deals.

Drugstore Deals week of 8/29

If you're one of the lucky folks who got a $4 off Natural Instincts coupon in your 8/02 P&G Saver insert, this is a great week for you! Both CVS and Rite Aid are offering specials which turn out to be moneymakers with use of this coupon (see links to each store's sections on Southern Savers below). Alas, us here in Raleigh did not get this valuable coupon and will be missing out- no moneymaking hair dye for me. I was thinking of trying to make a quick trade for it then realized this would be impossible as the coupons expire on Monday. *Big frown*

Oh well, there are still other moneymakers to be had...

The highlights:

CVS

$3-$4 moneymaker with the purchase of Glade Scented Reed Diffuser 1.6 ounce or Soy Candle 4.9-10 ounce (limit 1 per card). I'll be using the $3 off coupon found in August's All You as I don't have the larger $4 coupon that was found in 5/31 SmartSource Insert. Item rings up at $6.99 and you'll get $6.99 back in ECBs.

$5 moneymaker with the purchase of the Bayer Contour Monitor (limit 2 per card). You can get these for free with the use of insert coupons for $20-$30 that are out there as these are on sale for $14.99 this week so you'll spend nothing but tax and get $5 back in ECBs.

As always, you can increase your savings/moneymaking potential by using an autofill coupon ($4/20) or a CRT for $5/$25 if you have these handy.

For all the deals (including the hair color one mentioned above), click here to be redirected to the CVS weekly deals section on Southern Savers.

Rite Aid

Stim-U-Dent Mint Flavor 100 ct will be free after $1.49 SCR. I'm not even sure what these are but if they're gum or mints, I'll be picking one up.

Get a $10 Rite Aid gift card when you buy $30 in P&G Products (the Clairol Natural Instincts would qualify and when you use the $4 coupon and the $5/$25 Rite Aid printable that's out there, you'll be making $$ on this deal!).

Since I don't have the $4 Clairol coupon, I'm going to take advantage of this deal by buying Cover Girl products. Jenny lays out a great scenario involving foundation and face products. Click here for all the details and other Rite Aid deals this week.

Walgreens

There are lots of freebies to be had at Walgreens this week thanks to Register Rewards program. Freebies include Rembrandt toothpaste, Reach products, Carefree pantiliners, men's razors and toothbrushes- since we're pretty well stocked on dental hygiene products etc., I'm probably not going to take advantage of any of these. Rather, I'll just stock up on cheap newspapers while I'm there. I think I'm still harboring major resentment against Walgreens over their failure to keep Huggies wipes in stock this past week.

You can find all the details on deals here if you're up for shopping at Walgreens.

Happy shopping all!

Great Rite Aid trip

CVS is my fave store for drugstore freebies but Rite Aid is becoming a very close second...

Here's what I got this morning (and made $8 doing so!):

1 Glade Lasting Impressions
1 Glade Sense & Spray
1 Tylenol 8 Hr Back & Body pain 24 ct.
1 Goody 17 ct. ouchless elastic hair bands
1 Colgate Total Advanced whitening toothpaste
1 copy of Raleigh News & Observer (need the extra inserts and they only had 1 copy left!!!)

I used a $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon, a $3 Glade coupon, a $4 Glade coupon, a $2 off Tylenol coupon that was in this morning's paper, a $1 off Colgate coupon and a $10.00 certificate that I received from Rite Aid yesterday for the Zyrtec purchases I made earlier in the month.

I spent $1.63 at the store and will receive $10.49 back in Single Check Rebates when I file my August claim later this week- an $8.86 MONEYMAKER.

For those not yet in the know, Single Check Rebates is a program offered by Rite Aid. You can register for it online at www.riteaid.com and file your receipts electronically. It is super easy to do and when you finalize your monthly filings at the end of the month, you usually get a check in the mail 2-3 weeks after so it's quick too! I should be getting around $80 total for my purchases this month.

Many times, you'll get freebates (free after single check rebates) and moneymakers for those freebate items which you have coupons to match. It's a pretty straightforward program that I highly recommend you join.

Drugstore Deals!

Each week's drugstore deals start on Sunday mornings. While there's nothing that will get me up exceptionally early tomorrow, there are some good deals to be had- an excellent source to get some deal ideas is from http://www.southernsavers.com/ - click on the tabs for stores you're interested in. Jenny does an amazing job at crafting scenarios for freebies, near freebies and (my personal favorite) moneymakers.

Here are some highlights:

Rite Aid
Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste - $1 moneymaker (use a SCR to make it free and a $1 coupon found in 8/9 paper's Smart Source insert)

Tylenol 20 ct- another $1 moneymaker (use a SCR to make it .99 and a $2 off coupon from the 7/26 SmartSource insert or an internet printable coupon)

Zyrtec- can make this an outstanding moneymaker - see http://www.southernsavers.com/ for scenario details. I did this deal earlier this month, buying 2 bottles of Zyrtec in 2 separate transactions and getting a $25 SCR, a $10 Rite Aid certificate and a $10 manufacturers rebate- using a $5/$25 coupon for each transaction, this was one of the best moneymaking deals I've done yet...and a useful one since hubby suffers from seasonal allergies.

Rubbermaid Chug Bottles 20 oz- pay only 50 cents each when you do a $1 SCR and use 2- $1 off Rubbermaid coupons found in 6/28 insert

Goody Ouchless Elastics 17-36 ct hair bands - not sure what the price is but these should be free or nearly free after $2 SCR

Glade Sense & Spray and/or Lasting Impressions - make these 99 cents to $1.99 by using $2 SCR each and either a $4 off Sense & Spray coupon from July All You and/or a $3 off Lasting Impressions coupon found in 8/02 SmartSource insert (NOTE: You can get a better deal on the Sense & Sprays at CVS this week -see below).

Phillips 5 Device Flip Style Remote Control - pay 1.99 for this after a $9 SCR. This is a potential moneymaker as the ad mentions something about a $20 mail-in-rebate as well.

Walgreens
Sudafed PE for 99 cents/box when you buy 2 - use 2- $2 off coupons from 8/02 SmartSource and get $4 back in Register Rewards

On Wednesday, get a free 8 x 10 photo collage with in-ad coupon

CVS
Composition Notebooks free after ECB (limit 2)

Glade Sense & Spray- $1 moneymaker when you buy 2 @ $5 each - use 2-$4 off coupons from July All You and get $3 ECB

Rite Aid Roundup

Lots of great drug store freebies this week to be excited about! I bought nearly $100 worth of stuff at CVS yesterday for almost $10 (would have been closer to $5 if my math skills had been better to fully take advantage of my $4/20 coupons) - lots more school supplies, some Softsoap bodywash etc. Since Stella woke up to nurse at 4, that pretty much kept me up from that point so I was sleep deprived and hence even more mathematically challenged than I already am naturally. Despite my fatigue, I was still able to log in my required 3 mile run as part of the early stages of our half marathon training. A slooooooooow 3 miles but 3 miles nonetheless.

I had a Rite Aid trip this morning that will net me about $15 after rebates. I spent $14.72 at the store and will receive a total of $30.97 in rebates. Here are the details for those interested (links to coupons are provided):

I used a $5 off $25 coupon and made sure my total (before coupons, of course!) came to at least this much. Today's total was originally around $27 before coupons.

I then bought the following "freebate" items - these are where you file for Single Check Rebates on the http://www.riteaid.com/ site (it's easy and you'll get your rebate check within 2-4 weeks of finalizing. I usually finalize mine at the very end of the month because you can only do so once within the month period:

Bausch & Lomb ReNu MultiPurpose Solution, 2-8oz Bottles, Twin Pack using a $2 printable coupon. Total = $2 profit!

Natrol Probiotic, 10ct $8.99 using a $3 off Natrol printable

Zantac 150 Original or Cool, 8ct $4.99 using a $1.50 off Zantac printable. I will also submit this $5 mail in rebate to Zantac.

GE Soft White Light Bulbs 2 pack $2 (no coupons for this one, but it's still free after Rite Aid rebate.

I received another pleasant surprise while shopping at Harris Teeter this morning in order to get a $10 off $50 EVic special offer that's only good until tomorrow. I decided to buy 10 Kellogg's items to qualify for the Fuel for School rebate as part of my purchase and ended up with an additional Back to School Cash Certificate through Harris Teeter for another $10!! I ended up spending $26.43 for about $86 worth of groceries and will receive an additional $20 back through the Fuel for School program and Harris Teeter. A particularly sweet deal considering my order consisted of a lot of healthy, whole foods.