Adventures at Rite Aid :: HUGE Savings..and I made $$

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Rose @ AdventureInSavings shared her Rite Aid Trip with us. "So, I did 2 transactions at Rite Aid tonight and I spent almost nothing out of pocket!  Here's a quick breakdown of my shopping trip."

Transaction #1:
8 - Stayfree Pads, $2/5
4 - Special K Cereal, Buy One Get One FREE, $4.79
2 - Kellogg's Fiber Plus Cereal, Buy One Get One FREE, $4.79
8 - Finish Powerball, Buy One Get One FREE, $6.49
1 - Blink Tears, $7.99
Total before sales:: $108.65
Total after Buy One Get One FREE sales:: $68.32

Used the following coupons (all links found here):
(4) Buy One Get One FREE Stayfree
(2) Buy One Get One FREE Kellogg's Special K
(1) $.70/1 Fiber Plus Cereal
(8) $2.25/1 Finish Coupons
Total after manufacturer coupons: $30.04

Used $20 Rite Aid Gift of Savings coupon earned in Dec.
Used $9 of previous +Up Rewards
Total after Rite Aid coupons:: Paid $1.04 + taxes...total $3.42!!

Earned $8 in +Up Rewards for Stayfree
Earned $6 in +Up Rewards for Cereals ($1 +Up Reward ea.) 
Will submit for $7.99 Blink Rite Aid Single Check Rebate
Will submit for $4.79 Kellogg's Fiber Plus Cereal Rebate
After all rebates and +UP Rewards this transaction was a MONEYMAKER!  I spent only $3.42 out of pocket, got back $14 in +UP Rewards and I will get another $12.78 in mail-in rebates!!

Did you follow all that?  If so, keep reading...if not, please read it again or leave me a comment and I'll try to clear it up!

My second transaction didn't turn out like I hoped or planned.  Several readers have been getting (2) $1 +UP Rewards for the Hormel Compleats, making them FREE.... I did not get 2, so mine were not FREE :(, but I still did okay!

If I had know ahead of time, I would not have done this transaction (we'll eat the pasta for sure, but the Hormel Compleats were only on my list because I thought they'd be FREE), but oh well...maybe hubby can use these for lunch in a week or two when I'll be adjusting to new baby and his lunches for work might be sparse (hehe).

Transaction #2:
6 - Hormel Compleats, $1.99 each
4 - Barilla Pasta, $1.25 each
Total before coupons : $16.94

Used $14 +Up Rewards from transaction #1
Total after Rite Aid coupons:: Paid $2.94 + taxes...total $4.13!!

Earned $5 in +Up Rewards for Barilla
Earned $6 in +Up Rewards for Hormel (I expected $12)....oh well.

So... I got everything pictured above for only $7.55 out of pocket.  I also have $11 +UP Rewards for next time and $12.78 coming in rebates!!  WOW - this was a super fun trip!!