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Sunday, February 27, 2011

My Rite Aid trip did not go according to plan...

I had a plan. I did. It was a good plan. But, sometimes things don’t go according to plan.

Sometimes, they go better.
I had planned on purchasing about $26 in snack foods and cat food today, spending 6 RRs and only .20 cents in cash. Instead, I purchased $141.98 in snack foods, cat food, and cleaning cloths using 16 RRs and .34 cents.

I started with $24 RRs. In Belfast, I purchased:

10 TGIF potato skins snack bags, sale $1, earn $1 rr
4 Nivea lip care chap sticks, sale $1, used 2: $2/2 coupon
30 cans cat food, 10/$4, earn $1 rr, used 2- $1/15 coupon

Sub Total: $26.19
Less: $6.00 coupons
Less RR: $20.00
Total: $.19 cents
Earned: 13 RRs

I had $17RRs. In Bucksport, I had to break my order into 2 transactions to avoid spending any out of pocket. In transaction one, I purchased:

3 TGIF potato skins snack bags, sale $1, earn $1 rr
1 Combos cheddar snack bag, sale $1, earn $1 rr
3 BK Ketchup fries snack bag, sale $1, earn $1 rr
5 Lay’s Stax sour cream & onion, sale $1, earn $1 rr
5 Lay’s Stax regular, sale $1, earn $1 rr

Sub Total: $17.00
Less RR: $17.00
Total: $ nothing
Earned: 17.00 RRs

In my 2nd transaction, I purchased:

2 Combos cheddar snack bags, sale $1, earn $1 rr
2 Combos pizza snack bags, sale $1, earn $1 rr
1 Sunday paper (for my Dad)

Sub Total: $6.00
Less RR: $6.00
Total: $ nothing
Earned: $4.00 RRs

At the Brewer Rite Aid, the shelves held one lonely TGIF bag of potato skins, which I happily added to my growing collection of snacks.

Sub Total: $1.00
Less RR: $1.00
Total: $ nothing
Earned: $1:00 RR

After the empty shelves in Brewer, I had little hope of finding anymore. But, since I was driving passed, I stopped in to Bangor. To my surprise I scored some more snacks. I found and purchased:

5 TGIF quesadilla flavored bagged snacks, sale $1, earn $1 rr
3 TGIF potato skins bagged snacks, sale $1, earn $1 rr

Sub Total: $8.00
Less RR: $8.00
Total: $ nothing
Earned: $8:00 RR

My last stop was to my friendly Hampden store. Naomi had thoughtfully limited her Customers to 3 bags each, in the hopes of spreading her stock to more people. I love this store because of their clearance food isle. I purchased:

2 TGIF potato skins bagged snacks, sale $1, earn $1 rr
In the clearance Isle, I found:
4 bags sunflower seeds, .50 cents each
2 king sized Milk chocolate Crisp bars, .50 cents each
2 bags apple newtons, .50 cents each
2 bags fig newtons, .50 cents each
2 glass microfiber cloths, .50 cents each
2 microfiber cleaning cloths, .50 cents each

Sub Total: $9.15
Less RR: $9.00
Total: $ .15
Earned: $2:00 RR



In the end, I spent .34 cents in cash and used $16 RRs.  I still have $8 RRs to use towards next week’s sales. As a side note: I do not generally go to 5 stores, but since Sean needed to go to Holden today, I tagged along. It is marginally longer to go the circular route we took, but only marginally. And, in this case, it was worth it, to me.

2 comments:

  1. Snappy doodles! You can start your own store!

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  2. I have considered the possibilities. I am using what our family needs, but I am trying to work out how to 1) make money with my blogs and 2)how to create a non profit to donate over flow to the friends, especially pioneering folks. ♥

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