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 2^nd 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.