Retail Therapy

I snagged a few deals tonight, we had dinner at Pete's parents and I hit up a few stores in their neck of the woods after we ate.

Nothing was super essential, but rather some good deals and retail shopping therapy for me.

Safeway

Order #1

6 Hallmark Cards $2 each - B1G1 Tearpad Q (I found months ago..and expires in a few days) = $6 total for all 6

1 $25 Safeway gift card

4 vitamin waters - free with instore promo, one water per $3 hallmark purchase, max 4

5 Rice Krispies $2.49 - $5 in store sale wyb 5 - $1.50 MQs= $0.01 overage each!!

-$5 instore promo wyb 5+ hallmark cards and a $25 gift card (ends tomorrow I think).

Total $26.94 OOP

Summary... I spent $1.94 on the 6 cards and 4 vitamin water, which is good for low blood sugar, and I always looking for gatorade/juice type deals for this purpose. And of course the ceral was free with Q's anyway.

Order #2 = Problematic

Same order... except substituting 2 poptars and .50 MQs for those with the cereal deal. It's a mix and match deal, so each poptart and cereal resulted in $0.01 overage still. I used the $25 safeway gift from my 1st order, for my 2nd order. Unfortunately the $5 gift card deal and free vitamin waters did not come off automatically. The manger decided that it must have been one deal per person... (certainly per day since it didn't work) but let me do it...

So again $1.94 net cost for another 6 cards & 4 vitamin waters and the cereal/poptarts were free anyway.

I do have the 2nd $25 safeway gift to use.. and I am hoping they sell Kohls gift cards (which is likely as they do have a large selection) because I plan on stocking up on works pants for peter for $10 each. That way I wont be sitting on a safeway gift card, which is my least fave store to shop at...

Side note-------> Kohls Deal:

There were $10/20 Q (stickers) on local newspapers this week. My mom received one.. and I am trying to trade for more. Various khakis are on sale for $20-ish this week less the $10 Q works out to $10 work pants. That is a good price for us, and Peter's job is hard on his pants.

Walgreens

Order #1

2 Oreo Cakesters $2.50 each - $1 MQs= $1.50 each

1 J&J Baby Powder $1.99- $1 MQ= $0.99

1 Mini Aftershave (75% off) =$1.24 (cheap stocking stuffer)

-$3 RR

Total $2.49 OOP

earned $3 RR (oreo) and $1 RR (J&J)

Order #2

1 Aquafresh TP $3.00- $1 MQ= $2

1 Mini Aftershave (75% off) = $1.24 (2nd cheap stocking stuffer)

- $3 RR

Total $0.58 OOP

earned $3 RR (aquafresh)

So I started with a $3 RR, and ended with a $3 and $1 RR, and spent $3.07 OOP.. so net cost $2.07 for the aftershaves, and everything else was "free."

CVS

10 Soy Joys $1 each - $2 and B1G1 MQs

-$2 ECBS

Total $2 on a gift card & earned $8 ECB (The deal is buy 4, get 4 ECB, so hopefully I can snag another 10 tomorrow.. and I will get another $12 ECBS..)