The weather was so wonderful on Sunday that my husband and I decided to go get a little ice cream and do a little shopping. (It is not so helpful for the frugalista that Baskin Robbins is just next to Rite Aid…) Rite Aid is my least favorite of the drugstores, partially because my particular RA is kind of cramped and not very friendly, and partially because their sales are not as good as Walgreens or CVS, in my opinion, and they’re usually out of stock anyway. Plus, I shop with a toddler and the whole experience is just not as positive for me as the others–they’re now done to one buggy that actually has the child safety strap still on, which bugs me. There’s a RA on the other side of town that is spacious and clean, though it seems the sales items are out of stock even more often than “my” Rite Aid. Still, I’m thinking about starting to incorporate the other store into my CVS run once a week and limiting how often I have to deal with the people in this store. CVS is also on the other side of town for me.

Anyway, this particular store gives me a really hard time about using my $5/$25 coupon on purchases that involve diabetes testing kits. I see people do it online all the time. I’ve done it at their store in the past, and I’ve done it at other stores without a problem, but apparently, they think that because I am getting something for free, I am doing something fraudulent. Hello, they still get paid for the monitor. Anyway, I tried it again on Sunday but it failed, so I should have made another $5 profit. Oh well.

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Purchased
1 OneTouch UltraMini monitor, $19.99
1 Garnier Fructis hairspray, $2.99
3 Bayer aspirin, $1.99
1 Durex condom, $6.00
1 Finesse shampoo, $2.99

Coupons Used
1 OneTouch monitor, $20 (which of course they adjusted to $19.99)
3 Bayer, $1
1 Finesse, $0.75
1 Durex, $2

Single Check Rebates
Bayer SCR, $10 gift card
Fructis, $2.99
Finesse, $1.99
Durex, $6.00

Total SCR: $20.98
Total Out of Pocket: $13.28 after tax

Total Profit: $7.70.

What do you do with this stuff?
As a bonus, I gave the Bayer to my parents, who both need it. The condoms will probably go to a younger cousin and the rest will be either used by me or put in the yard sale stash.