Living better, spending less.
Rite Aid is making me happier than usual lately. I have taken terrible advantage of the plentiful $5/$20 and $5/$25 coupons that they put out in combination with the Bayer Contour and Breeze testing kits coupons. Buying one of them and using a coupon to make it free means that I can then use a purchase-based coupon to get five dollars worth of stuff for free. I’m just not paying that much out of pocket, which is a nice change. I’m doing a lot more stuff like this:
Total cost: $1 even. The entire point of the transaction was the bubble bath. We buy it at Walmart without coupons–actually, we buy a different brand that I am not crazy about but comes in a convenient ginormous size. We’re nearly out again, so I thought I’d pick some up at Rite Aid this time, where it doesn’t cost actual money. Also, I’m missing a bag of Chex Mix from this picture because it fell victim to a long car ride home from my parents and a little girl who wanted a snack. She didn’t LIKE the Chex Mix but at least she stopped asking for a snack after I found this bag in the back seat.
I finally found some more Contours at Walgreens on Saturday afternoon! They were unloading totes and I happened by an employee who asked if I needed help finding anything. I’ve never had a Walgreens employee offer to look for something in particular while they’re unloading, but this one went to find one for me. I left a couple just because I am nice, but it was tempting to clear the shelves. It’s not my Walgreens anyway… haha. Kidding! It’s a store on the way up to my parent’s house, about 45 minutes from here.
I did the math on this in the car after we left, and I lack the motivation to do it again. I don’t remember the exact number we arrived at, but it was approximately $40 worth of profit on the above. I love drugstores.
When I became a stay-at-home-mom, I promised I could save our family money by shopping sales and maybe even using a few coupons. I had no idea what I was getting into. These days, I am on a first-name basis with the cashiers at the local drugstores, I haven't paid for toothpaste or shampoo in over a year and I spend my free time here, helping others do the same. So please, make yourself at home while you learn how to save, and when to spend!
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