Friday, September 27, 2024

Best Laid Plans

Hi everyone

Well, I had these grand plans to get blogging regularly again and then ended up sick last Monday. I initially thought it was the flu, but by Wednesday I told BF I'm convinced I have Covid again. All I did was sleep last week. I wasn't happy. I was so sick that I let my RRs and EBs - all $28 of it expire. By Friday, I finally dragged myself to the store, because we were out of bread and some produce items. Saturday was a good day, but by Sunday I needed sleep again. I'm finally back to normal, but I'm now playing catch up. I'm so far behind.


I had another $10 RR expiring this week, so I took a trip to Wags. 

Here's what I got 

Trans 1

3 x Maybelline Baby Lips B2G1F $10.98

2 x Colgate t/p 9.00

2 x Garnier shampoo 8.00

2 x Tresemme 12.00

1 x Dawn 1.29

Less Maybelline DQ (6.00)

Less Colgate DQ (2.00)

Less Garnier DQ (3.00)

Less Tresemme DQ (5.00)

Less RRs (10.00)

Tax 2.48

OOP $17.75

Earned $12 RR ($5 Tresemme, $4 Colgate, $3 Garnier)

Wait a minute! Where's my $15 WC ($10 WYS $40, $5 WYB 2 Maybelline)? Ugh! I have to wait until I get home to check my account. I did earn $7 WYS $35 Booster, so I decided to stack it with my Digital booster in my 2nd transaction

Trans 2

3 x Maybelline Baby Lips B2G1F $10.98

2 x Colgate t/p 9.00

2 x Garnier shampoo 8.00

2 x Tresemme 12.00

1 x Dawn 1.29

Less Maybelline DQ (6.00)

Less Colgate DQ (2.00)

Less Garnier DQ (3.00)

Less Tresemme DQ (5.00)

Tax 2.48

OOP $27.75

Earned $7 WC (WYS $35) + $12 RR ($5 Tresemme, $4 Colgate, $3 Garnier)

Ugh!!! The receipt only printed my opening balance, so I can't see what I earned. I tried the app, but it kept shutting down, so again I have to wait until I get home. 

When I finally checked my account, I saw that my digital boosters were for Spend $45 not $40! 🀦This was my own darn mistake! I especially added the Dawn to get my total to $40 πŸ˜‚

I actually added everything to my cart online and it showed my $10 WC earnings, but I had 3 Crest ($15) instead of Colgate in that order. I didn't want to spend too much OOP, so I switched to Colgate and ended up messing things up myself. Phew, Wags get a pass this time πŸ˜‚ I know what happened. Everyone in my coupon group talked about their spend $40 boosters and posted scenarios, so I thought mine was for $40 too. The Q itself only displays $10, but you have to click on the Q to see the spend total. Sigh. Lesson learned.

I contacted CS about the Maybelline deal, but they said it's an online deal only. WTH Wags! How do you offer a deal and not state that it's online only? 😑 I love the Baby lips, so I'm not too upset about getting it at such a low price. That $10 reward would've been nice though.

Breakdown:

Number of items purchased: 20

Total Qs used : $32

Total Rewards used : $10.00

Total Rewards earned (RR, WC, Ibotta, Fetch): $31 (I haven't scanned my receipts yet)

Total OOP : $45.50 ($2.27 per item - this includes sales tax)

Total Retail value : $103.40 (excl tax)

Definitely not my best work, but I'm happy to be stocking up again. My gut is still telling me to keep this stockpiling thing going, so that's what I'm doing. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!

Saturday, September 14, 2024

I'm back!

Hi everyone!

I can't believe that summer went by so fast. Heck, I can't believe this year has gone by so fast. Only 3 months to Christmas and I'm so far behind. Thus far, I only have one gift purchased each for BF & DS.

I haven't done much drugstore shopping in a while, but a few weeks ago I got the gut feeling that I need to get back to taking advantage of the deals. It's not like we're low on or out of any HBA. We have plenty, but I have this nagging feeling that I need to stock up again. I don't know why. I don't know if it has anything to do with all RA stores closing in our state. CVS hardly has good deals, so Wags is the only drugstore with great stock up deals and no limits. Well, I 've noticed that most of their deals are on repeat lately and sometimes there are very slow weeks. Uh oh. I told BF that I don't want to shop because it's more things for me to move with, but I know enough to trust my gut. So off to Wags I went this week to do a small deal. 



Tresemme is Buy 2 get $5 RR

Trans 1

2 x Tresemme $12.00

Less DQ (5.00)

Less WC (5.00)

Tax 0.72

OOP $2.72

Earned $5 RR


Trans 2

 x Tresemme $12.00

Less DQ (5.00)

Less WC (4.00)

Tax 0.72

OOP $3.72

Earned $5 RR

I only had $4 WC available on this account, so that's what I used. I still have plenty rewards on my other account that I've slowly been spending down. $1 + tax (after rewards) for a bottle of Tresemme works for me. 

I've noticed lots of changes at various stores. My Target no longer carries the Old Spice Captain b/w, so I used some rewards last week to purchase some at Wags, cause that's our favorite fragrance. 

Dove has changed the formula of the Antibacterial b/w (my favorite). I learned this the hard way after I bought some the last time. I was out of b/w so I just grabbed one of the new bottles I purchased and headed to the shower, instead of having to get one out of my storage containers. I hated the new scent. I don't like floral or musky fragrances. This one smelled like sweet flowers and I ended up throwing out the entire bottle. I'm so glad I have lots that I purchased throughout the year, so I'm good for a while. I like their Sensitive one too and I'm hoping that they didn't change that one too. 

Walmart is no longer the cheapest grocery store. Their grocery prices are through the roof. I normally shop at Sams, then fill in the gaps at the grocery stores since they always have different items on sale every week. Walmart offers zero sale items, so their prices tend to be higher lately. I cherry pick at Aldi. I never could have imagined Sams becoming my go-to store, but it works out better for us, price wise. 

I'm definitely going to try to post more now that summer is over. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!


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