Super Saturday!

I work full-time outside the home and get paid twice a month. On months where the 15th & 30th don't jive with the weekends, or at least fall pretty close, I stretch my grocery shopping out over several days. For me, this doesn't seem unusual, but I know to others it seems extremely odd. I have a friend who says I have "an addiction and need an intervention." HA! I love it. Call me addicted, Shaun, but make sure that's followed by "to saving money." :)

My last stops this week were today and I visited Kroger and Rite Aid. Kroger has several toiletries on clearance, plus sales on others. Today, we purchased 2 bottles of Gillette men's body wash & 2 tubes of Colgate toothpaste (that we'll donate, because we're stocked) and paid $1 for all of it-- as in the total, not each.

The body wash was on clearance for $2.50/bottle, but we had $2 off coupons from the 1/30 P&G insert. There should also an eCoupon on the Kroger website for $2 off. Did I mention Kroger will combine a paper coupon and an eCoupon? (Big, fat, happy smile)

At our stop to Rite Aid, they were out (again!) of the Stayfree pads, GE Energy Saver light bulbs, and the Dove deodorant. Drat! That said, I grabbed the Rain Checks as I headed out the door. I did, however, manage to walk out with the Colgate Sensitive toothpastes (limit 2) and some gum.

Bought 1st tube with coupon, paid $2.32, got $3.50 in rewards toward my next purchase. Immediately purchased the 2nd tube and a tub of Dentyne gum. Paid $0.56 and have another $3.50 reward to use toward my next purchase (and hopefully they'll have what they were out of!). All said, they actually paid me about $0.70 to take it all home. I'm good with that. :)

Hope your weekend is great. If you score some deals, let me know!