Today, was one of those days... I hit snooze. And boy, am I glad I did. Had I been operating at still-groggy capacity, I don't even know what could have happened. I just know that if sleeping in an extra hour helped at all, getting up early would have just been VERY bad.
I had everything planned. The blog I posted last night, other than my John Frieda order, was exactly how my shopping trip was supposed to go. However....
Transaction #1.
I started off with $4 in +Ups, so In Theory, this should have been easy-breezy. However, I didn't figure for tax last night because I was Just.Too.Exhausted to do the math. I knew there would be tax, I just didn't want to put in the effort. So when my order rang up more than I had planned on, I looked puzzled, asked the cashier if there were anymore coupons, she said nope, and even told me she scanned two gum coupons. Well, I paid it and chalked it up to not figuring out tax, even though I knew over a dollar more on a transaction that would have cost no more than $10 without coupons or Up Rewards wouldn't have accumulated THAT much tax. But, I let it go thinking my math was screwed up. I paid $2.87 OOP.
Transaction #2.
No hitches. I went in the other day to get some stuff that was advertised in the flier that started today, but I noticed it said "Good 3/30 - 5/1". So, I tried it, failed, and instead of putting everything back they held it behind the counter because first of all, it was printed in their flier and I could have argued but didn't, and second, I somehow knew they wouldn't restock and they'd be all gone. The last time this deal ran, everyone else got in on it, but I missed out and got a whole TWO of them (it was the Baby Lips by Maybelline). Thankfully, they still had my bag of stuff held, this order went through 100% fine. I paid $5.91 for 6 of them, and got a $5 +Up
Transaction #3.
John Freakin Frieda. I priced stuff, but after finding the video values coupon for the Full Repair products, I wasn't positive how much the Shampoo would be. So, upon finding it was cheaper than I had thought, I couldn't reach the $15 without throwing in another product. So I found a trial size item ($3.29) that I did not have a coupon for, but threw it in anyway just to push me over the $15 mark. However, trials don't count, apparently, even though it does NOT state that in the sale flier (and one would think a $3 bottle of hair product wouldn't be considered a trial anyway!) So I'm deducting that item from my total because I plan to return it later. So, I had to buy another product to put me over $15. But since I now apparently get a store-wide discount because of my Wellness Plus points, it was cheaper than I thought it would have been, and I used a $2 off coupon and only paid $4 for something that was normally $7.29. Anyway, after two transactions, I got the $5 +Up reward. I paid $5.73 OOP for 3 products totalling $26.32 (with tax).
Transaction #4.
Gillette. No Problems. I paid $1.38 OOP using coupons and the +Up from John Frieda. Woot Woot! Something went right.
Transaction #5.
Halls. All I wanted was 6 packages of Halls. The sale wasn't flagged yet so I was trying to pick stuff from the flier, but the print was small. So I grabbed the $1.99 packages that said "33% More Free!" (because those are usually the ones we go for, right? More stuff, same price as the smaller ones.) Usually that works, but apparently this time, they did not. No +Up printed. I told the cashier I'd get out of her hair and just call Customer Service. I got in the car, went to call, they're CLOSED on Sundays. So I was just gonna put my receipt away and call tomorrow, but I noticed that they rang up $1.79 each, not $1.50 each. The +Up ones were on sale 2/$3. So I went back in, asked to exchange for the right ones. They let me, no problem. I asked if the +Up would print if they did it through an exchange, they said yes. WRONG. No +Up printed, but thankfully the manager just gave me $3 cash in lieu of the +Up she told me would print but didn't. So, I originally paid $4.28 using 3 $1/2 coupons and $4 +UPs from Gillette. They ended up giving me back $1.83 for the difference since the ones I bought before, and $3 for the +Ups. So I made $.55 on this order. I guess.
So I ended up paying $15.34 OOP, Tax Included, with NO +Up Rewards left, since they credited me in cash for that. More than the $11 and change I said last night, but take into consideration I bought an extra John Frieda product I didn't intend to, and the cashier missed out on one coupon for $1. So, I did pretty well.
Total Retail (regular prices from receipt): $86.80
Total OOP: $15.34
Total Savings: 82.3%
(20 Items purchased, $.77 per item!)
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