Free deodorant at Rite Aid

Rite Aid has their Speed Stick and Lady Speed Stick deodorants on sale this week. Here's the scenario:

Buy any 2 combinations of (Men's Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick) deodorants for $4.74. I purchased 1 Men's Speed Stick, and 1 Lady Speed Stick.

Total $4.74

Minus:
-$2 RA in ad coupon
- 2 $1.50 coupons from HERE. Make sure that the zip code says 33907 in order to get the correct page of coupons.

You have to add a small "impulse buy" item at the counter in order to avoid having an overage. I purchased a Mentos gum for $1.49. Both fortunately and unfortunately, the gum was on sale for $1 and I had a $1 off coupon, so my total was the same overage. I ended up adding another gum and not using the other coupon I had, and still only paid .74 for 2 deodorants and 2 packs of gum. Plus, the Speed Stick Irish Spring Icy Blast fragrance smells REALLY good, and my husband likes it too.

This deal worked better than expected, and I am going back later today or tomorrow to do the deal again. I plan on doing this another 2 times or so. Who can pass up free deodorant?

Herbal Essences deal at Rite Aid

Herbal Essences are on sale this week at Rite Aid for 2/$6. So here's the scenario that I see.

2 shampoos = $6
2 conditioners= $6
4 stylers= $12

Total before coupons= $24
*You need to add a $1 item in order to make it $25 to use the $5/$25 coupon found HERE


Minus:
-$5/$25 coupon from HERE
-$12.00 (4 coupons) for Stylers (coupon for Free styler with shampoo/conditioner purchase from last Sundays RP insert)
- $4 Mfr coupons from 7/5 P&G insert (4 $1 off coupons)

= $3 OOP (plus the $1 item to make it to $25, minus any coupons you have for the $1 item)
*Get back $2 SCR

That's like paying $1 for 2 shampoos, 2 conditioners, and 4 styling products. That is a spectacular deal!!!

The only problem I can see with the above scenario is that some RA's say that the free styler coupons are "matched" to the shampoo or conditioner and won't let you use both the free styler coupon and the $1 off of shampoo/conditioner coupon.

If the above scenario does not work for you, here's another one without the free styler coupon.

4 SHAMPOOS= $12
4 CONDITIONERS= $12

Total before coupons= $24
*Be sure to add a $1 item in order to make it $25 to use the $5/$25 coupon HERE

Minus:
-$5/$25 RA coupon HERE
-$8 Mfr coupon (8 $1 off coupons from 7/5 P&G insert)

= $11 OOP (plus $1 from the $1 item to make it to $25, minus any coupons for the $1 item)

*Get back $2 SCR

Like paying $9 for 4 shampoos and 4 conditioners (that's $1.13 each)

Scenario #1 is obviously the best deal, but scenario #2 is still a good price for 4 shampoos and 4 conditioners.

Reason for the long silence

I just wanted to let everyone know what's been going on recently that has kept me from posting any new deals or information. My husband and I, and our 3 kids have been building a new house for the last 6 months. The house was finished 8 weeks ago, but unfortunately there were some snags in the financing. All of our stuff has been in storage for the last 4 weeks so we have been living out of boxes and sleeping on mattresses. Needless to say, it's been difficult trying to keep up on all the sales ads, coupon match-ups, and deal posting that I had planned to do through this blog. We are hoping to know something late next week about our house loan, and after that probably another couple of weeks before we would be able to sign papers and move in. I will try my best to post deals that I find, or that others find, even if I myself am not able to check and see if they work as described.

Thanks for understanding the reason for my month long silence. Check back soon for updated deals and new posts. Please feel free to let me know what deals you are finding and the coupon match-ups via email, and I will try my best to post them (giving you credit, of course).