The 'I need a drink' drugstore shopping edition

Well today was just a total cluster. I hate days like this, cause I like things to go smoothly. My mistake was starting my trip at WAGS. I know better than to start at that store, but I had tons of places to go to and didn't want to have to backtrack especially for WAGS.

Trans 1

2 x Revlon Lip stain $19.98
2 x Loreal shampoo/conditioner 8.00
1 x Scunci elastics 0.99 (clearance) I used this as a filler so I could use my RRs
Less BOGOF Revlon q (9.99)
Less Loreal IVC (2.00)
Less 2 RRs (8.00)
Tax 1.74
OOP $10.72

Earned $10 Revlon RR + $12 points ($5 WYS $20, $7 WYS $25 on Beauty) + $4 Points (see below)

Total Spent (Rewards + cash) $18.72
Total Earned : $26

Hold it!! I knew that total was wrong and I even pointed out to the cashier that my digital Loreal q didn't deduct, but she was clueless. I couldn't get wifi at WAGS to show the q on my phone. Grrrrrr!!!

Got home and CS added $4 points to my account. Not what I wanted, cause I have tons of points. I just don't wanna spend my own money. Can y'all see how WAGS keep sucking the money out of my pocket?

Trans 2

4 x Softsoap b/w 15.96
1 x Gillette razors 6.99
1 x Snuggle softener 4.99
Less Softsoap DQ (0.75)
Less BR points (20.00)
Tax 1.68
OOP $8.87

Earned $2 RR Gillette + $10 BR points (Softsoap)

Total Spent (Cash + Rewards) $28.87
Total Earned $12

Once again I had a sense of humor failure. I knew that I had $3 Gillette & $2 Snuggle DQs. But of course I couldn't view it thanks to no wifi.

When I checked my account when I got home, I noticed that I hadn't clipped the Gillette q. Oh boy!! This is what happens when I make shopping lists at 5am, before coffee. Note to self : First coffee, then shopping....lol  The Snuggle q was just poof, gone. This is the 2nd time this has happened. I can't even ask for points back, because there's no way to prove that I had the q. Next time I'm taking screen shots of every DQ I plan to use.

CVS

Whoo-hoo. Another $3 Beauty EB printed at the red machine. The other one was still on my account too, so I decided to just go ahead and use it.

4 x Loreal shampoo/conditioner $16.00
2 x Garnier treatment $5.98
2 x Maybelline brow pencils B1G50% off $7.49
1 x Covergirl lipstick 8.79
1 x Covergirl mascara 6.79
Less Covergirl q (2.00)
Less Covergirl app q (1.50)
Less Maybelline q (1.00)
Less Maybelline CRT (3.00)
Less Garnier q (3.00)
Less Loreal DQ (3.00)
Less EBs (23.00)
Tax 2.25
OOP $10.79

Earned $21 EB ($5 Loreal, $5 Maybelline, $7 Covergirl, $4 Garnier)

Total Spent (Cash + Rewards) $33.79
Total Earned : $21

Ugh, this was totally my fault. I forgot to clip the Loreal Man Q and take it to the store with me. Stupid, stupid!!

I also purchased a $50 Kohls gc. I redeemed for $25 Walmart gc throught Ibotta and will get another $25 Walmart from Swagbucks (Swagbucks currently has a Team Challenge and I know that comes with a 100sb bonus - my team is in 1st place. So I'm waiting on the swagup to redeem another gc. This should cost me 21000 points, because of the monthly $25 gc discount (cost 22000 points, instead of 25000)

So the Walmart gcs goes towards Sams groceries and I'll take $50 out of the grocery budget to pay for the Kohls gc. I earned $10 EB on the gc, so I'll add $10 to my Christmas jar. I love free money...lol

So I get a discounted $25 Swagbucks gc and made an extra $10 by purchasing the Kohls one. I don't know if this will make sense to anyone...lol


Then I dropped off the drugstore groceries at home and headed out to run my other errands. Less than 2 miles from  home, I noticed all dashboard gauges on zero. What?! Have aliens invaded my car? I'm driving on a busy road, so I turned into a subdivision and barely made it into a parking spot before my car shut down. So I call DH and told him what happened. Thankfully he was still home, cause he was on his way out too. He gets there with his computer & jumper cables and declares that its my darn alternator again. He replaced the alternator last year. I've been joking with him that it's a sign that I need a new car. My car is almost 20 years old and I've had it for 10 years. I think it might be time for a new vehicle. So my car went into the shop when we got home (a perk about being married to a mechanic...lol). I could've taken one of our other vehicles to go back out, but the day has been so crappy that I just decided to stay home. I grabbed some Sams pizza from the freezer to make myself feel better....lol

RA UPDATE

I headed back to RA last Friday to complete the $20 visa gc deal.  I bought 2 Almay eyeshadows and was pleasantly surprised when one rang up at $1.82. It wasn't even marked. So I got my 10% Silver discount on the other eyeshadow too.

1 x Almay $6.56
1 x Almay 1.82
Less 2 Almay qs (4.00)
Tax 0.50
OOP $4.88

I spent a total of $11.71 OOP + 6.23 BC = $17.94 and earned a $20 Visa gc. So a small MM to me. Whoo hoo!