$3.50 at Rite Aid plus huge rewards!

Starting this week Rite Aid has made a big change to their coupon policy.  Before shoppers were able to earn rewards for a purchase and then immediately use those rewards on another item in the next transaction. Now, shoppers have to wait to use their rewards until the following day.  So what I purchased was all done in 2 single transactions on 2 cards.  If you remember I had a ton of rewards from the great deals last week (especially the money maker on Crest mouthwash!).  Here is what I bought today:

The ReNu contact lens solution was $8.99.  I used a $2 coupon and paid $6.99, and earned $7 in rewards.

The Prell were on sale for $2.99, and I used $1 off coupons.  They came to $1.99 and I got $2 in rewards for each one.

The Similasan eye drops were on a huge discount -normally $10.49 they were on sale for $3.99.  I did not have a coupon but they each generated a $3 reward.

The Argan Oil product was on sale for $4.99.  I did not have a coupon but I got $3 back in rewards.

The Revlon beauty tools were buy one get one half price.  I got the clippers for $2.19, and the file was half price, so $.99.  I spent $3.18 and got back $3 in rewards (they were sold out of some of the cheaper tools that would have made this promotion even better!  The cheapest files are only $1.25)

The Carefree was also buy one get one half price.  They cost $1.59, so the second was $.79.  I used 2 $.50 coupons, so I spent $1.38 and got back $2 in rewards.

The Poligrip - what can I say?  I used 4 coupons for a free tube of the stuff, and for every 2 I bought I got $2 in rewards.  I couldn't pass up $4 in rewards!

All together I spent $25 in rewards from my last trip, and paid $3.50 out of pocket before tax!

So how many rewards did I walk away with?  $29!  I have been couponing for a long time, but even to me that is crazy:)