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Q's CVS Lounge
October 6, 2015 at
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I changed the name of the thread because I think that Q's CVS Lounge gives a better representation of what the thread is about. This isn't a deals thread although I will sometimes be posting deals. I'll probably talk more about Transylvania and the stock market than I will about the drugstores but the main thing is that is that I want this to be a cool place to hang out.
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I didn't make it out today, it rained. Lots of thunder and lightning for the last several hours, I hope it stops by tomorrow because I need to go to Sprouts to get the gift cards. I might check out a Fresh & Easy tomorrow, but I don't think I'll make it to Haggen until Thursday.
I just did a google search for "list of Haagen stores in California" and the first listing was a pdf of the stores opening in California. I don't think the list is complete because I know of at least 2 stores that aren't on it. It's a gamble because you don't know what the discount will be until you get there.
I found the rest of my Kotex q's so I'm pretty happy about that. Bogo's don't really help you which is a bummer on Pantene. There are still the $2 styler q's though. Some stores have a limit of how many like q's you can use per transaction (but it's fine to do multiple transactions). Other stores don't care. They constantly condense and move stuff around. Not all of the health & beauty stuff is in health & beauty. Make very sure that the shelf price is the price it rings up for at the register (before discount). One store last time was playing games with the pricing.
If I see a Fresh & Easy in my travels today I'll stop in but I'm not looking for any. I'm also doing my usual CVS and RA runs. The trick is to not get burned out at Haagen and still be able to do my regular shopping. I messed up at RA yesterday because I forgot that I was using a non-gold card. I wasted about $10 but what can I do? When I do most of my shopping at CVS, it's easy to forget that there are 3 levels of pricing at RA and I was still thinking about my Haagen trip. I had planned on going to 3 or 4 more stores but I called it a day at that point and spent an hour organizing the stuff in the garage. A neighbor came over and I made a nice sale so it all worked out.
I just did a google search for "list of Haagen stores in California" and the first listing was a pdf of the stores opening in California. I don't think the list is complete because I know of at least 2 stores that aren't on it. It's a gamble because you don't know what the discount will be until you get there.
I found the rest of my Kotex q's so I'm pretty happy about that. Bogo's don't really help you which is a bummer on Pantene. There are still the $2 styler q's though. Some stores have a limit of how many like q's you can use per transaction (but it's fine to do multiple transactions). Other stores don't care. They constantly condense and move stuff around. Not all of the health & beauty stuff is in health & beauty. Make very sure that the shelf price is the price it rings up for at the register (before discount). One store last time was playing games with the pricing.
If I see a Fresh & Easy in my travels today I'll stop in but I'm not looking for any. I'm also doing my usual CVS and RA runs. The trick is to not get burned out at Haagen and still be able to do my regular shopping. I messed up at RA yesterday because I forgot that I was using a non-gold card. I wasted about $10 but what can I do? When I do most of my shopping at CVS, it's easy to forget that there are 3 levels of pricing at RA and I was still thinking about my Haagen trip. I had planned on going to 3 or 4 more stores but I called it a day at that point and spent an hour organizing the stuff in the garage. A neighbor came over and I made a nice sale so it all worked out.
Sorry I didn't answer sooner, I slept late this morning. It must have been all the rain. It's not raining now so I need to get out and run some errands before it starts again.
Sorry I didn't answer sooner, I slept late this morning. It must have been all the rain. It's not raining now so I need to get out and run some errands before it starts again.
It was so cold today I felt like I should be Christmas shopping.
It was so cold today I felt like I should be Christmas shopping.
Sorry I didn't answer sooner, I slept late this morning. It must have been all the rain. It's not raining now so I need to get out and run some errands before it starts again.
that helps, since they don't advertise it anywhere but ads sent to the house
which I don't get
but
asked on FB and they PM'd me today --that was good CS
crazy busy
the GCs rolled but I only did 2
bought 8
then came back with hubs
each used a GC to buy GC
so I paid about $720 for $820 worth of GCs
thought hub's cashier was going to explode, he couldn't figure it out (it was 6pm! you'd think!) and called it stoopid
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My email RAQs
$2 off $10 candy
$5 off diabetes meter
trying to create business for themselves?
gotta go nap & get back to being behind in sending out cards
currently in arrears:
Sympathy to guy I grew up with, sister lost everything in Valley fire and just died of heart attack. Apparently her husband went right before her, too
Happy Birthday (Nov 2) with check for nieces 18th bd
Nephew's wedding giftcard-he was fireman in Valley Fire so I was waiting til that ended. Then his aunt (other side of the family) died suddenly at 59yr old. Wedding was July ( I did send card to BIL sympathy for his sister)
SIL's BD is 11/8, I might actually get that one to her on time, if mail makes it to Boise real fast
I always seem to write things in cards that I later realize could be interpreted another way, and am mortified. I guess I need a professional card-writer-sender person
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Continuing on with allergy talk from the RA thread. I've broken my nose so many times from playing sports that I stopped counting. I've had 3 nasal surgeries to fix my nose and correct the allergies. The last one was a disaster. It was with a general anesthetic and the operation took 8 hours. I got super sick from the anesthetic after the surgery. The recovery period was a couple of months and my nose ended up growing back crooked again. My nose is usually so swollen that it looks normal. On the rare times that it's not swollen, it's a wiggly S. I used to be able to push it back to where it was straight but now it's too messed up to do that. I've also been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia. My blood sugar can fall into the low 40's a few hours after I eat. The symptoms are very similar to an allergy attack so sometimes it's hard to tell what I've got going on. I'm usually fine in the morning but at night my allergies get much worse. I've been to countless doctors and had countless diagnoses and countless medications and nothing has ever worked. Now I take nothing. Usually my reaction to the medicine is worse than the allergy attack. I'm highly allergic to antibiotics (especially penicillin) which isn't good when you've got allergies like mine.
I tried using baking soda and vinegar but I didn't like it, maybe I was doing something wrong.
i get a horrible rash on the backs of my hands that bleeds and is so itchy i literally cannot sleep at night if i have a severe reaction. b4 i figured out it i was allergic to pantene, my hair was also falling out.
over the years there are less and less dishwashing liquids i can use b/c they reformulate them. i was able to use sunlight for many yrs but then they changed it 3-4 yrs ago. dawn pure essentials also succumbed and the latest this yr is palmolive pure+clear. the only palmolive left that doesn't contain MIT is the orange antibacterial. but it smells up your entire kitchen when you use it now. you can use dr bronner's but trader joe's only carries peppermint which is kinda weird to use on dishes and it's really expensive elsewhere. since they usually don't put the ingredients on dishwashing liquids, it's a lot of effort to find products that don't have it. but since the smell of the palmolive antibacterial is overwhelming, i'm going to have to do some research.
luckily softsoap liquid handsoap is safe but going out anywhere and washing my hands is a gamble. i haven't gotten to the point where i bring my own soap yet but i may have to on a lanyard.
i used to use olay body wash w/ shea butter but several years ago they reformulated. i tried avalon organics but i need a very moisturizing body wash at least half the year so i have reverted back to using bar soap.
for shampoo and conditioner, some but not all of the garnier fructis line is free of MIT and CMIT, so i have to check the labels. whenever i can get it for 1.00 for 13oz i stock up. i had to sell off my small shampoo and conditioner stockpile and now i have to pay for it almost all the time.
luckily softsoap liquid handsoap is safe but going out anywhere and washing my hands is a gamble. i haven't gotten to the point where i bring my own soap yet but i may have to on a lanyard.
I tried using baking soda and vinegar but I didn't like it, maybe I was doing something wrong.
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