Crunching the diaper numbers

I bought my diapers at Rite Aid last night and was so pleased with my purchase. When I told my sister, she said, "aren't you going to get the diapers at Babies R Us, what with their new Rewards and all..." Hmmm, I wonder which is the better deal?

I decided to crunch the numbers so you can see for yourselves which is the better deal. With Babies R Us' new rewards program, when you buy 9 value boxes of Pampers diapers, you get the 10th box free. On top of that, you get $5 for every $150 you spend.

There are three different sized value boxes of Pampers for size 3 (what my girls wear):
Cruisers 160/$40.69 (25.4 cents per diaper)
Baby Dry 204/$40.69 (19.9 cents per diaper)
Baby Dry 144/$31.69 (22 cents per diaper)

Often, Babies R Us has a coupon for $5 off a value box of Pampers. If I were to use this coupon in conjunction with a $1 off mfr. coupon (yes, you can stack at BRU), then the prices would be:
Cruisers 160/$34.69 (21.7 cents per diaper)
Baby Dry 204/$34.69 (17 cents per diaper)
Baby Dry 144/$25.69 (17.8 cents per diaper)

If I were to buy each of the 9 boxes with the above mentioned coupons, then by buying the lowest priced box per diaper (204 Baby Dry), my total cost for 9 boxes (and then 1 free) would be $312.21. I would get $10 in rewards ($5 for each $150). Essentially I would be getting 2,040 diapers for $302.21 and that would equal 14.8 cents per diaper.

Whew!

So now it's up to you to decide. Me? I'm still pretty happy with my Rite Aid deal. (Huggies rebate is good through this Saturday.)

Huggies deal at Rite Aid

This week at Rite Aid, Huggies Jumbo Pack diapers are 3/$33 with a $10 rebate. This is the perfect opportunity to use the $5 off $25 coupon (found by Erica over at iheartriteaid). Combined with three $1 off mfr. coupons found in the paper a few weeks ago, this works out to be a pretty sweet deal!

Summary:
3 Jumbo packs Huggies diapers $33
Use $5 off $25 coupon
Use 3 $1 off mfr. coupons

Subtotal: $25.00

Submit for rebate #1 and get $10 back.

Total for 120 diapers (size 3)=$15.00 (or 12.5 cents each)

Medicine Cabinet Time

Rite Aid has some crazy good stock-ups this week and I am excited to get them! The best thing about it is many are all free after rebate. Whoo-hoo! I am most looking forward to:
1. Theraflu Warming Relief $3.99 (free after rebate) (There is a printable coupon, but I've heard Rite Aid's don't take printables, so that's a bummer.)

2. Bee M.D. Natural Cough Drops $2.49 (free after rebate) (I've been a Hall's fan for awhile now, but it's always nice to have a change.)

3. Little Noses Saline $3.99 (free after rebate) (We use this a lot when the girls get stuffed up!)

4. SoftLips Lip Conditioner $2.99 (free after rebate) I've always wanted to try this stuff.

There are lots more if you want to stock up on things for your medicine cabinet. Don't forget that you must purchase these items this week (ending 10/18) in order to qualify for the rebate.