Not going to even bother with the pictures – suffice to say that I was all prepared for serious overage at Jewel with the Chapstick $1.50 peelie and nimble fingers:  But it was not to be.  The coupon beeped and said something along the lines of coupon value more than item.  Cashier hit okay and the coupon rang at $1.  Since this is an über-friendly store, coupon-wise, I would not recommend running this in the hopes of getting anything more than free Chapstick.

I had more luck at Walgreens with the $7.99 Durex lube.  Since I wanted to pay with points and the next threshold was 10,000, I needed a few items per transaction to close the $2 gap.   I picked up lots more toilet paper and paper towels, a gallon of milk and a candy bar (I was hungry, okay?  And it was the Cadbury fruit & nut bar – so almost a health food!).  Haven’t seen any re-nu since Saturday, but will check around later in the week after the stores are resupplied. Luckily I can run all the solution in one transaction.