Buying the EE scrubbing sponge and a 1/2 gallon of EE bleach ended up costing me 44¢ after the $2.50 store coupon.  When I ran this with the 24-pk of water (using that $1.50 coupon), the total was 92¢.  Each bleach generated a 50¢ store OYNO cat, which is better because it reduces the tax!  Since the total was so low for each transaction, I collected the cats and used them to pay for the pack of cheese ($2).  And actually they paid for it completely – no tax!   I picked up a gallon of Shoppers Value whole milk for $2.22 to see if anyone in the house complains.

Stopped and picked up a few more Bayer EZ Contour glucose meters to boost my points total (over 50,000 now).  I was reading the official Rewards rules and found out that points can only be redeemed up to a maximum of 40,000 at one time ($50) and they don’t expire for three years from the date they were earned (the store mgr who told me 10 months was obviously insane).